1 . As a parent, controlling our tempers(脾气) can be a huge challenge. When our kids misbehave, it’s___________for us to react with anger, but that’s not a ___________approach.

Dr. Chae shared a story about dealing with her daughter bad attitude and it shows just how___________it is to help our kids understand why they act the way they do. Her 6-year-old daughter was a bit___________to her one day, so she asked her what was wrong. “At first, she just looked at me,   sol explained that I can’t help her___________I know what’s wrong,” Dr. Chae said.

Just trying to ___________why her daughter acted that way was such an important step. Instead of assuming she was rude because she was mean (刻薄的), Dr. Chae guessed that something had happened. Of course, she was right!

“She said, ‘I don’t know.’ and started ___________.Looking at her tearful face, I___________her. ‘It’s OK. Sometimes Mom just doesn’t feel happy either. You’re not ___________.I just need to figure out how to help you,’” Dr. Chae said. Her daughter was____________to hear that other people feel the same way now and then.

Dr. Chae then gave her daughter an important____________that will help her throughout her life: “When you aren’t quite feeling right but don’t want to be ____________, you can whisper, I’m not feeling my best self; I need a ____________.’”They practiced the__________a few times and her daughter felt better after calming down alone. Besides, she is now equipped with something to say the next time she is in a____________mood!

2 . It is hard to forget the time when I stood in front of all my classmates and forgot my words while I was giving a speech. _________ that, I didn’t want to join in any class activities for a long time. However, things began to _________ one day.

A week before my school’s English festival, my teacher asked me to make a speech in front of the _________ school. I did not want to, but my teacher _________ me to think about it carefully and gave me a piece of paper. “The _________ step to success is the willingness (意愿) to try, and the key to it is to work hard.” I was encouraged by this and _________ to have a try.

I finished _________ the speech on paper in a day and practised it during my lunch breaks. I also asked my teacher for suggestions. As a _________ , my speech was a success. Since then, I have become more active and outgoing. I ask and answer questions in class more often and I _________ many different after-school activities.

I learned that the road to success is difficult, and we need to have ________ and work hard.

3 . Once a farmer bought a well (井) from a man . The next day when the farmer went to draw the water from the well, the man did not________him to do that . He said , “I have________you the well. Not the water.”

The farmer became very________and came to the court (法庭). He________everything to the judge and asked for justice (正义).

The judge didn’t know how to deal with it. So he called a wise man named Birbal and handed over this ________ to him. Birbal met the man who sold the well to the farmer . Birbal asked, “________don’t you let the farmer use the water of the well? You have sold the well to him.” The man replied , “I sold the well to him, not the water. He has no ________to draw the water.”

Then Birbal smiled and said to him, “Good, but look, ________ you have sold the well to the farmer and you say the water is yours, then you have no right to keep your water in the farmer’s well. So you should pay rent to the farmer to keep your water in the well, or you should take the water out of his well ________”

The man understood that his trick ________. His face turned red and he ran away in shame.

4 . When Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, in 1956, no one would have predicted that she would circle the Earth one day. When she was three years old, her parents ________ to Chicago. In the kindergarten, Jemison ________ her teacher by telling her she wanted to be a scientist. The ________ was unusual for any girl, let alone an African-American girl. But she never ________ her dream.

Throughout her academic career, Jemison was a(n) ________ student. And she had a variety of ________ outside of school, including dance and theater. After ________ from Stanford University with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering, she entered a medical college. Her passion for global ________ took her to Cuba, Kenya and Thailand during medical school.

Returning to the United States in 1985, for a long-held ________, Jemison applied for admission to NASA’s astronaut training program. Later, she was ________ from 2, 000 applicants. ________, that selection began a series of “firsts” for Jemison. She was the first African-American woman ________ to the training program and became the first African-American woman astronaut. On Sept. 12, 1992, she became the first African-American woman in ________ as a science mission specialist.

Jemison has been awarded many honors for her great ________. She has set an admirable example of how someone with capability and ________ can open up a new path to achieving their highest goals.

5 . Back in 2017, Chile experienced some rather devastating wildfires that burned more than 1.4 million acres of forest. In the years since it has been a very _________ journey for those trying to bring life back to the _________ earth. But with a little canine(犬科的) help, Francisca and Constanza Torres have been struggling to help rebuild in face of the _________. And their three Border Collies(边境牧羊犬) could not be any cuter as they do their doggie _________ as well.

Two sisters have been using the help of their dogs, Das, Olivia, and Summer, to get seeds _________. They _________ their pups with special backpacks that release the seeds of _________ plants along the ground as the dogs _________ the burned forest. Francisca shared that not only is it benefiting the _________, but the dogs are more than happy for the playtime. __________, they are seeing many __________ flora and fauna(动植物群) making a __________ to the areas that had been burned.

Besides using the dogs to help __________ the forests, Torres also keeps busy __________ assistance dogs in an environmental community that is dog-focused. The Border Collies are actually better for the work than others because they not only have the endurance and __________ to run for miles across forest terrain, but they are focused dogs who don’t get __________ by wildlife. The three dogs are about to cross 18 miles per day—much more compared to the only few miles that humans can __________ a day. __________, dogs are a lot cheaper than drones or robots, and they have a much __________ carbon footprint. Overall it sounds like a(an) __________ for everyone involved!

6 . “Never settle down!” It’s a slogan used by the Houston Astros baseball team. When they won the world championship in 2017, I really admired their _________ and mighty team spirit.

On Nov 7, 21 athletes from my_________ participated in an autumn sports meeting. On the playground, the track(赛道) was newly_________ with white paint. Students wore their class uniforms. Sweat shone on the athletes’ faces in the autumn sunlight. They spared_________ to fight for victory and their determination deeply moved us.

What impressed me most was our team spirit. In the 3,000-meter race, one student suddenly fell and seemed to give up. _________, two other students_________ help him up. Then they ran _________ him to the finish line. In my eyes, it was the courage of our classmates that helped the boy_________ the end.

That might be what the director anticipated(期望). The_________ of this event stated, “the intention for us to host this event is to__________ students’ potential to obtain their goals. It’s a powerful approach to let them understand the importance of devotion and feeling a sense of accomplishment(成就). We believe it can greatly help them __________ and mentally.”

Back to September, as soon as we stepped into the third year of our senior high journey, we__________ our minds to let our college dreams come true. After four months of effort, we have__________ a stage__________ there will be more challenges in the way. We will be__________ in our process to succeed.

7 . Dad was always full of advice, but one of the biggest lessons he taught me was about having a strong work ethic (职业道德). When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed (修剪) yards during the_______ to earn pocket change. Dad was our_______. He sold our service to neighbors and offered a price they could not_______. My brother and I got $ 10 per yard, I later found out our friends were_______$20 or more for the same amount of work.

Every time we_______out to mow the lawn, Dad always stood there watching our work. I used to wonder why he came with us in the_______heat of Florida.

One day we were cutting our next-door neighbor’s yard, with the high grass like a_______. To make matters worse, we had a(n)_______ lawn mower that kept turning off. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was_______and sweaty. I pictured the ice cream I would swallow in a minute to________ down. I was just about to cut off the lawn mower when I heard my dad yelling, “You________a piece.”I was upset, hoping he would let me go home. I________ him and kept walking.

He kept pointing and calling me out________. So frustrated, I went back to cut that piece of grass. Several days later, other neighbors________the good work we did and we soon________ more business. We started out with one client, but by the end of the summer we had five, which was all we were

The lesson stayed with me: Be ________. If you say you are going to perform a job at a certain time, keep your________. Give your customers the kind of service you would like to________. It shows how sincere you are and how much ________ you take in your work.

8 . When you measure the distance between towns on foot, walk to places that you thought could only be reached by car, or talk to neighbors with whom you never felt necessary to communicate, it will change your mind! When I _______ the 21-day Mindful Walking Challenge, I began to walk with a _______ mind.

I talked to the new _______ next door who just had a baby, and two different _______ on different days. I listened to their _______ in gardening after working all day in front of a computer screen. I _______ everyone passing by me. A friend walked with me one day and held my _______ as I closed my eyes to experience being _______. We stopped frequently so I could _______ mental pictures (脑海里的图像) about all the beauty I often ________ on my busy days, a purple flower, a tree branch with shining green leaves, a bird’s nest… We ________ by an apple tree and met the owner and her two kids. Her ________ moved here from Germany three months ago. We asked if we could ________ some apples. “Yes, please. I don’t know what to do with them,” she said. I walked to the streets that I ________ would not pass through if I had a tight (紧的) schedule in mind, and ________ a tiny free library on the sidewalk. I began to ________ if I had really lived in this ________ all these years. It’s a(n) ________ new town that I know so little about! I hold deep ________ for the 21-day Mindful Walking Challenge. One day, my feet might ________ far lands again, yet I know wonder is right here and right now.

9 . After my husband Randy died, deciding what to do with his garden was on the list of necessary tasks. Years before, Randy had _________ dozens of daffodils(水仙)in our yard. For him, they served as signals of hope, showing that light and _________ would soon replace the dark and cold. Looking at them, I thought about how Randy had _________ chosen plants so we’d appreciate them every month. Then I _________ the weeds. I needed to get to work.

The work was quiet and comforting and I became _________ that it helped me feel close to Randy. As spring turned to summer, my list of urgent garden tasks got _________ . It made me feel good, this sense of _________ . Gradually, I felt the seeds of healing(治愈) began to _________ my heart. My thoughts of Randy _________ less on the sadness of my life without him. I noticed I __________ more.

When summer became fall, I turned my __________ to “putting the garden to bed”. While in fall and winter garden seems unproductive, I know it __________ plenty of life. The lush greenness(郁郁葱葱)of spring and summer may be __________ , but deep in the soil and down to the roots of every living thing __________ the seeds of what is ready to __________ again.

10 . In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in the month of November.

Thanksgiving has a very interesting ______. Its origin can be traced back to the 17th century. In 1620, the Pilgrims ______ in the New World from England; they were faced with ______ weather and difficult living conditions. ______, they received huge help from the ______ Americans and were able to have a good harvest the following year. In the autumn of 1621, they held a big ______ to which 90 people, including the Natives, were ______. This dinner is popularly known as “The First Thanksgiving Feast”.

These days in the U.S., Thanksgiving is a time for ______ reunion. And family members usually ______ on Thanksgiving Eve. Thanksgiving emphasizes family and harvests. Usually people have a four-day weekend so it is a popular time for trips to visit family and ______.

Since Thanksgiving ______ as a harvest celebration, it’s no wonder that ______ plays an important part. It’s said that more food is eaten ______ Thanksgiving than Christmas. Dinner ______ includes a turkey. Sweet potatoes, pudding, yoghurt, wine and cornbread often go with the meal. Desserts – primarily apple, pumpkin and sweet potato pies – follow the dinner. Thanksgiving Day is a time for many people to give ______ for what they have.