1 . In April 2003, the war reached Basra, a port city in Iraq. Alia Baker, the librarian of Basra’s Central Library was ________ that the books would be destroyed. When she requested ________ to move the books to a safe place, the governor_________ her request. Concerned, Alia did what she could to save the_________.

Every night Alia ________ took home the library’s books, as many as she could ________ in her car. As the war ________, buildings were damaged and fires started. When other librarians ________ the library, Alia asked help from friends and_________ of the library to save the books.

With the help of Anis who owned the restaurant next to the library, and other friends, thousands of books were carried to the seven-foot wall that separated the library and the restaurant, ________ over the wall and hidden in the restaurant._________, the library was destroyed by fire, 30,000 of the library’s books have been saved by the_________ efforts of Basra and her helpers.

This true story shows the_________ a group of people can have when working together for a common cause. It also calls attention to how_________ libraries and their books can be to individuals and_________.

2 . Be it the flu or the coronavirus (冠状病毒), we can all take one basic step to keep ourselves healthy--wash our hands regularly. But how _________ would you be to know that the practice of handwashing was not always around? We can thank a_________   for this important practice: physician Ignaz Semmelweis.

It was 1846     _________   no one knew germs (病菌) existed. Semmelweis worked at the Vienna General Hospital _________ two parts.The hospital’s ward was so large that doctors and midwives (助产士) divided it in half. At the time, there was a major_________ in the ward.   Many of the patients contracted (感染) childbed fever, a   _________   disease, after giving birth.

While looking after the women, Semmelweis noticed something___________   The women in the doctors’ ward were more likely to catch the fever than the women__________   by the midwives. Semmelweis also knew that the doctors worked in the ward before operating_________ the women. Semmelweis came up with a theory: the doctors__________ the women with dirty particles (微粒) from dead bodies! To test his theory, he _________ doctors to wash their hands with chlorine (氯) before going to the ward.   The rate of death _________ significantly.

________ , the practice of washing hands did not become widespread.   Semmelweis’ theory could not explain why women who gave birth outside of hospitals still contracted childbed fever. Many doctors _________   to believe that they were “responsible” for the disease. As a result, the medical community cast doubt on the practice of washing hands.

Handwashing was finally officially adopted in the 1980s by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They_________   handwashing as an important factor in preventing the spread of infections. Despite this, handwashing is only performed one-third to half as often as it should be.

3 . After working for nearly a decade at the same dead-end job with no advancement and no pay increases, I was considering leaving the profession for good. One day I was offered the position of Office Manager for a _________ firm. My job would be to organize the office, hire and fire as needed, and help turn a losing operation into a profitable one. The owner offered me a salary I’d only dreamed of along with many other benefits, and it took me only two seconds to _________. With the owner’s _________, I hired my husband.

As our income increased, so did our _________. We moved from our small apartment to a large, beautiful home _________ with high-end furniture. We even had two cars. By all _________, we were living our dream life.

Unfortunately, months later my husband and I were _________ because of the reorganization of the firm. We found new but poorly-paid jobs. We had no other _________ but to move out of our house into a tiny apartment. The furniture and one of our cars were _________.

The sudden __________ was heartbreaking. But it turned out to be a __________. It forced us to __________ what we really wanted out of life and what we needed to do to get there.

It’s been years since we started our new __________. And our lives did __________ for the better. I can honestly say we’re truly living and __________ our dream life.

4 . Malaysia Airlines(马航) flight MH370 disappeared from radar(雷达) screens an hour after it   _________ on March 8 . It has _________ for more than 2 years.

The plane may fall into the sea. China, Malaysia and many other countries have joined to search for the _________ on the sea. The relatives of the 227 passengers and 12 crew(机组人员) are _________ good news from them.

How did the accident   _________? It is said that the plane was attacked by the terrorists. Some think there may be something wrong with the plane, and_________think the accident may be _________ by the mistake of the crew. However, it is _________ to tell the reason because the plane hasn’t been found yet.

It may _________ some time to find the missing plane and even more time to get to get to know the truth of what happened. However, we can’t stop __________ what happened to the plane __________ it is found.

Whether the missing plane is found __________ not, the whole world should __________ more attention to the safety of people, especially at airports.

We hope these people on the plane will be __________ , and they can get together with __________ family members.

5 . When Diana Trujillo was just 17 years old, she left her hometown of Cali in Colombia (哥伦比亚) and immigrated (移民) to the United States. All she had with her when she _________ in the US was US $300 and a _________. Since Diana’s childhood, she had always _________ to look at the stars in the night sky, and her dream was to _________ for NASA.

Diana’s path was not _________, and she faced many obstacles (障碍). She didn’t _________ any English before arriving in the US, _________ she had to take classes. She worked as a house cleaner to pay for her _________. After working three more jobs, she had enough _________ to attend space science courses at a university. She finally __________ studying aerospace (航空航天) engineering at the University of Florida.

While studying in Florida, she __________ applied to the NASA Academy, becoming the first Latino (拉丁美洲人的) woman to do so. On the __________ of a NASA robotics expert, she then transferred (转学) to the University of Maryland. In 2007, all her hard work __________, and she graduated with a degree in aerospace engineering. She was immediately offered a __________ by NASA, proving that dreams can come true if you work hard and never __________. In 2020, Diana became one of the four flight directors on the Mars Perseverance Rover project.

6 . A woman’s kind act toward a _______ is resonating(引起共鸣) across the country.

Casey Spelman didn’t think twice about _______ Chicago Cubs fan Yusef Dale, who is blind, in Wrigleyville, Chicago, on Saturday. After _______ Dale struggling to _______the attention of taxi drivers on a busy street after a game at Wrigley Field, she _______ and asked him if he needed assistance. When he _______ he did, she flagged a car down for him.

Spelman, 26, later walked away without asking for payment or _______. But Ryan Hamilton, who was standing on the top floor of a nearby building, captured (拍摄) her _______act on camera. He posted the _______ photos to Facebook so he could give her “a shout-out”. His pictures are now spreading ________. “There’re so many bad things going on in the world and this was the ________ of that,” Hamilton said. “It’s cool. She’s getting the ________ but you could tell that’s not why she did it.”

Hamilton, 31, is from Indianapolis, Indiana, and is a District Leader for Ricker Oil Company. Spelman’s story is also reported in Indianapolis. Spelman received great ________ for her act of kindness. Dale, an assistant US attorney (律师), also spoke highly of Spelman. “She didn’t get in my personal space and most ________, she didn’t touch me, which is a problem for some people with ________,” Dale said.

But Spelman has played down what she did. “It should be more normal,” she said. “It shouldn’t be something people are ________ about.

“With Hamilton’s post getting more than 17,000 ________, he said he thought it was a witness (证明) to the ________ nature of humanity. “A small act of kindness, ________ captured in three quick photos, has inspired so many and __________ the hearts of thousands,” he added.

7 . A graduate student from the Michigan State University (MSU) wore a skirt she made using rejection letters while defending her dissertation(论文) last week. To make the skirt, she _______ seventeen rejection letters out and folded each one into a fan, connecting them in rows until they _______ a skirt. Caitlin Kirby still had many left over.

“The whole process of _______ those old letters and making that skirt reminded me that I have to apply for many things to succeed,” she said. “It is _______ to get rejected along the way. What is important is that you need to recover from the blow soon enough and regain the strength to move on.”

Those rejections and what she learned from them _______ heavily on her mind when the day of her dissertation defense came. Having gone through all those bitter experiences, she was ready to face all possibilities.

“Despite all the frustrations, rejection can be a(n) _______ thing,” said Julie Libarkin, Kirby’s adviser and a professor from the MSU. Therefore, she _______ her students to seize every opportunity that comes across their desk to apply for things. Getting used to applying for things and being rejected gives her students the experience they need to gain _______ .

“It’s a learning _______ ,” Libarkin said. “It’s part of life.”

All of her students have been rejected from something, and it led to ________ in the end, she said. Kirby and another student ________ applied for small grants(助金) but kept getting rejected. Along the way, their proposals kept getting better, leading them to apply for an even larger grant. Kirby ________ obtaining a large grant through the Fulbright Program.

“It can be ________ for my students to face rejection for the first time,” said Libarkin, “but it ________ makes them stronger.” “When I think about rejection, I think about how it builds________,” she added.

8 . I’m a painter. At an early age, my daughter Heller began to show her talent for painting, and I was_______ that she would follow in my footsteps.

Starting with her high school, she spent every summer vacation_________in an orphanage (孤儿院) to perform for children — telling jokes. I was proud of her and_________ her kindness. However, I learned with great_______ that she was with some   children who were in poor health. She accompanied these children,_______ them   and   brought them joy. ___________   worried about her physical and mental   ___________, I tried hard to get her to cut down her time there. But she had huge sense of_________ and finished her work every day, no matter how_________ she might be.

One day, she __________   her ideas with me. She said the world was full of   __________ and she wanted to bring more happiness. She intended to be a comedian.

For the moment, her father and I could find ________ to say. Heller ________ again and again to make us understand. She said, “You keep telling me I can be a good painter. Maybe that is right, __________   it doesn’t mean anything to me. But when children________ and feel happy after hearing my jokes, I know it’s true. And I know that bringing joy to people is a job that really ________ me. I have a ________for being a comedian than being a painter.”

Heller will carry on her________   to be a comedian. Though she has chosen a different life from mine, I am________ about her decision. I know she will lead a good life, for she finds the________.

9 . There was always a drive in us to do something on our own. So we were always looking around for_________where we can make a difference. While_________for our CAT exams we worked on many ideas but all were_________because they lacked uniqueness. That’s how we_________this idea and decided to start it as soon as our CAT exams got over.

We_________Santa Delivers on 28th December 2021. Coincidentally (恰巧) the results of CAT were also out on the very same day and they were_________. We motivated each other, expecting a new beginning. We woke up at 4 o’clock in the morning to_________the flyers (传单) in the streets. This was the beginning of our wonderful_________.

_________it was very challenging for us. We got only 5 orders a day. We then tapped (开发) new customer groups and there was a stable__________in the orders.

Luckily, we both got a chance for MBA studies and we now were__________-Santa Delivers or MBA. MBA would really help, so it was a very__________decision. Finally, we decided to bring a new partner who is equally__________about this start-up. Our friend, Pulkit Kejriwal, joined us and currently looking after the company.

Santa Delivers came as a__________at the right time, because we are now able to pursue our MBA along with an active start-up. So we had nothing to__________, which is the best thing for us.

10 . The sharing economy is an economic model known as a peer-to-peer(P2P)based activity of getting, providing, or sharing goods and services that is often promoted by on-line platforms (平台) It allows persons and groups to make money from the assets (资产) which is not _______ .In a sharing economy, underused assets such as parked cars and spare bedrooms can be _______ when they are not used. In this way, physical assets are shared as _______ .

Concerns about the sharing economy often includes the uncertainty about _______ .While businesses offering rent services are often _______ by local governments, people who don’t have official permission to _______ rent services may not be following these rules or paying the costs. This could mean putting them in a better position that makes it possible for them to ask _______   prices to get a bigger market share.

Another _______ is that lack of watching over businesses will lead to _______ uses of both buyers and sellers in the sharing economy. There have been many cases ________ known to the public like hidden cameras in rented rooms, lawsuits (诉讼)over ________ treatment of ridesharing drivers by the platforms ________ employ them, and even murders of customers by real or ________ ridesharing providers.

There is also a fear that lots of information shared on online platforms can create racial or sex bias (偏见) among users. This can happen when users are allowed to ________ who they will share their homes or cars with, or because of the database of users with poor credit history or bad behaviour ________ .