1 . 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.

2 . I strongly believe that everyone must have their own interesting and exciting experienes in their lives. For me, I also have my own _________ experience.

On one sunny morning, my cousin Ana and her family suddenly _________ in front of our house.

That afternoon, my parents and Anas family went shopping for food for us, leaving Ana and me at home. We were excited playing in the house. But soon, we were both hungry, and then we saw a bag of flour (面粉) at the top of the kitchen cabinet. So Ana _________ making some pancakes ourselves.

Ana told me that she seldom cooked at home so baking a pancake would be _________ for her. I told her I was not a good cook either. But we didn’t have much _________ .

Luckily, both of us had seen our mothers make pancakes before and knew the basic process. Ana and I put the flour into a large bowl and _________ it with hot water. Then we kneaded the dough (面团) and it became hard. We were _________ as we looked at our pancakes which seemed much _________ from those our mothers made. But we still put them into the oven. A few minutes later, we saw that the dough of our cooked pancakes had not expanded and they had got burnt.

Suddenly, our mums and dads arrived home. They went to the kitchen and were _________ to see our faces covered with flour. Ana and I looked at each other and we laughed. Fortunately, my parents had __________ some food for us. We took the food and quickly ate it in the dining room.

3 . Three men were _________ from a small, uninhabited Pacific island after writing a big SOS _________ in the sand.

The men had been _________ in the Micronesia archipelago (群岛) for nearly three days before their distress (遇险) signal was _________ on the Pikelot Island by searchers. SOS is an internationally recognized signal originally established for ships at sea to request _________.

Located in the western Pacific Ocean, the Federated States of Micronesia is _________ of more than 600 islands. Officials said that _________ the men aboard a seven-meter boat started off from Puluwat Atoll (环焦), _________ to travel about 43 kilometers to Pulp Atoll when they sailed off course and _________ fuel. They were reported missing after __________ to arrive at their destination.

__________, the men were found in good condition about 190 kilometers from where they originally __________. Helicopter landed on the beach and gave the men food and water before they were __________ and taken home by a Micronesian ship.

“I’m __________ of the response and professionalism of all on board as we perform our duty to __________ to the safety of life at sea wherever we are in the world,” said the commanding officer of one of the search ships.

4 . “I don’t want to go, Miss White. I’m frightened, very frightened,” Monica told her teacher.

Monica was a very ________ girl. She always sat at the back of the classroom,________ or taking notes. Every Monday morning, there would be a special show in her class and one student would be ________ to make a speech about his or her dream. Miss White hoped that Monica could have a try the next week. But she refused.

“I know that it seems ________ for you, but it will help you build up your confidence,” said Miss White. Monica was lost in thought.

The next day, Monica came to Miss White’s office. Miss White was ________ that she would take the chance. Miss White red-penciled her manuscript (手稿) of speech, corrected her ________, and even helped with her body language. She advised Monica to practice, to ________ that she was speaking confidently in front of her class.________ a whole week, Monica practiced speaking in font of her imaginary friends and teacher. Behind the locked door of her bedroom, she told them about her ________.

Finally, Monday arrived. ________ Monica was called upon to give her speech, she ________ and walked to the front of the class without any notes, in a show of confidence. Monica’s successful performance brought everyone a great ________. The whole class clapped (鼓掌) for a full minute when she completed her speech. Miss White ________. She had known that Monica would make it when she ________ took her first step to overcome (克服) her fear of speaking in public.

From that day, Monica’s life changed for the better. At the age of 23, she became a news reader. People who see her on television now will find it hard to ________ that she was once a shy girl who refused to speak up in class.

5 . A family tradition is recreated year after year. It adds to the family _________, making every family more distinctive. The tradition in my family is _________ in my mother’s kitchen to make various desserts for the New Year. It’s a good time with much joy.

Family traditions _________ family and personal well-being. Families sharing in their traditions provide security for their members, especially children. Children love _________ and consistency(一致性); a family tradition provides this. Moreover, it gives them something to _________. With traditions that are celebrated year after year, family _________ are created and strengthened.

Of course it’s _________ to make some changes to _________ the family’s needs. In recent years my family has added time to make _________ with our relatives who work overseas, for their jobs __________ their reunion with us. This gives us a chance to stay __________ as a family, even if we can’t be together for the holiday __________.

Family traditions don’t have to be formal, or to be fancy. What __________ is that you have something for all family members to expect each year. Traditions help create warm, positive __________ and __________ family members back to one another year after year.

6 . I live with my husband about miles from the beach. Every few years, the whales come into the _______ while they are migrating. November 2020 was one of those times, so we set off to watch the wildlife feeding on silverfish. We _______ when whales turned their side fins as if they were waving at us.

The next day I asked my friend Liz if she wanted to see whales. “I’m scared,” said Liz. “There is nothing to worry about,” I _______ her. After much _______, she agreed to join us. I didn’t want her to miss this _______ experience.

Liz and I got out on the water the following morning. After a half hour, we had our first whale _______: two whales swimming toward us. How amazing to be that close to a creature that size! Suddenly, our kayak (皮艇) was _______ out of the water about six feet. Liz and I slipped out of the kayak into the whale’s _______. As it closed, Liz _______. I just kept thinking. I’ve got to ________ this. Whales have ________ mouths but tiny throats. They spit out anything they can’t ________. That included us! In just 10 seconds, we were thrown out. ________, we survived.

Liz was shaken up and said her whale-watching days were over. But I was much more aware of the power of the nature than before. Liz, ________, had to laugh. When she took off her shirt, six ________ fell down to the ground — a souvenir from the whales.

7 . Some animals live in families. Some live in big groups. And others live mostly by themselves. Animals have to find the right _______ of living so they can stay safe, take _______ of their babies, and find food.

A giant panda _______ eats bamboo, and it takes lots of bamboo to fill up a panda! To make sure there’s enough bamboo for everyone, each panda has a territory where it lives alone, except during mating (交配) time or when a mother is _______ her baby.

Lions are hunters. _______, they live in groups. On the African plains, finding enough animals to eat is no problem. But _______ them is not easy. Lions have better luck when they hunt _______. Eagles live and hunt together in lifelong _______. A male and a female both help to _______ a nest of sticks and twigs (小枝条), lined with ________ grass. When the eggs hatch, one parent ________ at home to protect the young eagles while the other searches for mice or fish to eat.

Tigers are stealthy hunters who sneak up on prey such as deer or wild pigs — then pounce! But hunting is ________. It can take 10 tries before a tiger gets a meal. Living ________ means there’s enough prey to eat and makes quiet hunting easier.

Herds of musk oxen crowd together for ________. If a wolf comes too close, cousins, aunts, and uncles form a tight ________, with their sharp horns (角) facing outward and their young safe inside.

What brings ladybugs (瓢虫) together? It’s time to hibernate for the winter by bunching together, and then the ladybugs keep each other warm.

8 . My son Lucas and his wife Holly lived in a small apartment. Therefore, it was a _________ to see a huge card table _________ in the corner of the living room. On it was a partially worked jigsaw puzzle (拼图). “Have you been _________ puzzles since you were a little girl?” I asked. Holly shook her head and explained that she had so many brothers and sisters that the family dining table _________ had enough room for plates and food, let alone puzzles. “I didn’t really start working on puzzles until I was in law school,” she said.

Being far away from family and friends, Holly told me how _________ she’d felt during her first semester in law school. With a tight _________, she couldn’t afford Internet or TV. But a person can’t _________ all the time. “I needed to find something relaxing and interesting to do.” she said. “When I started to work on the puzzle, a surprising _________ came over me. For the first time in a long time, I felt at peace,” she said. “It was unbelievable. Whenever I am under _________, I will work on puzzles. And the __________ continues till now.

Holly told me she gradually saw a __________ between puzzles and the law during those years. In both, you have to __________ the big picture first. You find and __________ all the facts and the applicable (适合的) law. Then you put the case together one piece at a time till you arrive back at the big picture. Once this __________ came to her, law school didn’t seem quite so boring. Puzzles gave Holly a way out of academic stress. Now, being a successful lawyer, she really appreciates that experience and its __________.

9 . About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight (减肥). That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat_______ food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicines, or even have operations. _______ you can see losing weight is_________work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But _______ do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?

Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body. For many people, looking nice also means to be_______. Other people worry about their health as many doctors _______ overweight is not good.

Most people want to find an   _______way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very popular. These books tell people how to lose weight. Each year a lot of new books like these are     3_______. Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

Losing weight can be _______ Some overweight people go to health centres, like La Costa in California. Men and women __________ several hundred dollars a day at these health centres. People live there for one week or two, __________exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight. __________ 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still __________to do so.

Health centres, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all__________a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing __________ too.

10 . Derek Paravicini is lucky to be alive. Born three and a half months early, he weighed only 0.6 kilograms and almost _______ three times while he was in hospital. _______, Derek’s early birth left him with some disabilities — he is blind; he can’t tell left from right; he can _______ count to ten.

Yet Derek is a _______ talent. The 41-year-old remembers every one of the thousands of pieces of music he has ever heard and can play them without _______ on the piano — even if he only heard the song once. years ago. Because he is blind, he cannot _______ music. All of the music he plays is in his _______. His brain has been described as a perfectly programmed musical _______. When he hears a chord with ten notes in it, he can even _______ all ten, while most professional musicians can only recognise about five.

Derek was two years old before his family discovered his ________. When he was given an old keyboard, he ________ his family by reproducing the songs he had heard outside. His family then arranged for him to go to a school for the ________ where he met a university professor who helped him to ________ his musical talent.

By the age of nine, Derek had ________ at a large concert hall in London with a famous orchestra, Since then, he has appeared on TV shows and travelled the world ________ performances. He has recorded his own CDs and there is even a book about his life.