1 . People often feel upset because airline companies always lose their suitcases when they fly. It has never happened to me. But something even worse happened to my family recently.

About ten years ago my mum got a job _________ at a university in Thailand. At first she only went for six months. Later because she really liked it, she agreed to stay _________, so my father and I went to live with her in Thailand. We had a great time, but last year my _________ decided that they wanted to return to the UK. We had been there so long. So we wanted _________ a lot of things back with us-all the furniture from our house, in fact. So Mum and Dad went to a shipping company. Workers in the company took everything back in one of those big containers that you see on ships. The container looks like a big green metal box. The _________ put everything into it: the armchairs and sofas, the TV, wardrobes, desks, even all the rugs and curtains. Our whole house was inside that big green metal box.

We flew back to the UK and _________ for the container to arrive. About ten weeks later, we were having _________ one morning when a big lorry arrived outside our house. On the back was a big green metal box. We were so _________. The men _________ the box and started to take out our things. But they weren’t our things. The container was full of gym equipment. It was the __________ one. We were so sad. But the story has a happy ending. The men took the container and gym equipment away, and about two months ago our things finally arrived

2 . Years ago, I celebrated my 40th birthday with several friends in a restaurant. Many of us arrived ahead of time and waited _________ the restaurant.

As we stood on the sidewalk, a homeless man _________ me and asked for _________. I had only brought my bankcard, so I told him that I didn’t have any cash. He smiled _________ at me, and moved on.

While the homeless man was _________ near, a friend of mine called out “Happy Birthday, Marc!” Upon _________this, the man turned and asked, “It’s your birthday?” I _________. He walked back to me. I was completely _________ for what happened next: the man _________ his pocket, pulled out a dollar bill, and __________ it to me saying, “Take this. Happy Birthday! ”

__________ I was deeply moved by this act of generosity, __________ money from a homeless man was not within my comfort zone. The man looked __________ into my eyes and begged, “Please take this. __________ is so good to me. I always have a place to sleep and enough food to eat.”I was still __________ to accept this gift, but I heard a voice within me practically yelling, “TAKE THE MONEY!” I hesitantly reached out, saying “Thank you.” Tears began to __________ down his face. He seized my hand, and gave me the dollar. Then he walked away with a smile.

Obviously, I __________ far more than $ 1 from that experience! This was one of my greatest life __________. No matter how poor we may be, we __________ have something of __________ to share with other people.

3 . Greg Bishop is never one to ask for help, but he is always the first to offer it. That’s why he is loved by many people in the community.

So when the community heard that the farmer would ________ to get in this year’s harvest due to his chemotherapy (化疗) treatment, Bishop’s friends and neighbors ________ his help and harvested his crop for free.

Dozens of people came out to lend their ________ - so many, that some even needed to be ________. A local restaurant provided free burgers to all of the helpers. Even local fuel companies offered to support the ________ with free fuel and money. ________, the farmers decided to pay the costs anyway.

Within five hours, the volunteers had ________ 1,200 bales (大捆) cotton worth $ 420,000. ________ Bishop had been forced to do it by himself, it would have taken weeks,

When asked why they so ________ offered their help, the volunteer helpers simply praise Bishop’s ________. “He’s a very good man. He’s just the best person.”

Needless to say, Bishop was emotional over the ________ of his community. “He was just ________ by what everybody did,” one of the helpers told Inside Edition.” He was in tears. He could ________ us enough for what we did.”

The future for Greg Bishop is looking brighter each day, as he ________ his treatment and plans for a bone marrow (骨髓) treatment in the upcoming months. His neighbors and friends, ever-willing to help, have ________ a fund to help pay for his follow-up treatment.

4 . In 2019, I went on a winter break trip with my family. One of our _________ was London. The first thing that I _________ when I landed in London was the weather. It was too _________ for my liking as it required me to wear a thick jacket.

After some _________ using a map of London, we decided to go to Buckingham Palace first.

Buckingham Palace was one of the _________ of a “hop-on, hop-off (随上随下)” bus that we took. The palace itself didn’t look very big or impressive from the entrance _________ it got much more impressive when you entered the gates.

While continuing on the “hop-on, hop-off” bus, we _________ the London Bridge, which I didn’t notice until the driver pointed it out to me. While it felt kind of special to be driving on such an iconic (符号的) bridge, the _________ was not as cool as one would imagine it to be.

Besides its history, this bridge was just another bridge that _________ two masses of land, something that pretty much all __________ do.

When we __________ Big Ben, we decided to hop off the bus and take some __________. Big Ben was a pretty __________ experience for me. In many pictures of London, Big Ben is a very visible (看得见的) building in the skyline, and it was very nice for me to see the clock tower __________. I am a big fan of skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and skyscraper-like buildings so this clock tower certainly caught my __________.

5 . Fiona Famous was a popular girl. She got on well with everyone and was so busy that she________spend time with individual friends. However, she felt________; no other girl had so many friends.

Everything________on National Friendship Day. Everyone had to make three________to give to their three best friends. Fiona enjoyed the task. When all the presents had been________, Fiona was the only one who had not________a present! She felt________and cried. How could it be possible?No one________her as their best friend? Everyone came and________her for a while. But all only________for a while.This was what Fiona had done so many times to others.

Arriving home, Fiona asked her mother where she could________true friends. “My dear,” answered her mother,“you cannot buy________with a smile or a few good words. If you really_________true friends, you will have to give them real time and________.You must be available in good and bad times.”

“But I want to be everybody’s friend! I need to share my________!” Fiona claimed.

“You can’t be a close friend to everybody. There isn’t enough time. It’s only________to have some true friends. Others will be playmates,” said her mother.

Hearing this, Fiona________she had not been a true friend. She had________to pay attention to everyone, but that was not enough. To be close friends, you need to be________, lander stand what others are________and support them.

6 . Small children are easy to throw up in the air and catch-and they _________ it. “Again, Daddy, again!” Jacky shouts as I throw him skywards and catch him on the way back down again. He throws his arms and legs out _________ he were flying, his eyes wide with _________. His trust in me is _________ which is quite a nice feeling, but at the same time gives me a huge sense of _________ .

I hope Jacky will always trust me fully, but I know that, as he gets _________ , it will need more effort and sound judgment_________ . Trust is such an important part of a _________ relationship that it’s something that can’t _________ to lose. Every time I __________ Jacky to something new, he’ll do it only because he trusts me and feels __________ in the knowledge that he won’t get hurt .__________ , teaching Jacky to swim means he has to __________ that, when he’s swimming in the big pool, I’ll come to his rescue if his doggy paddle lets him down.

__________ in the workplace, trust is important for strong __________ . It is something that every manager should work hard to __________ among their team. If people don’t trust you, they’re unlikely to __________ your directions and willingly become a loyal (忠诚) team member. A __________ of trust can make people work against you rather than for you. At the very least, it means that people are not going to be __________ you their best. Good __________, like good parenting, is a long-term commitment.

7 . When 2020 began, the thought of going trough a pandemic (瘟疫) was the last thing on my mind. Like most of you, I was busy ________ for cheer competitions, studying for classes and so on. Then, the ________ fell apart before my eyes. I quickly learned that my “normal” could be ________ in a second. Those first few ________ days revealed just how hard it was for me and other teenagers. But it was even harder on the ________ who lived in an assisted living home and couldn’t have any ________.

I called a few of my cheer friends and began to make plans to ________ the day of the elderly there. We may not have been able to go inside, but we could ________ visit through the windows. When we ________ we found out that the residents had been ________ all day when “the cheerleaders” were coming. They were so excited! We ________ their windows with flowers, pictures of sunshine, and happy ________. It was the most special feeling to remind them that the world hadn’t ________ them. When we finished our ________, not only did they have the biggest smiles on their faces, but we had the biggest smiles on ours, which they could not see through our ________!

During this pandemic, I ________ that each of us can remember to be ________ of others, especially those like the elderly. Some of them don’t even ________ why they cannot be visited by their loved ones. I ________ you to think of ways that you can safely. ________ happiness to your local nursing home residents. We’re all in this together, and I’ve learned that the small things we do for others really do matter.

8 . I was born in the Philippines and spent most of my childhood there. Then we moved to Canada and I _________ a new school. Adapting to the new environment wasn’t as easy as I had thought, but I finally _________.

At first I _________ to talk to people because I had no _________ to speak the new language. In class, I always _________ to shut my mouth. I didn’t join any clubs or after-school activities.

However, my first gym class in my new school _________ me completely. It was a school rule that every student should take part in the gym class, _________ I just sat and watched everyone play. I was actually a very _________ person, so while watching my _________ play, I was very jealous (嫉妒的). I said to myself, “I can’t just sit here. What am I afraid of?” All these __________ occurred to my head. They ________ me to step out of my comfort zone. I __________ and joined my classmates.

After that everything was different. I joined sports clubs __________. I became more willing to come to school every day. Don’t __________ to get out of your comfort zone. Once you get out of it, you will build more relationships with others, and your confidence will __________ too.

9 . A few years ago, an expensive new car stopped on the Mississippi River Bridge. A(n) ________ man got out of the car. He wore very ________ clothes and looked very rich.

He climbed over the rail and under the bridge onto a platform below the roadway preparing to ________. Cars started ________ and the traffic backed up for miles. The ________ arrived with the fire department, officers and mental health professionals.

They began talking to the man and telling him not to jump. They told him that he might not die. He might become ________ and have to stay in bed for life. About half a mile back in the traffic there was an old ________. An elderly gardener got out of the truck and walked up to ________ the people were gathered.

He made his way through the people and shouted to the man, “Hey, I’ve got to go to work. Either jump or ________ the bridge. If you decide not to jump, tomorrow is going to be ________!”

After hearing this, the man ________ climbed back onto the bridge, which surprised everyone. The police surrounded him immediately and ________ him in the back seat of the police car. The gardener ________ back to his truck, waiting for the traffic to move.

One of the officer ________ a fireman, “Who was that?” The fireman said, “I don’t know. He just said he had to go to work!”

The police reported to the press that all the way to the ________ the man kept saying, “Tomorrow is going to be better.”

One must see a future to have a future.

As Mark Twain once said, “It is not what you do not know that will hurt you the most. It is what you think you know, however, it just isn’t so!”