3 . One early morning, I was wiping down the shower curtain, as well as its liner. My budget was_________, so I was forced to scrub a two-dollar plastic liner because I didn’t have a few extra dollars to buy a(n)_________one.

_________ isn’t how I would normally choose to start the day. To _________and continue the day a bit more optimistically, I _________the chores(家务)for later and set out for my daily walk.

Along the way, something on the sidewalk caught my_________. I picked it up. Upon _________ it turned out to be a small paper bag with no _________. I looked inside the bag for more _________. It was a shower curtain liner!__________, I turned it over many times. It was a brand-new shower curtain liner.

It took me a few minutes to __________what to do next. Were it a more__________item, I would’ve taken it to the police station, but it was just a two-dollar liner. For a moment, I wanted to__________the liner. However, I couldn’t persuade myself to __________ something that did not belong to me.

Finally, I took the bag to the police station. On my way home, my bad mood __________ and I was ready to finish scrubbing my liner.

5 . Accepting a compliment (赞美) has always been hard for me. I don’t _________ getting many as a kid, although my parents were very loving and supportive.

When I got to know Aaron, he _________ not just my looks but also my gifts and mind. I was hesitant (犹豫的) to believe all the _________ things he was saying. At the time, I was wondering if I could go to college. Aaron saw something else in me and _________ me to apply to college. His compliments _________ my life: He told me I was a good person and smart. He helped me see a totally different _________ of myself, and I liked being that girl! It turned out he was right: I was accepted to college and got my degree later.

Still, I felt _________ accepting compliments from anyone else. I didn’t think I was worthy of praise.

My real turning point came after being _________ to run a half-marathon in Germany in 2012. After the race, the _________ that I had, holding that medal and hearing everyone tell me how well I’d done, was unlike anything I’d ever felt before. I couldn’t deny (否认) that feeling of __________.

Now it’s a pleasure for me to both __________ and accept all kinds of compliments. I love seeing the __________ when I praise someone else — and I love seeing the satisfaction when they see that their compliments __________ me up, too.

A compliment is a __________ from another person and we wouldn’t refuse or question a gift. So these days, when someone gives me a compliment, I __________ smile and say, “Thank you!”

6 . Once there were three travelers checking in a hotel. When they went out in the morning, one traveler brought an umbrella and another one took a crutch (拐杖) _________ the third one left with _________ whatsoever.

When they were back in the evening, the man who brought an umbrella got his clothes _________ in rain; the one taking a crutch fell, all covered with mud; but the man empty-handed kept his clothes dry, _________ any mud on it. The former two guys felt it was _________, so they asked the third man why.

The third guy didn’t reply, but _________ asked the man with an umbrella, “Then why were you caught in the rain _________ without falling?”

“When it was raining, I felt so _________ for my prediction that I opened the umbrella and walked in the rain _________. I didn’t think I would be caught in the rain, but __________ my clothes got so showered. Going to the places which were too muddy to cross, __________ that I didn’t have a crutch for fear of falling, I walked very carefully. It __________ that I walked all the way back __________ and sound. ”

After hearing __________ the first man said, the third man then asked the man with a crutch why he became muddied all over himself instead of getting showered.

He answered like this, “When it was raining, I had no umbrella, so I __________ chose those places I could __________ from the rain to walk through. In the muddy places, I went on with my crutch, but I hadn’t thought I fell. ”

The empty-handed traveler __________, “When it was raining, I chose the places protecting myself from the rain and in the muddy places I kept particularly __________, so I was neither drenched nor fell. ”

The advantages are __________. Only if we create advantages by virtue of the objective environment can we __________ a success.

9 . Zhang Shuo became a winner of Labor Day Medal of this year. Before that, he was _________ with the title of “the Most Beautiful Worker” on April 30, 2022.

Zhang Shuo got a job of designing advertisements in Harbin in 2015. Two years later, he decided to return to his hometown, Dongsheng Village in Hegang, to help his aging parents with their rice farm. He started his job as a food deliveryman (快递员) in 2018. “I just wanted to use the off season of farming to _________ some money, and I didn’t plan on it becoming a permanent ( 长 期 的 ) job,” he said. “I found the _________ development space, so I decided to _________ and do better.”

Zhang Shuo was always attaching more importance to the quality of service than the quantity of orders. In late December 2018, a snowstorm _________ deliverymen to take food to customers on foot. To prevent the food from getting cold, Zhang Shuo _________ the food with his coat. Around two hours later, the customer received his food and it was still _________. Every time Zhang Shuo finished a(n) _________, he would take away the rubbish outside his customer’s door, which brought him lots of good reviews.

In June, 2019, Zhang Shuo became the manager of the delivery operations of Meituan in Hegang City. Since then, he began to find more ways to help young villagers get out of poverty (贫穷) and increase their _________. “I hope to recruit (招募) more excellent young people and double the size of my team in the future,” he said. “__________, I hope to lead more local people to a better life.”

10 . Once upon a time, there was a shepherd (牧羊人). He _________ dozens of sheep. He tended (照料) the sheep in the daytime, and kept them in the sheepfold (羊圈) at night.

One morning, the shepherd found that one sheep was _________. His neighbor helped him check the sheepfold. “There is a hole in the wall of your sheepfold. A wolf went in through the hole, and took the sheep away at night. You should _________ the sheepfold quickly and fill up the hole,” the neighbor said.

However, the shepherd was _________ to the neighbor’s advice. He replied, “I have already lost the sheep. It is no _________ repairing the sheepfold.” The next morning, the shepherd found that another sheep was gone.

The neighbor said, “If you had _________ my advice, you wouldn’t have made the same mistake. Aren’t you going to take action right now?”

The shepherd filled up the hole _________ at once. After that, _________ of his sheep was taken away by the wolf.

If there is a mistake, we should _________ it as soon as possible. In this way, we can avoid more __________.