2 . A young man Jermaine Scott set up in business as a barber in Madison, Tennessee, about a year ago. He gradually noted the kids were_______to tablets and electronic products when they came to the barbershop. It was extremely_______to cut their hair when they were focused on those, and kids would feel cross and lack passion for life if they play cell phones for a long time. That led to the_______of Scott’s “Barbershop Books Day”, when kids could come and get a_______ haircut. What was required? They are only required to_______a book while they got it.

He created “Barbershop Books Day” to help not only the kids, but also the anxious parents. Madison has many low-income and impoverished(贫穷的) families and many are entirely focused on just keeping their_______on. Many parents are occupied with their work and barely have time to accompany their children. For people in this community, $15 for a haircut per kid is not easy to _______, so in some way a reduction in the price can_______.

Scott began his _______by borrowing five books from City Library and putting them near his chair. Book________began flooding in when a local news station ________ what he was doing. Scott plans on taking it a step further by________his “Barbershop Books Day” to an “Ice Breaker Book Tour” where he________to get kids excited and motivated to learn while also giving them ________role models through motivational speakers so as to encourage them. Scott said, “If I step out of my comfort zone, challenge myself and instill(灌输) in them the idea that school is cool and educational, hopefully it will guide them in the right direction.” He also emphasized that it’s up to all the members of the society to develop students’ lifelong________for reading.

3 . Lee Chong Wei, the 38-year-old Malaysian badminton legend, praised Lin Dan as the greatest badminton player ever in a recent Facebook Live Session (实况转播) on April 16. When he was ________ “who is the greatest badminton player of all time ” by Malaysia’s former Deputy Sports Minister Steven Sim during a recent Facebook Live session, Lee _______ , “You have to say it’s Lin Dan. He’s a legend. His ______ speak for themselves. We have to show our admiration for him.”

Lin Dan was born in Longyan, Fuijian on October 14, 1983. He began to play badminton at the age of five. He entered the ________ school of Fujian in 1992 and joined the _____ team in 2000 to play badminton for China. Li Chong Wei was born in Malaysia on October 21,1982, the ________ of whose ancestors (祖先) is Fujian.

The two badminton titans (巨人) treat each other as powerful rivals (对手) on the court, but are __________ off the court. They met in 2000 and __________ each other for the first time in the Thomas Cup Badminton Asia Preliminaries in 2004.Between their 40 matches from 2004 to2018,Lin has walked away triumphant (胜利的) 28 times, __________ Lee beat the difficulties and __________ 12 times.

Throughout the years, fans have __________ their friendly post—match hugs. Their mutual (互相的) encouragement has been an inspirational __________ of sportsmanship. ____that, Lee even attended Lin’s wedding in 2012.

The two-decade long friendship has been such a _________ example of cross—cultural exchange that Lee was even _________ with the China—Malaysia Star of Friendship award.

7 . When I was a little boy, I lived in my grandma’s old house. It was _________ by four huge vegetable gardens, and around the house were planted so many _________. On the back porch, Grandma had dozens of potted (盆栽的) plants hanging on hooks (挂钩). She _________ them, and talked to them. With a little water and a lot of _________ she kept them alive, green, and growing even during the coldest, darkest months.

As a little boy, I was confused by all the effort she _________ them. I understood the vegetable gardens for they helped to _________ the family all winter long. I _________ understood the flowers around the house as they were pretty and smelled so sweet in the summer months. The reason why she _________ to those potted plants with so much effort, however, made me feel _________ a lot. They didn’t give us any food and they __________ had any flowers on them. They remained an unknown to my mind as a(n) __________.

Now as I’ve grown older, I am beginning to __________ why my grandma had those potted plants. It is the same reason why I have so many pictures of sunrises and forests __________ in my home. They remind me of the dark cold winter months __________ of bare trees and yellow grass when light, love and growth still exist. But my greatest __________ of light and love was Grandma herself, who was light to my soul even in my darkest times.

8 . At 111, Dr Edith Kaufmann was the second oldest person in the UK. I met her when I _________ a care home for the elderly in London six years ago. I didn’t realize it would be the start of a close _________, where the age gap was eight decades.

At first sight, I was _________ by her self-confidence. Her doctorate (博士学位) told me she was intelligent and _________. From the beginning, I never felt as if Edith and I _________ conversation. Edith could have a full conversation with me about anything, and that her memory stretched back so easily, _________ even small things which took place 100 years ago.

She was also _________ . She loved dancing as a child and I recall, only a few weeks before her death, she laughed _________ when I played the waltz (华尔兹) and we _________ hands and danced along to the music. Although towards her later years she was __________ to a wheelchair, she still participated in the exercise classes.

As I __________ Edith each week, I realized that I was going as much for me as I was for her. I learnt to take the words of __________ when I could get them. When I have __________ over the years, and small decisions have weighed on my mind, I have __________ nothing more than the opportunity to regain my perspective on life and what actually __________.

9 . Yesterday two unexpected visitors came to our balcony during the brief time we were out. Two brave ______ had came into a district to ______ the freshness of our washbasin and some other bread pieces on our balcony.

When you came across such sudden visitors, are you ______ to sense it as an invasion (入侵) into your comfort zone, or you might ______ it as a lovely moment of Life? We chose the second option, with no ______. After all, we’ve been feeling encouraged to ______ the relationship with our sparrows more and more each day. We can’t stop _______and celebrating their dance from our window. We fed them with the leftovers (剩菜) on our tablecloth after every meal. And we have ______ them with our balcony. ______, they feel at ease in our courtyard. And that has led them to ______ up courage and determine to enter our house. Perhaps they have the feeling that we no longer consider them as unexpected guests, but friendly ______, who only leave some waste from time to time.

The ______ of our dear sparrows draws us out of our boring daily ______ and shows us the potential beauty. They often take different human forms. We’ve met sparrows like those, of all shapes and ______. And they’re everywhere. Perhaps all of them are willing to surprise us. Perhaps all of them are willing to catch our ______. They only ask us not to be afraid of them or feel reluctant (勉强的) to their presence.

10 . It was a long drive to the nursing home (敬老院,养老院) where my grandmother was living. _________, at least twice a month I drove to see her. I’d already _________ my mom to cancer and I wanted to always remember my grandmother, especially because she was beginning to _________ me. Nanna had Alzheimer disease (老年痴呆症), which was slowly starting to eat away at her _________. Sometimes she recognized me when I visited her and sometimes she didn’t.

On one visit, I _________ my grandmother good-bye and started to walk towards my car. Suddenly a tiny hand seized mine. “James!” a _________ voice said. I turned and saw a smiling, wrinkled face. Like my Nanna, she had Alzheimer disease but was still able to walk and get around. She _________ me for her son (A nurse told me he’d died years ago). I held her hands and let her joyfully _________.Though her eyes didn’t know who I was, I saw the excitement in them when she spoke to her son through me.

On the following visits, I always took _________ to visit my Nanna as well as her. I always got a smile and sometimes even a __________ from her. The nurses told me she was always __________ and calmer after seeing her “son”.

Then one day I noticed she was __________. I spoke to the nurses and they sadly told me that she’d been dead for some days. I put my head __________ and went quietly into my Nanna’s room.

Her loss didn’t really hit me __________ I went for a walk at night. I looked at the sky, realizing something—for a while I really had been her son. Actually, in this world we’re all __________ by invisible strings of love.