1 . It's amazing how friendships can blossom in such a short time. I met Julia in December, but we have been _________ since. Being in lockdown is really _________ and I ever said to her that we should both go shopping in the same supermarket. That way we could see each other at a _________ of six feet away.

This morning when she _________ me, asking if I was going to the store, I told her I was feeling really low and just didn't have the _________ to even go to the store. Actually, the _________ of being inside has set in. It's been getting, _________ and today was one of those days. We have had pouring rain these days so even going for a walk hasn't been a(an) _________.

A short time later, she came to my _________ with a bag of shopping and from six feet away, she __________ a bag of stuff for dinner, my favorite chocolates, a face mask, and hair products! From six feet away, I felt like crying __________ tears. I was so moved, although not being able to __________ her.

That's what best friends are! They don't __________ how much money you make and what you do for a living. If you've hit rock bottom, they just __________ you back. And that's what she proved: __________ aren't necessarily about people who you've known the longest, but those who come into your life and say, "I'm here for you."

2 . Nine years ago when I went to an English corner for the first time, nobody tried to talk to me. However, I have now become a(n) _________  participant at the English corner. I always give a(n) _________smile to new comers.

There have been times when I feel unable to _________ those who have an excellent command of English. But as long as I remember the _________ I received nine years ago, I feel better _________ for the challenge, for I_________ there is no point in being sorry for my own inability and the only_________way forward is to start again from the very beginning with full_________.

The determination to start again indicates your_________ of the many opportunities ahead. You’ve all __________ read the novel Gone with the Wind, and are __________  by Scarlett, the heroine, who brings herself and the family through the  __________ years of the Civil War and Reconstruction and regains her footing in Atlanta. At the end of the book, she says __________, “After all, tomorrow is another day.” Scarlett’s persistence (坚持) and self-confidence in face of difficulty probably __________  the ever-appealing attraction of the character, and the everlasting popularity of the novel.

It is true that the age in which we live is not __________. There are a lot of hardships and barriers ahead. But, if we__________ that we always have tomorrow before us, we will not be that__________ with everything around us now. Tomorrow will be a new day. This is the__________ on which we rely. With this faith, we will__________ all that was disagreeable yesterday and discover golden opportunities to achieve that which we’ve never before __________.