I grew up in a small town with its location in New Hampshire, and every morning, sometimes before I woke up, my dad left for work. I didn’t know much about all     1     my dad actually did all day. But one thing I did know about my dad’s day was that he often looked for books for me during his lunch break. He would often come home in the evening with a book for me in his bag and said that the book belonged to me. When handed the “gift”, I immediately     2     (investigate) its cover, checked out the     3     (describe) on the back, and sometimes started reading right then. I made     4     most of my free time to read.

I was not always as appreciative of those books as I should have been, especially in my younger years. One time, Dad brought home a paperback (平装书) called Bunya the Witch. I looked at the cover quickly before announcing, “Ugh! It’s just another stupid farm book and it is likely     5     (be) boring,” and dropped it on the ground. It was obvious that I had behaved rudely. I was rightfully blamed for being an ungrateful kid, and I learned that valuable lesson about not judging a book by its cover—Bunya the Witch turned out to be one of my favorites.

As I got older, my dad favored books that focused     6     strong and     7     (power) young female characters, like Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs, Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt, and Homesick: My Oron Story by Jean Fritz.

It’s not just the books themselves that stay in my memory. It’s the girl reading them, and what she felt as she read. I think back to hours I spent in my childhood bedroom     8     (read) about young women who faced lives that were     9     (unusual) difficult. I learned from     10     (they) courage and drew inspiration from their bravery.

To this day, I love to read. I love the excitement of opening up a new book and getting lost in whatever story the author wants to tell me.

In recent years, Internet voting has become     1    (increase)popular in China. People not only cast on-line votes     2     (them), but also urge others to vote for     3     (compete) like the “Most Beautiful Teacher” and the “Cutest Baby”.

Lin Yue, a high school student, is invited to vote in the “Best Police Officer”,     4     (organize) by the local government to let the public have     5     better understanding of police officers’ daily work. Lin Yue visits the website and reads all the stories. He is deeply moved by their     6     (bravery) deeds. He is already thinking of becoming a policeman himself in the future.

Wu Hua is invited by his uncle to vote for his cousin in the “Future Singer”. He     7    (receive) three similar invitations so far. His uncle tells him that    8     his cousin wins it, the family will win an overseas tour     9       free. Wu Hua likes his cousin very much, but he finds other singers perform even     10     (well). To vote, or not to vote? This is a question that troubles him very much.

For me, nothing is more satisfying       1     discovering hidden gems (珍宝) in     2     secondhand shop.     3     all, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure.

Two years ago, I came across a collection of dusty photos. I thought, if these were     4    (I), or my family’s, I’d want someone to return them to me, so I made it my goal to do so for others.

I’ve since visited secondhand shops     5    (week), and have accumulated more than 50, 000 of these items. I organize them in big boxes all over my house in New York. Photographs, home movies, undeveloped films, photo albums — you name it, I’ve collected it.

I’ve also set up a social media account to help reunite items with their owners or other family members. The quickest we’ve been able to find an owner is within two minutes. Someone commented below a photo I posted, “I think that’s my child’s preschool teacher. ” The longest we’ve taken to find someone is four months, but I’m proud that we still made it. There are     6    (thousand) of photos that have yet to be reunited.     7     social media, this project would not be possible.

People are often quite emotional when we get in touch — most of these items are     8    (lose) after a house move or a family death. Sometimes people donate a camera to a charity shop and forget to take the memory card out.

We once     9    (manage) to reunite a family with pictures from 1943, which was special. I found a can containing two rolls of film at a shop. One of my followers found a family on a heritage site, and their old photographs looked similar to the ones I found. We contacted them, and they confirmed their ancestors were in the photographs. They were extremely grateful and said that a family member had recently moved out of New York, which is probably how the film ended up at a secondhand store.

I’d love to create a building to hold all these memories. I want every photo and video to be digitized so they can be preserved online. I’m bringing together a team to return the photos to their owners.     10    , I am still working on it though we are short of money. Maybe one day, I can realize my dream.

In 2015, a reporter from Jiangsu Province went to Australia and some other    1     ( country ) with his father for a 3-month trip. His father spent most of his life     2     ( work ) in the field. The son started the     3     ( amaze) trips with his father around the world because his father had cancer---a serious illness.

The reporter wanted    4     ( take ) his father to travel, hoping that his father can find his younger self in his last days. They    5     (travel) more than 13, 000 kilometers and took over 110,000 pictures on their trips to different countries. The new experience made a deep     6     (impress) on them.Well, a miracle happened during the “rebirth” trips.     7    their surprise, his father got better from illness and became more open-hearted. He even taught himself to play     8    violin, and then     9     ( gradual )he played it very well,     10    encouraged him a lot.

Time carved (雕刻) the old man’s face but youth still flowed in his blood. Later, he even expected another trip to Africa.

Sayram Lake, known as a pearl on the mountain, is the     1    (large) and highest alpine lake in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The lake lies in a mountain basin in the western part of Tianshan Mountain and     2     is the only way to lli Prefecture.

In ancient China, the lake     3    (call) the “clean sea”. It is also known     4     the “Atlantic Ocean’s last teardrop”, because it is the farthest place     5     the warm and humid (潮湿的) air current of the Atlantic Ocean reaches

    6    (locate) 2,073 metres above sea level and measuring 30 kilometres long and 25 kilometres wide, the lake covers     7     area of 460 square kilometres. The main source of the lake is ground water, in addition to some snow and river water. The lake rises by 3 to 5 centimetres every year. Its area also     8    (continue) to grow.

The water in the lake is clean and peaceful,     9    (attract) flocks of ducks and swans. Flourishing cedar (雪松) trees cover the whole mountain. Herds of horses and sheep graze on the grassland. The lake has become a top     10    (choose) for lovers to take wedding photos and spend their honeymoons.