1 . Louie, a pet parrot, saved a whole family. He ______ the sleeping Klein family in the middle of the night as flames swept through their home.

“Louie is a true ______,” Barbara Klein recently told news agency South West News Service(SWNS). “If it hadn’t been for him, I probably wouldn’t have been ______ at that time. He started shouting ‘Fire’. He had never said that word before in my ______. When I woke up, the fire was starting to spread across the living room floor.” Unluckily for the family, Louie didn’t ______. Barbara said, “He was like our babies, so it’s ______.”

Barbara took her five-year-old granddaughter ______ and ran out of the house. Her husband Larry also made it out, but was severely wounded when escaping from the burning building. “He ran to the kitchen and tried to ______ the fire out with water,” Barbara told SWNS. “After we left, he ran back into the house and insisted on ______ the pet but with no ______.” The Kleins suffered great ______ in the fire. Their house was in ______ along with its contents and the parrot Louie passed away.

“People have ______ with clothing and someone donated an apartment for three months,” Barbara said. “The man who donated the apartment also ______ us with a baby parrot. We call him Louie Jr to _____   Louie.”

2 . Silk Road countries celebrated at a forum

I was honored to be invited to the International Forum on the Silk Roads at the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in April.

Before ________ this event, I didn’t know much about what UNESCO was, except that they had ________ the World Heritage (遗产) List. However, as I did more ________, I realized that there was so much more about UNESCO than just listing valuable heritage sites around the world.

UNESCO was ________ in 1942 in the midst of World WarⅡ. Many European ________ that had been fighting against Nazi Germany came together to ________ ways of rebuilding the ________ system after the war was over. Since then, the organization has expanded (扩大) beyond Europe to include all ________ of the United Nations while keeping to their ________ goal of achieving ________ through the intellectual and moral education of humanity.

I had high expectations for this event, which ________ to be an evening of music, dance and a display of arts by three countries along the Silk Road. The performances were indeed excellent. The three musical performances by the Kazakh band, filled with wonderful music and low drum beats, had everyone on the edge of their ________. I also enjoyed the hanfu fashion show which was the final performance for the evening. The history of hanfu was ________ by models wearing clothes from different Chinese dynasties. They walked onto the stage while the host explained the details of each hanfu style. I found the event to be not only ________ entertaining, but also a great opportunity to explore the ________ of different countries along the Silk Road. UNESCO’s events offer chances to celebrate and appreciate their unique beauty.

3 . Today the car is the most popular sort of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely _______ the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their cars for _______ 90% of all _______ business. Most Americans are able to buy cars. The average price of a _______ made car was 20,050 in 1950, 25,470 in 1960 and up to 30,750 _______ 1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about _______ their products and work efficiency. As a result, the yearly income of the _______ family increased from 1950 to 1975 less than the price of cars. For this reason _______ a new car takes a smaller _______ of a family’s total earnings today. In 1951 __________ it took 8.1 months of an average family’s __________ to buy a new car. In 1962 a new car cost 8.3 of a family’s annual earnings, by 1975 it only took 4.75 __________ income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically superior to models from previous years. The __________ of automobile extends throughout the economy __________ the car is so important to Americans. Americans spend more money keeping their cars __________ than on any other item.

7 . One evening, 13-year-old Briar agreed to look after his four younger sisters while his parents were out. The parents were _______ that big brother Briar was reliable in their _______. During that brief time, the home suddenly caught fire.

The first thought coming to Briar’s mind was to rescue his little sisters. The family had _______ discussed emergency plans, so he was _______ to act. In minutes, flames (火焰) were climbing the ceiling. Smoke was filling up the hallways. The terrifying fire quickly _______ throughout the home.

Briar remained calm and focused on the _______ task of saving his four younger sisters: Peyton, 12, Jocelyn, 3, Willow, 1, and 6-month-old baby Sawyer. He first _______ the two younger sisters and rushed the older sisters out the door to _______. After making sure his sisters were far away from the _______ and breathing in fresh air, he ran back into the home to save it, __________ the flames around him. He quickly grabbed the fire extinguisher (灭火器) from the kitchen and __________ tried to put out the fire. But it was uncontrollable at this __________, and despite his best efforts, the flames kept growing __________. The home was filled with thick smoke.

Firefighters arrived on the __________, but the fire was too violent for the home to be saved. Although they lost their home and all their belongings, the family felt incredibly __________ that they all survived the fire unharmed.

8 . Last Sunday, I was standing still and watching traffic, so I could cross the road. Traffic was coming from the right side. When I saw it was _______ , I moved just a step forward.

All of a sudden, an electric bicycle driver came from the left side. A part of the electric bicycle _______ my right leg. Luckily, he came from the left side. It is the_______ side, so he had to drive against oncoming traffic, which was why he was driving_______.

I had open bleeding wounds. The driver drove me to a nearby_______ to buy cotton bandage (绷带) and alcohol wipes.

The driver tried to _______ what I bought, but I did not agree. Letting him pay may_______ sad feelings in him and make him feel guilty (愧疚的) as well. I told him not to_______.

Nothing in this world happens without a _______. Whatever bad thing happens to us is the effect of our past ________. I will treat this accident as a(n) ________ and be more careful when going out.

I came to the hospital later and visited my doctor, who ________ me carefully and fixed the wounds with bandage. He also gave me some ________ , so that I could better deal with the wounds at home.

The driver did hit me, but I didn’t think it would be a big problem, about which the doctor ________ . I thank myself for helping me to stay________ and forgive (原谅) the driver.

9 . As employees’ attitudes toward work change, new forms of employment are appearing. Workers want flexibility in where, when and how they are employed. Many people, ________ the young, choose to leave the traditional job market to look for more ________ employment chances. Change of career paths brings both challenges and _____.

Young people nowadays grow up in a more open-minded network society with more ________ flooding in. As a result, they have greater ________ to make their own decisions. Countless young people ________ to change their career paths on impulse (冲动).

After breaking up with her boyfriend, Tang Xue, 24, gave up her job six months ago to buy a ________ in Anji county, Zhejiang.

“I believe it is important to do things on impulse sometimes, as I did earlier this year. I chose to ________ my own destiny (命运) without worrying about becoming trapped in a ________ job which is not worth doing,” said Tang, who worked for short-video platforms after graduating from a university.

Tang saw a farm in Jinhua, Zhejiang, advertised online, and was ________ by prospect (前景) of working in the open air, ________ stressful city life, making new friends, and finding the ideal lifestyle.

“I thought that changing the course of my life might be a ________, but I was willing to take it. It is never too late to restart my career, as I am a smart person with excellent ________.” said Tang, who worked at the farm in Jinhua for a few months before buying her own in Anji earlier this year.

To realize her dream of buying a farm, she took an online ________ course on farming operations. She plans to run the farm as a “shared vegetable field” project, with customers ordering the ________ she grows.

10 . Zhang Guimei, who has ________ her 40 years to education in a China’s southwestern area, is a “mother” and headmaster who has ignited (点燃) the hopes of many girls with the light of ________.

At 17, she left her hometown Heilongjiang for Yunnan province. While teaching in Huaping county, she saw many girls ________ of school due to poverty. It saddened her very much and made her ________ that an educated female is able to change the situation of poverty in a family and even the fate (命运) of three generations. In 2002, Zhang was ________ to build a free all-girls high school, in hope of changing the future of the girls in the mountains and lifting them out of poverty.

In 2007, Zhang ________ a report in Beijing at the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress. Her report “I have a dream” made her dream of building a free all-girls high school ________ to all.

A year later, Zhang’s school was ________, becoming the first free all-girls high school in China. Before it was set up, less than 50 percent of the students in Huaping took high school entrance exams. However, the figure ________ to over 90 percent last year. In the past, rural girls in the county often had no choice but to ________ at a young age. Today, an ________ number of them are going to high schools for education. During the past 13 years, the school has helped over 1,800 students ________ their dreams of going to universities.

Due to her selfless work, Zhang was ________ CPC’s top honor July 1 Medal at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. At the ceremony, she said: “The things we have done are what many CPC members are doing every day. ________ I’m still capable, I will stand in the classroom to give my all, which I will never ever ________” she remarked.