1 . Gabe and I were taking a road trip from Hamilton to Nelson. At around 5:30 p. m. , we were ________ on a mountain road. I was texting my family. We weren’t ________ there’d recently been flooding in the area.

When I ________ from my phone, I saw a wave of mud (一波泥浆) racing down the mountain. Gabe tried to brake (刹车), but it was too late. The mudslide sent our car ________ down the cliff. It ________ on its side among some trees.

I don’t know how long we were unconscious, but I woke up to the ________ of Gabe moaning (呻吟). We had no phone signal, so all we could do was ________ for help. But my chest hurt too much to even ________. So Gabe started shouting as loud as he could.

Luckily, four men spotted us and went to our ________. On our way up, Gabe was in ________, slipping in and out of consciousness, and I ________ didn’t think he was going to make it.

When the medical team finally reached us, they ________ us into separate ambulances. I was swearing a lot as they took us away — I didn’t think I’d ever see my boyfriend again.

We spent weeks in hospital. Even after ________, I’ll walk with a limp for the rest of my life, and Gabe lost the vision in his left eye.

Before this all happened, we were happy-go-lucky people. We’re even more ________ now. Despite the ________ we suffered, we’re grateful that we’re still living a pretty good life.

2 . Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I’m ______lots of children of your age will say “yes”. Not only do the students in China have this problem, but children in the United States are also   ______of heavy school bags.

Doctors are starting to worry that more and more _______students are having back and neck problems ______ heavy school bags. “It’s ______for me to go upstairs with my bag because it’s so heavy,” ______Rick Hammond, an 11-year-old boy in the US. Rick is among the students whose school bags have two straps (带子) to ______them, but many other students ______ rolling backpacks(拉杆书包). The ______ is that even with rolling backpacks, getting up stairs and buses is______ a problem for children.

Well, how much is too much? Doctors ______that students carry no more than 10% to 15% of their own body weight. Scott Butch, a doctor for ______pain, said children under 4th grade should stay with 10%, but it is also ______that older children don’t go beyond 15%______their bones are still growing. “ There are other injuries caused by ______,”Butch explained.“ And it is______ for children to fall down with these large heavy bags,” he added.

Parents and teachers have come up with some new ______. They have started to tell children to only take home library books they will be ______that night. Some teachers are also using pieces of paper or ______ workbooks for students to take home. One of the best answers though(然而), as some ______themselves have suggested, is to have no homework at all!

3 . Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? How about those who beautify their selfie (自拍照片) so much that they can’t be _______?There must be one or more who _______ in your social media. No matter what they choose to share, they share the best but the most unreal.

Take my friend Chen. Every time we went to a restaurant, she would not take a _______ until all the dishes we _______ were on the table. Then, she would spend five minutes in setting the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact _______ order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the _______ and click in the filter (滤镜) app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no _______ to really enjoy it—it all went cold. Actually Chen’s real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for _______.

Many people care too much about others’ opinions and try too hard to _______ others. They find it hard to be ________ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their real life on social media. What they are trying to prove is ________ what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any change to reality, as they still ________ the same old pattern of life.

If they really want an elegant life, they should put more ________ into achieving it. Being more confident, ________ themselves and trying their best to be better is much more meaningful than ________ their life on social media.

5 . After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their hometown feeling glad to be back, they noticed ________, and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a ________ in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”

But John ________ closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be ________ work yet, maybe there is something we could do.” “It has nothing to do with us,” Mary ________.

But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in ________. A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John ________ her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the ________,” cried the woman. “Down the hall and to the left.”

In spite of Mary’s disagreement, John ________ for the basement which was full of smoke and ________ hot. He found the door and two children. ________ he left he could hear some more sobbing. He ________ the two badly frightened children into ________ arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him ________ more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s ________! That house will fall down any second.”

________ he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the ________ stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely ________ about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the ________ and fresh air, he found that he had just ________ his own children.

The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.

7 . A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Webaholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ______.They surf the net, use email and ______ in chat rooms. They spend many hours ______ the computer, and it becomes a compulsive(强迫性的) ______.They cannot stop, and it ______ their lives.

Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive ______ that could affect the social and physical life of computer ______.This fascinating behavior has affected teenagers and college students. They are ______ to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.

They become hooked on computers and ______ their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don’t ______ homework, so this addiction influences their ______ and success at school. Because they can find everything on the websites, they ______ there. Moreover，this addiction to websites influences their social life.

They spend more time in front of computers than with ______.The relation with their friends changes. The ______ life becomes more important than their real life. They have a(n)______ that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes ______ changes in society.

Because of the changes in their behaviors, they begin to isolate themselves from the ______ and live with their virtual friends. They ______ their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life.______ they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have known all their life. It is a problem for the ______.This addictive behavior is beginning to affect the whole world.

9 . As America continued to suffer from the pandemic (流行病), there were some ordinary individuals who held us together.

Here is how one _________ went. Louis Galvan was clearing off table 411, where a couple of his most loyal customers had _________ dinner. Like many others, his restaurant was hurting. The restaurants had just _________ some workers for the baseball season. More than 30 of his employees were counting on a big opening day that would never _________. In the days before the governor _________ his state’s restaurants, Galvan was especially _________ for regulars such as the ones at table 411. That night, they had_________ about $90 worth of food. But it was the _________ they'd left behind that blew him away. _________, it was two tips. One was $1,900 in cash. The other written on the credit card receipt, was $7,500. The couple __________ left a handwritten note on the receipt: “Hold it to __________ your guys over the next few weeks.”

“We were __________ that they were so generous. We didn't __________ it. They went above and beyond what was __________. I wasn't sure if we were going to stay open, but __________ we have someone like that, we're going to keep going. We will be offering food orders to go.” said Galvan. He divided the money __________ among the employees, so everyone got about $300. __________, Galvan could now pay the tip forward. “If there's anyone who does not have food to eat, __________ just needs a glass of water, they are __________ to come by. We are here __________ our community.” Galvan said.

10 . Tim Cook is both blind and deaf. And try as they might, staff on a recent flight just couldn’t figure out how to ________ with the man, who was travelling all alone.

But then, a 15-year-old girl used sign language and genuine compassion(同情心) to ________ the day.

Teenager Clara Daly was ________ with her mother Jane from Boston to Los Angeles when the flight attendants made a(an) ________ over the speaker. They were ________anyone onboard who knew sign language.

Clara ________ the call button, as she’d studied a year of American Sign Language in school. She was the only one on the plane ________ of truly communicating with Tim, and her heart went out to him.

“________ six hours of just not being able to talk to anyone!” she said.

Clara used fingerspelling to talk to Tim, which is where you ________ each letter in every word. This way, Tim could ________ Clara’s hands and they could communicate. First, Clara helped the flight attendants ________ all of Tim’s needs were met. Then, she spent the rest of the time just ________ with him.

Together, they shared stories about their families and Clara’s future plans, while Clara ________ about Tim’s past as a salesman.

A nearby passenger named Lynette Scribner took a photo and ________ it on social media. She mentioned how ________ she was to have witnessed such incredible ________.

After writing about Clara’s real-life act of ________ on social media, Lynette’s post________. In fact, it has been shared over 730,000 times on US social media platform Facebook since.

The ________ girl was quick to point out that she just did what any one of us should do when given the opportunity: help out.

“Everyone should just be ________ each other just because that’s the nature of people, ” Clara said.