2 . Nowadays, online course have become popular in many countries. There are different kinds of online courses, but most show a _______ of a teacher and students in a classroom. Students watch the video online and take part in online _______ Some coursed that are taught _______ the Internet alive. Some coursed are free and open to anyone, giving students anywhere the _______ to study at any time. Of course, watching students and teachers on a computer screen is not the same as taking part in a _______ class.

Other kinds of e-learning are being _______ around the world. In Singapore, some schools have tablets and touch screens instead of books and blackboards in the classrooms. There are also social media _______ to help the students work together on projects, and online “worlds” where the students can _______ with each other.

In South Korea, some students are taught English by teachers abroad. The teachers are in their   _______ countries and are connected to the Korean classrooms through the Internet. Instead of looking at a screen, the students interact with a ________ in the classroom. The robot is controlled by the teacher and can move around the classroom, talking with students. It is unlikely that robot teachers will ________ real teachers. But like online learning environments, they can be useful ________ .

These important examples show us that e-learning can be ________ Thanks to technology, more and more ways of teaching and learning are being developed. Nobody knows ________ the classroom of the future will look like, but one thing is for sure— there has never been a ________ interesting time to be a student.

3 . Last month, Dongxiang County in Gansu Province was officially removed from the “List of Poorest Counties in China”.

Landlocked in China’s northwest, Dongxiang County is_______to 256,828 Dongxiang people, one of China’s 55 ethnic (民族的) minorities. In 2013, nearly a third of its _______ was still living under the absolute poverty line.

So, how did they do it?

Most of Dongxiang people are _______who grow wheat and potatoes. Then it is _______that anti-poverty projects the county often _______ food.

The potatoes here are_______. Dongxiang people have many ways of _______ potatoes for the table, including spicy potato slices, sour potato rolls, whole potatoes _______ under a bed of hot rocks, and even potato noodles. Now these potato _______are sold all over China.

Fan Chenyang, who works in the Dongxiang potato industry, said that one of the ________ways potatoes helped lift the area out of poverty was through education and ________.   It includes topics like latest planting methods and disease________. “These sessions have helped a lot in ________ both the quality and quantity of the potatoes being produced here,” he said.

Dongxiang County is also famous for its ________. Five years ago, Mada Wude, who left at the age of 17 in order to raise sheep in other areas of northwest China, was encouraged to ________ to his county to set up company, which is now taking care of around 1,800 sheep owned by 25 families in his village. Over the five years, he has helped the villagers raise more and better lambs. The profit is distributed to the participating families. The sheep there are given organic food and monitored continuously by AI systems. Therefore, consumers all over China can eat with peace of mind.

4 . A Heroic Driver

Larry works with Transport Drivers,   Inc.   One morning in 2009, Larry was ______along 165 north after delivering to one of his _______. Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on. _______ he got closer, he found ____ vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed _______ shooting out from under the _______ vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and _______the fire extinguisher (灭火器). Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.

The man who had his bright lights on _______ and told Larry he had _______ an emergency call. They ________ heard a woman’s voice coming from the wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle. ________the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay ________ until the emergency personnel arrived, ________ she thought the car was going to ________. Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move ________ she injured her neck.

Once fire and emergency people arrived, Larry and the other man ________ and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the ________ if he was needed or ________ to go. They let him and the other man go.

One thing is ________—Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His ________ most likely saved the woman’s life.

5 . Next week, as millions of families gather for their Thanksgiving feasts (大餐), many other Americans will go without. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, more than 12 million households _________ enough food for everyone in their family at some time during the year — including _________.

Hunger is surprisingly widespread in our country — one of the world’s wealthiest — yet the government estimates that we waste almost 100 billion pounds of food each year, more than one-quarter of our total supply.

Reducing this improper distribution of _________ is a goal of America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. Last year, it _________ nearly 2 billion pounds of food to more than 23 million people in need.

America’s Second Harvest is a network of 214 inter-connected food banks and other organizations that _________ food from growers, processors, grocery stores and restaurants. _________, the network distributes food to some 50,000 soup kitchens (施食处), homeless _________ and old people’s centers in every county of every state.

A great deal of work is involved in distributing tons of food from thousands of _________ to thousands of small, non-profit organizations. Until a few years ago, America’s Second Harvest lacked any _________ way to manage their inventory (存货). Without accurate and timely information, soup kitchens were sometimes empty while food was left to __________ in loading places.

In 2000, America’s Second Harvest began to use a new inventory and financial-management system — Ceres. It is a __________ designed specifically for hunger-relief operations. It is used by more than 100 America’s Second Harvest organizations to __________ food from donation to distribution.

Ceres has helped __________ the spoiling of food and improve distribution. An evaluation found that the software streamlined (精简) food banks’ operations by 23 percent in the first year alone.

With more accurate and timely reports, Ceres saves time, frees staff members to focus on finding new donors, and __________ more efficient use of donations.

Hunger in America remains a(n) __________ social problem. Technology alone cannot solve it. But in the hands of organizations such as America’s Second Harvest, it is a powerful tool that is helping to make a difference — and helping more Americans to join in the feast.

6 . The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community. As a result, all students must _______ sixty hours of service learning, _______ they will not receive a diploma. Service learning is academic learning that also helps the community. _______ of service learning include cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student. _______ a service experience, students must keep a journal and then write a _______ about what they have learned.

Supporters claim that there are many _______ of service learning. Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think _______ their own interests and become _______ of the needs of others. Students are also able to learn real­life skills that _______ responsibility, problem­solving, and working as part of a team. ________ students can explore possible careers ________ service learning. For example, if a student wonders what teaching is like, he or she can choose to work in an elementary school classroom a few afternoons each month.

________ there are many benefits, opponents ________ problems with the new requirement. First, they ________ that the main reason students go to school is to learn core subjects and skills. Because service learning is time­consuming, students spend ________ time studying the core subjects. Second, they believe that forcing students to work without ________ goes against the law. By requiring service, the school takes away an individual’s freedom to choose.

In my view, service learning is a great way to ________ to the community, learn new skills, and explore different careers. ________, I don’t believe you should force people to help others — the ________ to help must come from the heart. I think the best ________ is one that gives students choices: a student should be able to choose sixty hours of independent study or sixty hours of service. Choice encourages both freedom and responsibility and as young adults, we must learn to handle both wisely.

7 . “This is the emergency room calling and your son was just brought in with severe burns. We have called for a ( n) _______and are going to fly him to Seattle." Seattle was 350 miles from his college , so we knew immediately this was_______

The doctor described the_______,which caused the burns. At 6 a.m. , our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers. When they_______   the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because of the sprayed petrol. The flames shot to my son's head.

_______, one boy was quick -minded, grasped my son, and _______ him on the grass. While he saved his life , there was not enough _______to save him from fearful burns.

After he recovered, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery (整容) for 6 months _______it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars (伤疤) .

When I was a child, my mother told my sister who had a 10-inch very _______ scar on her arm,' "Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not__________it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn't matter to you.                                                                         

I passed this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to ________and returned to school with his head held high- glad he was alive. Later, he thought the scars did not matter and made the________to give up any plastic surgery.

We all have “scars” that we believe ________people to keep away from us. But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same________standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value________yourself, and your beauty will shine through.

8 . Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? My friend Stella is such an example. Every time we went to a restaurant she would not take a bite until all the dishes we ________ were on the table. Then she would spend five minutes in ________ 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 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 Stella’s real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for days.

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 ________ life on social media. What they are trying to prove is ________ what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any ________ 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 ________ fabricating it. Being more confident, ________ themselves and trying their best to be better are much more meaningful than ________ their life on social media.

9 . UPS deliveryman Ryan Arens was making his rounds near a pond, when he heard a strange sound. It was December, and about 15 feet from the frozen bank was the _________ of that sound — a brown-and-white wire-haired hound（猎犬）had fallen through the thin layer of ice. An elderly man was already on the _________, determined to save her. He was trying to _________ the pond and was striking the ice with a rock to create a(n) _________ to the dog, but seemed to be struggling.

Arens, 44, thought he _________ a better chance. “Animals are my weakness,” he said, explaining _________ he chose to take off his overcoat, even though the temperature was minus 15 and _________ the rescue task.

After breaking the ice using the man’s rock, Arens jumped into the icy water. He surfaced in time to see the dog going under. Arens swam about five feet toward the dog, grabbed hold of her collar, and _________ her out of the water and onto the ice. He then put the dog into the boat and slid it back to the bank, where _________ bystanders carried the dog to the home of the rowboat’s owner, a retired vet. __________ in the house himself, Arens jumped into a warm shower with the dog. A few more minutes in the pond, the vet told Arens, and the dog would have likely __________.

The next day, Arens was again making his __________ in the neighborhood when the dog’s owner came __________ to thank him for saving Sadie. “Would you like to meet her?” he asked. Then he opened the door of his pickup, and Sadie jumped out. She went __________ toward Arens, leaping around him and kissing him. Arens said that special delivery was the __________ of his UPS career.

10 . The networked computer is an amazing device. It is the first media machine that serves as   the mode of production (you can make stuff), means of distribution (you can upload stuff to the network), site of _____ (you can download stuff and interact with it), and place of praise        and criticism (you can comment on the stuff you have downloaded or uploaded). _____, the computer is the 21st century’s culture machine.

But for all the reasons there are to _____ the computer, we must also act with caution.   This is because the networked computer has started a secret war between downloading and uploading—between passive consumption and active   _____—whose outcome will shape     our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagine.

All animals download, but only a few upload anything besides faces and their own bodies. Humans are _____ in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous( 过 剩 的 ) material goods (paintings, sculpture and architecture) and superfluous experiences (music, literature, religion and philosophy). _____, it is precisely       these superfluous things that define human culture and ultimately what it is to be human. Downloading and consuming culture requires great   skills, but _____ to   move   beyond downloading is to rob oneself of a defining ingredient of humanity.

Despite the possibilities of our new culture   machines, most people are   still _____ download mode, brought about by television watching. Even after the _____ of widespread social media, a pyramid of production remains, with a small number of people uploading material, a slightly larger group commenting on or modifying that content, and a huge percentage   remaining satisfied to just _____.

The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to _____ the flow caused       by TV viewing, to encourage thoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading. The computer offers the opportunity to bring about a complete _____ from the     culture of television and a shift from a consumption model to a production model. This is   a historic opportunity. Fifty years of television dominance has given birth to an unhealthy culture. The _____ is now in our collective grasp. It involves controlling our intake, or downloading, and _____ our levels of activity—uploading.

Of course people will still download. Nobody uploads more than a tiny percentage of the culture they consume. But using the networked computer as a download-only device, or even a download-mainly device, is a _____ opportunity that history affords us. Therefore, the goal must be to establish a balance between consumption and production.