1 . Compared with the children of a few decades back, today’s children seem to be _________: they enjoy better health owing to recent _________in medicine and in public health care. They also enjoy all the _________of modern life. Physically and materially. Today’s children seem to be much better off than their predecessors. Nevertheless, _________the improved standards of_____________, many children nowadays seem to be emotionally _______since most parents are spending less time with their children, so little，in_______, that many could _________be called “weekend parents”. An increasing number of mothers are taking full-time jobs, _________their children in the care of baby-sitters or nurseries. Time has become a luxury few parents can ________ because of the pressures of their work and the very brisk pace of life in our________society. On the other hand, these working parents can often well afford to __________their children with the best food, clothes, toys and other____________desires. But____________to say, they fail to __________the emotional requirements of their growing children. As a noted pediatrician (儿科医生) of the Medical and Health Department __________, children need love, security, praise, recognition and responsibility. If these needs are not __________, their development might be stunted (抑制). Child psychologists all__________that some illnesses and emotional disturbances ________ to children are because of a lack of parental care. In the light of this, parents who really ________ their children should be sure that there are good lines of communication between themselves and their children, despite their heavy work loads.

2 . We all have been taught that the shortest distance between any two points is a straight line.Moving forward along the straight line always represents the most _________ and productive course of action.

The other day, I visited an Australian friend.There I _________ a nice artwork which is the coat of arms of Australia(澳大利亚国徽).On it, there are two _________ which cannot be seen in other countries.These two _________ animals in Australia are the kangaroo and the emu(鸸鹋), a large bird. They aren’t too much   _________, but they do share one unique _________.Because of the length of their tails, kangaroos cannot back up. If they want to move in the _________ direction, they have to move forward and finish a U­turn._________ the structure and shape of their feet, emus cannot back up and must _________ move ahead.The wise person who designed this ____________ Australian coat of arms understood that we could learn ____________ from emus and kangaroos.

As we follow our enthusiasm and move toward ____________, there are days when progress isn’t evident to us. This could mean that no progress has been made, ____________ it could mean that we are moving forward in ways that don’t reveal progress ____________.If you are currently stuck in one location, you must be ____________ to move forward so that there is no time wasted or energy used, which does not ____________ progress.If you have a goal in your life that you would like to ____________, you should make progress toward it along a ____________ line.That progress needs to take big ____________ toward those things you want to do.As long as you don’t ____________ no matter what happens, the good situation will eventually present itself.

3 . As we walked out of the office and into the lift no words were spoken.We couldn’t even look at each other.We were both just stunned(愣住) and did not _________what to say to one another.

We got into the sky_________ car, and left the parking lot. Mum wasn’t paying attention to her_________ , but all of a sudden she _________ hard on the brakes(刹车) and we both went_________. Outside of the car we saw a _________ , half on and half off his bike.“Where did you get your license, woman?” he shouted, “You almost _________ me!”

The biker got back on his bike and rode off, _________ shaking his head. It was then that Mum and I looked at each other. We cried, as we came to _________ that I had (a) __________ . We talked about it for hours, and I knew I had so __________ support and that I was going to be__________.

Twelve years later, at age 31, cancer has now been put __________ me. I had major surgery(手术) and four months of radiation treatment. Thank God, it was caught at a(n) __________ stage, and I was able to make a full recovery.

Cancer__________ me so much — so much for the better. It __________me to appreciate life and those in my life, and to never __________ anything for granted. Life is too short and you have to live each moment to the very __________.

To this day, I wish I could __________that man on the bike. I’d like to tell him that he was not the only survivor to come__________ that day, as I am living proof.

4 . A recent survey in the United States showed that the average family spent more money on its pets than on its children. Although rather shocking, it should not _______ anyone who has seen the doggy parlors(客厅) where loved pets rest. It is possible that: Americans are unique in treating their little friends in this way, but the information we have suggests that the English, too, are _______ to their pets.

This can clearly be seen when we look at pet foods, which often contain more vitamins than human food or at least, are _______ less nutrition. They certainly cost much. Last year the British public spent two hundred million pounds on pet food alone, _______ veterinary(兽医的) bills or animal furniture. It is difficult not to feel _______ with this when considering what the same amount could do for victims of starvation and poverty, so it is _______ for me to get hot under collar when I read an old man left all his money to his dog instead of his children.

There are a variety of reasons why I find the popularity of British pets _______. They cause physical problems. An example of this is New York where they have great difficulty getting rid of the mess that dogs leave on the streets. Many people find this funny, but in a number of large cities it is a major problem. Animals can cause disease, too. It is the threat of rabies—a disease with no known cure—that has made the English government impose strict _______ on animals coming into the United Kingdom. When the Spanish government recently _______ a number of stray dogs as protection against the same threat, English tourists immediately wrote letters to the newspapers ________about 'mass murder'.

Another problem is the ________ of pet owners. Most little children want a dog or a cat, and they continually push their mothers and fathers until they get one. It is only when the "sweet little thing" has been brought home that the parents realize how much time and money must be spent on "Rover" or "Bonzo". Then they just ________ it. This brings me to my last point. Pets, which run free, are often not ________ at all. English farmers lose hundreds of sheep a year, killed by someone’s pet and you must have read of children being hurt by some pets of their own.

________, I would only suggest that we have got our ________ wrong and that something should be done about it. In my view, it’s time we stopped being sentimental about pets.

5 . Tonight, I went to see a play. On the way, a car _____ me off. I turned my bright lights on him and I drove right behind him. At the next stop _____, I pulled up beside him. He was _____, and shouted at me.

I rolled down my _____ and said,＂Really? You’re mad at me when YOU cut me off?!＂He _____,＂Yes!＂ And then he threw his coffee in my face, which _____ my face and my car. _____, it was cold. I didn’t know what to do _____ I was angry, so I _____ behind him with my bright lights on.

I called 911 to ______ an attack by a taxi driver. A very nice and calm ______ answered. She told me not to follow him since I could get ______. I asked her what the procedure was. She told me to give her the license plate number and type of car, and they would follow up.

Something in me rethought the ______ thing. I told the 911 operator that I changed my ______. I did not want the police to involve ______. ＂I am fine,＂ I told her before ______.

The car turned down an alley(小巷) quickly, trying to ______ me, but I followed. The car stopped, and a young man got out. He didn’t look so mean or scary ______ — more sad, really. I sensed I didn’t have to worry and I wasn’t ______.

I ______ to the left side ahead of him and got out of my car. He reasoned with me as he was approaching. We apologized to each other. Then, we hugged, shook hands and left.

6 . Four years ago in church, I saw a child of my age. His ________ was pinned on the bulletin board, his dirty clothes barely covering his small,________ body. He should not have had a ________ on his face but there he had, showing off his white teeth. I walked past his picture every day ________ him less and less. His pictures are also sent to us not to show what the child looks like but to ________ us that we are sponsoring him. We need to reflect because we are so ________ in our own misfortunes that we ________ that there are people worse off than us. Our desires are insatiable (无法满足的) and we take for granted every ________ that we are blessed with.

I looked at the child’s picture today for the first time in a ________ time His letter came every few months and I ________ them over never taking the time to ________ back. I was just too busy spending money going to movies with my friends. We can’t just help others ________ and they need our time and hands to help create a better world for everyone.

We are presented with ________ opportunities such as work and education. What we don’t realize is that the people without these ________ would pay every last cent to get the opportunities that ________ themselves to us every day. When they are ________ to us, we shouldn’t push them aside.

I honestly ________ if everyone had a chance to experience these, this world would open up a little more and provide more ________ and assistance to those who ________ it most. Anything can help those homeless in our own city but ________ with me.

7 . I’m a U.S.-born citizen and have been married to my wonderful husband for over 4 years. He entered the ________ illegally over 7 years ago. He had come legally with a visa (签证) other times before with his parents. As he became older, he made ________ decisions that forced him to leave his country without ________ his family. He now deeply regrets that ________ because he is living in fear of deportation (驱逐) every day. We have two children together. My daughter, 10-year-old, is from another ________ but in every way that counts, he is her “Dad”. Our son is 3 and loves his father. My husband is very ________ and full of ambition, but ________ he cannot continue his education here. We have great jobs and are very happy ________ here. Recently a friend was pulled over for ________ with an expired (过期的) license. He is also an illegal alien and has a (n)________ son to care for, so he does not have a lot of options. His country does not have medical ________ for blind children.

We have spoken to three different ________ and paid thousands of dollars, only to find out that we don’t have many options. The ________ thing we can do to obtain residency for my husband is to return to his country and ________ there, and hope that he doesn’t have to ________ ten years to return. This is not an option because he is our provider! I lie awake at night ________ this. I’m worried that because our friend was living with us,________ the immigration office finds out our friend is illegal, they may come to ________ my home and find out my husband is illegal. I cannot be ________ from my husband for ten years, and his country is too dangerous for us to live there. I pray that one day soon there will be a ________ in immigration laws that allows families to stay together.

8 . A young English teacher saved the lives of 30 students when he took______ of a bus after its driver suffered a serious heart attack. Guy Harvold,24, had ______ the students and three course leaders from Gatwick airport, and they were travelling to Bournemouth to ______ their host families. They were going to ______ a course at the ABC Language School in Bournemouth where Harvold works as a ______.

Harvold, who has not ______ his driving test, said, "I realized the bus was out of control when I was ______ the students." The bus ran into trees at the side of the road and he ______the driver was slumped(倒伏) over the wheel. The driver didn't ______. He was unconscious. The bus______ a lamp post and it broke the glass on the front door before Harvold ______ to bring the bus to a stop. Police______ the young teacher's quick thinking. If he hadn't ______ quickly, there could have been a terrible______.

The bus driver never regained consciousness and died at Easy Surrey Hospital. He had worked regulary with the ______ and was very well regarded by the teachers and students. Harvold said, "I was ______ that no one else was hurt, but I hoped that the driver would ______.

The head of the language school told the local newspaper that the school is going to send Harvold on a weekend ______ to Dublin with a friend, thanking him for his ______. A local driving school has also offered him six ______driving lessons.

9 . On Dyec. 13, 2014, Nubia Wilson turned 16. But instead of _______with an exciting Sweet 16 birthday party, the California teen devoted this milestone to _______the lives of orphans in Ethiopia.

Through several summers of volunteer work at an Ethiopia orphanage, Nubia learned firsthand the severe poverty so many children _______. In an email to The Huffington Post, Nubia said that she was _______struck by the children’s lack of access to _______— their school only went through the fourth grade.

Over the course of her volunteer work, Nubia became interested in one _______, Hermela. She writes: Out of the many students in the kindergarten class, Hermela became _______and attached to me to a point where it was becoming _______for both of us to leave each other. She is now in the second grade. The thought of Hermela not being able to have her meal and _______education after the fourth grade became __________and I knew I had to do something.

That’s when Nubia decided that she didn’t want a traditional Sweet 16. __________, she wanted to use the money her parents would have spent on a party to establish __________grade class for Hermela and other kids.

“The money could provide a(n) __________solution that will serve for many years compared to the one-day __________of my party,” Nubia wrote to Huffpost Live.   In short, I want Hermela to continue __________.”

After telling friends and family her __________, Nubia set up a(n) __________page “Keep Hermela Smiling” on CrowdRise. Her __________will raise funds for the Fregenet Foundation, which funds education and community services in Ethiopia.

So far, Nubia has __________＄2,781 of her ＄10,000 goal. Nubia says that her parents have been extremely __________; they’re selling most of their Ethiopian artifacts to help raise funds.

Nubia’s birthday may not have been a party, but it’s truly a celebration.

10 . A report has recently been published about what the earth might be like 20 years or so from now on. The report is a result of a three-year_______

According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a_______one. The world will be more_______because the population will continue to grow. The population could be_______ 9,000 million, almost 3,000 million more than that in 2009. More people would move into cities, especially cities in_______countries. Cities in India and Thailand probably would_______have a population of 20 million by then.

Food production will_______, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 2009,_______most of the increase would be in countries that_______produce enough food for their people. Little increase is__________ in South Asia, Africa or the Middle East. Poor farming ways are__________   large areas of cropland, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is____________as cities become larger and more houses are built. ____________will get worse as developed countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s____________could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their____________of the earth for the year 2020 may be wrong. They only____________the situation as it is today. By changing the situation, by____________the problems, the picture can be changed. There is____________time for the nations of the world to__________ a plan of action. But they considered that__________   too long to make a decision would greatly reduce the chances of success