1 . When the host announced that my choir (合唱队) won the second place of the World Choir Game, I couldn’t believe what I heard. All the_________that we made was worthwhile. Through this unforgotten experience, I _________much.

In the semi-finals (半决赛), we were supposed to sing four songs. When we played the third song, I suddenly heard an unexpected _________— a girl in the alto (女低音) got quick. The other students in the alto were _________ by the girl and were getting quicker and quicker. Our choir’s leader, Mrs Li noticed it and_________used her hand to keep time, but she _________. After the song, the smile on Mrs Li’s face froze and some of our members turned and tried to find the person who first got_________. My mind was blank, but quickly I realized the only thing we could do was to _________the performance. Then with a smile, Mrs Li became a _________again, who seemed to have totally forgot what we had done. We sang the____________song as usual.

After the competition, I was disappointed. Just because of one person’s fault, the whole choir must afford the fact that we might lose the game. I cried, but then I found nothing would change no matter how hard we____________ the girl who played poorly.____________, I came to her, encouraged her, and practiced the whole melody with her. In the finals, we got the medal because of our____________performance.

Never blame a person when she makes a mistake, but help her to solve the problem when you are struggling____________the same goal. No matter what you will experience with others in the future, successes or failures,____________or tears, these will surely become your precious treasure and memory.

2 . What will you do when one of the few bookstores in your neighborhood shuts down? If you’re Latanya DeVaughn, you will make a new and improved one! As a mom and writer, she had always dreamed of opening her own bookstore, so after watching another close its doors for good, she saw her chance.

While Latanya said every neighborhood deserved a bookstore, actually making it happen simply wasn’t possible. What she came up with instead was to turn a bus into a bookmobile! With the help of her community, she raised money for her dream and, at the end of 2021, it came true! Bronx Bound Books rolled out in style as a bus with orange cube bookshelves. “People love the way it smells,” Latanya added. “One woman said the wood smell makes her feel like she’s at home.”

Although the bookstore on wheels carries around 30,000 new and used books, it has more room than you might expect! Latanya also makes sure to prepare books with a variety of characters, so all readers can see themselves in the pages. Of course, her collection also features works of noted Black authors like James Baldwin and Alice Walker. “It’s meant to be that way,” she explained, “because I remember going to bookstores and having to look through books just to find someone I felt I could identify with.”

Setting up her bookstore in a new spot each day, Latanya is doing her part to make sure that everyone in the neighborhood has books to read. That’s what Bronx Bound Books is for. “I can’t open up a bookstore on every corner, but I can probably pop up on tons of different corners,” she said.

Thanks to Latanya and her Bronx Bound Books, the town is becoming a heaven for book lovers day by day. I’m sure that the little bookstore will continue to develop quickly!

4 . A few years ago, David, a top manager, thought his life wasn’t moving forward. So he started to set himself 30-day challenges. The idea was simple: think of something you want to add to your life-or to give up-and try it every day for 30 days.

David began with easy projects like going to work by bike, not watching TV and giving up sugar. Then he tried more difficult ones, like writing a novel in 30 days. David learned that if you do something for 30 days. it can become a habit. If you stop doing something for 30 days, you can break the habit. As he did harder challenges, he got more confident. He learned that he could do something if he really wanted to do it. After doing the challenges for a few months, he had enough confidence to climb the highest mountain in Africa.

David gave an online talk about how the challenges changed his life. More than 5 million people around the world have watched his talk and the 30-day challenge quickly became very popular.

5 . I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.

One morning I___________a lost lamb when I was in the top field，near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its mother, so I jumped out of the tractor to_________ it while Don stayed in his seat.

Lamb and mother_________, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so_________ because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out._______ Don had somehow made the vehicle move.

My heart froze in my chest as I saw the tractor heading towards the___________. I ran desperately but failed to___________. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The _________ thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me.

Heart in mouth, I_________ the fence and looked over. The tractor was __________against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the__________road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I __________ the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently____________, and dashed back to me.

The police arrived and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn't quite believe my __________—— it turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been awful. Don was given a special ____________ that night—I didn’t want him thinking I was angry with him.

6 . One good turn deserves another.

A man was hired to paint a boat. He brought paint and brushes and began to paint the boat as the _________ wanted. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the body of the boat and decided to repair it. When he finished painting, he received his _________ and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat visited the painter and _________ him with a cheque (支票), much higher than what he was paid for the painting work. The painter was _________.

“You’ve already paid me for painting the boat, sir!” He said.

“This is not for the paint job. It’s for repairing the _________ in the boat.”

“Ah! But it was such an insignificant service.” The man said. “Certainly it’s not worth paying me such a high amount for something so _________!”

“My dear friend,” the owner said, “You don’t _________. Let me tell you what  happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I _________ to mention the hole. When the boat dried, my kids took it and went on a fishing __________. They did not know that there was a hole there. I was not at home at the time. So when I __________ and noticed they had taken the boat, I was hopeless. Imagine my __________ and joy when I saw them returning safely from fishing.”

“ Then, I examined the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You now see what you did? You __________ the life of my children!”

Each of us has a moral duty to offer help. Wipe tears, listen carefully and repair all the “hole” we __________ in our life journey, because a small act will make a big __________   in the future.

It was Mother’s Day morning last year. My five-year-old son, Tenyson, and I     1     (leave) the supermarket after shopping when an old woman fainted, fell over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. Her husband was with her, but the woman was     2     (serious) hurt and shaking with pain.

At the front of the supermarket, a charity group was selling flowers     3     ( raise) funds. Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower. “ It will make     4     feel better,” he said. I was amazed that he’d come up     5     such a sweet idea. So we went to the flower seller to buy a flower for the lady.

By now rescuers and physicians had arrived, and were attending the     6     ( injure) woman. As we walked up to her, my son became frightened by all the blood and medical     7     (equip). He said he was just too scared to go up to her.

Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband     8     told him,“ My son was very upset about your wife and bought her this flower to cheer her up.”

The old man was moved and said, “Thank you so much. You have a good son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”

The man then gave his wife the flower,     9     (tell) her whom it was from.     10     badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with thanks in her eyes and gave him a little smile.