1 . For centuries, people have had a strong sense that it is absolutely beneficial to read fairy tales to children. However, the benefits might have been ____. Some researchers are reassessing this long-established belief and after years of surveys and observations, they are sending out the message: reading too much Cinderella to your daughter may ____ damage her in later life. A paper to be developed at the international congress of cognitive psychotherapy (认知心理疗法) suggests a link between the ____ of women abused (虐待) by their partners and early exposure to the wrong sort of fairy tales. It says girls who ____ Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast were more likely to stay in ____ relationships as adults.

The theory was developed by Susan Darker Smith, a psychotherapist at the University of Derby. She interviewed sixty-seven female abuse survivors and found that sixty-one ____severe abuse because they believed they could change their partners with patience and love. The same view was ____ by male survivors who had been abused as children. Hardly any of the women and men in a control group, who had not ____ abuse, thought they could change their partners in this way. These women and men said they would ____ a relationship rather than suffer the abuse from a partner. Ms. Darker Smith found that these abused women were much more likely to sympathize with Cinderella and other female characters who tended to obey instead of ____.

Although most girls heard the stories, damage appeared to be done to those who ____the characters as role models. “They believe if their love is strong enough they can change their partners’ ____,” she said. “____ in children to stories that emphasize the transformational qualities of love may make women believe they can change their partners.” For example, they might never have understood the obvious ____ in the story of Rapunzel, who remained locked in a high tower until rescued by a knight on a white horse, who broke the door down. “The question,” said Ms. Darker Smith, “is why she did not break the door by herself? After all, being ____ is a desirable characteristic that children should learn to possess from the early age and prevail in the life time. ”

2 . It was a cold evening and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway. I didn't notice a guy sitting inside a cardboard box. But Nora did. She wasn't even four, but she _______ at my coat and said, “That man's cold. Daddy, _______ we take him home?”

I don't remember my reply. But I do remember a sudden _______ feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her _______, whether it was _______ in flight or children playing. But now she was noticing _______ and beggary.

A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food package from a nearby school on a Sunday morning and _______ it to an elderly person. It was quick and easy. I _______ us up. Nora was _______ about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how ________ our job was. When Sunday came, she was ready, but I had to ________ myself to leave the house to fetch the food package. On my way to the school, I fought an urge to ________. The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at home. Why do this? ________, we phoned the elderly person we'd been appointed. She ________ us right over.

The building was in a bad state. Facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked us to come in. Nora ran inside. I unwillingly followed. ________ inside, I saw that the department belonged to someone poor. Our hostess showed us some photos. Nora played and when it came time to say goodbye, we three hugged, I walked home in tears.

Professionals call such a(n) ________ “a volunteer opportunity”. They are opportunities, I've come to see. Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something ________ that’s good for others as well as for yourself? Nora and I regularly serve to needy people and ________ clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I’ve ________ her grow over these past four years, I still wonder-which of us has ________ more?

3 . When I first met Begay at Los Ninos Elementary on “King and Queen Day”, she was wearing a smile ear-to-ear.

This morning, though, Begay was______. The parent she had been trying to_____was a no-show again. Begay______needed to talk to her. Her boy was smart, but now about a year behind. She______there were problems at home. He was always late and had already missed too much school.

By 8 a.m. , kids were arriving, and Begay’s______quickly became a beehive（蜂窝）of activity. Forty-five minutes_______, the little boy finally walked in, shoulders sunk, head_______. Rather than______him in front of the class, Begay welcomed him warmly. He was testing Begay’s long-held_______that no child is a lost cause, no matter how______he seems. “It’s the unspoken       _____teachers start out with,” Begay said.

During lunch I sat down with Begay’s students and asked them what they liked about her.

“ She never gets angry, “ said one girl. A boy______:” She’s funny and likes telling jokes.”

Before we left the______, the shy, quiet girl next to me______,” She teaches me when I don’t want to learn.”

Her_______stayed with me. When I_______it with Begay, I told her that I felt it was a very       _____thing for a child to say. She agreed.

“They never______that to me.” said Begay, “But that’s what I_______. I want them to enjoy school. I want them to feel like someone_______them.”

4 . In January 1820, some eight months after it had sailed from Kronstadt, the first Russian Antarctic expedition approached its goal. Its commander, Von Bellingshausen was, a(n) ________ sailor, having served in the first Russian voyage around the earth from 1803-06. But this was a voyage unlike any other, ________ in desperately cold and dangerous conditions to ________ Antarctica. People had long known that a ________ pole must exist. But could they get there?

Von Bellingshausen ________ the first ship, the Vostok, while his second-in-command, Mikhail, took charge of the Mirny. For ________, the two commanders had promised never to ________ one another’s ships throughout the voyage.

By November, the two ships were in Australia, where they ________ for repairs before heading south-east. On and on they sailed, the weather ever colder, the mist ever thicker, a “long voyage, with ________ from ice, snow, rain and fog” On 21 January, he spotted land, the first ever ________ south of the Antarctic Circle: an island, as it ________, which he named after Peter the Great. To celebrate, he handed out glasses of wine to his men, who gave three ________. But still they had not seen the great southern ________ itself.

For the next few ________, they picked their way ________ along the edge of a great ice sheet, aware that any ________ could be fatal (致命的).

Then, on 27 January, the fog ________. It was, von Bellingshausen ________, the “most beautiful day”, icily cold but with ________ skies and bright sunshine. And then he saw it: Antarctica. He called it Alexander I Land_, ________ the Czar he served.

5 . Lazer loves running, and although he experiences a series of potentially fatal heart problems, he always cherishes a new finish line to inspire his _______.

By 2008, Lazer had undergone six heart _______, and the last one left him _______. In an attempt to feel_______, he decided to_______ his diet and, at the suggestion of a friend, started drinking more nutrient-packed juices._______, he began to feel good enough to _______ his sneakers and hit the_______again.

“After _______ the hospital, my goal was not to ________. I wanted to live my life as I desired, and that meant to ________ running and be in the best shape that I can,” he says. “I wasn’t going to be sedentary and sit on a sofa and ________ the remote. The big thing for me was that I wanted my own life. I was going to do everything I could to get my life back.”

To Lazer, that meant running, since it was such a big part of that life. ________, just months after that sixth surgery in 2008, he was back________ the starting line of the Las Vegas 26.2. And this past November, he crossed the finish line of his 18^th ________ race.

Lazer ________ running as one of the main reasons he’s lived well beyond that one-year prognosis he got back in 2004. “I believe I started running ________ knowing that if I didn’t, I wouldn’t be living too ________,” he says. “Running is a part of who I am—I am ________ to be the best that I possibly can be. It’s such a huge part of my life that my life seems out of order if I’m injured or I can’t run. It’s kind of my ________.”

6 . I was in a big hurry today, I had to be somewhere before noon and the traffic was terrible. As I was making my way through the traffic, I saw an old man standing on one leg and trying to _______ to the passing cars, with the _______ that one of them would stop. No one stopped. He looked very sweaty and I felt so _______ that he had to stand like that in the terrible _______. I decided to help him. As soon as I _______ him, I put my hazard lights on and pulled over. He was _______ to see a woman, and hesitated to come into my car.

I called out to him, “Why don’t you get inside. It’s so hot for you.”

He _______ seemed a little shocked but he opened the door and got into the seat, I _______ the air conditioning for him and then we started our _______.

He kept thanking me and blessing me all the way. He was a ________ army officer and he said he had been ________ for over three hours.

I thanked him for his blessings and asked him where I should drop him off. He said, “I am sure you are a busy lady, ________ let me get down here. It will be ________ for me to get a taxi in this area.” I ________ him a taxi and he got down to bid me good bye, thanking me and blessing me again.

I then rushed on to where I had to be. As soon as I got in, I got a ________ from my husband saying his company had ________ a big contract. This was a very big ________ because my husband’s company was brand new. I was so happy. I ________ that I had done one small kind thing and ________ we had got so much.

I took my husband shopping that day to ________. My husband has asked me to buy something to someone to share some of our good luck.

7 . I often thought carefully and seriously about what my mother had said. At thought of my past conduct, a blush (脸红) of ______ rose to my cheeks, as many little acts of ______ and unkindness came back to my memory. So I decided that for the future, both in great things and small, I would ______ the Golden Rule.

It was not long after this that an ______ occurred of trying my principles. One Saturday evening when I went to Farmer Thompson’s inn to ______ the charge of my mother’s washing for the boarders. He was obviously busy ______ with some horse dealers and hardly noticing me as I made my ______, except to swear at me, as usual, he ______ handed me a banknote.

Glad to ______ so easily, I hurried out of the gate，and then, pausing to pin the ______ in my folded scarf. I ______ that he had given me two bills instead of one and my first impulse was joy at the ______ prize. “It is mine, all mine,” I said to myself. At that moment I _____ what my mother told me: Don’t do what ______ wouldn’t like others to do on you. Turning round, I ______ along the road with breathless speed until I found myself once more at Farmer Thompson’s gate.

“What do you ______ now?” asked the old fellow, as he saw me again.

“Sir, you paid me two bills, instead of one.” said I, ______ in every limb.

“Two bills? Did I? Let me see; well, so I did. Well, I am glad you are ______.”

I returned home with a ______ heart. I felt grateful that I practiced my life ______.

8 . On Dec. 13，2018，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___________ in one student，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.

9 . As the train picked up its speed, the passengers slowly settled down on their seats, I _________ the lower berth(铺位), so that I could enjoy the _________ of outside from the moving train. I don’t know why I always preferred to get the _________ seat. An elderly lady _________ the front seat of mine. I looked at her. She must be in her eighties, I guessed. At one point, we met our _________. She smiled at me and I gave her a response. Both of us were _________. By that time, the train was in its full speed.

It was 4:50 pm, evening time. So, _________ time was still in a long way, I couldn’t _________ myself any longer and asked, “Auntie! Where are you going?”

She looked at me and friendly said, “_________ camp, dear.”

Suddenly my enthusiasm __________ to know the reason. I politely said. “Auntie, you are __________ someone?”

She smiled and said, “Yes!”

Just to continue the conversation, I talked to her in a very cheerful __________. “Auntie, you must be feeling so __________ to see your child and your grandchildren.”

________, this question hurt her a little but boldly (大胆地) she answered, “Oh, dear! You are so sweet! Anyway, I had only one son who was __________ and was killed in a battle just a few days before. I bought so many new clothes for him. So, I thought why not __________ my son’s clothes for some other soldiers, so that I would control my __________ and would be happy thinking that my own son has __________ it.”

I was shocked hearing her heartbreaking story! But I __________ the old lady from the core of my heart, I was thinking of her __________ heart!

10 . A movie about Mount Qomolangma I saw on a flight inspired me to climb mountains.When I saw the climbers got _______ in a storm there, I immediately knew I had to start climbing. It was not the _______ most people had to that film because none of them survived.

I _______ to climb all the highest peaks in Europe in 2017. Growing up in Sweden, I was always _______ to be outdoors by my father, but I wasn’t a _______ adventurer--I just wanted to be a _______ for girls and to tell a story that had never been told.

There is no _______ definition (定义) of a mountain. In Holland, Belgium and Denmark, the highest peak is really just a small hill. You could park your car on the top. It felt a bit like _______, but I decided I would climb them _______.

Climbing mountains is an experience that is beyond ________. You are in a beautiful environment and, when you reach the top, you feel ________, but also you have to climb down, which is when most accidents happen. ________, I don’t climb mountains that I am not totally ________.

I wanted to ________ the project at home, on Sweden’s Kebnekaise (2, 097m). I climbed it with my camera assistant. I was wearing a superhero suit. Once I was at the top we did a ________--it was like a day on the job; it didn’t seem as ________ as I’d hoped. But when I put it online and people started ________ me, I felt ________. Thanks to climbing, it’s made me so much ________, physically and mentally.

My ________ now is always to have a mountain in my calendar. I will climb Mount Qomolangma one day, when I’ m ready.