One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he    1    (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, "Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much    2    too little. "

His son looked surprised. "I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,     3    not save a bit of money? "

"That would be a very    4    (reason)thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours," Nick said.

Nick's guests,     5    had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, "The only reason a man would sell sale    6    a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect    7    the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it."

"But such a small thing couldn't    8    (possible)destroy a village."

"In the beginning, there was only    9    very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always    10    (think)that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today. "

A reporter from Jiangsu Province went to Australia and some other countries with his father for a 3-month trip, which turned out to be a miracle(奇迹).

The reporter’s father spent most of his life    1     (work) on the farm. The son started these     2    (amaze) trips with his father because the father got cancer-a serious    3    (ill).

The reporter wanted    4    (take) his father to travel in the hope that his father can find his younger self in his last days.They    5    (travel) more than 13000 kilometers and took over 110000     6    (picture) on their trips to different countries. Well, a miracle happened during the “rebirth”trips.    7     their surprise, his father got    8    (good)and became more open-hearted.

He even taught himself to play    9     violin, and then he played it very well after practice. After that miracle trip, now he is expecting another trip to Africa. He is the most stylish dad ever. Time carves the old father’ s face     10     youth(青春) flows in his blood.This is the real style.

A man was really worried about his son, who was sixteen years old     1     had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk     2    (train) his child.

The Buddhist monk asked the boy’s father to leave his son in the temple and     3    (say) that he would make him a man of     4    (brave) within three months. However, you can’t come to see him during that period.

Three months later, the boy’s father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the child and a     5    (profession) boxer (拳击手).

Each time the boxer hit the boy, he     6    (fall) down, but at once the boy stood up.

Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “How do you like your child?”

“What     7     shame!” the boy’s father said. “I never thought he could be so     8    (easy) knocked down. I shouldn’t have left him here at all.”

“I’m sorry that’s what you see. Don’t you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of     9    (cry)? That’s the kind of courage you wanted him to have.”

If each time you are knocked down and you have the courage to stand up again, then you can be proud     10     yourself.

During my recent travels in China, I went from the top to the bottom of the country. I was astonished at     1    different the weather was in different cities.

The weather was    2     (extreme) cold in Harbin, but felt much warmer in Shanghai, Guilin, Qingdao and Yangshuo. Each city has a different feel and allows you    3     (experience) different things.

In Qingdao, we ate seafood,     4     (drink) beer and swam in the sea. In Harbin, we wore our warmest jackets and saw the    5     (amaze) ice and snow sculptures. Shanghai reminded me    6    a city in Europe or America. There were lots of Western cafes there. Guilin was a good place to be touring around during the Spring Festival. Fireworks filled the sky and the streets were filled with happy people.

But Yangshuo    7     (be) my favorite city of all. I could not stop taking    8     (photo) of the beautiful mountains and the Li River. I rode a bicycle along the Yulong River in the warm sun and I ate strawberries and drank tea    9    came from farms in the mountains.

Now, Back in Beijing, I am looking forward to the next trip. I suppose I    10     (go) to another warm place next time.

Anna had a car accident when she was a teenager. She lost her arms because of that. What’s worse, when she was twenty years old, she lost her parents. Her elder sister,     1     is ten years older than   her, told her she’d take care of her. However, Anna refused     2     (live) with her. Instead, she said she would take care of       3     (she). She managed to enter college and     4     (study) very hard. Four     5    (year) later, she graduated and was offered work. Once she wrote in her diary, “I am quite lucky.     6     I lost my arms, I still have my legs.” Anna lost her arms, but she chose to face it in a positive way. Instead of     7     (feel) sad every day, she decided not to let it hold her back. She has taught us     8     good lesson.

When something bad happens to us, we have two     9     (choose). One is to complain, and the other is to face it       10     (brave). If we choose to escape, it will always follow us wherever we go. If we decided to be strong, new hopes will come. So choose wisely.

Chinese singer-songwriter Liu Shuang was on a journey to Beijing when he received a message,     1     (say) that his song Mohe Ballroom had gone viral (走红). However, he didn’t take it     2     (serious) until he learned that footage of the song had been viewed more than 10 million times.

The song     3     (inspire) by Liu’s trip in 2019 to Mohe, Heilongjiang province,     4     he met an elderly man dancing alone in a ballroom.“I was curious and danced with him. We talked for     5     while during a break when I learned about his story,” said Liu, who later wrote an article     6     (title) Goodbye Evening Star, and posted it online.

The elderly man lost his wife and he has not remarried, so he often visited the old ballroom ad danced alone     7     (remember) the times he and his wife spent there.

Millions of people have been touched by the song and the story behind it.     8     (video) featuring elderly men dancing alone have appeared on social media platforms. The song’s huge     9     (popular)has also made Mohe an in-demand tourism destination. Visitors flood to the city to see the ballroom, in the hope     10     meeting the elderly man. Moreover,local residents have become curious about the ballroom,which they had never noticed before.

My husband and I were paying a visit    1    my parents in Tucson. We went to a fast﹣food restaurant for dinner together.My husband went to the counter    2    (order) dishes and I stood with my parents.

My dad is 90years old. He can hardly see very well and walks with a stick. I was scanning the restaurant,    3    (wait) to sit at the first table that was    4    (convenient) than others.A woman who was sitting with her son made eye contact with me and asked me to come to her. With a    5    (puzzle) look on my face, I pointed to myself and said, "Me?" She    6    (nod) and said, "Yes,you." I walked to the table and she said," Bring your family here. I can finish eating at the counter. My son is in    7    hurry to leave anyway." My eyes    8    (fill) with tears as she wiped down the table and guided my dad to the seat.

I always believe that there are    9    (nature) kind people in this world.This woman has set a good example to her son,    10    is a really lucky guy.