Jan Tchamani, an English teacher in the UK, had to quit her job due to her serious illness. At age 50, she found herself out of work and    1    (stick) at home with only her computer to keep her company. Later, she    2    (discover) that surfing the Internet could help her feel less lonely and    3    (bore). She also joined    4    online group where she could talk about her problems and get support and    5    (advise) from others. She was so inspired by the people she met online    6    she decided to start an IT club to teach older people    7    to use computers and the Internet.

Jan has started taking online classes    8    (learn) more about using the Internet to make society better. She believes it is    9    (high) important to make sure that everyone has access to the Internet and    10    (know) the usage of the new technology. Her next goal is to start a charity website to raise money for children in poor countries.

Do you think Jan’s life has been improved greatly by the Internet?

A man stopped at a flower shop to order some       1       (flower) to be sent to his mother who lived two hundred miles away. When he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the roadside     2     (cry). He asked her what was wrong and she     3    (reply), “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother,     4     I only have seventy cents, but the rose costs two dollars.”     5     a smile on his face, the man said, “Come on in with me. I’ll buy you a rose. He bought the little girl her rose and ordered     6     (he) own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving he offered the girl     7     ride home.     8     (happy) she said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She directed him to a cemetery (墓地),     9     she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave (坟墓). The man returned to the flower shop, canceled (取消，撤销) the mail order, picked up a bunch of flowers and     10     (drive) the two hundred miles to his mother house.”

No matter your age, you may consider My Neighbor Totoro an     1     (impress) movie. Delighted, heartwarming, and just plain beautiful, Totoro is one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most beloved     2     (work). A creative couple in Takaharu, Japan wanted to bring that magic to life in the real world. So they    3     (create) the immediately recognizable Totoro bus stop for their grandchildren. The life-sized     4     (construct) quickly turned into a local tourist attraction.

I don’t know about you, but I want to go there immediately, even if it’s raining.

Wood, bricks, and cement (水泥) might not sound like a magical mixture, but in the hands of an     5     (experience) worker, they became a real-life Totoro.

    6     old grandparents re-painted the bus stop for their children and grandchildren. And then they decided     7     (open) it to the sightseeing public. Thanks     8     their hard work, Totoro takes shape from a large, wooden bus stop to a painted masterpiece.

A local hotel which just steps away from the statue has been recording visitors from around the world. No matter     9     they’re from, every visitor has a look of joy on their face as they stand next to the statue. Totoro might     10     (make) from cold cement but no one can resist (抗拒) a warm hug.

It's a touching Christmas story, but not in the     1     (tradition) way. It’s about a seriously ill 5-year-old boy     2       died in Santa’s arms in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States.

Eric Schmitt-Matzen, 60, a part-time Santa, received a call     3     a nurse at a hospital several weeks ago, saying a dying 5-year-old boy wanted to see Santa Claus. Schmitt-Matzen dressed and rushed to the hospital. Walking into the boy’s room, he asked people       4       (leave)   if they couldn’t hold back their       5     (tear). He picked up the boy and held him in his arms.

“They say I’m going to die,” the boy told him       6     (sad). “What can I tell them when I get to where I’m going?”

Schmitt-Matzen said. “When you get there, you tell them you’re Santa’s Number One elf (小精灵), and they will let you in.”

The boy asked, “They will?” Then he     7    (sit) up and gave Schmitt-Matzen a big hug and asked one more question: “Santa, can you help me?” Schmitt-Matzen wrapped his arms around the boy. Before Schmitl-Matzen could say anything, the boy died right there. Santa let the boy stay, hugging and       8     (hold) onto him.

Schmitt-Matzen was       9       sad that he wanted to cry.

The story was printed, and people were       10     (move) when they read it.

Sammy   Armstrong   was   driving   to   his office   when   he     1    (notice)   a car was stuck on railroad tracks. Then he heard a train whistle. Sammy threw down his sunglasses and keys and ran toward the car.    2    elderly man, Jean Papich, eighty­four, sat in the driver’s seat,    3     (turn) the key and hitting the gas. His wife, Marion, seventy­eight, was looking     4    (nervous) at him. Then Sammy walked    5    the car and pushed it forward, but his boots slipped on the warm asphalt (沥青).He could see the train approaching fast.

It might be    6    (easy)to push the car backward, Sammy thought. He ran around to the front to the vehicle and shouted at Jean     7    (put)the car in neutral(空挡). Sammy could feel the ground trembling under his feet. He put his boots against the track and pushed forcefully. Finally, the car rolled off the tracks. When Sammy looked up, the train was just a couple of     8    (foot )away. Sammy, shocked and     9    (speech), went back to work as the crowd gathered at the scene.

Weeks later, Marion called to thank Sammy. He responded, “I just did     10    I had to do.”