Quan Peng, a man in a wheelchair, set off from Beijing in August 2014, and     1    (visit) 43 cities and towns in five provinces so far. In the next six months, he hopes to make    2     to China’s southern tip — his final destination.

“I see it as a battle.” Quan said, “I’m not just battling against my disability,     3     also against discrimination (歧视).”

Quan has traveled on a tight budget. He has slept in a tent or in his chair, and camped out in hospitals, banks and public toilets. The few times he tried to stay in hotels, but he     4    (turn) away. “Restaurant owners would refuse     5    (take) me in because they see me as a beggar; I go to a hotel and they would tell me they are     6    (full) booked.”

Quan,     7     was housebound for eight years, wants to use his wheelchair trip to raise     8    (aware) of the need of disabled people around the country. Even in cities like Beijing and Shanghai, which are     9    (well) equipped for the disabled, Quan says he was not able to take a bus. “I would like to try my best to let people know that we are able to create value. We are not useless people    10    (stay) in bed all day long,” said Quan.

An old man called Li Yubao living in a remote rural area asked his grandson on the phone what gifts he wanted for     1     Spring Festival. His grandson said a word. He     2     (hear) the word “Pegga” for the first time, when he talked with his grandson through the cellphone. He didn’t know what Pegga was. So grandpa Li began an interesting journey     3     (discover) what Pegga was.

Grandpa Li asked his neighbors,     4     nobody around knew the answer. Grandpa Li didn’t give up. He continued     5     (ask) more people in the village     6     (patient). He got a brief answer from a local woman,     7     used to work in the city. She explained to him that “Pegga” was a pink pig in the cartoon. With     8     (imagine), he created a pink “Pegga” model made     9     irons and steels. It amazed his grandson. Although the Pegga made by grandpa Li was not the exact one, his family     10     (member) were moved deeply. They all loved the gift “Pegga”.

Jeremy Hampden prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with his daughter, Jenny. He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he     1    （finish）, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. On the way home, he asked Jenny     2     she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn’t because she did not like to see so many people     3    （laugh）at him!

A Chinese policeman familiar     1     China’s many regional dialects has helped more than 50 missing people reunite with their families in the past 11 years. His     2     (impress) language skills have allowed the 51-year-old police officer Wang Baoku from Wuhan to identify where a person is from by     3     (analyze) their accents.

Wang has used his rare talent to track down people reported as missing for years or even     4     (decade). In a case last year, a homeless old man was     5     (critical) ill in hospital, but couldn’t provide any information about his family. “He said in a weak voice that he was surnamed Xiong, with a falling tone. And he pronounced     6     last character of his given name as ‘Yuan’, with the retroflex (卷舌音) often     7     (hear) in a Chengdu accent,” Wang says. He then narrowed down the scale of his search to Chengdu and finally found the man’s daughter     8     had been looking for him for 22 years.

Wang became an expert in dialects during his 22 years of military service when he     9     (train) soldiers from different parts of China. Wang says it’s not very hard     10     (find) information about unidentified people these days with clues from accents and well-developed police data, “I am confident that I can do it as long as I spend enough time and effort,” says Wang.

Once upon a time there were two boys living in a palace,     1     job was serving the King. And one boy liked a girl so much that he wanted to give her a present.

One day, he saw a big vase filled with     2     loveliest flowers. He decided to take one to the girl every day, with the thought that no one would see him do so. But one day, the King noticed how few flowers     3     (leave) in the vase and was so angry that he commanded (命令) everyone in the palace to come to the hall.

Before they all arrived, the other boy told the boy     4     (be) quiet, because the King would be     5     (terrible) angry with him. The boy was     6     (frighten) with fear, but when the King came near, he decided to tell the     7     (true).

As soon as the boy admitted having taken the flowers, the King went red with anger, but after     8     (hear) what the boy had done with the flowers, the King said     9     a smile, “I couldn’t have thought of a better use for my flowers.” Then from that day, the boy became one of the King’s most     10     (depend) friends.

A few weeks ago, a series of deadly earthquakes     1     (strike) Syria and Turkey, causing massive damage. Rescue     2     (worker) continued to search for survivors in the rubble (废墟).

Ali Cakas is a 33-year-old world-famous mountain biker and coach for the Turkish national mountain bike team. He’s also a firefighter, so when     3     natural disasters occurred, he didn’t hesitate to search a collapsed apartment building in Nurdagi, Turkey.

Ali found a little black and white cat and the cat was clearly very happy to see his rescuer. A photo of Ali     4     (wear) a bicycle helmet (头盔) with the cat on his shoulder quickly went viral (走红), attracting animal lovers across the     5     (global).

It seemed the cat had been trapped for several days and nights     6     Ali rescued him, and this grateful cat wasn’t about to let his hero out of his sight! Ali had no choice but     7     (adopt) the animal and bring him home. Ali named the cat Enkez,     8     means “rubble” in Turkish.

Enkaz has now become the unofficial face of Ali’s fire department! The cat seems to be settling into his comfortable new home very nicely, and Ali     9     (frequent) updates his social media pages with pictures of Enkaz enjoying treats. Ali even has set Enkaz up with his own Instagram page so the kitty’s new worldwide fan base can keep up     10     his every move.

I was a boy of nine in 1960. At school, I     1     (intent) did my lessons. At the expense of my studying time, I used to mow the lawn for Mrs. Long,     2     occupation was an architect. She was one of the     3     (specialist) in the field of architecture. Her family was comprised     4     four people. The motivation of the mission was to make the lawn tidy and elegant. Sometimes, the work took     5     about two hours a day. She paid me little for the job, but that she promised to give me a Christmas present filled me with hope.

I spent much time wondering what it would be. Many boys had baseball gloves or ice skates bought for them and I was eager to have any of these. “As I can imagine, it will hardly be baseball gloves,” I reasoned with myself.   “She doesn’t know much about baseball.” So according to my rough     6     (analyze), I was convinced that she might give me ice skates.

As Christmas approached, it was with difficulty that I stopped myself from reporting to Mrs. Long and demanding my present. On December 20, I told my parents, “At 9 o’clock on December 22, I will be appearing at the door of Mrs. Long’s house.” That Mrs. Long handed me a small box which under no circumstances could hold a pair of skates was     7     made me feel disappointed.     8     (lift) from her, the present seemed so light, about which I was curious. It weighed almost nothing. When the present was being held by me at the moment, I asked, “What is it?” “A kind of magic,” she said.

On Christmas morning, I had this box on my knees. It was with great excitement that I opened the box to find inside ten sheets of black paper, each labeled in colorful letters, Carbon Paper Regal Premium. In view of this, I asked, “What is it?” Mum took two pieces of white paper, placed between them one of the black paper, and     9     (write) my name on the upper sheet. Then she handed me the second sheet, which her pencil had in no way touched. There was my name! In that one moment, I remembered the ideas about the duplication (复制) of words and the printing and the mystery of spreading ideas. This was one of the most     10     (influence) experiences in my life.