Wang Ming was born in a ordinary peasant’s family. In the past, his parents had to leave their hometown earn money to provide schooling for him. So he has to live with his grandparents and helped them to do some houseworks. Though his grandparents loved him deeply, but they were too old to take good care for him. What’s more, when he saw other parents playing with their children, he couldn’t help crying. How a happy life they were living, he thought. Unluckily, his parents can keep him company every day this year, that makes him very happy. She will never forget the days that he spent with his grandparents, though.

2 . Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house. One of them crawled into the house while the other waited outside.

There lived many mice in the house.     1    . “Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house. The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside,“ She found me when I was just in.” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said, “Let us two try to crawl into the house together.”     2    The woman saw the mice and shouted , “In come two. Catch them!”     3    They started running away at once.

The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before. The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house. The man and the woman were ploughing in the fields.     4    . She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some.     5    At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up. The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night!” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes.

6 . I took a hard fall on my right wrist and hand in the middle of our third game of the high school basketball season. ______, that just happened to be my shooting hand.

According to a specialist, I had a major break in my radius (桡骨). Although bad news, I was ______relaxed to learn that I wouldn’t need an operation. Only time would ______ this wound. I was ______ to wear a cast (石膏) on my right wrist for eight weeks.

Almost immediately, due to the ______ of my shooting hand, I devoted myself to learning to ______ left-handed. It was a daily ______, but I was committed to using this time to ______ and come back even stronger than before.

Eight weeks later, my cast was finally ______. However, my right hand and wrist had become very ______ due to the eight weeks of inactivity. My previous shooting accuracy ______. I had to decide whether I should quit or devote myself to being the best I could be? Finally, I ______ the latter. I committed myself to a simple ______: to make 1,000 shots a day. I wanted to return to my pre-injury ______. A thousand shots a day is a major commitment, but I’m ______ to say I kept that commitment until my freshman year in college.

I finally ______ some major goals in basketball. Being ______ early in my career played a huge role in my development as a successful player. Adversity (逆境) presents ______. Never ever stop ______ yourself and go after your goals. My dream came true and it ______ 1,000 shots a day.

7 . Just when we thought we had seen all the magical things that 3D printing can do, here comes another — a working artificial leg has changed the life of a little Canadian duckling (鸭子) called Dudley, who had been struggling to live after losing a leg.

The story began on August 19th, 2013, when the newly-born healthy Dudley and his brother were placed inside a chicken coop (笼子) at the K9-1-1 Animal and Rescue Services in Sicamous, British Columbia. Within a few hours, an aggressive chicken attacked the two, killing Dudley’s brother and leaving him with a disability!

While Dudley could swim with his single leg, he had a hard time walking on the firm ground. Determined to help him, Doug Nelson, the owner of the shelter decided to consult Terence Loring, the founder of a design company that among other things also offers 3D printing designs.

Considering he had just started 3D printing designs, Terence somewhat hesitated to take on a duckling as his first client. But as soon as he saw brave little Dudley walking around on one leg, Terence knew he had to do something. Using his biomedical engineering training, Terence spent the next few weeks creating a 3D template (模板), after he found out how ducks’ legs work in YouTube videos about ducks. Once ready, he sent them to Ontario-based 3D engineering firm Proto3000, who agreed to print the leg.

The second artificial leg was much stronger than the first one. When the artificial leg was fitted to Dudley, his whole manner changed. He wagged his tail and showed it off to his best friend一a pig called Elsie.

Of course, as Dudley has been growing, the leg and foot have had to be replaced. But that hasn’t bothered Terence who continues to improve the design. The best part is that Terence has put all the designs on his website so that anyone wishing to help out an animal suffering from a similar injury can do so, by simply hitting the print button on his/her 3D printer!

8 . My mom is about to have a spinal operation. The operation is relatively minor, but does carry a risk of paralysis(瘫痪). Friends and family have reacted to this news by taking in such pessimistic terms that Mom has come to label this kind of talk as “psychological theft”. It occurs when other people increase your anxiety rather than provide comfort.

Last week Mom went to the post office and ran into Geoff who works for the local school. “How are you?” he asked. “Not great,” she replied. “I’ve been having some trouble with my back and I’m going to need an operation.” “Oh, the back is the most dangerous place to operate on!” he responded. My mom had that and she was in terrible pain. “Make sure you get all your affairs in order before you go under the knife — it takes months to get over it!” Geoff’s intention had been kind. He’d given his own mother’s story to show sympathy. However, Mom only heard pain, danger, knife and months.

In the past few weeks, Mom’s friends and colleagues have told her stories about how their Auntie Trisha, who had just received an operation, was left speechless after hearing that she required a rapid follow-up operation; and how their neighbor, who had only a minor operation, never walked again.

It’s really not that difficult to think of other things they could have said that would be equally true, but more beneficial to patients to hear. “The specialists in our hospitals are among the best in the world. It’s amazing what they can do these days!” — that’s a good one. “You’re going to feel much better afterward.”— that’s another.

I’m not suggesting patients should be sheltered from the reality of the risks they’re taking. But if the decision to have an operation can’t really be avoided, what’s the purpose of stressing the bad effects? It’s just common sense to say: “Get well soon, and how can I help?”

9 . Parker Stewart, a 16-year-old boy, is from Sayre School in the United States. He wanted his study on the _______ to have an impact on the community.

In order to “_______ the carbon footprint,” Stewart planned to produce enough solar energy to _______ the school’s science labs. Now his plan is to happen. The installation (安装) of 30 solar panels is _______ for late November.

As he began his research, he _______ a useful phone app. By entering an address, he could find out how much sunlight the _______ receives each day. Based on how much sunlight it receives, Stewart found his school building was the _______ location.

At the suggestion of his science teacher, Debbie Wheeler, Parker first _______ an energy audit (测算) to see how much energy a _______ lab uses per day. Then, he started his research, ________ a local installer of solar panels to do the job.

Parker lacked money for ________ the project. He convinced Sayre’s headmaster to ________ him after explaining the ________ of solar power for the school and community.

Since Sayre provided the seed money to the ________ of one panel, the project has ________ to a total of 30 panels. They will produce enough energy to ________ the four science labs on campus.

“It feels like a dream to think that an idea from my Environmental class will have this kind of ________,” said Stewart, expressing ________ for Wheeler’s help.

Wheeler said the success was ________ Parker’s efforts in the project from start to finish. “I’ve had other students talk about environmental suggestions, but Parker had the ________ to make it happen.” she said.