3 . When I was a young father, autumn would spread her colorful carpet across the hills and mountains of my home. I would often load my kids into the car and go on a tour, admiring the _________ of this world.

I remember I once drove a long way down a back road I was _________ with. At one point I came to a crossroads. One road was paved and looked in good _________. The other road didn’t look quite so good. _________ my better instincts(直觉), I decided to take a chance and didn’t go down the good one. It didn’t take long before I came to the _________ that I had made a big mistake. The road was full of potholes(坑洼) and rocks that dragged _________ my car. I almost got _________ in the mud once and the road seemed to _________ as I went along. Finally, I stopped the car and looked around, and I decided to drive a mile and a half backward until I _________ the crossroads again.

__________, that wasn’t the only time in my time when I took the wrong way at the crossroads. I have done so more times than I can __________. Thankfully, each time I realized my mistake, I would __________ to be on the right road again.

Crossroads call for choice, and there is no __________ in changing your choice if you see you are on the wrong road. Choose wisely and correct your mistakes when __________. Then all of your __________ will lead you to joy and pattern of your life will become as beautiful as a forest in the fall.

Thank you for your proposal about virtual reality cinema. I’m very interested in RealCine. _________, before using it in my next film, there are some points I would like to mention.

I think viewers will be _________ by a film that allows them to be a character in the film. The example of climbing Mount Qomolangma left me_________ a deep impression. I think it is wonderful that the_________ temperature may be felt by the viewers, but I’m not sure how the _________ of achievement will be experienced via virtual reality.   _________ seems to me that it all depends on the viewer who is watching the film.

I like the idea that virtual reality can _________ teenagers with a way to experience the world, for example, by experiencing the role of a football player. I think my grandfather will be _________by the idea that even old people can be sent on adventures. It’s fantastic! But I don’t know how much money will be needed to develop such a film. I’m_________ that RealCine may be too expensive for ordinary people to afford. We are not ready to ____________the risk of investing in RealCine yet. However, I have talked about your proposal to other people in my company, and the idea is being considered by them. I will let you know our final decision soon.

Yours sincerely,

Cheng Yige

7 . One day, I logged on to Facebook and realized that I was very close to having 700 online “friends”. Not bad, I thought to myself,_______of how many online pals, acquaintances and even _______ I had managed to sign up.

But I had _______ with some of them, for the usual reasons—jobs in other cities, family life, limiting social time, etc. I had fewer friends to hang out with than I’d ever had before.

So I decided to have a Facebook party at my neighborhood bar. I used Facebook to invite my _______ friends. After a week the _______ stopped coming in. I figured that about 20 people would show up. That sounded pretty good to me—twenty _______ new friends.

On the evening of the party, filled with_______ I headed to the bar and waited. And waited. And waited. _______ , one person showed up.

I _______ with my new potential friend, Paula, doing my best to ________ that I wasn’t frustrated (沮丧的) and embarrassed. We made small talk, but eventually we ________ things to say. When I watched her stride out into the night, I wasn’t sure if our friendship would ________.

After she left, I stayed and waited for someone else to show up. It was nearing midnight and my ________ were disappearing. I finally realized that no one else was coming. I ________ myself and promised that I would spend less time online. Then I took a gulp of the beer. It was delicious but ________ —seven hundred friends, and I was drinking alone.

9 . Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is ________ important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get it back. However, when time is ________, it`ll never ________. That’s ________ we mustn’t waste time. It goes without saying that the ________ is usually limited. Even a second is very important. We should make full use of our time to do ________ useful. But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spent their limited time smoking, drinking and ________. They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own ________. In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t ________ today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to ________.

10 . One day two fishermen were fishing in a nearby lake. They both had fishing equipment and cooking tools. Once they arrived at the lake, they _________ to sit at a good distance from each other. The first fisherman caught a big beautiful fish within a few minutes. He was very _________. He then placed the fish in the ice box to keep it _________. He meant to cook the _________ fish at noon. He spent some more time and caught a few more fish.

After about an hour of _________, the first fisherman offered to help the second fisherman. But the second man politely _________. A few minutes later, the second fisherman also caught a large fish. _________, he threw it back into the lake. Then he caught more big fish but just put them all back into the lake.

The first fisherman was _________ with him and shouted, “Why did you _________ them away? They were beautiful and big!” The second fisherman __________, “I know they are big, but I don’t have a big pan to cook the big fish! So I’m looking for a smaller fish that __________ my cooking pan!” The first fisherman was surprised at the answer. He __________ the second fisherman to cut the big fish into pieces to fit them into the small pan.

Many of us are just like the second fisherman. We always __________ a handful of chances and even fortune that come our way because we are too stubbornly __________ what we want. We need to learn to value every chance and work it out so that it will fit into our lives __________.