1 . Rachel was looking forward to the final project. Mr. Hill required them to work in pairs to make it ______. He came up to Rachel and said, “Rachel, I want you to work with Jane.”

Jane! Rachel looked over at the girl —________ brown hair, silly clothes, and seldom speaking. “This project is ________, ” thought Rachel, when Jane walked over to Rachel’s desk and just ________ there.

“OK,” Rachel let out a ________. “Do you have any ideas?”

“I thought we could do a film,” Jane said.

“Yeah, right,” laughed Rachel. “________?”

Jane continued, “I’ve been playing around with making ________ for a while.” Jane took out a laptop. “This one is about dreams,” she said about her first ________ , which was amazing. “And this one is about my mom.” The short clip was a ________ to Jane’s mother, who had died recently. Rachel was deeply moved and really ________ her partner’s excellent skills at making videos, “Could you show me the process to do this ________?” Jane nodded, “Yeah, I can.”

After that, Rachel spent all her free time learning about the camera and about ________ from Jane. She also learned about her ________ friend.

Eventually, it was ________ day. When it was done, Mr. Hill passed an approving look at them. Everyone ________ for their perfect cooperation. Rachel looked hard at Jane and flashed her a little smile.

3 . Two elderly best friends have finally been reunited in the same care home.

Nora Boardman, 91, _________ to a new care home, Crispin Court Care Home in Stafford, last August and was _________ when her long lost pal, Eileen Gill, 89, arrived in January after her husband’s death. The pair, childhood best friends, _________ each other straight away despite having spent seven decades apart. Nora laughed, her eyes shining with _________, saying, “I never thought I’d see Eileen again after we went our separate ways as children — so I am _________ with joy.”

The childhood friends both _________ in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, but Eileen moved 20 miles away to the village of Brewood at the age of 12 — leaving the pair out of _________. But 70 years later, the once _________ schoolgirls now spend their days cheerfully together in their care home. And they couldn’t be happier they’re living a few _________ down from one another. At that time Eileen said to Nora, “I had a happy __________. My husband was so good to me and I miss him so __________ much.” Eileen has three children. As Nora doesn’t have any family, Eileen’s family have taken her under their __________. Nora said, “They have all been very nice to me — I feel like a(n) __________ part of their family.”

Both Eileen and Nora decided to move into the care home. Sadly, both had several falls. But they stuck to their __________.

Two childhood best friends __________ their relationship in care home after 70 years apart.

4 . One sunny afternoon, Jack and I rode hard towards his house. The sun shone ________ on Jack’s black bicycle. You would never see his bike with ________ on it. As I bent over, I took a glimpse of Jack’s shining school ________. Jack was always neat and tidy, but his clothes were old and________. I often ________ if he owned anything else.

We turned into a street lined with small, old railway houses. Jack opened a gate and we went through it. I got off my bike and ________ it against the garage wall. It was a small, whitewashed house. The tiny area of lawn was neatly ________.

We went in by the back door. The kitchen had a cupboard, a small dining table with three chairs and an ancient cooker. Everything was ________ clean.

In Jack’s room, it had a bed, a one-door closet, and a table. Several books were ________ against the wall on one corner of the table, and on the other corner ________ a model steam engine. Jack demonstrated to me how the engine ________. I looked at Jack’s face and a broad smile spread over it.

Feeling ashamed, I reflected that I grew up in a________wealthy home. My closet was________with new and fashionable clothes. I had a state-of-the-art ten-speed racing bike. ________, I often did not appreciate what I had. I took it all for granted. By contrast, Jack had almost nothing, but he was happy and ________. Thank you, Jack, for unknowingly teaching me the value of being satisfied with what I’ve got.

5 . I had not visited Eton for many years. When one day passing from the Fellows’ Library into the Gallery, I caught sight of the _________ of my school friend Digby Dolben hanging just without the door among our most _________ contemporaries. I was _________ arrested and as I stood gazing on it, my _________ asked me if I knew who it was. I was thinking that I must be almost the only person who would know him. Far _________ of my boyhood were crowding _________ upon me: he was standing again beside me in the eager promise of his youth.

This portrait-gallery of old Etonians is very _________: outstanding distinction of birth or excellent qualities may win you a place there. _________, how came Dolben there? It was _________ he was a poet; and yet his poems were not known. They were carefully __________ by his family and a few friends. Indeed, such of his poems as could have come to the eyes of the authorities who approved of this memorial would not __________ it. There was another __________— the portrait bears its own certification. Though you might not perhaps understand the poet in it, you can see the soul immersed in deep thought, the habit of stainless (无瑕的) life, of __________, of enthusiasm for high ideals. Such a being must have __________ remarkably among his fellows. When his early death endeared (使价值更高) his memory, loving grief would generously __________ him the glory which he had never worn.

8 . With a two-year-old behind me and fliers in my hand, I knocked on another door in my neighborhood. I had volunteered to spread the _______ about some changes at the local primary school, so I was excited to see a _______ with a baby in her arm and a preschooler tightly wrapped around her leg.

Within seconds, I realized I needed to _______ my rusty Spanish to connect with this mom. That initial conversation explained the lonely, desperate look in her eyes. I wrote my phone number on the flier and told her to _______ if she ever wanted to walk to the park with the kids.

I hadn’t _______ much about Maria until a month later when she called. Many walks around the neighborhood later, I _______ more details about her life that offered me some viewpoints about my own.

One day I sat at Maria’s kitchen table and shared some of my own family’s _______. Her eyes got big, saying “I thought I was the only one with problems.” I thought my stress was _______, but from her viewpoint, my life seemed to be a pretty package from the outside. By _______ the details of my life, I was able to give her the same gift of viewpoints she had been giving me.

Friendship can be discovered in unexpected places, as long as we find common ground with those who ________ might seem different.

10 . Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and _________ us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I rose to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a _________?” I laughed and _________ responded “Why not!”

“Why are you in college at such a(n) _________, innocent age?” I asked. She _________ replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get _________, and have a couple of kids…” “No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have _________ her to be taking on this challenge at her age. “I always _________ having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me. After class we walked to the student union building and _________ a chocolate milkshake. We became __________ friends. Every day for the next three months, we would __________ together after class and talk __________. I was always listening to this “time machine” as she shared her __________ and experience with me. Over the __________ of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she __________ made friends wherever she went.

At the year’s end Rose finished the college __________ she had begun all those years ago. One week after __________ Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute (致敬) to the wonderful woman who taught __________ that it’s never too __________ to be all you can possibly be. When you finish reading this, please remember, growing older is mandatory (强制性的). Growing up is __________.