1 . It was the end of the school day, and I was tired. I grabbed a pile of about 130 exam papers to _________ on the train ride home. I’d bring them back the next morning.

My principal (校长) pushed her head into my classroom and said, “Friendly _________! You need to make sure your word wall is _________ by tomorrow morning.” She then moved on to the next classroom to _________ the message. I sighed and thought, “Are you making a(n)_________? What a waste of my time!”

My principal was _________ about making our school beautiful, while my goal was to get my students to pass the Algebra Regents Exam. She wanted every classroom to have a word wall, where student’s works on creative projects would be _________. She brought in beautiful planters (花盆) that _________ the hallways with greenery. However, I assume that school and classroom _________ aren’t important when it comes to learning. To me, spending time and money making our school and classrooms beautiful was just a distraction (使人分心的事). Those things don’t __________ my students with math.

However, after three years of teaching, I went to graduate school in part to study how resources __________ teachers and students. What my research found __________ me: When teachers __________ their classroom environment resources, their students did better on standardized tests. My principal was __________. She was creating more than just a beautiful __________—she was building a welcoming and positive environment for students to learn and teachers to work.

5 . Third graders from Wolfsville Elementary School spent Monday afternoon getting their hands dirty and their shoes wet during an informative trout release (鳟鱼放生).

The trout, which the students had been ________in their classroom since last December, were ________ ready to be released into their natural environment. The students carefully ____ them from a big container to a red plastic cup to the creek (溪). They then ________ the trout fingerlings (仔鱼) they’d been watching over for five months.

Wolfsville Elementary has been doing a trout release ________ spring for the past decade as part of a national________called “Trout in the Classroom”, which provides students with trout eggs to ________and eventually release into water as fish.

Through the partnership, students learn various________such as water pH, animal lifecycles and environmental science, said Rebecca Butler, Wolfsville Elementary’s third grade teacher. “We try to get them outside and away from video games, and hopefully they________ that clean water is important and ________ else is going to take care of our resources, so they learn to care for them,” Butler said.

McKinna Hidalgo, a third grader at Wolfsville, said she________ letting the trout go in the water and seeing them________ away, after first meeting them as ________.

The favorite part for Hidalgo’s classmate Macie Lader, however, was getting to go into the creek. Her socks and shoes were _________, but she didn’t care. Right before moving on to her next station, Macie took off her _________, dumped (倾倒) all the water out and flashed a wide smile.

6 . It is an honor for me to give this speech as one of the graduating students, and welcome you to this special Graduating Ceremony 2020 in Tsinghua University.

This is a _______ moment. We are stepping up to another period of our lives at a time of great hardship and global _______. Tsinghua keeps in mind its global family, and hopes this ceremony will help _______ sad memories, refresh beautiful ones and _______ more wonderful memories into our lives.

Each of us has different stories to share, of amazing life experiences and challenges. Please allow me to _______ with you the course of my journey which has made me what I am today.

I was born in the middle of war, which caused my family to _______ Serbia for three years. When the war ended, we returned to Bosnia _______ I was unfortunately raised by a single parent. My mother, who is and will ever be my heroine, was the only figure who _______ me, supported me and kept me on the right way. I thanked her so much because only she is _______ for a huge part of my success. I will always remember her teachings, “to complain less and always find solutions at the price of whatever it takes”, which brought me to ________, an ancient land of new hopes.

During the COVID-19 outbreak, I got the best ________ to understand China. I saw millions of people united with one goal—to win the battle ________ this epidemic(流行病). Everyone has a role to ________ against the virus. In Tsinghua, I played a little but necessary role.

Friends, we are now ________ from one of the world’s best universities. Let us accept new ________, think beyond our limits and keep in mind the truth of life.

7 . During high school, I remember reading about Junior Achievement (JA) programs and thinking, “I could _______ do that.” Economics seemed too complex for me, but our curriculum _______ us to take it. So I began my journey. Now, I can _______ and say, “Wow, I did do that.”

JA programs help kids around the world _______ a successful future. Each program helps students connect what they are learning in school with their future in the workforce.

We began the weekly practice. Our advisers (also community volunteers) put in long hours _______ principles and strategies and helping us interpret data. Their _______ was what made JA programs unique, and was an immeasurable _______. And there was another motivation: We could earn a trip to Disney World.

After hard work we _______ made it to Disney World. It was a(n) _______ way to end my high school career.

________ came from everywhere. At the awards banquet (宴会), Mickey Mouse shook our hands. Our local newspaper ran articles. And the greatest ________ was to walk off the plane back home and see a crowd of ________ parents who burst into applause.

Although this experience will be among my best memories, a quote from the awards banquet is what I will ________ most about JA programs. The speaker discussed the difference between success and ________. At first, the words seemed interchangeable, but then I ________ his point. To make it to Disney World and win was success, but to bond together, have fun, and overcome difficulties as well — now that is a real achievement.

8 . Several years ago, teacher Jennifer Thiessen was writing report cards. Something _______ her. Her third-grade students were judged on _______ such as math and science. But life skills like social responsibility and _______ were missing. “That’s the very thing that I feel is really _______ for them to learn,” Thiessen said. She mentioned her _______ to a colleague.

They created a plan. They gave their students a project that wasn’t _______ to regular school subjects. _______, it concentrated on spreading kindness in the community. They called it the “Kindness Project.”

Students from two third-grade classes were _______ to take part in the project during the first year. They made cupcakes and _______ them during bake (烤制食品) sales at school. They ________ about $400 and then used the money to buy small gifts, like flowers, dog treats or candies, and handed them out to ________ in the community nearby. “The students felt happy, because they did something ________,” Thiessen said.

For the past five years, third-graders have hosted bake sales to raise more money. Each class developed its own ________. During the pandemic, some students made care packages for hospital workers and gift boxes filled with goodies for teachers. Students learnt to care for others and became more ________ through this project. “This is a ________ we can’t teach in a classroom,” Thiessen said.

10 . Most schools are trying to create harmonious environments for everyone. Fourth-grade teacher Kari noticed students struggling to _________ with Leisa, a food service worker at the school cafeteria, she decided to do something to_________

Since Leisa has_________ problems, students used to just point at the_________ they wanted her to serve them. Not only that, but no one could offer Leisa a simple_________like “good morning” or say “thank you” in sign language.

Kari once took American Sign Language, so she decided to_________ her students a few words to make ordering lunch_________along with making Leisa feel the_________of the community. When headmaster Dr. Janet_________Kari’s lessons, she decided the entire school learned a sign a week and practiced it every day! What started in one fourth-grade classroom ended up__________ throughout the school.

The kids were__________to learn, and they worked hard to make sure they could communicate in a language Leisa could__________. Many kids said being able to speak with Leisa made them feel happy. Leisa, of course, was__________moved with the new movement in the school.

Learning someone else’s language is the sweetest__________ that little kids could give. We’re happy to hear that Leisa is feeling so loved and__________at her work!