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Who is the _______ of the new sports car?
Just sit down and try to _______ for a while, Grace.
Linda’s health has _______ greatly since she started on this new diet.
Li Ming is _______ in English, so he needs to spend more time on it.
My parents told me Ms. Smith was really _______ with my work last term.

But after a few months at college, I changed myself. I met new people. I started learning about history, politics, and the world. I didn’t have the time or patience for long phone conversations. I stopped caring so much about things like makeup. I once went to a party with no makeup on, but I felt fine. I just laughed about it. My new way of thinking brought me my mother. Now, I talk to my mother almost every day. We get along quite well. We go to moviesand read the same books. I tell her about my problems and she gives me good. Last month, my mother helped me through a bad time. She is an amazing person. I know that now.

My relationship with my mother changed after I went to college. When I was at home, weabout many things, for example, wearing makeup(化妆) and talking on the phone. One time, before a big party, she to let me leave the house. She thought my makeup was too heavy. I had to wash my face before I went to the party. I was the only girl without makeup, and I was so. And when I talked to my friends on the phone, my mum always shouted to tell me to hang up, and the person I was talking to could hear her. Heralways made me upset.

Sometimes I really wonder whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy making money. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read about in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too much to say.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (缝被子). I quietly sat down beside her and her.
“Mom, I have a question for you,” I said, breaking the .
“What?” she asked, still doing her work.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very voice.
She stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. But then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was very then because I thought I had hurt her.
It seemed like a very long time before my mother started to speak again. “Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “look at this thread (线). Sometimes it , but most of it disappears (消失) in the quilt. The thread makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is inside (在里面).”
I listened carefully but I didn’t understand the next spring. My father had a stroke (中风) and walk by himself anymore. After that, my mother my father walk outside every day. Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers and trees. The sun gently glistened through leaves. They two, hand in hand, walked slowly. To me, that was picture in the world — that’s a picture of love.
They still don’t say “I love you” to each other. But I know they have deep love for each other. I used to think love meant flowers and sweet kisses. But actually, love is just a thread in the quilt.

A traveller came to a village carrying nothing but an empty pot. He was h , but nobody would offer their food to him. The traveller then f the pot with water, put a large stone into it, and placed it o a fire in the village square.
One of the villagers asked w he was doing. The traveller answered,“I’m making ‘ stone soup’. ”The villager seemed i .
The traveller continued,“The soup tastes wonderful but I need some carrots to make i 76more tasty. ”The villager then b him some carrots and put them in the pot.
Another villager walked by, asking about the pot, a the traveller again told him about his stone soup. This time he really needed some meat. The villager brought him some meat to help him out.
More and more villagers walked by. Each added o things. Finally, the traveller had a delicious pot of soup. Of course, he s it with everyone.