My neighbor Li Hai is going to graduate college soon and he hasn’t found
job yet. He was once
（advise） to learn computer skills,
he thought it was difficult. When he saw others learning English, he shook his head,
（say） it was too hard to remember new
. He enjoyed watching TV, playing cards, smoking and so on. He felt it was hard for him to give up all
habits. Not long ago, he went to look for a job. When he knew talents were
（great） needed, he sighed and regretted the time
he had wasted. He told me how he wished he
（work ）hard in college and asked me not to copy his example.
Has the world just witnessed its first ever robot suicide? Boring housework was seemingly too much for one cleaning robot to take, when it apparently rebelled and decided to end it all.
The robot was given the tiresome task of cleaning up some spilt grain before it climbed on to a kitchen hotplate ___ it destroyed itself, according to reports in Austria. It had reportedly grown tired of
_____(force) to clean the house every day and decided to become a martyr(殉道者) to the robot cause.
“Somehow it seems ____(restart) itself again before it made its way along the work surface. Then it pushed a cooking pot out of the way and basically that was the end of it,” explained fireman Helmut Kniewasser, who
_____(call) to deal with the fire at Hinterstoder in Kirchdorf. “It pretty quickly started to melt underneath and then stuck to the kitchen hotplate. It then caught fire.
___ _____ _____ we arrived, it had become just a pile of ash.” He added: “The entire building
____ _____be evacuated (疏散) and there was severe smoke damage particularly in the flat in which the robot had been in use. “It’s a mystery how it came to be started and ended up making its way to the hotplate.”
____ took an hour to clean and make the building safe. The homeowner plans to charge the robot’s manufacturer.
After 30 years _____ a pilot, Captain Peter Elliott got to fly holiday-makers on a Thomas Cook flight from Birmingham, UK, to Tenerife, Spain with his daughter.
Senior First Officer Laura Elliott ____(fly) for six years but has never before got to work with her father. “It’s my dream to be able to fly with my Dad,” she said.
It had seemed unlikely that the pair would ever co-pilot _____ same aircraft because Miss Elliott learned to fly on Airbus planes when she joined the company in 2009, and her father flew Boeings. However, after Peter Elliott, 59, retrained to fly Airbuses, their dream of flying together came true.
Miss Elliott, 30, became interested in flying when____(inspire) by her father with a trial flight as her birthday present. Miss Elliott said: “Becoming a pilot was never something I had considered. It was only when my Dad bought me a trial flight for my 18th birthday
____ I considered following in my Dad’s footsteps.”
The pair finally sat in the cockpit (驾驶员座舱) together and Mr Elliott made an announcement to passengers___ the flight made it a special day for him as he was flying with his daughter.
Miss Elliott recalled the flight, ____(say), “I was initially nervous and he kept asking
_____ I was nervous or not. It was like going for a driving lesson with him. Thankfully, everything went smoothly and the passengers loved it. If it ever happens again, I will definitely be a lot
____(relaxed).”
Tears come out of my eyes when I talk to my parents on the phone．What are they doing when I call them? This is w__________ I want to know most．I promise my mother to study hard in the university because I am her h___________
．I just want her to promise me that she can take care of h______
and my dad because they are just l_____
the blood in my body.
In my family, everyone is equal．We are very happy to have meals together．Mum says that the h_________time for Dad and her is to see my sister and me come back home．We play cards in the room, watch TV and do anything we like, with Dad and Mum p_______
delicious food in the kitchen．I forget all the difficulties and unhappiness at that t____
．The o________
thing I would like to do is to enjoy the time with my parents.
Sometimes, love doesn’t n_______ many words．Love your parents as they love us．G__________
them a call, telling them you love them and miss them.
Yesterday, as I approached the front door of our public library, a white-haired gentleman stepped back to hold the door for me. You see, I have to go everywhere these days with a walker, and folks are __________ (constant) holding or opening doors for me, so this was not unusual.
However, I told the gentleman that the door had ________ automatic opener, and he did not need to stay to hold it open. He said “Here I thought I would have an opportunity to be __
_______ (help).”
At that, I backed up, let the door close, and allowed him to reopen the door, not _________ (use) the automatic control this time. His comment then was “Well, now I feel like that I __
______ (accomplish) something helpful and worthwhile today.”
We never know _________ someone else is feeling. We seniors seem to feel we can take care of _
________ at all times. That random act of kindness brightened not only my day, but to my joy and delight, also the day of that white-haired senior citizen. I felt a glow for the rest of the day, and,
________ (hope), so did he!
So, gentle readers, never hesitate _________ (offer) kindness. You may find to your __
_______ (amaze) that there is more kindness in your community than you ever believe possible.
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It was now raining heavily. My husband was away. I did not want to ask anyone else to go with me. So I went to the hospital by . I was taken to a small room. Lina lay
(sleep) quietly on a table.
This wasn’t first time Lina had taken too many pills. I knew she would sleep deeply for about twelve hours
the poison stopped doing its harm.
I sat down by Lina’s side and watched her sleep. The room was still. I looked around. The room seemed familiar. “Have I been here before?” I wondered. I looked around again. “I’m sure I’ve been in this room,” I told myself. Then I remembered. It was in this very room I gave birth
Lina seventeen years ago.
happy I was then!
Lina used to be such a bright,(health) and nice child. “What has turned her into a dope-taker (吸毒者)?” I asked myself. “And why are millions of young people like her
(take) dope to destroy themselves? There must be something
(serious) wrong with our society. What is it?”