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The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small single-engined airplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter (高度表) failed and she didn’t know how high she _____ (fly). At night, and in a storm, a pilot was in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly plunged into the sea.
Just before dawn, there was further trouble. Amelia noticed flames coming from the engine. With all the difficulties, Amelia Earhart wasn’t sure if she _____ reach land. There was nothing to do but keep______ (go).
In the end, Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland. It was with the great courage ______ she made the safe landing. And for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe. When she returned to the United States, she ______ (honor) by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous.
What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman
______ (fly) the Atlantic Ocean alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and fifty-six minutes.
In the years that followed, Amelia Earhart made several flights across the United States, and on each occasion she set a new record for flying time and was ____ (skillful) than her previous flight. Amelia Earhart made these flights to show that women had a place in aviation (航空) and that air travel was useful. Her passion for flight lasted in her remaining life ______ she mysteriously disappeared from public in the year 1937.

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.