Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned __16___ farm, which looked almost abandoned . 17 (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby 18 other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what 19 (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating 20 it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she 21 (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnsons had to make a living 22 the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting trees 23 (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest come around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cottons in the market 24 people from the towns met regularly. Now it occurred to 25 that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.（2015广东卷）
Are you facing a situation that looking impossible to fix?In 1969, the pollution is terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It 61 (be) unimaginable that it could be ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it ______62 (actual) caught fire and burned. Now years late, this rive is one of_______63most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.But river wasn’t changed in a few days_____64 even a few months. It took years of work _______65 (reduce) industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is______66 (clean) than ever.Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit _____67 is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately.While there are_______68 (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the _______69 (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be_______70 (patience)
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Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said 16 was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months__17____ (early), but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We 18_____(tell)that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, 19_____ for the week after. I didn’t understand 20____ this would happen and my credit card had already been charged 21______ the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was 22_____(surprise)helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on 23_____ top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.The next day, my brother and I went to the beach 24____ we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little 25_____(sunburn)，but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.（2014广东卷）
One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 16 (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son,“Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 17 too little.”His son looked surprised.“I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less , 18 not save a bit of money?”“That would be a very 19 (reason)thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.Nick’s guests , 20 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,“The only reason a man would sell salt 21 a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 22 the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”“But such a small thing couldn’t 23 (possible) destroy a village.”“In the beginning, there was only 24 very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 25 (think) that it was only small and not very important ,and look where we have ended up today.”（2013广东卷）
Mary will never forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in class one day , 16 (wear) sun glasses. He walked in as if he 17 (buy) the school, And the word quickly got around that he was from New York City.For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt 18 (please), because there were many empty seats in the room. But she quickly realized that it wasn’t her, it was probably the fact that she sat in 19 last row. 20 he thought he could escape attention by sitting at the back ,he was wrong. It might have made it a little 21 ( hard ) for everybody because it meant they had to turn around, but that didn’t stop the kids in the class. Of course whenever they turned to look at him, they had to look at Mary, 22 made her feel like a star.“Do you need those glasses for medical reasons?” the teacher asked. The new boy shook his head.” Then I’d appreciate it if you didn’t wear them in class. I like to look at your eyes when I’m speaking to you.” The new boy looked at the teacher 23 a few seconds and all the other students wondered 24 the boy would do. Then he took 25 off, gave a big smile and said “That is cool.”（2012广东卷）
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