Three brothers left home for college, and they all became successful people.

Some years later, they got together again. While having dinner, they ________ for a long time. They discussed the ________ they had given their elderly mother who lived far away in another city. The oldest said, "I had a ________ house built for Mama." The second said, "I had my Mercedes-Benz dealer(奔驰经销商) send a ________ to her." The youngest said, "You know ________ Mama loves reading poems and you know she can't read any more because she can't ________ very well. I met a businessman who has a parrot that can recite many ________. It took him 12 years to ________ it to speak and he earns his living by renting it out. I have to pay him $ 100,000 a year for twenty years, ________ it is worth it."

Two weeks later, their mother sent out her thank-you notes, which read, "Milton, the house you built is so huge. I only live in one room, but I have to clean the whole house. It's a (an) ________ job. Thanks anyway," "Marvin, I am too old to ________. I stay home and have others work for me, so I'll ________ use the car. The ________ is good, although not realistic. Thanks."

"Dearest Melvin, you are the ________ son to have the good sense to give a little thought to your gift. The chicken tasted so ________. I liked it very much. Thank you."

When I was a little girl in school, I wanted someday to become a doctor. It was an unbelievable dream for any child in my_______.

My mother was a housemaid for a retired couple, the Raos, in Bangalore. Fortunately, they were always_______about us. As I began to read, they bought me books. When my mother felt I should_______an English-medium school, just like other kids, the Raos_______to pay the school fees. They_______gave me breakfast before I left for school. I had to work hard to_______my privileged, well-off classmates.

Life at home was always_______,since my father spent much of his earnings on drink and cigarettes. Yet my mother bravely_______for me and my younger brother. One day our already miserable world was suddenly turned_______,Father was found lying dead by the road. Later, the landlord asked us to leave our room,adding to our__________.He even shut off our water and__________connections to force us out __________my mother’ s begging for more__________

The Raos, who once taught at Banalore's Atma Darshan Yogashram, came to our__________ again. They recommended the officials there to__________my mother as a cook__________accommodations on campus would be__________ to us. “You should keep studying hard.__________ will change everything,” Mr. Rao advised me.

In the many years that followed, thanks to the Raos' help and encouragement, I was able to __________my studies, and in another year, I'll receive my doctorate in biomedicine, after which I'll work in a hospital and__________ my dream.

Experts say boredom is good for kids. It forces them to be creative, _________their imaginations and helps them discover new things. A(n)_________in point is 13-year-old Luke Hill from Dubuque, Iowa.

Luke was_________of playing video games and riding his bike, so he decided to build a tiny house in his backyard instead. He made money from cutting lawns and_________exchanged some services, such as sweeping his garage_________the help of an electrical engineer. Luke also_________spare materials from his grandmother’s house and other_________materials from his neighbors for some of the windows and the door.

The 89-square-foot home cost $1,500 to build and_________eighteen months. Inside there’s a kitchenette, a back sitting room, a table and a mounted (安装好的) TV, and an upstairs bedroom can be easily_________by stairway.

Although Luke did the__________and learned how to do all the work, he had his father’s __________throughout the project. Greg Hill was very happy that his son learned to stay on ________and deal with grown-ups. __________, he had some simple rules when Luke __________ the house: “You__________the money. You build it. And you own it.”

Luke is now in love with__________. He has a YouTube channel and hopes to__________other kids to start building. __________, he wants to build a bigger tiny house to live in. But for now, he__________in his new home a few nights a week, does homework there, and uses it to take a__________from his twin brother.