One day, a vendor (小贩) came to our doorstep, selling bundles of vegetables priced at one dollar per bundle. My mom’s _______ was 50 cents, no more than that, but she _______ to buy four bundles at that price. Politely declaring that she wouldn’t even _______ the cost at that price, the vendor walked away.

After taking four steps ahead, however, she _______ and shouted, “Make it 75 cents per bundle, and I will sell it to you.” Mom shook her head and _______ to her original offer of 50 cents. _______ for a while, the vendor came back to our doorstep. The deal was _______ at my mom’s bid. My mom paid the money. The vendor took it without even counting. As she _______, she swayed (摇晃) due to apparent dizziness. My mom held her hands and asked whether she had had any _______ in the morning. The vendor said, “No, I will need to buy some with today’s earnings.”

My mom asked her to sit down, ________ inside, came back swiftly with some food and drink and offered them to the vendor. The vendor hungrily and ________, finished them all. Thanking my mom for all the food, she went on her way.

I was ________. I asked my mom why she was so mean in bargaining for 50 cents but was ________in offering food of a much higher price to that vendor.

Do you have any idea how rewarding it is to spread homemade butter on bread? Most of my generation may not know but ask my kids—they think they’re truly _________ the life.

I feel like we took a step “backward” when we bought a cow. How _________ it is to buy milk and butter off the shelf in the store. But I enjoy the _________ back. It adds so much simplicity to our lives. My children will _________ with many memories of a sweet milk cow, fresh butter and bread, and family _________.

Adding a milk cow to our home wasn’t a _________ decision. I knew it would take time and_________, but I haven’t regretted it. My children also haven’t _________ the extra work. We’ve all found so much _________ in this attempt.

My oldest child is __________making butter. It’s something she’s wanted to do with raw milk for years. The kids all take turns churning the milk in the bottle. __________ it’s fully butter, the kids are so __________ to pull the churn off the bottle and glimpse inside. They’ve had even more fun making their own little butters.

Not everyone’s picture of a __________ life is the same. How you raise your kids influences what the next generation will __________ and what type of work ethic (职业道德) they’ll have. Don’t be afraid to take a step back with your family to a __________ life.

Adventure is in my blood. And I had been considering how I was going to celebrate my high school graduation. I didn’t just want a small ________ in the backyard, I started thinking about doing a solo (独自的)________ somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out the ________ and drew a 1, 500-mile route along which I would be ________ from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I ________ my plan with my dad, he ________ as I thought he would. Because I got my adventurous ________ from him, he was all for it.

I had only been away from my home for three days, but there was an inner ________ going on. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I really could ________. The other part of me was ready to ________ to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.

On the road, I met another bicyclist who was quite a bit older than I was. He started his journey alone by bike at the southern part of Norway and just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of ________. It encouraged me not to ________.

As I listened to my favourite artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled with my feet. There was nobody around me for miles. ________, that wasn’t entirely true. There were millions of mosquitoes (蚊子). My arms were so dotted (布满) with ________ that they looked like a topographical (地形的) map. But however ________ it would be, nothing could stop my advance on the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.