Janelle used the phone of the helpful woman to call Cliff. Cliff played golf with a medical doctor almost every Saturday. Cliff, ____ but glad his wife was alive, said he would be there ____ . She told him to bring their son and her ________ set of car keys, because her keys were in the ____ purse. Cliff and Donovan arrived just before the police officer finished ____ his report. Cliff ____ his wife gently. He told Donovan to drive home in Janelle’s car. Cliff then asked the officer what the ____ were of catching the attackers.

The officer told Cliff that _____ like this happened daily throughout southern California. Cliff ____ the officer what could be done. “I know this sounds ridiculous (可笑), but we police can ____ protect you law-abiding (守法的) citizens. There are simply too many criminals. Tell all your ____ relatives and friends one thing: Don’t go anywhere alone, day or night. A woman by herself, even ____ , might as well be carrying a bright neon (霓虹灯) sign that ____ : ‘Victim here－Come and get me!’ I’m not ____ to be telling you this, because ____ the word gets out, tourism will suffer in southern California.”

The officer asked Janelle to ____ the police report. He wished her a speedy ____ , and promised to do his best to help put the attackers behind bars. He ____ both of them that the two thugs (暴徒) now had their credit cards, address, car keys, and house keys. He suggested that they make the appropriate phone calls, ____ the locks to their house, and get new keys for her car. Cliff told the officer that a couple of his friends were at his house, with guns, ____intruders. Cliff and Janelle thanked the officer and the helpful woman. Cliff drove Janelle straight toward their family doctor.

Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers. He’s a young, successful executive (主管) at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has a handsome _________. He used to own Toyota’s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses _________ subways and trains. “It’s not inconvenient at all,” he says. Besides, “and having a car is so 20^th century.”

Suda reflects a worrisome _________ in Japan: the automobile is losing its emotional appeal, _________ among the young, who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. _________ mini-cars and luxury foreign brands are still popular, everything in between is _________. Last year sales fell 6.7 percent, if you don’t count the mini-car market. There have been larger one-year drops in other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2009 _________ a tax increase. But experts say Japan is _________ in that sales have been decreasing steadily over time. Since 1994, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2009.

Alarmed by this state of _________, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) __________ a comprehensive study of the market in 2008. It found that a __________ wealth gap, demographic (人口结构的) changes and __________ lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their __________ longer, replace their cars with smaller ones or __________ car ownership altogether. JAMA __________ a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer, further consolidation (合并) in automotive industry is likely.

What does it take to become famous? Talent in singing, dancing or acting? Or _________good looks? These days, it seems like a pretty _________, and a lot of makeup can make anyone a popular star. But, occasionally, an honest smile and a hard-working attitude might take you quite. _________.

Recently, an Tibetan young man named Tashi Dingzhen has gained a lot of online followers. Though his_______to fame has been very much accidental, Dingzhen has since been_____________by both the local tourism department, and the online streaming platform Tencent Video. However, when _________about his own dreams, the 20-year-old said that he wants to be a “horse-racing prince”, a decision which has been ___________by many.

_________ can be fleeting (稍纵即逝的). Every day there are thousands of people on the internet _________the latest trends, behaving in very similar ways, and taking part in the same type of variety shows... all for the________to gain fame and fortune. A few ____________down the line, or perhaps even only a few months later, the majority of these individuals or groups will____________from our memories in the end.

Everyone is born____________. We like different things, have different personalities, and pursue different dreams. That is what makes life so dynamic (有活力的) and __________. Should Dingzhen choose to take Tencent Video's ____________and try to become a celebrity, he might just end up__________ into the background under heavy makeup and uniform dance moves. Of course, it's __________that his fame will fade even faster if he stays home and continues to race horses. But at least then he will be able to follow his __________to do what he wants______________choosing to pursue fame and, in the end, ______________himself. If you were in his shoes, what would you do?