River and Ryder Rogers are twins who are close and share a lot. Their business_________was on display at the Acton Children’s Business Fair.

In 2020, when River’s outdoor activities stopped, she got interested in jewelry making (首饰制作). She_________it step by step by watching online videos. The next year, she returned to school_________her special necklaces. Her friends were interested in her_________designs, which were born out of her unique ideas. That also gave her the_________and idea to launch her company, River Khai Beads. She has since_________her collection to include rings, earrings, and paintings. She says she also wants to_________other girls to make their ideas come true.

Under his sister’s influence, Ryder decided to start a business that didn’t have any outside_________. Their parents offered him a box of old T-shirts they had _________to throw away. He spent a few weeks researching how to__________these old shirts. Then he__________the idea to make dog toys with them. Till now, Ryder has sold about 100 toys. He go this materials for free. So he makes__________to a dog charity (慈善机构) too and plans to make toys for other__________.

At a September fair, River__________a prize for her company. When asked how they felt about the prize, Ryder said, “If one of us wins, we both win. It’s more of fun__________than competition. We’re working together to make the world a better place.”

In 2014 I was 22 years old and had just come back to Brazil after 14 months in England, holding my Cambridge Proficiency certificate. After nervously _______ a short training course, I began to give class to my 12 students, all of them older than I was. I _______ hard to remain calm in class and _______ they wouldn't find out how unconfident I felt a lot of the time. I was quite _______, actually, until the end of _______ and the night of the final oral test.

The test was going to start at 7 pm, and at 6:50, I _______ myself in the teachers' bathroom to _______ all the test questions again. I really wanted to learn the _______ by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester. The _______ is, I actually locked myself in the bathroom. I __________ couldn't get out! The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the noise in the halls __________ the students went to their rooms. I tried hard to __________ the bathroom door, but failed.

I heard the cleaning lady's voice and asked for help as __________ as I could. However, she wasn't exactly a thoughtful person, and started __________: “Diana's locked in the bathroom!” Shame had fallen upon me! __________ the course director, the secretary and some teachers were outside the bathroom trying to get me out, and, __________, my students gathered outside too, happily saying things like “Aren't we __________! No test today !” All I could do was __________, feeling miserable and utterly stupid. The door finally opened, and my entire __________ was waiting for me outside, naughty smiles on their faces. “__________! Teacher.” they said, “we know you are human too!”

They all passed their test. True to the Brazilian style, we all went out for a beer afterward, and laughed the whole thing off.

“Four eleven-year-old boys, Wow!”

Standing sleepily in the store’s entrance, I_______this strange sight. My dad had just dropped me off to shop for Christmas _______ but my brother and his friends had a more noble_______ for shopping.

“Do you think Caitlin will like this?”one of the boys asked. And my brother, looking rather _______, was standing in front of a shelf of socks. “Okay. The pink one would be a good idea,” I _______.He picked up one and presented it to me for_______.

They used up all their _______some of which they had saved up over the course of the year for Christmas gifts. But, they had all _______to spend it on Caitlin.

Just nine days before Christmas, Caitlin's house had been _______to the ground. By____________Caitlin and her parents had all escaped.____________, everything in the house was engulfed(吞噬)in flames, including the Christmas presents____________to be wrapped(包装).

The school was ____________their books and uniforms, And all the ____________in Caitlin’s class were taking her shopping for clothes while the boys were shopping for things like scarves and socks.

When we got home, my brother brought everything he had ____________for Caitlin to my room to make sure I thought she'd like everything one last time.

“I think she’ll love everything, ”I said, and____________ him, even though he tried to push me away. I was so____________of him at that moment. He____________all his savings for a new skateboard ____________for a friend who needed a Christmas present more than he did. He had, through this act of a pure heart, captured the true____________of Christmas.