Diana Herbert was running late for school on Friday morning so she decided to take a shortcut(近路). Little did 16-year-old Herbert know this would make a big difference in her life. While Herbert was walking _______ to try to get to school on time, an elderly gentleman _______ her, and asked Herbert to tie his shoelaces(鞋带) for him. At first she was a bit _______ but then she saw that the old man was _______ to use his hands properly and had a walking stick. She realized that he could not really help himself so she _______ to do that for him.

After she finished tying the man’s lace, the man thanked Herbert. Then she continued on her way to school, _______ thinking of the situation.

What Herbert did not know is that a woman named Nadine Ribeiro _______ the whole thing. Ribeiro stopped her car and took a photo. She then _______ it on her Facebook and wrote about the situation. _______ , the photograph on the social media spread quickly — more than 3,000 people liked Ribeiro’s photograph while 6,000 more ________ it with their friends.

Herbert, however, did not know what was going on until the principal told her that she became some kind of Internet superstar. Herbert said she couldn’t understand why people were so attracted by the ________. The following Monday, Herbert was ________ by the school for her kindness.

“I was not ________ that much attention, but it felt nice to get ________ for something good,” Herbert said. “I believe in karma(因果)—once we do nice things it will in some way benefit us ________.”

Many freshmen find their first year of high school frightening. Students feel a(n) ________ of anxiousness and excitement as they ________ their four-year journey. Many freshmen are becoming involved in activities around campus to ________ the new school.

“My first week at Freedom was frightening and ________ .” said Caden Kitchen, “but my sister Avery, who is a senior, ________ me out.” By his sister’s showing him around campus, Kitchen felt more ________ and prepared to begin his year. He joined the golf team and planned to join the hockey (曲棍球) team to follow his love for ________ and meet new people.

Many students have older ________ who are willing (愿意) to show them around campus.

“ ________ upperclassmen helped me make new friends and adapt to this new campus,” explained Madison Clayton. Clayton is also looking forward to playing softball on the Freedom team where she hopes to meet ________ friends.

Sports are a ________ way for freshmen to meet new people and to get involved in the school. Besides making friends, freshman year can still be ________ .

“I seem to be at the ________ of the school food chain (食物链),” Shane Lenoir said. “It looks like everyone else on campus is ________ than me.”

“High school was frightening at first,” Joshua Brant said, “but I’m excited to take on my next four ________ .”

Mr. Gray travelled a lot on business: He sold machines of different kinds to farmers.

He had a big car, and usually _________ driving it long distances, but he was quite satisfied to go by _______ sometimes too, especially when the _______ was bad. He was a little afraid of driving in rain or snow, and it was _______ tiring to sit comfortably in a train and to look out of the window without being worried about how _______was going to get to the next place.

One of Mr. Gray’s problems was often _______ to stay when he reached some small place in the country. He did not _______ great comfort and wonderful food, but he found it annoying (使恼火) when he was given a cold room, and there was no hot water or food after a long and  _______ day.

Late _______ winter evening, Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station. The  ________ by train that day had not been at all interesting, and Mr. Gray was cold and tired and ________ . He was looking forward to a simple ________ satisfying meal by a brightly burning fire，and then a hot bath and comfortable bed. __________ he was walking to the taxi rank, he said to a local man who was also ________ there.  “As this is my first visit to this ________of the country and I was in too much of a hurry to ________  about hotels before l left home, I would very much like to know ________ you have here.”

The local man answered, “We have  ________ .”

“And which would you ________ me to go to?”Mr. Gray asked him.

The local man thought for a while and then answered, “Well, it’s like this: Whichever one you go to, you’ll be________ you didn’t go to the other.”