One day about three years ago, the storyteller and his two brothers 【小题1】 （fish）around some islands when the sky suddenly was covered 【小题2】 dark clouds and then a terrible storm came. His younger brother fell into the sea.

His elder brother cried out “Moskoe-storm!” And they were pushed towards the edge of the whirlpool. He felt 【小题3】 （hope）and sick. When they were on 【小题4】 edge of the whirlpool, he felt 【小题5】 （calm）than when they were moving towards it. After a moment, they went over the edge and saw some trees and barrels in the whirlpool. Suddenly, he became curious about the whirlpool itself and made three important 【小题6】 （observe）. Based on 【小题7】 he found, he tied himself to a barrel, which helped him to float. Although he tried 【小题8】 （make）his elder brother understand that he should do as he did, his brother was too 【小题9】 （frighten）to understand. Without waiting, he jumped into the sea and finally he 【小题10】 （save）by other fishermen.

Not long ago, my daughter’s shoes 【小题1】 (damage) with a knife. She burst into tears. I took them to the shoemaker’s. The man said he would add more scratches on both shoes as if the openings were made on purpose for a special style. I didn’t fully understand him, but I decided to leave the shoes. Two days later I dropped by from work 【小题2】 (collect) the shoes. I found more scratches on each shoe, but all the openings were patched by red leather and the stitches were twisted. The appearance looked 【小题3】 (interesting) than ever.

Three months ago, I moved to Italy with my parents. One day, after playing badminton, I saw Amma when I set out 【小题1】 (leave) the club. She’s an old lady in her late 60s, and she is responsible 【小题2】 cleaning the floor of the club. At that time, she was talking to the boss of the club, 【小题3】 (ask) for some cash. Her hand was in pain and she intended 【小题4】 (see) the doctor. The boss gave her some excuses and drove her away 【小题5】 (instant).

I felt bad for her. 【小题6】 the fact that I had never talked with Amma before, I approached her and opened my wallet. I knew I didn’t have much money, but I gave her whatever I had in my wallet. In my 【小题7】 (break) Italian, I tried to say “Amma, please take the money and make an appointment with the doctors to check it up”, but I didn’t know if my 【小题8】 (express) was correct. She seemed to have understood me and said “Thank you!”.

When I went to a nearby restaurant for dinner, surprisingly I found one bill, 【小题9】 was more than enough for my meal. 【小题10】 next day, I came across Amma, and even though it was very dark in the street, she recognized me and waved to me.