Sometimes, we want to know what our lives are going to look like. We may want to know what gifts and   (1)   are going to be presented to us in the coming years  (2)   if our goals will be realized. Perhaps we feel like we need help to make a   (3)   and we want to know which choice will work out best. We may   (4)  fortune-tellers, our dreams, and many other sources in the hopes of   (5)   out what the future holds.  (6)   we would probably be overwhelmed(感到不知所措) if we knew everything to happen to us.

   Just think of your life  (7)  you've lived it up to this point. You have probably done more and faced more than you could have ever   (8)  . If someone had told you all the jobs and relationships you would
  (9)  when you were a child, you would have become overwhelmed. With your head full of information about the   (10)   you would have had a very  (11)   time experiencing your life in the present moment, which is where everything  (12)   happens.

   In many ways, not knowing what the future has  (13)   brings out in us the qualities we need to grow. It would have been difficult to   (14)  yourself to certain people or projects if you knew they wouldn't eventually   (15)  Yet, it was through your commitment to see them that you experienced the  (16)  
you needed to grow.  (17)   your life, it would likely be hard to say that   (18)   in your past should not have happened. In fact, your most challenging experiences with their expected lessons may have eventually  (19)   you the greatest rewards.

   Not knowing the future  (20)   us just where we need to be ---- fully committed and in the present moment.

What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or   (1)   or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control   (2)  , like the weather? Is time the same all over the world? Thatˈs an easy question, you say.  (3)  you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is   (4)   that. Americans see time as a valuable   (5)  . Maybe thatˈs why they are   (6)  of the expression, "Time is money."

To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing   (7)  for other peopleˈs time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually   (8)  an apology, and maybe an explanation. People   (9)  

are running late often call ahead to let others know of the   (10)  . Of course, the less formal the situation, the less important it is to be exactly   (11)  . At informal get-togethers,  (12)  , people often arrive as much as 30 minutes past the   (13)   time. But they usually donˈt try that at work.

American lifestyles show   (14)   people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often   (15)   the time days or weeks in advance. Once the time is fixed, it takes almost a(n)  (16)  

to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually   (17)  first to make sure it is convenient. Only very close friends will just   (18)   unannounced. Also, people hesitate to call others late at night for fear they  (19)   be in bed. The time may vary, but most folks think   (20)   about calling after 10:00 p.m.

Hiking is my favorite hobby. Being outdoors, getting   (1)   , and spending quiet time alone are all aspects of hiking that make it   (2)   in todayˈs mostly indoor, and yet overly busy life. Many areas—even large cities—offer parks with dirt or grass paths that are   (3)   for a daily hike.

Hiking gets me   (4)   , away from potentially   (5)  indoor air. Too much time indoors cuts humans off from the sun which is   (6)  to our health and can also  (7)  some illnesses from too much exposure to harmful chemicals and other products that are   (8)   indoors. Just an hour per day of hiking can   (9)  many of the effects of spending too much time indoors.

Hiking is also   (10)   exercise, because it   (11)   the heart, lungs, and leg muscles. You can hike in your street clothes,   (12)   hiking does not require the investment (投资) in   (13)   that many forms of exercise do.

Perhaps the best—and most unique—  (14)  of hiking, however, is that it provides comfort from our loud, fast-paced world. When hiking, I see deer, listen to birdsongs, and  (15)  squirrels busy with their work.  (16)   the constant noise of traffic in the

background, I can  (17)   my own thoughts instead of on what is expected by society and promoted by advertisers. This quiet   (18)   from society helps me remember what is important in life.

    In short, hiking helps me break free of the work-a-day world by getting me outside to   (19)  nature, encouraging me to exercise, and giving me long periods of restful silence. I would   (20)  hiking to anyone.

Once there was a billionaire, who got a severe eye irritation (发炎). He got a famous doctor to   (1)   his eye. The doctor advised him to   (2)   bright light for one month so he could heal naturally. Immediately the rich man   (3)   all his windows, and replaced all the bright and colorful curtains with dull cloth. He also   (4)   all the bright chandeliers (枝形吊灯). In one word, he made all his house   (5)   .

One month later, the doctor paid a visit to the billionaire to ask about the   (6)   of his eyes. To the doctor's   (7)   , everything in the house had been made dark and dull. Then the doctor said, “Your common sense should have told you that you can buy a pair of   (8)   to protect your eye from bright light   (9)   spending so much money on all these things to make your house darker.”

The same phenomenon   (10)   all of us. We often see many   (11)   in others. We are very   (12)   to change the attitude and behavior of others which doesn't   (13)   our own.

We have many likes and dislikes.   (14)   other people also have. But we are often interested in imposing (把……强加于) our opinion and thinking on others   (15)   we never made any error. Accordingly we want to   (16)   this world with our own rules and theory.

However, we   (17)   that other people who share this world equally with us also think in a similar way and   (18)   us to behave according to their wishes. Then who   (19)   your thinking? In order to bring about certain change in the people around us, first it is “we”that have to change.

  (20)   , any needed change can occur only when it starts with us.

An elderly woman told the police that, as she entered a restroom, she was slightly pushed by a woman behind her. A few minutes later, as she was about to ____41___ for a moustache remover at a nearby store, she discovered that her wallet was ____42_____ from her purse. Apparently the woman who had _____43____ her had cleverly stolen her wallet. This type of _____44___ is called pick-pocketing.

   Perhaps an even more personal kind of theft is known a housebreaking, or ___45____. After such an accident, the victims often report a feeling of ____46____. They seldom regain the comfort and ____47____ they used to have in their home. They ____48____ feel like they are being watched; they feel that if they go out, the burglars will again ____49_____. They feel uncomfortable when they are home, and they also feel uncomfortable when they ____50_____.

Burglars get lucky or make their own luck. Sometimes homeowners forget to ____51_____ all their windows or doors. Sometimes burglars will break a window, cut through a screen door, or force _____52_____ a side door.

Thieves have no ____53____.They will steal from anyone that they think is vulnerable(脆弱的），and that means the ___54____are their frequent victims. Some thieves are very clever, some are very lucky, but all of _____55_____ make an honest person’s life more _____56____. It’s too bad that all of them can’t be caught and ___57____ into honest people.

    Imagine that: a world with no thief, a world where you can ____58____ your bicycle unsecured on the sidewalk, or leave your purse ____59_____ in your shopping cart. Is this only a(n) ___60____? Some say that if you can dream about it, it can be realized.