.在字母表中,______和______ 两个字母可以单独成词。

A. I; u        B. a; u        C. I; Y         D. I; a

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限一词。

I worked in a shop three years ago. A girl started working there a few months after me. I met her often but we never t_1._. We just saw each o__2.__ and smiled.

She would always smile in a really happy way until one day when we got to work in the same department again. She smiled as if she was the h___3.___ girl in the world. I went up to her and asked, “What’s w___4.___ with you?” She answered, “Why?” I said, “I can feel you’re very sad but you’re always t___5.___ to hide it.” Her mouth just dropped as if I had discovered her deepest s___6.____, so we started talking. She told me why she was feeling like that and why she was trying to hide it. Time w__7.___ by and we became good friends. Later she said that I had changed her life in many w__8.__. Today this girl is one of my best friends. She has been there for me in every possible way a friend could be.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that you never know when you’re helping y___9.___. I helped this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a t___10.___ friend.

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阅读下面短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示补全文中所缺的单词，答案写在题后的横线上。

Travel can teach kids more than a textbook. Travelling with kids is good f     1.      them. They can find new interests. Travel makes information alive for kids, and makes it much more exciting than studying textbooks or d  2.    experiments in the lab. While travelling, they learn h      3.       to deal with new situations, and communicate with other people. They learn patience, because sometimes i       4.         takes a long time to get to some exciting or interesting places.

     I’ve been travelling since I was seven years old. For me, to stop travelling would be like taking something a    5.___      from my soul (灵魂). I can’t live without travelling and I wouldn’t be who I am if I don’t travel. Some people think it’s h    6.       to travel after having kids. But in my opinion, when people become parents, it doesn’t m     7.         they couldn’t travel any more. My children have been travelling since they were three weeks old.

     Bringing a new life into the world comes with many responsibilities (责任) and I’d love to be a good mother. One of my duties is to e    8.        my children. I’m so thankful that my parents took me on family trips when I was y  9.            . I’ve learned that the outside world is more colorful than the little one I was living in. Of course, I want to pass these travel e   10.       on to my children.

     I value the memories I have travelling with my children. I’m sure they will always remember them in their lives.