I was raised in New York City where it's very cold every winter. In the sixth grade, a teacher offered {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (bring) some students to a homeless shelter after school. I went with my friends and the teacher for several weeks. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, I continued to volunteer to help when they stopped going together. Because I was good {#blank#}3{#/blank#} sewing, I was told to help out with the sewing kit when any guests needed some repairs. Throughout high school I continued to come each week after school, setting up my sewing kit which {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (grow) larger and larger. I got to know the guests who came {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (regular).

    Later on, I started {#blank#}6{#/blank#}sewing club with my friend and we taught {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (we) fellow students how to sew. We made heart-shaped pillows for sick {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (child) and the elderly. Every time it rained I would think about the umbrellas {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (design) before. In the future I hope to continue helping others as much as I can. It is the most important thing I{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (do) ever since.

    In 1955, I got a train ticket to visit my relatives in Cleveland. On my return trip, I met {#blank#}1{#/blank#} handsome soldier. He asked if he could look at the train timetable {#blank#}2{#/blank#} was held in my hand and then if he could sit next to me so that we could chat. I agreed and invited him to share the lunch my aunt {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (pack) for me before leaving. We talked all the way. Finally, we exchanged {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (address) and he said he would contact me.

    After a week, I still didn't receive a letter {#blank#}5{#/blank#} him and began to think he'd forgotten about me. On Saturday, the phone rang and a familiar voice asked if I would like to go out together. We ended up in {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (see) On the Waterfront at the Kallet Theatre. We had a more dates during his Army leave, and then he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (send) to go overseas. For the next two years, we kept in touch with each other by letter.

    In 1957, we got married. We've been together for more than 60 years, raising three daughters who now have daughters of{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (they) own. Before taking my trip to Cleveland years ago, I was warned never{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (speak) to strangers on a train. I'm {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (certain) glad I didn't listen.

    This weekend I was delighted to show my parents around Seville, as they {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(come) for a short but sweet visit. Although the weather wasn't the best, we still made {#blank#}2{#/blank#} best of our time together.

    Being reunited with the people you love in a new place {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(bring)such excitement. Showing them around the new city makes you {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(extraordinary)happy. For example, as Seville is known for flamenco(弗拉门科舞), I took them to see a famous {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(perform)my friends recommended to me, which gave us such a wonderful visual feast. Furthermore, getting to show your visitors the places {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(appeal)to you is a pleasant feeling, because you are eager to let them know where you love to spend your time. You are letting them get involved {#blank#}7{#/blank#} your new life. Also you have the opportunity {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(show) your loved ones the new places that they may fall in love with.

    So, after a two-day trip, I feel pleased to have had the time to explore those {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(attraction) with my parents. I am already looking forward to their next visit {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I can show them more of what Seville offers and what I am still yet to discover.

    Some misunderstanding is putting shark populations at risk now. Thousands of sharks are dying as {#blank#}1{#/blank#}result of people's false beliefs.

    Female sharks need males to make babies. Some female sharks have the ability to produce a baby by themselves and have young sharks {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a male shark. That's something {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(common) seen in plants and insects like ants and bees.

    Shark fins have medical function. Traditionally, shark fin soup {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(believe) to have health benefits and is quite special in China. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}modern scientists point out that shark tissue (组织)can be extremely high in poison. What's more, shark fishing kills up to 100 million animals each year, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(endanger) several different species.

    If you're bitten by a shark, you will be a goner. You are more than twice as likely {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(die) from a lightning strike as from a shark bite, according to the Florida Museum's International Shark Attack File (ISAF). "Even if you are bitten, the large {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(major) of people survive", says Dr. Chapman. There {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(be) sixty-six unprovoked(无端的)shark bite incidents around the world in 2018, only six of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}were dangerous, according to the ISAF.