The doctors and nurses managed _________ the lives of patients, though they didn’t have enough medicine.
A.save B.saving C.to save D.to saving
—I don’t really like big cities.
—Neither do I. I feel much ________ in the countryside.
A.free B.freer C.freest D.the freest
— Wow, you’ve made so much progress in drawing.
— Thanks. I _________ two online courses this winter holiday.
A.took B.will take C.take D.was taking
—Did you go on the Silk Road trip by train?
—Yes. The train was great, just like a hotel ________ wheels — it had all that I needed.
A.in B.at C.on D.by
近年来，在一些学生中出现了不珍惜劳动成果、不想劳动、不会劳动的现象；为此，国家最近印发了《关于全面加强新时代大中小学劳动教育的意见》。请你结合自身的体会，就如何培养劳动精神，给校报英语专栏写一篇短文。内容包括：
1. 上劳动课，学习生活技能；
2. 参加实践活动，如：植树、种菜等；
3. 学做家务，如：整理房间、洗衣服等；
4. 养成良好的劳动习惯。
注意：
1. 词数：80词左右；开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3. 参考词汇：劳动课a hardworking spirit class。
A guideline on hardworking spirit education came out recently in order to help more students of different ages to get working spirit. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A young woman named Jessie got a parrot as a gift. But the parrot had a bad habit：It was always rude.
Jessie tried to change the bird. She spoke to the bird with only polite 1. （word）and played soft music to it.
But the bird didn't change at all. It became even 2. （rude）. Jessie angrily caught the bird and put it in the fridge. For a few minutes the parrot kicked and shouted. Then suddenly there was total silence.
Fearing that she might hurt the parrot, Jessie quickly 3. （open）the door of the fridge. The parrot calmly stepped out onto Jessie's arms and said: “I am very sorry about my rude language and actions. I want to do everything 4. （correct）my rude actions.”
Jessie was surprised to hear that. As she wanted to ask why it changed so much, the bird spoke very 5. （soft）: “May I ask what the turkey（火鸡）did?”
