Bethany Hamilton, from Hawaii, likes surfing very much. One day, while she was surfing, a shark came over to her suddenly. The shark got her left arm and hurt her     16     Luckily, she tried her b    17     back to the land. Though she lost her arm, she didn’t give u    18     her dream, so she practiced     19     (hard) than before. The next year, Bethany got the first place in an important surf competition. From then on, she became one of many great     20     (英雄) to teenagers.

One of the most famous people in ancient China was a wise philosopher (哲人) named Confucius.

_______the year 551 BC. Confucius was born in a poor family in the state of Lu. His original name was Kong Qiu. He was also a great educator and________ who had many ideas and thoughts about human nature and behavior. His teachings and philosophy have ________influenced (影响) many people in different countries such as China, Korea Japan and Vietnam. Confucius’ father died three years ______   he was born. And when he was ______ , he lost his mother. However, Confucius received a good education when he was young.

He got married at the age of 19. He worked as a keeper of a market. Then he was a farm worker who took care of parks and farm animals. When he was 20, he worked for the governor of his district. He started teaching in his   _____ . In his life teaching and   ______. At the age of 55, Confucius began to travel around China. He tried to search ______   good rules of behavior. When he was 68, he _______ to Lu, his hometown. Five years ________, Confucius passed away.

Mo Yan became the first Chinese person to win the Nobel Prize Literature in 2012.

“I grew up in an environment with folk culture, when I picked up a pen to write. This has affected (影响), even decided, my works’ artistic style,” Mo, the 57-year-old writer, told a group of reporters in his hometown of Gaomi, Shandong, after he won the award.

Many people got to know of Mo through the director Zhang Yimou’s film, Red sorghum. It was adapted (改编) from his1986 novel of the same name. Mo dropped out of school and became a cattle herder. At the age of 21, he left his hometown and joined the army. Mo left the army in 1997 and gradually developed a writing style of his own. Gaomi county is the place where most of Mo’s stories happen. It’s a place that has inspired (激发) him throughout his 31-year writing career.

Mo has got a lot of readers-not only in China but overseas, where he is thought as one of the most talented and interesting Chinese writers. At least six of his novels have been translated into English, German or French. The translators are writers or scholars who are very interested in Chinese literature.