Miracles（奇迹）will happen if you don’t give up trying. Even if you have f    20     for one hundred times, you may succeed when you try for the 101st time.

When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my l    21    . They were too soft to be able to walk. A    22     the news was bad, my mother didn’t become frustrated(沮丧的). She didn’t believe what the doctor said and started to look for other ways.

My mother k    23     looking for other doctors for me, and finally she succeeded. The doctor and his team in the hospital did everything t    24     could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some e    25     to help me walk. One day when my mother came to pick me up. I crawled(爬) towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn’t believe her eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good s    26    . Day by day, I could walk by myself.

When I grew up, my mother a    27     told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met difficulties, I could do a    28     successfully. I have been working hard and I have turned out to be a very e    29     person. I get best grades in school and I am a good dancer and swimmer. What the story tells us, as my mother always says, is: Never give up.

As the world has become a global village（地球村），there are many ways to learn about a country. Reading a book and watching a movie are both good _____ .But here is another way-through statistics（数据）.

US comic website DogHouse Diaries _____ statistics from sources（来源）including World Bank and Guinness（吉尼斯）World Records. Then，they made a world map based on these statistics to show _____ each country is like.

The US was _____ an interesting title-the country that eats the most hot dogs. Hot dogs are the most popular food in America. It is reported that US people eat as _____ as 20 billion hot dogs a year. That's about 70 hot dogs per person each year.

Japan is a leading country in robots. Many _____ of robots such as sport robots，servant（服务员）robots and even human like ones，are invented by Japanese companies. This is a country where robots are most _____ used.

Other countries with interesting titles include Canada，who sells the most maple syrup（枫糖浆），NewZealand that _____ the most sheep，and South Koreans are mostly workaholics（工作狂）.

___ ，these statistics cannot tell you everything about a country. Reading maps or studying statistics is far from a（n） ______ idea. If you want to know what a country is really like，go there in person. It is a good idea to surround yourself in its culture and history.