Australian schoolgirl with cerebral palsy(脑瘫) shows strong will(意志) in China

For Taylor Walker-Lear, an 11-year-old Australian schoolgirl, the Great Wall is a magic ladder which carried her closer to her dream.

Taylor was born with cerebral palsy, a disease that ______movement. But her willpower has sent her to create public_____ to the disease and raise funds for people living with it.

In March 2016, she reached the top of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia at 2,229 meters above sea level. When her mother asked her what her next goal was, she answered, “Mount Everest might be a little too______right now, but maybe the Great Wall.”

On June 6th 2017, her______came true. With her walking tool, the support of her parents , and______by a group of primary school volunteers from Beijing, Taylor realized her dream in China ______climbing the Great Wall

Taylor moved ahead______and with decision. When the stairs were too hard for her , her parents lifted her,______her to keep going. In preparation for her Great Wall event, Taylor carry out physical therapy for months to strengthen her legs .

In September 2016, Taylor went through a big operation to improve her______. After that, she was able to stand straight like other children. Asked______the operation was painful, she said , “It’s all right.”

Toni said her daughter never cried while getting______from the pain. “She always pushes____to be the best she can be, she is such a______kid.” she said.

Taylor now has a new dream: to train hard______she can take part in the swimming ______at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics(残奥会). The walk on the Great Wall has given her confidence she needed for that.

Wang Jibing is a 55-year-old delivery man living and working in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province. One day in 2019, Wang had a(n) _____ experience. A customer left a wrong address. He searched three buildings and climbed eighteen floors before he finally delivered the food to the _____ , who scolded (责骂)Wang for arriving late.

“If I had argued with him, I might have got negative feedback (差评) and _____ my job. I had no choice but to say sorry all the time, ” said Wang, who makes his living by delivering food.

On his way home that day, Wang wrote a _____, Man in a Hurry, to express his feelings. Since then, Wang has _____writing poems. Wang’s poems are simple and real. He often shares them with his _____. In 2022, one of Wang Jibing’s friends posted Man in a Hurry online. It was quickly popular and viewed over 20 million _____. The same year, Wang published a collection of more than 180 poems, under the same title.

This April, Wang published his _____ poetry collection, titled I Love This World Clumsily, which includes about 130 poems. So far, Wang has written about 4, 000 poems. “Those poems came to me naturally and I enjoyed _____them very much,” he said.

“Poetry is like a break from stress (压力) and away to record my life. It makes me confident and happy”, said Wang. His poems and stories _____ touched people who share similar struggles in their lives.

How would you use a radio or a telephone if you had no electricity or batteries? These ________ bothered (烦扰) British inventor Trevor Baylis. So in 1996 he ________ a wind-up (装有发条的) radio. It doesn’t need electricity or batteries. You wind it up ________ hand. It plays for about an hour. Then, you wind it up ________. Today it’s made in South Africa.

Then in 1999, Baylis invented a mobile telephone that is powered by ________. The shoes contain (含有) a small battery that is powered when you ________. This battery is connected to a mobile phone. These two simple inventions can bring modern ________ to all parts of the world.

Baylis doesn’t have a university degree in engineering. In ________, he has left high school before graduating (毕业). He just loves ________ things to help people. He never knows ________ ideas will come to him. The idea for the telephone came to him in a dream.

【推荐2】The earliest maps were probably drawn in the Middle East. Some of these maps have _______ and they show us the people at that time thought the earth flat（平的）. As time went by, the pictures became more detailed（详细的）and maps were more _______ made. Later on, ancient Greeks（希腊人）used their _______ of maths and science to make maps. Greek maps tell us the Greeks knew the world was _______.

From simple pictures, mapmaking has turned into a science. Maps are made _______ surveying（勘测）land. In the 1900s, people around the world started to share information to make _______ maps. With the help of the photographs taken from the sky and space, maps are now more exactly made than ever. _______ the world is always changing, we will always need new maps.

There are many types of maps, but almost all use _______ and pictures to describe what a place is like when the map is made. A map usually tells what the pictures _______. Some maps may show the whole world. A road map will help you know the distance（距离）from one place to another. ________ maps may use pictures to show the temperature and population in different places.

【推荐3】Fifty years ago, computers were very big. They used a lot of energy. They were very _______ and few people could buy them. They were so _______ that many people couldn’t use it.

Now computers are becoming smaller and smaller. They are very easy _______ . Scientists can take them _______ to use and more and more people have computers because computers are becoming cheaper and cheaper.

Computers can do much _______ work than we humans. A computer can take the place of many people. Sometimes many people need a long time to do some work, while a computer can do it in a few seconds. So computers work very _______ . Also, computers can do some _______ work that people can’t deal with.

In our daily life, we can _______ ourselves by listening to music or watching movies online. We can also find some information for our work and _______ . Computers make our life easier. For example, we can shop and chat face to face online. We can even ________ jobs on the Internet.

Now we are living in the computer age. People are using computers in every part of their life.

【推荐1】When I was thirteen years old, a girl gave me an important gift. It was a ______.

It was the early autumn of my first year at a new school. ______ knew me. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt ______ more lonely. I could not talk to anyone about my problem.

One day, my classmates were talking with their friends, ______ I sat in silence. At that moment, a girl entered the classroom. I did not know who she was. She passed me and then ______. She looked at me and, without a word, smiled.

Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and ______. The smile was like a hidden treasure, which made me feel happy, lively and warm. It also ______ my life. I started to talk with the other students. Day by day, I learnt to trust (信任) people. The girl with the bright smile has become my best friend now. One day, I asked her why she smiled at me that day. She said she could not ______!

Now I believe that the world is ______ you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be ______. My suggestion is: smile at the world and it will smile back.

【推荐2】I have been to London twice. In October 2010, I went there for the first time. I learned English in a language school and _______ with a host family (寄宿家庭) for six months. My host family Mr and Mrs Brown were both very _______ to me. They helped me and told me a lot of interesting things about Britain. I had _______ with them. I enjoyed different kinds of English food. I also did some activities with them. We often _______ TV, went shopping, played games and took a walk in the park together. At weekends, I usually went _______ to different interesting places in London, such as the National Gallery, Buckingham Palace and the British Museum. I even had a boat trip along the River Thames. During my stay in London, I _______ many people enjoyed DIY (Do It Yourself). They grew vegetables, _______ the grass in the garden, or made cakes or different kinds of food themselves.

In September 2013, I went to London for the second time and stayed there for a year. I _______Chinese in a middle school. I also told the students about Chinese food and _______ them pictures of some interesting places in China. The students all felt ________ in my class. Many of them hoped that they could come to China one day.

Have you ever been to an amusement park? There is _____ amusement park in the centre of my city. I think it is wonderful and exciting.

I _____ the amusement park with my parents this summer. I remember it was a sunny day. A long _____ of people were waiting to buy tickets. Most people brought _____ with them; they wanted to take some photos. Inside of the amusement park were many wonderful rides _____ water rides, a roller coaster (过山车) and sightseeing trains. My parents _____ sightseeing trains that carried passengers around the amusement park. _____ felt very relaxed. I liked water rides. You can’t imagine _____ excited you feel unless you travel through the water. The roller coaster was very popular with adults and kids. A lot of people were waiting to get on. But some of them _____ stand up after getting off the roller coaster!

We had a ______ day and I would love to visit the amusement park again. It was a perfect place to spend your day with your family.