2 . Since young, Aisha Ismail has said she let labels (标签) define what she could be. “I was a black girl, from a refugee (难民) family,” Aisha said. “It seemed_______I was only allowed to_______in this predetermined box.”

After a high school chemistry class_______her to think about a career in science and gave her confidence in the field, Aisha learned to live outside_______and began making big plans for her future. Now she is about to begin her freshman year at the University of California, planning to become a professor.

Born and_______in San Diego’s City Heights neighbourhood, Aisha is the daughter of a Somali refugee couple._______some might say Aisha’s success happened in spite of her background, she would say differently that her experiences shaped her and inspired her to be a(n)_______, promising undergraduate that she is today.

When Aisha was eight years old, her mother got a job by studying hard back in school in order to_______the whole family. That made Aisha realize that education could make a_______to one’s life.

“I always want to be the________girl for my family,” Aisha said. “In my opinion, you have to not even do your best but two times better than everyone else. Thus I always try my hardest.”

Aisha’s efforts________. The summer before her senior year of high school, she was________to the American Chemical Society Project SEED Programme. “She brought both enthusiasm and focus,” Botham, a researcher at this research institute, recalled. “She arrived every day ready to work, ready to learn and ready to rise to new challenges________whether or not she had done anything similar. That was why she was selected.”

When asked what advice she would give to others like her, Aisha warned them not to underestimate themselves. “Don’t tell yourself that the scholarship is too________or this programme is too competitive or I’ll never get into this school,” she said. “I was not sure whether I could make it until I started seeing the admission letters________in.”

3 . The Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese. This year, I decided to participate in all the activities organized for _________ students to celebrate the Spring Festival.

The preparation began a month ago, _________ our rooms with Spring Festival couplets (对联) and New Year paintings. Later we _________ an activity to write Spring Festival couplets. When I saw my teacher bring a special kind of pen, I became _________ to know what it was called. In addition, we were going to use a brush to _________ Chinese characters on red paper. Besides, there was another _________ thing called ink. After _________ the tools needed for Spring Festival couplets, we started our _________ journey. The teacher taught us how to hold a writing brush. I tried to hold it, _________ it in the ink, and start writing carefully, but the __________ of the pen was too soft and I couldn’t __________ it at all. I was disappointed but I did not give up. I carefully studied the teacher’s __________. After several attempts, I wrote a line of words At this time, I found that my sleeves (袖子) were already filled with ink as I was too focused on __________.

Even so I was very happy, because I felt that I had learned the __________ of writing calligraphy, that is, to hold the pen in the correct __________. Then I realized sometimes I have to experience something in order to understand it.

4 . In late January of 2018, Chicago experienced the coldest temperatures that the city has seen in decades.

A group of homeless people who lived in an area called Tent City were left outside directly _______ to the deadly weather. 34-year-old Candice Payne, a managing broker (经纪人) from a local company, was _______ enough to have shelter from the dangerous conditions. _______, she couldn’t stop thinking about the homeless people in the area who had nowhere to go.

“It was 50℃ below, and I knew I had to take _______,” Payne told the New York Times. She started thinking of different _______ that could possibly work. Eventually, she _______ to see if there were any rooms available at _______ hotels that she could _______ for the night for the people _______ in the street. So without wasting any time, Payne picked up the ________ and started calling hotels in the area.

“Finally, the Amber Inn was nice enough to ________ me to buy the rooms for the homeless,” Payne said. Without ________, she purchased 30 rooms for the night with her credit card. She ________ reached out to people on her Instagram account asking if anyone would like to ________ with either paying for more rooms or ________ the homeless people to the Inn.

She got immediate ________ that surprised her. Strangers ________ their cars and SUVs. They also ________ money, which helped Payne pay for a total of 60 rooms for five nights.

Payne’s ________ act made news across the country. However, she said, “I am an ordinary person. I ________ it with so many others’ help.”

5 . Emma Jones’ three-year-old son, Eric, was sharing a hot dog on the deck overlooking her friend Sarah Roth’s swimming pool. One moment Jones was watching Eric play around with the other children at this _________ of moms and kids last July. The next moment he disappeared without a _________. She turned to her friend Machel Rawlings and asked, “Have you seen Eric?”

Rawlings stood, _________ the pool and suddenly screamed. Eric was found _________ face down in the deep end. What happened next was a _________ textbook response: As Rawlings dived in the pool, grasped the boy, _________ him over and swam him to the end. Meanwhile, their host, Sarah Roth, dialed 911. At the pool’s _________, Rawlings handed Eric up to his mother. His skin was blue and wasn’t breathing.

Rawlings who’d taken a CPR course just four months earlier, immediately began rescue breathing. Hanging up the phone, Roth, a former flight attendant who’d accumulated _________ experience before, _________ CPR from Rawlings. Three long minutes went by with Roth breathing into Eric’s mouth and __________ chest compressions (按压) while Rawlings and Jones __________ his condition. Gradually his color __________, and as the ambulance was arriving on the __________, Rawlings looked at Roth. “He’s breathing,” she said.

The __________ with which the women acted saved Eric’s life. Emma Jones found any words seemed powerless. She said __________, “They did everything right.”

8 . Last summer, in my 30s, I learned to ride a bike. When I was a child, I had no one to teach me. When I was teased because I was the only kid past 6 years old who still _________ training wheels (辅助轮), my stepdad _________ them, but in doing that, I lost interest and trust in the activity. I was really _________ — I was quite tall for my age at 7 and I was worried I’d fall off. I thought I was too old to learn too.

Not knowing how to ride didn’t _________ me initially, until we moved to the suburbs, where bicycles were _________. On trips to the convenience store to buy candy with my friends, I was always the last to arrive, _________. By then, I was 12 years old.

In my early 30s, I remember feeling _________ as I watched children as young as 3 learn to _________ on bikes. Among them were my neighbors, whom I would occasionally babysit. Then something _________. The fear within was still there, but something much stronger was taking over.

I decided to join a women’s bike-riding workshop. There, I stood in an urban park, determined to overcome __________. Meeting women from diverse backgrounds, all seeking cycling skills for __________ reasons, strengthened my determination. Before long, I was riding __________.

Embracing (拥抱) the joy of riding, I bought my own bike，not just for getting around but to reclaim lost __________. It wasn’t simply a bike; it __________ the chance I missed earlier. I completely __________ myself in the experience, enjoying the scenery and the breeze on my face.

9 . My brother is exactly one year older than me. We look like twins, but we are completely________.By the time we got to middle school it was clear that my older brother________meditation (冥想)，while I was a born________who liked the stage. I took his relative silence to be unfriendly. We simply didn’t________.

I didn’t________having a bad relationship with my brother because I was busy at school.________,I threw myself into the world of music. I practised singing in the bedroom every day to remain at my best and be________for roles; my brother would meditate on a window seat. He might feel high school was already hard enough________my noisy singing. So space to practise became a(n)________between us because we shared a room.

At the start of the term, I practiced “Circle of Life” for a musical play. This was the first time I________to learn a song, because my voice cracked (破音) when I changed to a head voice. I was annoyed in that period and________practising, announcing I had reached the ceiling of my singing career. For the first time in years my brother________quiet when I got home.

After two days of this, my brother asked me to________him in meditation. Feeling my anger at my failure to sing this song________, I accepted. My brother said, “When your mind calms down, you simply come back. Don’t blame yourself." I got the message, and it soon became my new________.I kept trying at the song, no longer getting________at myself. And just in time for the trial (选拔) performance, I was able to________power in my singing despite the change to a head voice. It was important for me to learn that you don’t have to always get everything________the first time and that good things come with________.I now understand why my brother prefers the________.