1 . Devon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia,wants the world to know where she’s been during her great worldwide vacation in a special way.

The traveler, who was _______ with a bone disease, had her right leg _______ at the age of four. Although the amputation (截肢) caused difficulties for Gallagher early on, she, in her 20s now, _______ it as an inspiration for making the _______ of her life.

To spread that _______, Gallagher turns to social media,where she _______ photographs of her travels across the world, but instead of _______using a geographical tag, she draws her location across her artificial leg before taking a picture.

Now she has been taking pictures across Europe. “I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden _______ that my new leg could be used as a blackboard,” Gallagher said. “My mum and grandmother weren’t too _______ the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did.”

Gallagher said people often stare when she’s __________ on her leg, but that once she shares the photos, she receives only praise and encouragement. “My leg __________ me from doing anything I’ve wanted to do,” she said. “I don’t know whether it is my determination to __________ to myself that I can do it, but anyhow, I’ve been able to __________ my peers and lead a pretty great life.”

Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the __________ of your dream. And if you meet with an obstacle (障碍), get __________ with it-if life gives you an artificial leg, make art.

2 . Famous food festivals around the world

Food festivals are held all around the world every year, and people from different parts come to these festivals in large numbers to satisfy their taste buds (味蕾).

The Galway International Oyster (牡蛎) and Seafood Festival

Galway, Ireland

September 26 to September 29, 2020

This is the world’s longest running oyster festival, first appearing in 1954. Apart from the excellent seafood that is served, the festival also features some exciting events such as oyster-eating contests, live music, tasting parties, etc.

The International Mango (芒果) Festival

New Delhi, India

June 30 to July 2, 2020

This festival is a celebration of everything about mangoes. It features different kinds of mangoes and various food items that are made from them. The festival also holds a number of special events such as mango-eating competitions, mango-tasting events, quiz competitions, and plenty of traditional and folk performances.

The Garlic(大蒜) Festival

The Isle of Wight, England

August 17 to August 18, 2020

This is one of the largest events that the Isle of Wight hosts each year, and it shows recipes made from garlic. Some foods made out of garlic and garlic beer are available (可得到的) there. The festival also features live music and a country fair.

The Crave Sydney International Food Festival

Sydney, Australia

October 1 to October 31, 2020

This festival attracts a number of famous international chefs each year as visitors to experience the best of Australian food. From fine dining at famous restaurants to street food to cooking classes, this event has a lot in store for a visitor.

3 . Some students get so nervous before a test. They do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers. The students start worrying about the results. And when they worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources (资源).

Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.

The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short maths tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.

Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12% worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of 5%. Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test. Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B- for those who did not.

“What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, who’d done our writing intervention (干预), all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. They were performing just as well as their classmates who don’t normally get nervous in these tests.”

But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.

It is known to all that exercise has a range of health benefits. The fact is the     1    (inspire) behind some people’s assumption that if some exercise is good, more is always better. So they tend     2     (exercise) for a long time without stopping. For example, some people run for several hours at a time and some work out for hours at the weekend to make up     3     their lack of exercise during the weekdays.     4    , these may become a serious health risk. Recently, several surveys     5     (make) to know that over 80% of people got injured when doing exercises. Actually, aerobic routines     6     last over 100 minutes have a certain health risk. On the other hand, they should not be     7     (short) than 10 minutes. If you do exercise for only a few minutes, you may not be working out long enough to see any benefits from it. When doing exercise, 30 to 60 minutes     8     (seem) enough for the daily aim. This will prevent you from     9     (get) hurt. Moreover, it will ensure that the exercise you do can     10     (positive) affect your physical health.

6 . With a breathing tube in his throat, it was all Radice could do to lift his arm to signal the doctor. Never had he felt so _________. “Am I going to die tonight?” Radice wrote on a piece of paper. The words _________ Dr. Pitera like a knife. The thing was that he owed his _________ to Radice, a cardiac(心脏的)exercise _________ at St. Barnabas. It was a debt Pitera thought he’d never be able to_________. Now their roles were turned around because of Covid-19(新冠肺炎). Petera had to give Radice something to hold on to--Hope. Pitera took Radice’s weak, nearly _________ hand, “You’re not going to die on my _________.”

Nearly six years earlier, Pitera had _________ a serious heart disease. Later he began his recovery exercise at St. Barnabas, where he met Radice, an experienced exercise specialist in the department. Radice _________it was important for his patients to regain their self-confidence because it was their strength. For one hour, three days a week, he__________ took Pitera through the six different exercise machines. “Radice gave me my life back.” he said.

Radice was just impressed by Pitera’s progress and devotion. Six years later, when he found himself a __________ at St. Barnabas, he couldn’t believe he again met the man whose__________ he’d rebuilt.

“Not on my watch.” For Radice, those words were exactly what he needed to hear. __________ day by day, Radice was recovering. Radice began his own exercise program. Pitera visited as often as he could to cheer on Radice’s progress.

Nearly 20 days after he was sent to hospital, Radice completely __________. Pitera came to his room to say goodbye. “You __________ my life,” Radice told him. “You saved my life,” Pitera answered back.