1 . As a 16-year-old student, Charlie has been a successful business owner. When he was in middle school, he ________ the idea of selling coffee. Then he made a lot of ________. He did research on the Internet, tested different kinds of coffee and improved his product. It all seemed ________ but he didn’t give up.

At the same time, he received great support from others in his community, who tried to help him succeed at such a young age. They were ________ by his creativity. And his good coffee became increasingly popular. ________, he set up his own company successfully and he also made a decision to ________ a part of his earnings to benefit others.

Now Charlie is helping to educate and inspire other kids in his community to start their own business. He has been sharing his story with ________ middle school and high school students. His advice is: “Never let your ________ stand in your way; do what you want to do.”

The key to his success is to ________ goals and keep going on. His growing faith also helps him over the course of his business adventure. “You can start a business out of anything. It is more about finding your ________.” Charlie said.

3 . For the past four years I had been having up to 30 seizures (癫痫发作) a day. It made me _________ a lot.

Despite _________ visits to hospitals, no doctor could tell me the cause of it. At night, my family had to check on me just in case I wasn’t _________. So I could never be in a room alone and as a 21-year-old young man, I was finding the lack of _________ getting me down.

One day, my friend Kerri asked if I wanted an assistance dog. I knew there were guide dogs for the _________, but I wasn’t sure how a dog could help me. A few days later, Kerri told me she’d done some search and found a company “Dogs For Life”. From the website of the company, I _________ that they teach dogs to smell a chemical change in the body and _________ people when a seizure is about to _________.

Soon after, I _________ Baloo, a dog trained by Dogs For Life. It sat silently in the corner. As I sat down, Baloo suddenly __________ and jumped on me. Minutes later, I had a seizure. It had __________ the chemical changes in my body and tried to warn me. It was by my side until the __________ came. Instantly, I knew it was a good __________ for me, and I took her back home.

It’s __________ my life more than a handful of times and I couldn’t be more __________ for it.

5 . In an inspiring series of events over six years, a remarkable woman has turned up as the guardian angel for one family. She ______ a man from a life-threatening situation and later saved his daughter’s life.

Six years ago, Kristi Hadfield was a nurse who saved John Cunningham’s life when he was ______ a heart attack. “At the time I ______ being in the back of the ambulance and I was like, ‘Not today John, not today,’” Hadfield recalled. She performed chest compressions (按压) until they ______ the hospital. ______ , doctors were able to get him back.

Hadfield stayed in ______ with Cunningham through social media, as she often does with ______ patients. She also became Internet friends with his daughter, Molly Jones, after Jones sent her a friend ______ on the Internet. On July7, Jones ______ on the Internet that she was officially on the kidney transplant (肾移植) list. She was ill with advanced kidney disease. Although she found it hard to ask for help, she wanted to see if anyone would ______ donating.

“And when I posted it, I got a(n) ______ from Kristi,” Jones said. Hadfield messaged Jones and said, “Hey, I’ve got your kidney here.” Hadfield was eventually cleared to be a kidney ______ and the two women met for the first time. And on December 27, the operation finally ______ . The operation went as planned and was ______ . “It was amazing. Kristi gave me back my ______ ,” Jones said.

7 . Music has universal power. It helps people from all walks of life find their creative_______. Lost Voices is an inspiring initiative that_______teenagers with challenging backgrounds with a platform to express themselves through music. _______, it helps them find their voice and heal from trauma (创伤).

Mike Ball, the founder of Lost Voices, first_______this population in 2005. Invited to speak about his_______career, he saw these kids. “They’re just like other children; they’re just in a different situation.” he said. He firmly believes that these young individuals are often overlooked and_______by the world. His mission is to change that by bringing their voices out.

As a writer and music enthusiast, Ball recognized the potential of songwriting as a_______and creative outlet for these young individuals. Motivated by this_______, he called on local folk and blues musicians to join him. With a track record of impacting over 2,500 vulnerable (易受伤害的) youths, these initiatives have facilitated_______therapeutic (治疗的) progress and many of the youths have benefited from the initiatives.

Lost Voices conducts week-long programs, sending musicians into residential treatment facilities to________with the children in small groups. Through this process, the musicians guide and________the participants to craft their own songs, ultimately helping them find their unique voices.

Through the________of individuals like Mike Ball and the________efforts of the musicians involved, Lost Voices serves as a signal of________for these often-forgotten young souls. It shows that their beautiful voices and great talents________to be heard by the world.

9 . Recently, an article written by China’s first ______ , Yang Liwei, describing his one day in space, aroused numerous discussions on social media platforms, with many marveling at the country’s ______ advancement in space technology.

Entitled “One Day in Space”, Yang’s article was recently included in the seventh-grade textbook in Chinese middle schools, and it was ______ on Sina Weibo on Saturday, drawing tens of thousands of views within the first few hours. Many Weibo users were astonished at Yang’s ______ . “As the first person to go into space and live through so many unknowns, he must have a great will,” said one netizen.

Yang was 38 when he became the first Chinese person to go into space on the Shenzhou V, on October 15, 2003, making China the third country—after the US and Russia—to ______ manned space capabilities.

In his article, Yang ______ several breathtaking moments when he thought he would not make it back alive. “ ______ the rocket lifted to a height about 30-40 kilometers above the ground, I felt it begin to vibrate violently, and it was extremely ______ ,” he said. Vibrations in the spacecraft below 10 Hz can damage the internal organs, and even threaten a person’s life, Yang explained.

The near-deadly moment lasted for 26 seconds. When it was finally over, Yang felt like he had been reborn. When ground control finally saw Yang blink his eyes through the surveillance camera, his colleagues ______ crying, “He’s blinking! Yang is alive!”

In the article, Yang also described “ ______ knocking sounds” from outside the craft. He still does not know where they came from. He also described what the Earth, his country, and his city looked like ______ space.” I flew over Beijing and saw the mountains in daytime and sparkling lights at night. And there live my comrades and my loved ones.”

Yang shared another interesting experience in the ______ . After several ______ from his cabin, he could not see the Great Wall, which many believed was the only man-made structure on the Earth that could be seen from space. “The Shenzhou VI and VII astronauts couldn’t see it either,” Yang wrote.

Eighteen years after his ______ trip to space, Yang said with a smile that he “envied” a lot that his fellow spacemen who now have such ______ space accommodations, which shows how China’s space programme has grown.