2 . Eric Moussambani is the first swimmer from Equatorial Guinea to compete in the Olympics. He found his passion for swimming shortly after high school. At the time, he didn’t know how to ________, but he knew it was a sport he wanted to ________.

Unfortunately, there were no ________ swimming pools in his country. ________, he found a hotel pool where he could only swim three hours a week. When he couldn’t ________ the pool, he trained in rivers and the sea, with the local fishermen ________ him on how to use his legs and arms.

After about eight months of swimming, Eric gained ________ into the 2000 Summer Olympics through a programme designed to ________ sports development in developing countries.

In Sydney, Eric saw an Olympic-size swimming pool for the first time. It was so big that Eric said he was so ________ to compete in it. In ________ his event, Eric trained at the same time with the US team and took the opportunity to ________ their techniques closely.

On September 19, 2000, Eric stepped out for the men’s 100-metre freestyle competition. “I swam the first 50 metres really well,” said Eric. After turning for the second length, however, Eric found his legs stiffened (变僵硬). “It was then I heard the crowd shouting, encouraging me to go. It gave me the ________ to make it to the end.” Eric ________ the race with a time of 1:52.72, the ________ recorded time in Olympic history. But the audience did not care. They ________ him as if he had broken the world record.

3 . The caring employees at a Costco store near Cleveland, Ohio, are being honoured as heroes. It was because of their quick thinking and being sympathy (同情) , which ______ saved the life of a fellow co-worker.

The story ______ one morning when the employee failed to show up for his scheduled shift (换班) at 5 a. m. ______ for his colleague, the manager, Jesse Orsborn, decided to ______ and make sure everything was okay.

“In situations where someone might oversleep for the early shift, we usually give them a ______ wake-up call, checking if they’re on their way. However, this daily check-in took an unexpected ______ ,” shared Orsborn. When the employee answered the call, his speech wasn’t understandable, and the connection suddenly ______ .

Alarmed by the unusual conversation, Dave Mackin, the assistant general manager at Costco’s Mayfield Heights location, ______ , “We started calling several times, and each time, it became more ______ that something was seriously wrong. There was mumbling and groaning (喃喃自语, 呻吟着) , and it was evident ha he was experiencing a medical emergency.”

As events ______ it turned out that the co-worker was in the midst of a stroke (中风) . Without wasting any time, the quick-thinking workmates kept the man on the ______ while others dialed emergency services. Thanks to their quick ______, the man was quickly transported to the hospital and, fortunately, later went out of the hospital. ______ , it was noted that he faces a challenging road to recovery.

______ on the incident, Mackin stressed the strong sense of community within the Costco family. “We take care of our members. We take care of our employees. They mean the ______ to us,” he stated proudly.

5 . “My wallet!Where is it?” were my first words when I found out my wallet was lost. I searched my memory for a few good seconds, and then ______ that I had left my precious wallet in the library. To be ______, it was in the public toilet of the library!

Because the library was then closed, I had to wait until the next morning to begin my ______. When I got there early the next day, all I found was a ______ bathroom.

At that time, all I could ______ was that the person who cleaned the restroom had found my wallet. So I ______ approached an old lady at the front desk. “Excuse me, is there a wallet found in the restroom yesterday?” She walked through a door and ______ for a moment. Then she came back to the desk. “No,” she said. I quickly thanked her and walked off, ______. Finally, I painfully ______ the fact that my wallet had gone.

A week later, I received a mysterious ______ in the mail. Sure enough,it was my wallet! And most surprisingly, nothing in it was missing! And there was a little yellow piece of paper folded up inside. I slowly unfolded it and a little medal of Christ fell off. The paper ______ like this:

Always ______ this medal with you, whatever your religion is, so the angel that was watching over you last week will always be close.

This person didn’t even leave a return ______, so I couldn’t thank whoever it was. From that day on, I promised myself to ______ this example when I was in a similar situation. I will make others as ______ as I was when I opened that package!

8 . As my husband and I saw someone publicizing the benefits of spending time outdoors, we were lost in thought. Noticing my daughter had _________ a little homebody, we knew we had to _________ sport into our routine. We were determined to make skiing a family activity. But we needed our daughter’s _________.

When we persuaded my daughter to join us, we _________, two days at an all-inclusive family ski resort aiming to minimize the _________ of skiing with kids and maximize the fun that came on the slopes.

“Well done! You’ve arrived as scheduled,” said our ski instructor as we reached the resort. It was _________ nine degrees. It was freezing, but we got ready soon. I could _________ recognize my daughter because her face was wrapped in thick clothes like the others.

The resort took account of almost all the trouble we might have in skiing. Of the fifty-three runs, eight were greens labeled with _________reading. “Route For Beginners”. However, when our instructor _________ us to ski，our hopes of being a __________skiing family were dashed (使破灭). “Ahh!” escaped our lips. She was __________ and said, “Sorry, I thought you were ready.” Then she went on to lead us down a gentler way. We still __________ many times. Everyone slid down the slope, but not without falls.

While the experience frightened us, it also __________ our dinnertime conversation. My daughter told us, “Although I had a hard time skiing, there is no __________ of happiness” I responded, “Your father and I enjoyed ourselves, too.” The next day, we __________ there as beginner skiers, but we believed we would be certainly expert skiers.

9 . Becky Turney lost her 19-year-old son two years ago. Turney _________ her son terribly and wanted to make him part of her big day. She _________ photos of her late son in her wedding party and left a chair _________ where he would have sat had he been alive.

Turney didn’t _________ that her husband had flown in a special _________, Jacob Kilby, for their big day, and had not told her until moments before she walked down the aisle (过道)to start her new life with him.

When Turney’s son, Triston, _________ at 19, he donated his _________ to save the lives of other people in need. One of the people he _________ was a young man named Jacob Kilby, who _________ his heart.

After Triston’s heart was donated to Kilby, Turney and Kilby exchanged messages online but had never met __________ until Turney’s big day. Turney’s husband had __________ flown Kilby out to Alaska to stand in as a groomsman (伴郎), but Turney had already reserved a seat for her son.

However, when Turney arrived at the aisle, her husband stopped the __________ to introduce Kilby to her and tell her why he was there. Turney was __________ to her husband and very surprised.

Turney’s husband __________ that hiding Kilby from his wife took some effort until he introduced him as a groomsman. He joked there was no __________ eye in the room and that he got yelled at for ruining people’s make-up.