2 . Barbara Washburn’s life atop the world’s highest mountains began with a job tip from her mailman in 1939. The position he recommended, as a secretary for Bradford Washburn, director of a museum, didn’t _________ her. She didn’t want to work in that museum and work for a _________ mountain climber.

But a year later, she married that mountain climber. Soon the young woman who had never _________ was standing on the 10,151-foot Mount Bertha “Once we gave u our planned route due to storms and took a step path instead,” she recalled.

Barbara became the first woman to _________ the Mount Hayes in 1941 with Bradford and their team. She took the _________ along a particularly dangerous path, because the team felt she could be _________ enough to be pulled up if the ground broke beneath her. She tried to stay _________ and confident, but she was trembling (发抖) _________as climbing ahead. Fortunately, she didn’t slip and everyone _________ safely behind her.

In 1947, Barbara made the hardest decision during her life—leaving her children at home and climbing Mount McKinley. After __________ nearly two months, she made it, and no woman followed in her __________ for another 20 years. “Climbing Mount: McKinley was not the last __________ of my life,” she said. “__________, my life has been filled with many dangerous journeys.”

Bradford was a trained cartographer (地图制作者), and the couple took on a charting project which look seven years and nearly 700 helicopter trips. They reached Nepal to __________ Mount Qomolongma in 1984. Four years later, the work was __________ and published in National Geographic.

3 . After students have been admitted to a university, there is a lot to plan for. Buying dorm supplies,booking plane tickets, and finally ________ your first-year roommates-all of these things and more kept me busy as I prepared for my study in Harvard. I was excited for what college had_________ for me,but what made me super excited about was ________

Raised in Florida, I was used to wearing shorts and sandals________ all year long, and felt chilly once the weather_________ anywhere near 16'℃.I had never needed a ________ or winter boots.However,in Cambridge,Massachusetts,where the temperatures can and do fall below freezing,I would need all of the ________ clothing to make it through the winter.Hence, while I was excited to ________ different seasons,the idea of the cold made me ________.Would I play with the glistening snow, or would I instead spend the winter ________ in the cold?

It turned out I was ________.The Harvard administrations work to ________ students from low-income backgrounds to make college accessible. Particularly, money provided by the Harvard Winter Coat Fund (HWCF ) made the additional   ________ easier to shoulder.HWCF is ________ for all students from low-income families. I know I will always have the support I need. With it, I was able to cover the cost of my winter coat and boots, which continue to_________ me to this day.

4 . Every day I get outside and take a walk near my house. A few weeks ago I happened to _________ a nickel (镍币) on the road. I stepped on the _________ and kept walking. After a while I started thinking of my daughter who always stopped to pick up loose change. If she saw the nickel, she wouldn’t _________ it. I wanted to go back for it, but I thought it would be _________ if someone saw me picking up a nickel.

Later that day I told my daughter about the _________. She didn’t say, “Don’t worry about it. It is only a nickel.” Instead she said, “I would have picked it up. When added up, they became something important.” She had forever taken advantage of _________ small opportunities.

Deep into the night, I was wondering that it didn’t take long for me to change my _________ from that nickel to those small opportunities that I had stepped on _______ passed by. How many opportunities had I lost _________ I thought they were not important?

The next morning I walked along the __________ road. I was determined to pick up that nickel if I saw it again. But it was ________. Someone else usually takes advantage of the opportunities that others __________ to pass by. When we decided to take advantage of them, the opportunities were no __________ there.

Since the day I walked past that nickel, I have paid much attention to small opportunities around me. I began to understand that a small opportunity can serve as the __________ of something bigger. What a great life ________! And it only cost me a nickel.

7 . Picking up a free newspaper at the Tube station, I see the title “Hot! Hot! Hot!”. Today, the temperature in London is ______ to reach 30 plus degrees! The average high temperature in July is only 22 degrees, so over 30 is unusual for London. It’s going to be ______ on the Central Line, with no air conditioning.

Sure enough, going down the stairs and onto the ______ is like jumping into a volcano that’s erupting. This, _____, is nothing compared to the train. Because there’s no air conditioning, the temperature ______ the train can reach 35 degrees! It’s lovely at the beach, but not so when you’re wearing a suit and in a ______ of passengers! I’m sure the passenger next to me and I are ______ and becoming one!

Yes, each summer in London ______ seems hotter than the last. I suddenly feel a bit ______. Perhaps now is the time to start planning for the future? I should probably ______ my flat on the market and buy a boat.... Most importantly, I’ll need to learn to swim! I’ll join a beginner’s swimming class ______. Then I’ll be able to ______ even when the tall buildings are flooded.

______ my newspaper, I’m shocked by photos showing that a hurricane in Asia has destroyed a town. Experts say this bad weather has occurred due to ______ change. News like this makes me feel nervous. ______ it’s hard to avoid a disaster on Earth, perhaps I should start thinking about moving to space...

8 . I hated travelling by plane.Whenever I was on board, I could see the other passengers'__:“God, Please.Don't let that fat guy sit next to me!” After I   __ squeezed (挤) into my seat,the seat belt wasn't __ enough to fit around my waist. I once wished my life would just__.

I knew I needed to __.A doctor recommended I adopt a dog to __ for exercise. So there he was: a black-and-white dog with a big round body. He looked up at me and then dropped his head with a clear look of   __ , as if saying “Really? This loser?” I looked at him, __ him in silence. Poor thing like me. I named him Peety.

We walked together every day and it   __. I could roll out of bed   __.He appeared thinner too. Then he looked up at me and smiled.

I started taking Peety to different parks. He kept___ himself at the end of the rope, trying to run ahead. Maybe it was time to let him experience what __ really felt like. I removed his rope.Peety __ like a racer at the Olympics,beaming(笑)with __ and excitement.

At that moment, I realized I loved him. He looked up at me like I was the greatest guy in the world. He'd come into my life, and he___ me.

“Want to keep walking?"I asked him.

9 . All eyes were on me as the other moms quieted down. Someone had just asked, “Are you going to _________ us?”

“Yeah, you should dance with us,“ another_________ .I was waiting for my daughter's dance class to finish while the other moms got_________ for their adult dance class.

"No," I said. I'd_________ these moms from the sidelines through the years. However, I didn't have a dancer's body.

But my husband said to me, "You’ll never know if you don^’t try." So I_________ for ballet. At my first class, I was the_________ woman in the room. What did the others think of me?

The instructor started us with basic, simple steps. _________ nobody made comments about my size and till the end of the class, I realized I had_________ the night. So I kept going each week.

The instructor moved on to more_________ steps. My muscles were painful, but I__________ it. The steps continued to be harder, but I__________ at home with my daughter. Later, I realized something __________ My legs weren^’t painful anymore.

I saw a(n) __________ in the way I carried myself too. I was stronger. My muscles weren't the only part of me that had been__________. " I don't care what others think when I'm dancing," I told my husband with my new__________. "Anyway, I've learned ballet!"