1 . In 2015, Misty Copeland was named a principal dancer-a ballerina of the highest rank — at American Ballet Theatre. She is the first African American woman to ________ it.

In her childhood, Misty was shy and ________ the spotlight. But she loved music and ________. When she was 13, Misty’s teacher suggested she ________ a ballet class. For two weeks, Misty sat on the gym bleachers (露天看台) watching the class, ________ to join in. She felt ________ in the class. Over time, however, she began to enjoy the lessons. She discovered her ________ — especially her long legs and strong, flexible muscles — was just right for ballet. ________, ballet meant a lot to Misty. “For the first time in my life, I felt like I belonged in ballet, she says.

Misty suddenly gained ________ and developed curves at 19. “I was being told that my weight and proportions just weren’t ________ anymore. ” This shook her ________. Even though Misty felt ________, she didn’t quit. She learned to eat healthier foods. She learned training techniques ________ to her body type. When she wasn’t performing, she was practicing. When she wasn’t practicing, she was stretching. As she did, she began to believe again that she ________ in.

“No matter what that dream is, ”she says, “you have the power to make it come true with hard work and ________. ”

2 . Nancy, a 7-year old girl helped her mother wash the windows of their house after school to get a reward promised by her mother, a purple_________ that she longed for. She watched her mother Order the doll online.

The next day, Nancy asked if she could_________the shipping status. Her mom_________on the webpage and then walked out of the room. Nancy saw that her doll would be arriving the next afternoon but then she noticed some_________about other dolls and toys she could order. 15 minutes and a few clicks_________, with more than $350 worth of dolls in her _________, Nancy placed the order and ran off to play.

The following day, while looking up another_________order, her mother noticed a long list of dolls_________. She was able to call off two of them, but it was too late to _________the rest. She told her daughter they were going to be returned. When the__________arrived, Nancy wanted to open them, but her parents said no. Instead of sending back the dolls, her father__________giving them to the local children’s hospital.

So the next week, Nancy’s family loaded up their car and took all the dolls to the playroom at the__________children’s hospital. Nancy was__________at first, but then she sat with some girl patients, and they __________all the boxes together, laughing and playing happily.

Nancy’s parents took a lot of memorable pictures to cherish the wonderful moments. Nancy thanked her parent and told them she would never forget what she got on this special day and that she had a lot of __________and learned a really good lesson.

3 . Emily Bhatnagar has always found comfort reading. When she’s struggling with anxiety and depression, she turns to ________. So when she ________ saw a text message on her father’s phone informing relatives he had stage 4 thyroid (甲状腺) cancer she hid her ________ with the one thing she’s always found comfort in. But this time, she went a little further.

At the age of 17, Emily ________ a neighborhood book activity. She decided she’d ________ the books to children who were also facing health scares. “I thought to myself, I’m only a(n) ________.What can I do? I am not a doctor. I can’t save lives, but I can hopefully make them a little bit ________.” says the teen. “I was drowning in ________ when my dad was diagnosed. Thinking of these little children ________ the same thing as my dad was ________.”

This was July 2021. Her original goal was to ________ books for children undergoing cancer treatment, but she’s ________ it to all patients under 18. She called her effort For Love and Buttercup (金凤花), and launched it with a ________ for book donations on neighborhood app Nextdoor. “Buttercup flowers represent childlike innocence and fun that a lot of these kids don’t get to experience. It’s what I hope they ________ when they open my books,” she says.

The neighborhood book activity that began with a lone teen has grown into a nationwide one. And Emily, now 19, says it’s given her and her father a ________ distraction that allows them to cure together.

5 . This party sounded so fun! Annie stood at Michael’s front_________waiting excitedly for him to answer. “Just be yourself.” Annie’s dad had advised when he’d dropped her off. But who else could she be but herself?

Michael opened the door, _________Annie with a welcoming smile. Bu when she followed him in, she felt_________She didn’t recognize a single kid. And they were all older! As she sat down, every kid stared at her. Her colorful new_________, she believed, was stupid compared with the other girl’s tasteful dresses in soft golden colours. The thought made her ashamed.

Michael told others she was_________. But after that introduction, Annie felt even worse as all the kids looked at her doubtfully. She sat there with a frozen smile on her face, feeling anything but herself. The kids all started to eat, chatting and joking as they_________their mouths.

“Pass me some of those strange_________” a girl said to her. All at once, without any_________from her own mind, Annie blurted out the words, “They’re not exactly bananas. They look like bananas, but they taste_________different. Some people call them plantains or the potato of the tropics.”

Now all the kids were__________Annie again, but this time their faces were interested and__________. Someone asked her more about plantains, and she__________everything she knew about them, which was a lot. They started asking her questions. They wanted to know about her family and her pets. A girl even__________Annie for her dress.

“You are the__________of the night!” Michael said when the evening was over. Annie sighed, relaxed and happy. She wasn’t sure about being a star, but Daddy was right, she’d__________to be herself after all.

8 . Last year marked 20 years since the deadliest accident in the history of Italian aviation (航空). In October 2001, the Linate Airport disaster _______ more than 100 people lose their lives _______ a ground crash at Milan’s most centrally-located commercial airport. The _______ involved a Scandinavian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-87 and a private Cessna Citation CJ2.

The date of the accident was October 8th, 2001. On this day, MD-87 was set to _______ a direct flight from Milan Linate to Copenhagen in Denmark. This _______ had 104 passengers and six crew onboard.

Also set to _______ Milan Linate that morning was the Cessna CJ2. Headed for Paris, there were just four people onboard.

On the morning of October 8th, 2001, foggy conditions prevailed (占优势) at Milan Linate Airport. Such weather can _______ visibility to minimal levels, potentially causing _______ operational trouble at airports. There is a very real _______ to it, as misunderstandings can be deadly in low visibility. ________, Vincenzo Fusco, the airport’s director, stated that conditions were still ________ for flying. The Cessna’s pilots, ________in the fog, took a wrong turn on the runway, which could have been ________ if there had been a ground radar (雷达) system at the airport.

At 08:09, air traffic control advised MD-87’s pilots that they were clear to take-off. Less than a minute after this clearance, the departing MD-87 ________ with the Cessna as it crossed the runway. The crash and the resulting fire destroyed both of the aircraft, leaving all the passengers and pilots ________ in the tragedy dead.

9 . On February 12, 2019, Brendon Fontaine blew out five candles on a birthday cake covered in strawberry icing and topped with a plastic figure of his favorite character. Brendon’s_________ came from Cakes for Kids, a group of home bakers who recognize that a simple birthday cake can be impossible for families like the Fontaines. The group was _________ three years ago by Christy Rogowski and her partner Wendy Singleton. “Imagining a child who wasn’t going to have a birthday cake was really _________,” Rogowski says. A Facebook call-out for volunteers _________added 150 bakers to their list, which includes people of all skill levels. When volunteers first apply, they’re asked why they want to _________ . “Some people have said that they didn’t have a cake on their birthday growing up, and they know how _________ it is,” says Singleton. More commonly, though, they say they want families in need to know that their neighbors_________ them.

The cake receivers are decided by community organizations and Winnipeg Child and Family Services, which send Rogowski and Singleton information about each kid’s interests and favorite       _________. A child might receive a cake because of the family’s lack of_________. Cakes also go to children living in foster care. Jodi Korolyk, a family services worker has so far ordered birthday cakes for five of the almost 800 kids in their system. “It __________ the children that they have a lot of people there to __________ them,” she says. “For most kids, it doesn’t really__________what the cake looks like; just getting one is__________ .” Korolyk sometimes arranges for parents whose children are in foster care to bring the cake to their kids themselves. “It’s a really good tool to help__________a relationship between them,” she says, adding that it can also build the parents’__________in her. By the end of last year, Cakes for Kids had provided over 575 cakes to mark kids’ birthdays, and the baking continues.