2 . The birthday girl Guo Yujie got the perfect present on Saturday — a Paralympic gold medal. The teenager sped to_______in the women’s sprint standing (短距离站姿) event to obtain the first-ever winter Paralympic gold medal for a Chinese woman on _______. She hopes her achievement shows young people with disabilities that they should never lose_________themselves.

Born in Zhangjiakou, Guo was _______disabled, having something wrong with her left hand. She first tried_______when she was 11.“I am_______when I am skiing,” Guo says excitedly.

She was then_______to become a para cross-country skier and biathlete (滑雪射击运动员). Her decision was also_______by her family. In biathlete, Guo_______her lack of strength in skiing with precision (精确) and speed in the shooting section.

“I just love the quick change between high-speed racing and controlling my breathing for ________. I hope more disabled people can find their________in snow sports. Actually, disabled people are not________at anything. We can take part in the Winter Paralympics and become ________.Disabled people shouldn’t think little of themselves,” Guo says.

With three events to go for Guo, she hopes she has just ________her journey to victory. “People may think it is natural to put in less effort since you have won the gold medal, but when the racing moment really comes you still want to________,” she says.

3 . There is nothing so great as a star’s life.That, at least, is what we’re led to believe, as we ___________ those whose success makes them greater than they really are.This weekend, however a story about former NBA great player Charles Barkley filled the web with ___________ and more than a few tears.That was the story of Charles Barkley and a friend who few knew.

Lin Wang was a mechanic who happened to meet Barkley one night in Sacramento in a ___________.They talked for hours.They had dinner.They talked for more hours.They keep ___________.

Wang’s daughter Shirley didn’t really believe ___________ that Barkley and her dad were friends.How would such a famous man ___________ with her dad? However, it was only when she talked to the big man himself that she heard a simple, powerful ___________.Barkley told her that Lin Wang was one of the happiest people he’d ever met.He said he simply ___________ being with him.

Success means you meet a lot of people.As Barkley says, you ___________ a lot of people, it doesn’t mean you like a lot of people.It ____________ doesn’t mean you trust a lot of people.Barkley and Lin Wang came together, because when they talked they would be themselves.Not their public selves, not their work selves, but their ____________ inner selves.

True friendship isn’t ____________ with business.It is about being together on a little island where you can breathe.The modern world honors ____________ above, seemingly, all else.There are only winners and losers.Yet ____________ the traditional definition (定义) of success, there’s a more elevated world.It ____________ those with whom you really want to talk and be.