Have you ever heard some     1    (inspire) stories of the disabled? Helen Keller is one     2     deserves to be mentioned. Helen, a well-recognised female author, had several strong     3    (restrict) to her body. She could not read or write at her early age, but later she mastered several languages. Anne Sullivan, a teacher at a school for the disabled, played an irreplaceable role in Helen’s growth and achievements. Anne adopted simple approaches     4     teaching,     5    (repeated) spelt new words by writing on Helen’s hands, and asked her to imitate. In other words, she would not learn the words     6     they could be touched, such as water, dolls etc. Gradually, her interest grew and she explored complicated and abstract words. In the process of learning the word “think”, she struggled a lot and made breakthroughs by accident when     7    (finish) small tasks. As for the word “love”, she     8    (discourage) from trying many times without understanding it. Despite many failures, Anne kept on encouraging her     9    (try) while Helen carried on thinking and suddenly realised it was as beautiful as the sun and clouds. It is Anne that     10    (enlighten) Helen’s mind and brings a broad world to her.

After     1     (lose) everything, ex-millionaire David Glasheen moved to Far North Queensland’s Restoration Island, which saved him. There are no “problems” there, where David Glasheen is the only resident — just “character-building opportunities”.

In his earlier life he lived in Sydney where he built a multi-million-dollar mining company. He arrived on Restoration Island after    2     (hear) about it through a friend — and never left. He says his 22 years on the island has repaired him. “I’ve actually been born again.” David says he’s not just mentally but physically improved by    3     (stay) on Restoration Island. He remembers his first     4     (arrive) in Cape York and noticing how local people out there were “more ready to take on anything than city people”.

Once a year, David heads to Cairns     5     (prepare) supplies for the year.     6    (excite) about the annual shop, he sounds a bit like a kid at Christmas. “It’s pretty good to go    7     (shop). It’s pretty exciting,” he says.

    8     (live) on the island has forced David to deal with challenges beyond those relating to everyday survival. It’s a life that means       9     (be) away from family, including his 21-year-old son, and an older daughter, who’s never visited the island.

He says he feels somewhat disconnected from his family, but in the future hopes to travel more regularly     10     (make) up for that.

Mr Bean, a classic character in comedies,     1    (recognise) for meeting endless ridiculous situations in his daily life. He gets his humour across to the audience purely by a series of universal body language without any words. In one of the most popular episodes, Mr Bean comes to a fancy restaurant in celebration of his birthday, only     2    (astonish) that the only dish he can afford is one named “steak tartare”, which is actually raw hamburger. The moment the dish is served, he attempts to chew it.     3    , he finds it is too disgusting to swallow, and he has no alternative but to hide his real feelings. During all the dinner time, he occupies     4    (him) with hiding the raw meat, and even throws some down the trousers of the restaurant’s violinist. What a funny but     5    (embarrass) birthday!

Contrary to Mr Bean, Rowan Atkinson, the actor of Mr Bean, lived a normal life.     6    (born) into an ordinary family, he was treated in such a strict manner     7     he stood out well in his study and even     8    (attain) his degree at Oxford. Besides, he was     9    (convince) he would be a successful actor with his talent for acting. Years later, it is obvious that his hard work has paid     10     in the end.

Tuan was a farmer in Vietnam. For decades, he had been struggling to rid his family     1     hunger. However, it always confused him how     2     (expand) the output of his crops. This     3     (disturb) problem led to his regretting being a farmer. He would rather have chosen     4     job.

One day, when skimming through a newspaper, Tuan read a comment on Yuan Longping. He underlined Yuan’s nationality and occupation, and then     5     (focus) on his discovery and the statistics of his research. He found the knowledge Yuan circulated very     6     (practice). Therefore, he made a summary and began to build up a new farming method. He planted super grain of rich nutrition and equipped     7     (he) to keep his crop roots free of bacteria and pests. He also enriched minerals in the soil while     8     (reduce) chemical fertilizers. Though it cost him more time and     9     (free), he was full of hope.

The next year, Tuan was sunburnt but satisfied with     10     (he) production very much. Thanks to Yuan Longping, he not only won the battle against hunger, but he could also export his crops abroad.

The last few years have seen environmental disasters     1     a grand scale, and experts are predicting far worse to come. Jin Li reports on our Earth’s changeable weather patterns.

So why is nature beginning to turn on us? One answer is overpopulation. The population of the world     2     (grow) at the disturbing rate of 10,000 people an hour, nearly 90 million a year, with most of the growth in the     3     (develop) world. People in agricultural areas, without any means to earn their living, move to the cities, and then construct shabby homes from     4     materials they can find on poor clay soil. These homes, seldom made of bricks, can     5     (easy) fall down in earthquakes or slip and slide downhill in landslides, especially in mountainous areas.On top of that adds global warming. This has mainly been caused by the huge amounts of carbon dioxide     6     (produce) by factories and vehicles, and the destruction of the world’s forests. As a result, a     7     (hot) ocean causes more powerful winds. Atlantic hurricanes—their howling winds with speeds of over 300 kilometres     8     hour—are 40% stronger now than they were 30 years ago.

Most disaster experts believe there is the potential     9     things could get a lot worse. Professor Hou Ming, of Beijing University     10     (study) volcanoes and he warns that the world has not seen the worst nature can do.