1 . Levi Millers life changed during an ordinary dinner with his family. That evening, director Joe Wright called to _______ the 11 year old the starring role in Wrights upcoming movie Pan.

The phone call led Levi to leave his home in Australia to _______ in London, England. His mother _________ her job to accompany him.

Levi began _______ when he was 2 or 3. He joined in some of his older sister’s dance shows. He wanted to share the _______ she was getting. When he was 5 or 6, he won a drama competition as Peter Pan.

_______ Levi still had a lot to learn on the set of his first movie. First, he had to change his _______ to sound like he was from London. He learned about life in London during World War II, which was when the movie _______. He also needed to figure out how to cry on cue (提示). His _______ was to think about his dog, who had died not long before.

At first, Levi felt very awkward around the ________ actors he worked with. For example, it took him several weeks to feel ________ calling Hugh Jackman “Hugh”. Before that, he would ________ address him as “Mr. Jackman.”

Since that ________ experience, Levi has continued acting on ________. His next movie was a smaller Australian production called Red Dog. And this year he has a starring role in the movie A Wrinkle in Time.

Levi loves the ________ that acting provides. He says, “Every time I go on a set, it’s a whole different world, and I love that.”

4 . Everybody knows Charlie Chaplin, a world-famous funny actor. People _______ have laughed at Charlie Chaplin's films _______ tears run down their faces. From his very first _______ they know what will happen. The little man is always with black moustache, wide-open eyes, round black hat and _______ too large for his feet. He’ll _______ through snow, and fall from windows. He’ll fight men who are twice his _______ or fall in love with women, who _______ notice him and try to hug(拥抱) them.

The poor man that Charlie Chaplin _______ in dozens of films makes all kinds of stupid mistakes. He is always in _______, but he never ________.He dreams of becoming a great man.

Even people who ________ understand English can ________ Chaplin's films, because they are mostly ________.It isn't what he ________ that makes people laugh. His comedy(喜剧) doesn't depend on words. It depends on little ________ which mean the ________ thing to people all over the world.

Chaplin raises his thick eyebrows or rolls his eyes. He hides behind a fat lady or under a table to escape from his ________. He dresses well and pretends to be a ________ and important man. It is all so hopeless and ________ that he makes us laugh. This is the ________ of Chaplin's huge success.

5 . Confucius was born on September 28, 551 BC in the Kingdom of Lu, in today’s Shandong Province. Chinese people regard Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest _______ who had about 3,000 students.

Confucius himself was a(n) _______ learner who always reflected (反思) on his own _______. One day his student was cooking porridge for the teacher when something _______ dropped into the pot. He _______ got it out with the spoon and wanted to _______ the porridge away. But it occurred to him that it’s not _______ to gain the food, so he ate it. Just then, Confucius happened to come into the _______. He thought his student was _______ food to eat. So Confucius was ________ and decided to punish his student. But when the student ________ what had happened before, Confucius came to know that seeing is not believing.

For more than 2,000 years, Confucius’ ________ have been around in people’s everyday lives. But some people are concerned that young Chinese today are ________ their own history and culture. As a matter of fact, Confucius’ ideas are still ________ today’s Chinese youth. As a teacher, he said that all should go to school if they could and wanted to ________. His most important ideas are ________ and good manners. He had many ________ quotes, such as: young people should take care of the ________; people should think more of others instead of ________.

Nowadays, more than 100 Internet ________ are teaching people about Confucius and his ideas.

6 . One day,Walter Elias was walking through an apple orchard (果园）when he discovered an owl (猫头鹰）in a

“ What a wonderful pet this funny creature would make,” he thought to himself. So he reached up and __ it by the leg. __ ,the owl went crazy and tried to __ . Equally terrified, Walter threw it to the __ and stomped (踩踏）it to death. When the struggle ended, he __ the broken bird and cried. Feeling terrible, he ran away from the orchard, but later ___to bury the owl. For months he dreamed of this bird he had wanted for a __ but in terror had killed. __ years later did he share this secret.

Perhaps it was this __that helped make Walter the person he became. Never could he bring that owl back to life but he made all the __ of the forest come alive through his drawings and the wonderful entertainment center __ after himself.

His full name? Walter Elias Disney, a name __ to the whole world.

Have you ever failed or done something that you later felt __ about or experienced a ( n)       ___that gave your self-concept a beating? When we fail or feel as though we have failed, we __ to think we are losers. It isn’t so. Walter Disney turned his __ childhood dream into a beautiful one, which __ became a reality. We can do the same, too. __ we don’t fear to fail, we will succeed someday!