1 . Scott had always been creative. As he finished university, he decided to become an inventor. He often designed many new things. His friends thought that he was misguided. “You cannot spend your life as a(n) _______. You will _______ have a steady (稳定的) income.” Luke, his best friend, was _______ his friend’s future. “Why don’t you reconsider and get a job in the city?” Luke often asked. “This is my _______,” Scott said to Luke. “I have wanted to be an inventor since I was a small child. I am not going to _______.”

Over several years, Scott developed many ideas that _______to become a success. His first invention had many _______ and he was unable to sell it. His second idea received little support from people or companies. Scott’s friend Luke continued to encourage him to find a(n) _______ career (职业). “Scott, you have to think about your future. I think it is time to _______ something else.” “But I cannot stop now. I am so close to coming up with something huge. _______ I left my designs now, all my life would have been wasted,” he replied. Luke nodded, “I ________, my friend. Just know that I am here to support you.”

Then one day it happened. Scott _______ his design of a new wing for an airplane. He presented it to several companies who all loved his _______. After some competition, a company offered to buy his design.

“I knew that one day I would _______ it!” he said to Luke as they celebrated at his apartment. Luke felt a little guilty (内疚的) for ever suggesting that Scott should give up. “I don’t know how you kept going all these years,” Luke said. “You certainly deserve every bit of your _______.”

2 . On March 10, 2019, eight-year-old Tanitoluwa "Tani” Adewumi beat 73 young competitors to win the New York State Chess Championship in his age category—kindergarten to third grade. While the _____ is great, what is even more amazing is that the boy ______ learning the game less than a year ago.

Tani and his family _______   in New York City from Nigeria in 2017. Soon after, Tani started to study at the ____ elementary school, P. S. 116, which is near his home. It was here that the young boy was first   _______ to the chess. ______ by the game, the boy begged his mother, Oluwatoyin, to allow him to _______ the school's chess club. Considering that the family would be unable to afford the ______, Oluwatoyin emailed chess   __________Russel Makofsky, who ran the club. To her surprise and ______, Makofsky agreed to charge young Tani nothing.The young boy made up his mind to practice harder in return for his _______ He has won seven important prizes in less than a year, and ______ #27 in America in his age category.

_______the chess club certainly helps, Tani's success can be largely owed to (归功于)his _____ to the game. The chess player _____ the game for several hours a day. Every Saturday, Tani and his mother ______ to Harlem for a free 3-hour class to help further sharpen his game skills.

He is now busy ________ the National Elementary Championships, which will be held in Nashville, TN. Winning the ________ will bring the chess player closer to his dream of becoming the world's ______ chess grand master (大师). The record is now held by Russian chess player Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin, who won the title in 2002 at the age of 12 years. We have no ___ that the determined boy will achieve his goal soon!