1 . Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution for two of their country’s persistent problems: garbage and poverty. It’s called the Chip Bag Project. As a student and_________she is asking local snack lovers a_________: Rather than throw empty chip bags_________into the trash,_________them! Then she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.

Chip_________drop off their empty bags at two_________: a print shop and a clothing store, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they sanitize (清洁) the chip bags in soapy hot water, they slice them open,_________them flat, and iron them together. They_________fillings to line the insides.

It takes about four hours to_________a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags, depending on whether they’re single-serve or family__________. The__________is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof, lightweight, and easy to carry around,” Oleita told theNews.

Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has__________more than 800, 000 chip bags and,__________last December, created 110 sleeping bags.

Sure, it would be__________to raise the money to buy new sleeping bags. But the project is only half the__________for Oleita whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life — and her fellow volunteers. “We are dedicated to making an impact not only__________but environmentally,” she says.

And, of course, there’s the symbolism of recycling bags that would__________land in the trash and using them to help the homeless. It’s a powerful__________that environmental__________and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita toldlocalnews. com,“I think it’s time to show__________between all of these issues.”

3 . Five years ago,at the age of 66, I stared running. I was not a natural _________. I wanted to lose weight and it seemed that running was a (n) _________ way. At first it was very _________ — I was mainly walking more than running when I started — but I didn’t _________.

When I started training running, I was just trying to build up stamina (耐力), and just the idea of even going three miles, even walking was a _________ .In the beginning, I just walked as much as I could and then as time went on, I _________ began running. Later I kept on adding more and more _________.

I _________ my coach Mario in my running club, and he’d been running for over 30 years. He had a lot of knowledge and often sent various quotes to _________ and encourage me.

Running the New York City Marathon for the first time was probably the greatest __________ of my life. I was really prepared, __________ Mario. I leaned a lot of life lessons during the __________: To be a winner, you have to believe in yourself __________ nobody else will. When I crossed the finishing line, I was so excited. I remember just getting to the ____14____ and realizing, “Oh my God, I’m going to do this!” I heard them say, “Welcome to the finishing line,” and I thought, wow, I was actually going to ____15____ this!

I could never have __________ myself doing the New York City Marathon, and here I am and I __________ it. I was a true __________ that it’s never too late to present yourself with a     21     image, as long as you have faith and allow that faith to     22     you.

4 . He’d spent seven hours climbing up the mountain through ice and snow，and now the exhausted Daniel Mazur_______that success was near. Although it was ten degrees_______zero near the top of Everest，the soft morning light showed clear blue skies for miles around.

As the men_________ out on the snow-overed peaks below，Mazur suddenly saw a_______of bright yellow to his left. Was it a tent? No way!No climber would_________out at this altitude，he thought. He decided to take a_____________look. Then Mazur’ s jaw dropped in_____________.On the_______of a cliff(悬崖)was a man sitting cross－legged，trying to change his shirt. His thick snowsuit was unzipped to the waist and he had no hat，gloves，or sunglasses. Pulling his_________hands out of his shirt，Hall looked up at Mazur.“I imagine you are________to see me here，”he said. Hall had reached the__________at nine that morning. Then he started to climb down，hoping to reach the camp before dangerous afternoon storms __________.But at 28，000 feet，Hall’s feet had stopped moving and he was __________by a deep tiredness. He couldn’t walk any more.

Mazur knew there was only one possiblees __________ to he made.“Luckily，everyone in my team made the__________one.”“We can’t leave the guy，”he said，and they all ________. Though they knew they weren’t going to get to the top，they ________Hall and eventually________it to the base.

Afterwards，Mazur said，“Sure，I wish I could have reached the top. But if we’d done that，he wouldn’t be________today，and I would have to live with that for the________of my life.