1 . As my husband and I saw someone publicizing the benefits of spending time outdoors, we were lost in thought. Noticing my daughter had _________ a little homebody, we knew we had to _________ sport into our routine. We were determined to make skiing a family activity. But we needed our daughter’s _________.

When we persuaded my daughter to join us, we _________, two days at an all-inclusive family ski resort aiming to minimize the _________ of skiing with kids and maximize the fun that came on the slopes.

“Well done! You’ve arrived as scheduled,” said our ski instructor as we reached the resort. It was _________ nine degrees. It was freezing, but we got ready soon. I could _________ recognize my daughter because her face was wrapped in thick clothes like the others.

The resort took account of almost all the trouble we might have in skiing. Of the fifty-three runs, eight were greens labeled with _________reading. “Route For Beginners”. However, when our instructor _________ us to ski，our hopes of being a __________skiing family were dashed (使破灭). “Ahh!” escaped our lips. She was __________ and said, “Sorry, I thought you were ready.” Then she went on to lead us down a gentler way. We still __________ many times. Everyone slid down the slope, but not without falls.

While the experience frightened us, it also __________ our dinnertime conversation. My daughter told us, “Although I had a hard time skiing, there is no __________ of happiness” I responded, “Your father and I enjoyed ourselves, too.” The next day, we __________ there as beginner skiers, but we believed we would be certainly expert skiers.

4 . Eric Moussambani is the first swimmer from Equatorial Guinea to compete in the Olympics. He found his passion for swimming shortly after high school. At the time, he didn’t know how to ________, but he knew it was a sport he wanted to ________.

Unfortunately, there were no ________ swimming pools in his country. ________, he found a hotel pool where he could only swim three hours a week. When he couldn’t ________ the pool, he trained in rivers and the sea, with the local fishermen ________ him on how to use his legs and arms.

After about eight months of swimming, Eric gained ________ into the 2000 Summer Olympics through a programme designed to ________ sports development in developing countries.

In Sydney, Eric saw an Olympic-size swimming pool for the first time. It was so big that Eric said he was so ________ to compete in it. In ________ his event, Eric trained at the same time with the US team and took the opportunity to ________ their techniques closely.

On September 19, 2000, Eric stepped out for the men’s 100-metre freestyle competition. “I swam the first 50 metres really well,” said Eric. After turning for the second length, however, Eric found his legs stiffened (变僵硬). “It was then I heard the crowd shouting, encouraging me to go. It gave me the ________ to make it to the end.” Eric ________ the race with a time of 1:52.72, the ________ recorded time in Olympic history. But the audience did not care. They ________ him as if he had broken the world record.

7 . Paen Long has had a dream ever since he saw a plane for the first time at the age of six. His dream was to _________ a plane. Last year, the 30-year-old man started building his plane _________. “I was afraid that people would _________ me, so sometimes I worked at night,” he said. It was a long time _________ he put his dream into practice. Paen Long tried to build his own plane, using the money he had _________ from running his own garage. He has spent three years watching YouTube videos in order to _________ how to make a plane.

It took him a year to build his plane, using mostly recycled materials.The plane’s first _________ came at 3 pm on 8th, March. Local villagers gathered excitedly to watch the plane fly. _________, the plane only got 50m in the air before crashing (撞击) to the ground. “When all people were looking at me, I felt very _________,” he said.

Although the first try __________, Paen Long remains __________. His next project is to build a seaplane. Paen Long thinks the plane will cost over $10,000. “I never feel __________ for spending all my money building a plane,” he said.

His wife, Hing Muoyheng, worries about her husband, especially as they have two young sons. However, she has no __________. “I don’t know how planes work and he doesn’t have any __________ to help him. He can only search for information himself,” she said. “I tried to ask him to stop a few times because I was afraid, but he said he wouldn’t __________, so I have to support his dream.”

8 . I was addicted to YouTube. My ________ goes back several years. My first ________ was on the recommendation of a friend to check out Susan Boyle’s amazing singing on Britain’s Got Talent. I didn’t think much about it and got on with my life. But soon I found myself spending a lot of time staring at the screen and ________ onscreen offerings were truly endless. From one YouTuber I learned how to plant my own vegetable garden. Someone else gave wise sayings from philosophers. Down the rabbit hole I went, scrolling (滚动) for hours and hours,________other people living their lives and giving me ________ on how to live mine.

As the months rolled by, checking in every day with people who were talking to me personally became an addiction. I ________ many channels and waited ________ for new weekly offerings on gardening and the best English castles to visit. I also watched people reading poetry or painting. I found all this ________ and therapeutic (治愈的). ________ though I got irritated (激怒) by these artistic and seemingly perfect lives. I made a comparison with my own somewhat more mundane (单调的) existence.

Regardless of my growing anxiety, I continued to _________ on the YouTube icon (图标) on my phone whenever I had a spare five minutes. I ________ my life constantly with the images onscreen. However, I started to ________ the endless rules presented for good health, financial stability and mental contentment.

In a moment of clarity, I realized that I had a full and happy life myself, which ________ me perfectly although it wouldn’t win likes for perfection onscreen. I put my phone away and started paying attention to my own life, instead of watching other people live theirs. I am   ________ in the knowledge that my addiction to life onscreen has been ________ by life itself.

9 . Last year, I started the journey of being a remote product designer. The thought of a flexible (灵活的) schedule, a comfortable home office, and the escape from the _______ public transport was incredibly _______ . The first few weeks were filled with a long-lost feeling of _______ .

However, the _______ of working from home gradually set in. I had started my day with the best _______ , promising myself quick breaks and regular stretches (伸展) . But deadlines, endless emails, and virtual meetings _______ me to my computer throughout the day, leaving me little time to _______ . Gone were the short walks to a coworker’s desk and the quick lunchtime walks around the office complex. Finally, my world was _______ to the walls of my home, my steps _______ in meters only rather than kilometers.

One day, I tried ________ one of my favorite dresses and it wasn’t passing through my waist (腰) at all. Looking at myself in the mirror, I saw a ________ person carrying extra weight, rather than someone enjoying freedom. The ________ of work and personal life had left me feeling like I was a never-ending motion machine.

This incident (事件) marked the ________ of a journey of self-discovery. I made up my mind that I needed a (n) ________ not just for my waistline but for my overall well-being. It was a promise to prioritize my physical and mental health, and a promise that I could ________ control over my life and my body.

10 . He man Bekele was not atypical high school student._________spending his free time playing videogames, this 14-year-old was conducting experiments. His goal was to create a_________that could treat skin cancer, and make it affordable for everyone who_________it.

Growing up in Ethiopia, Africa, He man_________saw people getting sunburned by the hot sun working outside. He didn’t_________much of it when he was really little, but a she_________he realized how serious skin cancer really was.

Skin cancer does have cures and it is_______in most cases. However, the average_______of skin cancer treatment is almost $40, 000. When hearing the shocking_________, He man planned to create a more__________and accessible solution. He started doing experiments and working on different things, which turned into his bar of soap as a project.

His__________won him the prize in this year’s 3M Young Scientist’s Challenge, a competition that__________kids to think of unique ways to solve everyday problems. He man was so surprised and__________when he first heard the news of his award. “It’s__________to see that my ideas can be __________and seen by the science community,” he said.