2 . 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.

3 . 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.

4 . The caring employees at a Costco store near Cleveland, Ohio, are being honoured as heroes. It was because of their quick thinking and being sympathy (同情) , which ______ saved the life of a fellow co-worker.

The story ______ one morning when the employee failed to show up for his scheduled shift (换班) at 5 a. m. ______ for his colleague, the manager, Jesse Orsborn, decided to ______ and make sure everything was okay.

“In situations where someone might oversleep for the early shift, we usually give them a ______ wake-up call, checking if they’re on their way. However, this daily check-in took an unexpected ______ ,” shared Orsborn. When the employee answered the call, his speech wasn’t understandable, and the connection suddenly ______ .

Alarmed by the unusual conversation, Dave Mackin, the assistant general manager at Costco’s Mayfield Heights location, ______ , “We started calling several times, and each time, it became more ______ that something was seriously wrong. There was mumbling and groaning (喃喃自语, 呻吟着) , and it was evident ha he was experiencing a medical emergency.”

As events ______ it turned out that the co-worker was in the midst of a stroke (中风) . Without wasting any time, the quick-thinking workmates kept the man on the ______ while others dialed emergency services. Thanks to their quick ______, the man was quickly transported to the hospital and, fortunately, later went out of the hospital. ______ , it was noted that he faces a challenging road to recovery.

______ on the incident, Mackin stressed the strong sense of community within the Costco family. “We take care of our members. We take care of our employees. They mean the ______ to us,” he stated proudly.

9 . On a Sunday evening, I was riding home when I saw a man in front of me, about half a mile away. I noticed the man was travelling at a speed lower than me. So, I decided to________him. I had about a________to go on the road before turning off. So I started cycling faster and faster and every block, I was gaining on him just a little bit. Just within minutes, I was about 50m________him, so I gathered all my________and tried hard to overtake him, and finally, I was ahead of him. And, finally, I caught up with him and passed him by. Within, while he had no clue that we were in a________, I felt like a winner,“I won”.

After I________him, I realized that I had been so________competing against him that I had________my turn, had gone nearly six________past it and had to turn around and go all back.

Isn’t that what________in life? We spend most of our time in________with neighbors, friends, family, trying to outperform them, or trying to be in front of them though we were________in the race with them. We use most of our time and________in competition and instead of________our destination, we miss out on our own________to our happy life.

10 . My teacher Mr Bush is the most positive (积极乐观的) person I’ve ever met. He has the ability to ________positiveness to young students.

He always smiles and never gets ________at students. Once I met some ________because I felt overshadowed (显得逊色) by my brother, who seemed to be doing great in every way. Hopelessness ________me whenever I was in a classroom. But that all ________when I met my teacher for life, Mr. Bush. Having found out about my problems, he just kept ________me. Because of Mr. Bush, my world was filled with ________and power.

A few weeks ago, everyone in my class was feeling a bit ________because of a bad day at school. But things got ________after a close of Mr. Bush’s class. He drew a picture on the whiteboard that ________a half­full glass of water. He then said, “Class, the point of view in which you look at things will ________your feelings. Like this glass of water, some people see it and think ‘What! Only half a glass of water. How ________I am.’ Whereas other people think ‘Wow, I’m so thirsty. Great! Half a glass of water for me!’ It all depends on the ________you think. ”

Mr. Bush’s ________way of thinking always makes me feel glad and ________. I will always remember him.