1 . JESSICA WELLS had always wanted to be a nurse. In 2006, she ________ to the Associate Science of Nursing (ASN) program. ________ her GPA wasn’t high enough to make the cut, so she ________ as a general education student, hoping to improve her academic ________.

Eventually, Wells, who is deaf, blossomed, ________ the accommodations (调和) that the college offered to her, such as volunteer note takers and ________ who accompanied her in class.

After college administrators asked an employee whether Wells, a ________ girl, would make it as a nursing student, the employee reported that “the deaf-of-hearing individual can be ________ as both a medical student and a nurse. ” Wells, then in her mid-20s, was accepted into the ASN program in fall 2007.

On January 22, however, just before the spring 2008 semester began, Wells received a letter from the school, ________ her from the program. The college decided that her “hearing loss would ________ limit (and in some cases completely limit) her ability to safely conduct ________ shifts.” On January 21, 2009, Wells made a protest to the Circuit Court of Greene County. She claimed that her failure to stay in the program ________ the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

“She’d done just fine in her training,” says Wells’s lawyer, Rita Sanders. "The school’s decision had no ________.”

However, the college replied, arguing that the loss of hearing will ________ a direct threat to the health or safety of patients. Faced with such an injustice, Wells resolved to fight for herself and others facing the same ________.

2 . It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for all appointment(约会)at 9:30. The nurse had him take a _______ in the waiting area,_______ him it would be at least 40 minutes_________someone would be able to see him. I saw him_______his watch and decided, since I was_______busy—my patient didn’t_______ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he_______to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his_________. He told me that she had been_________for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be____________if he was a bit late. He replied that she __________ knew who he was, that she had not been able to __________ him for five years now. I was____________, and asked him, “And you__________go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is”. I had to hold back __________ as he left.            

Now I __________ that in marriages, true love is____________of all that is. The happiest people don’t__________have the best of everything, they just__________the best of everything they have. ____________isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

3 . What do you do with a withered orchid (兰花)?____ you’re an expert, you may find that they never ____ for you again.

Everything has a life cycle and orchids don’t ____ forever. I can’t ____ throwing out orchids. I have tried my best, but in ____. After so much ____ and error, I was almost ____ that they have died.____, my wife had other ideas.

Some of the plants were moved to a table in the living room, and others were ____ on the kitchen window.

Actually, everything has its own life cycle. Sure, you can ____ hope. It was easy to believe that those orchids would never flower again—that is, until my wife decided to come to their ____.

My wife kept moving the plants around the house looking for the right light.____, the orchids stayed alive. Tiny new stems (茎) grew from the old ones a year later. And now, nearly all of them are flowering.

Yes, you can ____everything you think is important—your beauty, your wealth, even your family — but as long as you are alive, you can find new life within something you thought was never going to bloom (开花) again. Never lose ____ on finding new life, even if the chance is ____.

5 . A mystery man, known as Benny, has been spreading love—one $100 bill at a time for more than three years in and around Salem, Oregon.

He randomly _________ the bills in shops to be found, surprising and _________ shoppers. Before giving them away, he _________ his bills. It is estimated that he has hidden more than $50,000, and that’s only what has been _________. Some people _________ where the bills are found, and notice that he has left them in stores, markets and fairs. Those who find one all have a similar tale about being _________ when a $100 bill, with the mark of “Benny”, falls out of the packaging of something they just _________.

It is _________ how these bills always seem to end up in the right hands. They help pay for living expenses, and even provide the homeless with _________ for a couple of nights. But the real __________ of Benny is that more than half of the __________ report paying it forward with their own cash or check. Some of the most __________ stories involve children. __________ shopping for toys, they decide to buy school supplies for those in need.

The bills are so __________ by people that they post them on their refrigerators or carry them in their purses. It’s a __________, they say, to give and be like Benny.

9 . It was my first year teaching in a special needs classroom. I wasn’t sure what to _________ at our annual Special Olympics. My students had a range of _________, from mild learning disabilities to severe brain diseases.

Mark was one with the latter, limited to a _________. However, he _________ greeted everyone with huge smiles. His classmates loved him and often took their time to _________ his participation in group activities, especially Mike, Andy and Lucas, all _________ at sports. Mark imagined being like them. Watching and cheering for their elegant _________ on the playground seemed to fill him with _________.

The big day came at last and the final _________ was the 400-meter race. Everyone was invited to ____________ according to their own ability. Mike, Andy and Lucas ____________ to prove who the best athlete was. But when the exhausted three reached the finish line they____________ and turned to look behind them. At the back of the crowd, determined not to be left behind, was Mark, ____________ on the track in his wheelchair with half the distance left to ____________—all his classmates were outdistancing him. Looking at each other, a(n)____________ thought passing between them. Slowly, they jogged____________ towards their friend, surrounded Mark and kept pace, ____________him on as he had done for them before.

The progress was ____________, but eventually they crossed the finish line together to the ____________ cries of their teachers and classmates. I came to understand what makes the Special Olympics so ____________. Years later, I’m still cheering them on.

10 . The first time I traveled alone in my life, I was in my forties. ________ travel for business or family reasons, the trip to Colorado was the first one that was just to travel and discover. As I prepared for it, I felt excited and ________ at the same time. Would it be fun? Would I be bored? Would I stay in bed all day or would I jump with excitement to do the next thing? I wasn’t ________. Little did I know that it was going to be a ________ journey of self-discovery.

As a good wife and mom, for me, travel is always about the ________; always thinking of who would enjoy ________. It’s about family time and bonding. But on a(n) ________ trip who would I connect with? What would I do? Well, I found that I could do anything ________!

I met locals while traveling and also other ________. Honestly, I had conversations ________— on planes, while hiking, in restaurants, in the hotel lobby(大厅).

It was quite a(n) ________experience to meet a mom of 18 kids and hundreds of foster(寄养的) kids, a cookie baker, and an internationally ranked marathon(马拉松) runner. The inspiring stories I discovered were ________ and nothing was like my wonderful ________ life at home. I got to go rock climbing, go hiking solo, and eat ________. And it was all ________. Actually, it felt surprisingly ________. It was just me, my car and my backpack for a week. ________, it was a breath of fresh air that I didn’t ________ that existed. It’s wonderful to be back home and know that possibilities are ________ and there is so much more out there to ________ and be wowed by!