1 . Sarkar is a nanotechnologist (纳米技术专家) and assistant professor at MIT. She is conducting her research on brain diseases that _________ the minds of millions of people worldwide.

Born in Kolkata, India, Sarkar credits both of her parents as early _________. Her courage as a researcher comes from her _________, who as a young woman went against social norms (常态) in her village by _________ to fund her own education. Meanwhile, Sarkar’s father _________ her interest in engineering. Sarkar recalls her father finding time for his _________, fashioning devices to make home life more _______, including an electricity-free washing machine. “That got me very _________ in science and technology.” Sarkar says.

After _________ a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, Sarkar __________ California to study nanoclectronics. There, she tested new ways to __________ nanodevices that could reduce the amount of __________ consumed by computers and other everyday electronics. __________, she made a breakthrough by developing a standout nanodevice.

Along the way, Sarkar became fascinated with the __________, which she calls “the lowest energy computer”. She hopes to put nanodevices between human neurons (神经细胞) to improve the computing speed of the processor in our brains. “Our brains are __________, but we could be better than what we are.” she says.

4 . When I was 19, determined not to spend my last teenage year in a suburb in Buckinghamshire, I took off with an Australian friend. We travelled around Europe for months. We stayed in the _________accommodation we could find due to a lack of money and only _________ bread, cheese and the occasional bottle of red wine.

That was in 1990, a time before mobile phones and the Internet appeared, when the primary _________ our home was the collection of _________ from the post office.

Before I left, Mom had made me a money pouch (荷包) to wear around my neck. She’d also made me two sleeping sheets so I could _________unclean bedding. She didn’t want me to go, and those gifts were her way of telling me to have a wonderful time.

It’s only now, as my 18-year-old daughter is preparing to leave on her own gap-year (间休年) trip, that I have more _________ what Mom felt.

Doing multiple jobs and saving money, my daughter has researched on her own where to stay, how to _________ and what to do when she arrives. Therefore, she _________ asks for my opinion and I find myself _________ unsure of whether I should intervene (介入) or back off. I want to be supportive but not too __________. I want to be cool but not indifferent. I want to be like the perfect travel guide.

When she first mentioned a gap-year travel, I was encouraging, expecting her to have her own experiences that will __________ her. As I had mine, I didn’t let myself speak too long on the idea of her not being here. Soon there will just be me, my son and the cat in our house. However, I am not quite __________ that. But the trip may benefit her. This is not in 1990 and I am not __________ at home waiting for a(n)__________ . I have promised not to __________ her with messages, but at least I know she can contact me whenever she wants to.

5 . Art is my favorite subject because I enjoy drawing. In school, there are only four ______ classes per week, which I find not enough. During an art lesson, I notice that time ______ to fly by. When I’m drawing ______, eighty minutes feels like eight minutes. One moment I am taking out my art materials, the next the teacher is ______ us to hand in our work.

Art is my favorite subject because it can bring ______ responses. For example, if I was happy, I would draw a colorful picture of myself.

I especially enjoy drawing cartoons. This is one area where my ______ is regularly exercised. Sometimes I draw things that amaze my classmates. I also love to draw still life in color. ______ is really an art and I have developed considerable skills in it, much to the disbelief of my classmates. As I have had so much ______ in coloring, I have a huge advantage over the ______ of the class.

______, I must say that I always feel good when I am drawing something. Perhaps this is why I ______ art so much. It’s because I get a good feeling every time I start drawing. Drawing is a (n) ______ exit for self-expression for me, so the feeling is ______. There is nothing to remember or practice in art as there is in the other subjects. All one has to ______ with art is follow one’s feelings, and the outcome is always ______.

7 . When Liam fell into the sea during a sailing lesson, he had no idea what he was in for. “I was shaking with _______,”said Liam in an interview. _______, he was wearing a life jacket, but the water was _______.

The experience left him wondering if he could _______ something that could help people stay warm in water related accidents. The following spring, Liam _______ his friend Fraser for a class science project. Together they got the _______ of “LifeHeat ”——a self heating life jacket that could one day help someone in a _______ situation.

After repeated tests, Liam and Fraser _______ calcium chloride -- a chemical (化学品) often used to melt (融化) snow and ice from sidewalks and driveways, which _______ the life jacket to remain warm underwater. Then they decided to self test their ________ by jumping into the sea. Their first ________ did not go as planned. “We put in more calcium chloride than we usually do,” said Liam. “We were starting to overheat!” While it wasn’t the result they expected, the test made Liam and Fraser feel ________ .

This year they ________ B. C. Science Fairs and won first prize. It was a special moment for Liam and Fraser as they could receive feedback (反馈) from experts to ________ their work. They hoped to turn their invention into business. “We believe that this ________ will be widely used to save more lives,” said Fraser.

8 . I grew up around books. I remember opening my parents’ _______ book Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce and thinking: They might have never opened the _______ from the sign of the dust (灰尘), and with so many obscure words in it, why did they _______ it? In spite of this, I could sense the magic of buying it, and I carried that sense of _______ into my life.

In the past, I had hundreds of books in the house. They _______ my bookshelves, and the books got in the way sometimes. They gathered around the chair where I _______ on to watch TV. They _______ the space on my ottoman (凳子) where my feet were _______ to go. I thought I needed more _______ for my books. Since my work is to write about books, I have some forms of ________. But there’s more to it than that. That is I always had the ________ of holding a book, reading a book, and buying a book.

Though many books I ________ may haven’t been read, nothing can stop me from buying them. ________, with many books around me, there will always be an opportunity (机会) for me to pick up a book ________, and it takes me back to ________ times.

10 . In an inspiring series of events over six years, a remarkable woman has turned up as the guardian angel for one family. She ______ a man from a life-threatening situation and later saved his daughter’s life.

Six years ago, Kristi Hadfield was a nurse who saved John Cunningham’s life when he was ______ a heart attack. “At the time I ______ being in the back of the ambulance and I was like, ‘Not today John, not today,’” Hadfield recalled. She performed chest compressions (按压) until they ______ the hospital. ______ , doctors were able to get him back.

Hadfield stayed in ______ with Cunningham through social media, as she often does with ______ patients. She also became Internet friends with his daughter, Molly Jones, after Jones sent her a friend ______ on the Internet. On July7, Jones ______ on the Internet that she was officially on the kidney transplant (肾移植) list. She was ill with advanced kidney disease. Although she found it hard to ask for help, she wanted to see if anyone would ______ donating.

“And when I posted it, I got a(n) ______ from Kristi,” Jones said. Hadfield messaged Jones and said, “Hey, I’ve got your kidney here.” Hadfield was eventually cleared to be a kidney ______ and the two women met for the first time. And on December 27, the operation finally ______ . The operation went as planned and was ______ . “It was amazing. Kristi gave me back my ______ ,” Jones said.