2 . When Garrone entered the classroom this morning, the teacher had not yet _________. Three or four boys were _________ poor Crossi, who has a dead arm, and whose mother sells vegetables. They were _________ him with nut shells and were calling him a monster（怪物）.

And Crossi,alone on the end of the bench, gazed at them with begging eyes, so that they might leave him _________ .

But the others made fool of him _________ than ever, and then Crossi began to tremble with _________ . Suddenly, Franti, a classmate of Crossi _________ a bench, pretending that he was carrying a basket on each arm. He imitated the mother of Crossi, who used to wait for her son at the door. Many began to laugh even more loudly. Just then, Crossi lost his _________ ,and seizing an ink bottle, he threw it at Franti. But Franti dodged（躲避）, and the bottle struck the teacher, who entered at that moment. All flew to their seats and became silent with _________ . The teacher went to the __________ ,and said in a strict voice: “Who did it?” No one replied. Then Garrone took __________ on poor Crossi, rose abruptly and said __________ , “It was me.” The teacher looked at him, “It was not you.”

Crossi rose, weeping, “They were striking me and insulting me, and I lost my head, and threw it.” “Sit down,” said the teacher. “Let those who annoyed him rise.” Four rose and lowered their __________ . “You,” said the teacher, “have struck a weak person who could not defend himself. You have committed one of the most __________ acts.”

Then the teacher put his hand under Garonne’s chin（下巴）,as the latter stood with a drooping head. And the teacher looked at Garrone straight in the eye, and said, “You are a __________ soul.”

3 . Beatrice De Lavalette was just 17 years old when she was seriously injured in a terrorist attack in Belgium, losing both of her legs from the knee down.

The teen spent the next several months in intensive physical ________, working hard to ________ her mobility and independence. She ________ her family for supporting her and ________ her that life would go on during those dark days. Her beloved horse, DeeDee, was especially helpful in her ________.

________ in an equestrian (马术的) family, Beatrice started riding when she was just a kid, competing in dressage (盛装舞步) by the time she was 12. Even with both legs gone, she never ________ to her misfortune. ________, she was eager to get back to her “real life”, beginning the ________ task of relearning how to ride. ________ her muscle strength as well as her sense of ________ was gone, she had to be lifted up and held onto DeeDee by someone. Little by little, she successfully regained the strength to ride ________ assistance.

Her efforts paid off ________. In April 2017, Beatrice was able to return to competitions at a show. Now, six years after the accident that almost killed her, she was selected to ________ Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games!

“My being here shows that literally anything is ________,” she said. “I know it’s kind of the usual thing to say, but it’s true. Just go for it.”

4 . In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her ________ voice, the judges were not sure whether she spelled the right word. They talked it over and ________ decided to simply ask her what she had said. By then, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. Instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the ________ letter—so she lost the contest.

As the girl walked off the ________, the entire audience stood，clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this ________, even though it cost the girl the contest. But the fact is that she ________ the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.

Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get ________. This young girl could easily have ________ and nobody would have known it but herself. But it’s been said, “If you ________, you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was ________ enough to prize her own character more than the prize from a spelling contest. She knew the ________ she made in that moment will have a long-lasting influence in her future.

Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or ________ to the policeman? Should the ________ change received at the store be forgotten or ________ ? Nobody will know. But we have to live with ourselves, and it is always better to live with someone we ________.

5 . I don’t realize that I’ve been at college for nearly one and half year until now. Looking back into the last year, what shall I say? It was full of _______ and sadness. Life always goes like this, up and down. Now when I recall the past, no matter _______ I felt at that time, they are all treasures for me.

That was the moon festival last year, which was also the first time that we went out _______ we entered the college. It was said that the sea in San Diego was well-known and was also a wonderful place to watch the moon. After getting all the food and drinks ready, we four girls set off for the seaside. There were many people and we picked up a less _______ beach. At first, we enjoyed ourselves by drinking and eating. When the moon turned brighter, we played with the seawater. As a result, we were all _______ with water. Bathing in the moonlight, we ran and laughed. We seemed to land on another world, which was full of fresh air, _______ and love. The laughter is _______ echoing(回响)in my mind.

Life doesn’t stay the same, _______ having a particular taste. That is sadness. What _______ me deeply is a failure in a singing competition. It was the first time that I had given a ________ on such a large stage in front of so many people. I was so nervous that the whole song was performed out of ________. As you could imagine, I was greeted with boos(嘘，喝倒彩声)from the audience. I still remembered how gloomy I felt at that moment and I sat alone crying at the seaside. After that, I talked to mother about it. She told me that it was not a ________; at least, I was brave enough to show myself publicly.

Everything has passed. I’ve ________ them at the bottom of my heart. I am in the second grade already. Yet much needs me to ________. On the way, there’s both happiness and sadness. ________, I will go ahead just all the same.

6 . Once upon a time, there was a man who worked very hard just to keep food on the table for his family. A few days before Christmas, he _________ his five year-old daughter after _________ that she had used up the family’s only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper.

As money was tight, he became even angrier when on Christmas Eve he saw that she had used all of the gold paper to _________ one shoebox. He was also concerned about where she had gotten _________ to buy what was in the shoebox.

The next morning the little girl, _________ excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, “This is for you, Daddy!” Holding the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier behavior, _________ what he had done to her.

But when he _________ the shoebox, he found there was nothing. “Don’t you know, young lady,” he said _________, “when you give someone a _________, there’s supposed to be something inside the package!”

The little girl __________ him with sad tears rolling from her eyes and whispered, “Daddy, it’s not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was __________.” He fell on his knees and put his arms around the girl and begged her to __________ him for his unnecessary anger.

An accident took the girl’s life only a short time later. It is said that the father __________ this little gold box by his bed for all his life. Whenever he was __________ or faced difficult problems, he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and __________ his daughter’s love.

9 . There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school（寄宿学校）.Before being sent away, this boy was the _________ student in his class. He was at the top in every _________ , always with high marks.

But the boy changed after _________ home and attending the boarding school. His grades started _________ . He hated being in a group. He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he _________ committing suicide（自杀）. All of this was because he felt worthless and no one loved him.

His parents started _________ about the boy. But they even did not know what was _________ with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and talk with him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and _________ . After some time his dad said, "Do you know, son, why I am here today?"

The boy answered back, "To _________ my grades?"

"No, no," his dad replied. "I am here to tell you that you are the most __________ person for me. I want to see you __________ . I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE."

These words __________   the boy's eyes to be filled with tears. He __________ his dad. They didn't say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He __________ the whole world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him __________ !

10 . A friend of mine met with an accident driving in darkness. His legs were so hurt that he couldn’t move. What was the__________was that he found himself unable to ask for help—his mobile phone went out of work as a result of exhausted (用尽的) battery. Nothing could be done but__________in cold wilderness. It was 8 hours later that day broke, and then the__________of the rescue （救援队）.

It was almost_________ that he could stand the horror in the darkness for so long. Even more surprising was his explanation, “First of all I checked up my_______conditions and found myself not in deadly danger. As there was no________to call for help, I leaned back in my seat trying my best to keep the wound from bleeding. In this way I dozed (打盹) off.”

His story put an end to my regret for the failure of an exploration adventure that happened last year. A group of young men__________to explore a mountain cave and got lost. ________to find a way out in the dark cave, they were frightened and ran anxiously without a ________of direction. Finally, they fell dead in fear and exhaustion. According to the_________people that found them, the place where they got lost was only about 10 meters away from the_________of the cave. If they stayed on the spot when they lost their way and tried to________themselves, they would probably sense a faint light flashing not far away.

Don’t you think that you can compare it with__________itself? When you meet with difficulties in life, you are lost in darkness. Mind you that it’s unclear yet and you needn’t act_________ It seems to be a negative (消极的) attitude, _______   a person who can do so must have foresight （先见之明）as well as a great courage in the first place.