2 . I grew up both a little frightened and excited by storms and tornadoes. Nearly 9 years ago, when the news reported that there would be _______ coming that night, I was well aware of the _______ of it.

While I was preparing for the storm, I heard the rumble（隆隆声）, saw power flashes and knew it was coming. After _______ the power for safety, I jumped into a bath that was right inside the door and closed the door and laid down and _______ my head and prayed for_______ and for my family.

My _______ was racing with a million thoughts, regrets, prayers, etc, but I still heard the storm_______ my house, then the sheetrock（石膏板）overhead _______ and it sounded like my roof lifted and came back down. I heard the _______ of nails being pulled out of wall, glass breaking, and then the most ________ sound I had ever heard.

I suddenly felt something ________ my head and everything went ________. When I opened my eyes again, I ________ blood on my wet head coming from a small________. I went out to check my car. I got blinded by a light as I exited the carport （车棚）. It was my neighborhood, coming to check on me. I stood there and tears poured down my face. Fortunately, we were________ that day.

5 . My mom loved to pass her wisdom to me: ”Nothing beats a good bite that bites back.” She was referring to her bitter-taste foods like dill pickles and rhubarb (大黄叶). But I was not a big fan.

Three years ago, I finally decided to ask if I could ________ out her rhubarb while weeding the garden. “________ not!” Mom gasped, throwing me a(n) ________ look. Clearly, I had underestimated her________ for it. However, as I continued ________, I thought about how rhubarb is one of the first to appear in spring. It ________ the snowy ground before the arrival of other plants. How can anyone fail to ________ it? When those first sprouts (嫩芽) appeared, Mom would count them like a ________ counting a newborn’s fingers and toes.

When I was a kid and my mom gave me that pie, it made me ________ to try. In my teens, it made me complain about the bitterness. Even ice cream or candies did not ________ the deal for my young taste buds (味蕾). Rhubarb was something to be ________ at all costs.

Then, last summer, I came across the ________ for her rhubarb pie in an old drawer. So I decided to give it a ________. A few attempts later, I served rhubarb pie to family and guests. All agreed, including me, that it tasted incredible.

Since then I’ve come to a ________ about rhubarb. Rhubarb’s taste may be lost on children, but adults can________ it. Like my wise mother, I now understand that “Nothing beats a good bite that bites back.”

7 . Now we are small, but when we grow up then we can teach our little brothers and sisters, the younger generation, to understand what is good and what is bad.

Shamima is from Bangladesh. She is seventeen years old. She ________ people living in her community about safe water.

Many people living near Shamima do not have ________ or latrines in their homes. They do not have a clean supply of drinking ________ And there is a lot of rubbish in the river where people ________ their water. Many people are sick in Shamima’s community because of the ________ water situation. But, Shamima plans to ________ that.

Shamima ________ many homes. She carries with her a simple set of directions and a ________ that she made herself. The picture has two sides. Shamima calls one side good and the other side bad. She shows people her picture and ______ what a healthy community looks like.

She makes sure each family is drinking ________ water from the well. She also teaches them ______ to make drinking water safe. She asks if they are using toilets or latrines. She tells them where to throw their ________ . And she teaches them the importance of washing their ________ before eating or preparing food. Shamima is ________ the bad water situation in her community.

“I am the one who has hands and feet and mind. And AIDS is only something that is inside my ________ . So it will try to rule the inside. But outside I will be the boss. I will be in control,” said Shamima.

8 . David was the type of guy who always decided everything that he was supposed to do. One day, something ______ happened to David.

After his 30th birthday, David went to see his ______ for a physical check-up.

A few days later, David ______ the phone call from his doctor. The doctor said. “We have found a cancerous tumor (肿瘤) in the back of your ______. Fortunately, it’s not too big, if we get it out as soon as possible, we don’t think there will be any further complications. However, it is a very dangerous procedure.” With ______ and fear in his voice, David says, “What kind of risks?” “Well, the tumor is very close to your brain stem, so if we make a wrong move, you could experience long-term brain ______, which would impair (损害) many different things, like the way you speak, the way you think, your ______. You may even forget the people who you love in your life.” ______ began falling down David’s face. “Do you want me to book it?” the doctor said. “I guess so,” David said.

It was now time for the surgery. David ______ there on the white medical bed in the operating room, waiting to be put to sleep… Fortunately, the surgery was a ______. He is now physically healthy.

This is how most people live their whole lives. They pick a career that they don’t really like. They ______ a partner that their friends or their family will tell them is a good one. They will choose a value ______ that social media or society tells them is a virtuous (道德高尚的) one.

Most people will be infected with the False Self ______ until the day they die. The only cure for this disease is that you have to ______ listening to other people who tell you how you should live your life. And then, once you do that, you have to become self-aware in order to ______ what type of life you want to live.

10 . Yuan Xin is a one-armed doctoral student from Wuhan University of Science and Technology. He touched many people with his _________ life story.

Yuan, who experienced a _________ in his childhood, is now a third-year doctoral student who has coded using only one hand for seven years, _________ more than 30 awards, including three patents.

He went from a freshman who had never touched a computer before attending university to a senior student in the lab, _________ his junior teammates on the path of scientific research as a team leader.

Yuan’s achievements did not come as a _________ to those who knew him. Yuan was well known as being the _________ one to enter a lab to do experiments, sometimes as early as five in the morning. During holidays, he would still be seen _________ at work.

He said _________, “Although I am slower than others, and there are always things that need completing, I often do overtime to manage them.”

“It’s hard to have such a high level of _________, even for students without __________ limitations,” said Yuan’s teacher.

At the age of 3, Yuan was hit by a truck while crossing the road. After five months of treatment, Yuan was __________ at the cost of his right arm.

By the time Yuan reached school age, his mother, who always believes “__________ can change the future”, __________ him to master writing with his left hand.

During an interview, Yuan said, “If I complain about my __________, then I can do nothing in life. There will always be people who __________ in life. Who says it can’t be me?”