2 . Here is a story about social media bringing people together. 56-year-old Lucy Shepherd was _______ as an infant (婴儿) in the early 1960s. When she turned 18, Lucy _______ to look for her birth parents. She managed to find her mother ten years later. However, finding her father proved to be more _______.

About her father, Lucy knew few _______ and was only told by a social worker that he was an electrician named Jonah Larson. She tried to find him out but with little information she _______ — until decades later when she saw the _______ appear on the “Suggested Friends” list of the social media site Facebook. After looking through his online profile (简介), she realized she might be indeed _______ her father.

The pair then _______ for several weeks before meeting for the first time last week — and they both said it was like they “have _______ each other their whole lives”.

“It’s ________. I live in Kentucky and she lives 350 miles (about 563 km) away in Cornwall. And we had been ________ for nearly 56 years. The chances of actually ________ were so slim.” said Jonah. The ________ took place in Dorset, roughly halfway between Cornwall and Kentucky. When they first spotted (看见) each other, the father opened his ________ and gave Lucy a big hug. “I love you!” said Jonah, looking straight into her eyes, and they hugged ________.

“Now there is someone else like me, loving me for me. I’m incredibly blessed to find him.” said Lucy excitedly.

3 . Felicia Grimmenhag of Sweden doesn’t let anything get in her way — even a life-changing injury. After surviving a serious car accident, Felicia had to _________ getting around in a wheelchair. But it didn’t stop her from _________ her dream as a champion horseback rider and Paralympic (残奥会) hopeful.

Felicia was 17 when she was _________ by a car while riding her motorbike. Despite being legally dead for 15 minutes, she _________ pulled through. When she finally _________ three days later, she discovered her legs had disappeared. While this new reality would be a(n) _________ pill for anyone to take, Felicia focused all her energy on getting back on the horse! She’d _________ as a little girl and decided to try again. And shockingly, about 10 weeks after the _________, she was riding once again! “Horses have meant a lot to me, both _________ and also physically,” she told Great Big Story. “When I sit on a horse, I don’t feel like the __________ Felicia, but the horse-riding Felicia.”

Felicia has since taken part in competitions around the world, proving she doesn’t need __________ to win. In 2020, the 25-year-old won the silver at the Swedish Championships. Now she __________ to compete at the Paralympics! “What I have learned from all this is that you should dare to __________ yourself, and remember that it’s only you who sets your own __________,” she said.

It’s true that when you want something, all you need is the __________ and drive to achieve it.

6 . When the bell rang on the last day of school, Susanna cheered along with her classmates. School was over, and summer was beginning!

Some students were ________ to go to summer camp while others were just happy to stay at home and rest. However, summertime for Susanna ________ only one thing: the cottage.

On sunny days at the cottage, there was so much ________ ! The sunshine made the lake shine like a diamond. The gentle wind ________ the leaves on the trees, sounding like a waterfall. Susanna was ________ to go swimming with her parents in the clear lake on the hottest days. She also liked rowing herself on a paddle board (浆板), ________ she often fell off it!

On ________ days, the family would stay indoors, watching movies or ________ challenging jigsaw puzzles. At night they would do some ________ , embracing (拥抱) the wonder of literature while listening to the sounds of the rain falling on the roof.

Susanna loved the way her whole family spent the summer there. However, the ________ was her cousins’ visit. They would light a campfire at night, singing and dancing to music outdoors. Once inside, ________ themselves under blankets, Susanna and her cousins would tell ________ and laugh to tears until the adults found them and told them to be quiet. ________ , they would fall asleep, one by one, until only Susanna remained ________ . She would fall asleep to the gentle snores of exhausted children, wishing that summer at the cottage would never ________.

8 . Students at an elementary school in California, with the help of their art teacher, created a telephone hotline that people can call to get _________ advice from kids during difficult times. In just days, the hotline began getting thousands of calls an hour.

Jessica Martin, who teaches art at West Side School in Healdsburg, California, _________ her students just might have the magic words needed to bring _________ to people in these difficult times. “To hear the pure _________ from kids is extremely comforting,” she says.

The project was called “PepToc”. Actually, they called it “Pep Talk” (鼓励话语) first.. But when Ms. Martin’s 6-year-old son drew an advertisement for the hotline and _________ it “PepToc”, they _________ they liked that even better.

The hotline is _________ in English and Spanish. It offers the happy voices of _________ of different ages sharing positive messages. For example, by pressing 3, you can _________ a group of kindergartners saying together, “You can do it! Keep trying! Don’t give up!” Pressing 4 __________ the sounds of children giggling and laughing—a sound certain to bring a __________ to anyone’s face. Pressing 1 __________ ideas for people who are “feeling mad, frustrated, or __________ ” Helpful suggestions include “punch your pillow”, or “go get a cookie”. Pressing2 results in “words of __________ and life advice”. This includes messages like “The __________ is a better place with you in it.”

10 . I was born in the slums (贫民窟). _________, my father didn’t let me attend school. I was always jealous (羡慕的) when my brother went to _________ each day. So, one day, I _________ him and hid under the teacher’s desk. She noticed me and sent me home. She _________ my father to put me in school. Much to my pleasure, my father agreed.

I loved learning, and I _________ moved to the top of my class. When I graduated from high school, I wanted to become an engineer. My father _________ me to attend university, but he said as a girl I should study food science instead. My first reaction was that food science was the _________ thing I wanted to study. After a childhood preparing meals for my family, there was nothing I hated more than _________. I went in for a food science program anyway, and I _________ that food science wasn’t so bad at all.

In the years that followed, I received a Ph.D. in food engineering. I worked with a company that wanted to __________ malnutrition (营养不良) in the slums. I __________ the ingredients (原料) in a traditional flatbread. I realized it was the most effective __________ to introduce more nutrition into the diet of __________ people, because it was the food eaten at every meal. My work has won many prizes.

In my life, I’ve faced many __________, but I didn’t let them hold me back. I hope others can take __________ from my story and realize that — though they may be facing challenges — they, too, can keep going and succeed.