1 . Chusovitina retired from her legendary career after competing at a record eighth Olympic Games. After failing to ________ a spot in Sunday’s vault final, the 46-year-old, representing Uzbekistan, waved goodbye to the small ________.

Born in Uzbek capital Tashkent in 1976, Chusovitina ________ gymnastics at age 7. She made her first Olympic ________ at the 1992 Barcelona Games. She then ________ Uzbekistan, later competed for German, but ________ back to Uzbekistan in 2013.

When Chusovitina’s 3 - year - old son was ________ with leukemia in 2002, she sold her ________ and used any prize money earned to pay for his medical ________. Her switch to German ________ was motivated by the promise of a higher income and better ________ care. After her son’s recovery, Chusovitina continued to compete, but this time it was her love of ________ that kept her going. “There is no ________. I just love gymnastics and no one ever ________ me to compete. I do so with ________,” she said.

In a sport renowned for its ________ champions, Chusovitina has become a global fan ________ thanks to her persistence. She was selected into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, and was ________ the Best Athlete of the Decade (2011-2020) in a public vote. She   has ________ 11 medals at major global championships and has five eponymous (以主角/创作者命名的) gymnastics ________ to her name. She’s a legendary athlete, a great mother.

2 . Austrian biologist Johannes Fritz has dedicated his career to helping northern bald ibises (鹮). This rare species of bird was _________ in the wild 50 years ago; however, through careful _________, he’s been able to “rewild” 277 ibises in his home country. To ensure that they survive the _________ of the winter, Fritz even _________ young birds a new migration path from Austria to _________ with the help of a flying machine.

Fritz guided the first group of ibises in 2004. _________, that path has already been affected by climate change. After noticing that three _________ failed to make the trip, he and his team _________ the birds and drove them where they needed to go. This was only a/an _________ solution, of course. Soon afterward, Fritz was designing a new __________ for the ibises which would help them __________ the dangers of the Alps.

Using a three-wheeled vehicle, Fritz __________ with the birds. He taught them a new migration path that __________ about 2, 5000 miles, which is about three times __________ than the old route. Rather than go to Italy, the ibises now ________ to Spain’s southern Atlantic coast. It takes Fritz and the birds six weeks to make a __________ trip.

Some may wonder how Fritz is able to teach the birds in his flying machine, and why the ibises __________ to follow him. The answer is quite __________. Fritz and the Waldrapp team have taken care of the birds their whole lives — __________ them and supporting them. So they __________ follow him, despite not knowing their new destination.

3 . On December 26, 2004, a 10-minute-long earthquake with a 9.3 magnitude took place in the Indian Ocean. This earthquake, which is the third _______ ever recorded in history, caused powerful tsunamis (海啸) that reached many countries’ _______. About 230,000 people were _______ by the disaster. Hundreds of thousands of others were injured _______ disappeared. One of them is a little _______ named Wati.

The tsunami _______ her hometown of Aceh when she was only 3 years old. Like so many others, the huge waves separated her from her family, and she was _______ to an unknown town. After days of _______, her family eventually gave up and thought she had _______.

However, Wati had been ________ by a stranger who found her on the street after the tsunami. The stranger had tried to find her family, but Wati could not ________ the names of her parents and only knew that she had a grandfather named Ibraham.

________ later, a taxi driver who heard Wati’s story happened to know an old man with that name in a nearby town and decided to take her to him. Although the old man did not ________ her at first, he took Wati to see his ________.

“When I saw my mother, I knew it was her,” said the 15-year-old Wati. “I just knew.”

The parents recognized their daughter ________ because of the birthmark on the body.

4 . It was the first time Moham went to a restaurant in his new neighborhood. He looked up at the menu board, and ________ how he could understand what all of these strange names meant. Moham decided that he would ________ ask the waitress for ice cream in a cup. She smiled brightly, wrote down his ________ and disappeared behind the big glass display case (陈列柜). A moment later, she came back with a tall paper cup. ________ it was a long straw (吸管) and some kind of drink. Moham, quite ________, took the cup and thanked her, thinking about the possibility that he had used wrong words.

“It’s the soda you ordered,” ________ said, “an ice cream drink in a cup”.

He smiled at the waitress, pointed at one of the ________ in the display case, and said, “That one, please," which seemed to ________ better.

Moham took the cake and his unexpected soda to a table and sat down to eat. Why was it that English had been so ________ for him in his classes in Tunisia, but when it came to ________speaking, he couldn’t even get what he wanted to eat?

Just then, a girl, who sat at the next table and had watched the whole ________, smiled at him and said, “Hey, welcome to our beautiful city! Don’t feel ________ about your English-you’ll get better at it ________ you’ve lived here for a while. I’m from Spain, and the first time I tried to order a salad here, I ________ with a plate of pig’s feet. At least you got a soda!”

Hearing this, Moham felt much better. He wasn’t the only one ________ to communicate, and his new city began to feel just a little more like he could call it home.

5 . At 20 years old, I was a confident and handsome student at the University of California at Berkey.

But that year, I ________ a bump (肿块) in my right nostril (鼻孔), and when it didn’t go away, I made an ________ with a doctor. It turned out to be a tumor (肿瘤). Then I underwent surgery. Fortunately, the procedure was ________, and I returned to classes soon.

But six months later, a new bump appeared. Numerous ________ confirmed it had reproduced a horrible, life—threatening tumor. I was advised to have another operation and ________ that I might lose part of my nose. I was too young to think about death then, but the thought of disfigurement (毁容) made me feel ________.

I awoke from the surgery with a scarred, disfigured face. As I re-entered the real world, I noticed adults ________ and children pointing—and sometimes laughing—at me. The occasional and ________ negative reactions from my friends also hurt me. My self-respect sank increasingly lower, and I constantly asked others, “Do my looks ________ you?”

Five years and 20 reconstructive surgeries later, I ________ a man receiving treatment. After hearing my question, he criticized me. My problem, he ________ me, was not my physical appearance, but my emotional insecurity. His ________ helped me realize my mental scars were far more disfiguring than my physical ones.

I began examining myself from the inside out. Later, I volunteered at a cancer support organization to offer inspiration and hope to those ________ cancer

Now, I am ________ for who I am—a much stronger person than before. To you, I offer this message: Avoid making judgements about people at ________.

6 . At 7:01 A.M., my twin daughters, Natasha and Ariel, were scheduled to begin third grade at Chengdu Experimental Primary School.

For my wife, Leslie, and me, getting our daughters into Chengdu Experimental had been a long and mysterious _________. In the spring of 2018, we had travelled from our home in Colorado to Chengdu in order to visit schools. We’d come away with a good _________ of Chengdu Experimental, which is considered to be perhaps the best public primary school in the city. But officials were uncertain about _________ Ariel and Natasha. The school had no recent _________ of educating foreigners, and if the twins were to attend, they would be the only Westerners in a student body of about two thousand.

At 4:30 P.M., I waited alone in front of the gate. When Class Six _________ out of the schoolyard, Teacher Zhang walked at the front of a neat line of children, and Ariel and Natasha were at the end. The twins held it together until they reached me.

‘‘I feel so stupid!” Ariel said. She burst into tears, pressing against my side. “We didn’t understand anything!” Her sister was also _________: “I don’t want to go back!” A few parents looked _________ in my direction, and Teacher Zhang hurried over. She was middle-aged, with large, alert eyes and a gentle _________. “I think that it was difficult for them,” she said. I thanked her for her _________, and I said that we would continue to work on Mandarin at home. I waited for Ariel and Natasha to __________ before we walked to the subway station.

In order to become proper Chinese third graders, Natasha and Ariel needed to memorize a total of sixteen hundred __________. They started with ten a day. Leslie organized our system of home study, and every afternoon, when the twins returned from school, she __________ them a new stack of flash cards. For each set of ten, we quizzed them twice: first on __________, then on writing. The flash cards outlined the correct stroke (笔画) order, and the twins wrote the characters over and over in dozens of cheap brown exercise books that lay scattered like autumn leaves around the apartment.

Luckily enough, it was amazing how quickly my twins were becoming members of the school’s system. At the end of the first week, a school rally __________ Chengdu International Poetry Week. I saw that Natasha and Ariel had been __________ in the front row, waving their arms and smiling.

7 . Thanksgiving was just around the corner. The menu(菜谱)had been set. The shopping list was made _________ seemed perfect. I could taste turkey and mashed potatoes(火鸡和土豆泥). Pictures of different pies, fruit and vegetables came into my mind. I couldn’t _________!

The day before thanksgiving my dad called a family meeting. He said we needed to practice being _________. “we are going to _________ at a homeless shelter(收容所)on Thanksgiving day.” I couldn’t believe this was happening. So we wouldn’t cook our own thanksgiving dinner? The holiday wouldn’t be the same. I thought the day would be ruined(糟蹋).

The next morning, we got up _________. I followed my father to the shelter with my sleepy eyes. I had no great expectations(期待)and felt _________ all the way. As soon as we arrived, we got to work. There was no much to be done. But all I could think about was the dinner I couldn’t enjoy.

However, those thoughts soon _________. Over the next few hours, I watched hundreds of people come through the shelter. For some, this was the only hot meal they would eat that week. For others, it was the first time to eat a Thanksgiving meal. The shelter was filled with _________.

Through this experience , I learned that Thanksgiving is a time to think about your blessing(祝福)and look for ways to bless others. When I gave up what I had wanted, I discovered how much I have. It is much better to _________ than to receive. In the end, that Thanksgiving became an __________ experience.

8 . Send Your Best Wishes

Last summer, a big flood hit Henan Province hard. Some people_______or went missing in this terrible disaster. People from all_______China came to help Henan, including some people I know.

My mother told me that her hairdresser, Mr. Zhang was_______to close his shop for one month. He was going to Zhengzhou to help _______the rescue (救援)work. Mr. Li has a restaurant in my neighborhood. He was also going to Henan _______out. What they did really moved me.

But unlike them, some people did_______but complain online. They said bad things about the local government, the rescue work and many other things.

I don’t think they did the right thing during disasters, pointing fingers (指责)won’t help_______. It’ll just cause fear and worry. Saving lives is _______

I think we _______learn from Mr. Zhang and Mr. Li for the positive energy they brought. I wrote some positive things________and sent my best wishes to Henan. Helping others is the best way to help ourselves.

9 . In the small-town of Meadowville, where the sun painted golden colors on rolling hills, lived Lily, an ordinary girl with an________ heart. Lily’s best friend was Lucas, a stray (走失的) puppy she________ near the meadow.

Every day after school, Lily and Lucas explored the town, making________ adventures. Their laughter________ through the streets, drawing smiles from everyone they encountered. However, Lily noticed Lucas growing________ each day.

A visit to the________ brought a diagnosis Lucas had a rare illness, and the cure was beyond Lily’s ________. Determined to help her furry friend, Lily initiated a________ campaign. She crafted handmade posters, organized bake sales, and even ________ a small booth in the town square.

Word ________ like wildfire, and the townspeople supported Lily’s cause. Children donated their pocket money, neighbors contributed________ goods, and the once divided town________ for a common purpose. The community’s warmth ________ Lily like a comforting embrace. With tears in her eyes, Lily counted the ________, realizing that the love and support________ her wildest dreams. The town’s generosity made it ________ for Lucas to undergo the necessary treatment.

________ Lucas regained his strength, Lily felt a profound sense of________ for the kindness that surrounded her. The experience transformed not just her, but the entire_________.The once stray puppy became a symbol of hope, teaching the people of Meadowville that________ could heal wounds and unit hearts.

10 . Einstein took a job as a clerk in the Swiss patent office. While working there, out of a strong ______ for knowledge, he continued to study, ______ a doctorate in physics in 1905. That same year, which was later ______ as a miracle year in science, he ______ four extraordinary physics papers. Following this, he gradually became famous ______ the world as the new Isaac Newton. After four years, he was able to ______ his job at the patent office and enter ______ full-time at a university. In 1922, he was ______ the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his ______ of the photoelectric effect.

Circumstances ______ in 1933, when Hitler came to power in Germany. Einstein, who was Jewish, found the doors of ______ institutions closed to him. ______, he had to flee Germany. After spending time in Europe, he finally ______ a job at the institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, USA. ______ that, he continued to make great ______ in physics and mathematics.