1 . One day, a girl came upon a cocoon, and she could tell that a butterfly was trying to ______. She waited and watched the butterfly struggle for hours to ______ itself from the tiny hole. ______, the butterfly stopped moving, it seemed to be ______. The girl then decided to help get the butterfly out and with a pair of scissors cut open the cocoon. The butterfly was then ______ able to escape. However, its body was swollen and its wings were ______.

The girl still thought she had done the butterfly a ______ as she sat there waiting for its wings to grow in order to protect its body. That wasn’t happening. The butterfly was unable to fly, and for the rest of its life, it could only move by crawling around with little wings and a ______ body. Despite the girl’s good intentions, she didn’t understand that the ______ of the butterfly’s cocoon and the struggle the butterfly had to ______ in order to escape served an important purpose. As butterflies ______ from tight cocoons and stretch wings out, it forces liquid from their body into their wings to prepare them to be able to fly.

The ______ that we face in life help us grow and get stronger. There is often a reason behind the requirement of being ______ and persistent. When bearing difficult times, we will develop the necessary ______ that we’ll need in the future. Without having any struggles, we won’t grow, which means it’s very important to ______ personal challenges ourselves rather than relying on other people to always help us.

4 . Lee Chong Wei, the 38-year-old Malaysian badminton legend, praised Lin Dan as the greatest badminton player ever in a recent Facebook Live Session (实况转播) on April 16. When he was ________ “who is the greatest badminton player of all time ” by Malaysia’s former Deputy Sports Minister Steven Sim during a recent Facebook Live session, Lee _______ , “You have to say it’s Lin Dan. He’s a legend. His ______ speak for themselves. We have to show our admiration for him.”

Lin Dan was born in Longyan, Fuijian on October 14, 1983. He began to play badminton at the age of five. He entered the ________ school of Fujian in 1992 and joined the _____ team in 2000 to play badminton for China. Li Chong Wei was born in Malaysia on October 21,1982, the ________ of whose ancestors (祖先) is Fujian.

The two badminton titans (巨人) treat each other as powerful rivals (对手) on the court, but are __________ off the court. They met in 2000 and __________ each other for the first time in the Thomas Cup Badminton Asia Preliminaries in 2004.Between their 40 matches from 2004 to2018,Lin has walked away triumphant (胜利的) 28 times, __________ Lee beat the difficulties and __________ 12 times.

Throughout the years, fans have __________ their friendly post—match hugs. Their mutual (互相的) encouragement has been an inspirational __________ of sportsmanship. ____that, Lee even attended Lin’s wedding in 2012.

The two-decade long friendship has been such a _________ example of cross—cultural exchange that Lee was even _________ with the China—Malaysia Star of Friendship award.

6 . It’s been nearly seven years since a group of volunteers from a nonprofit organization What Cheer Flower Farm broke ground at a flower farm in Providence, Rhode Island. They only have one simple _________: to get flowers into the hands of anyone _________ a pick-me-up. Best of all, each one of the tens of thousands of flowers that What Cheer Flower Farm grows and _________ are completely free of charge. “We want to _________ the state with flowers and create happiness and joy,” says Erin Achenbach, What Cheer Flower Farm’s head florist.

What Cheer Flower Farm _________ brings blooming joy to people at local hospitals, food banks, senior centers, recovery centers and more—including AIDS Care Ocean State. “Seeing the _________ on people’s faces who weren’t _________ it—they just came in to inquire about the programs—is pleasant,” says Stephen Hogan Jr. from AIDS Care Ocean State.

Located in Providence’s rusted (锈迹斑斑的)_________ Olneyville neighborhood, What Cheer Flower Farm’s flower beds lie on 2.7 acres that once _________ a knife factory. In May, the organization was __________ a record-high $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for its continued revitalization (振兴) of a brownfield site, a __________ land because of industrial pollution.

“Not only do we revive this space, which was quite literally __________,” says Achenbach, “but also this is an eco-landing spot with the ability to __________ local insects and birds. That’ll have a win-win outcome:__________ people’s lives and supporting the local ecosystem.” What cheer, indeed! “What’s good about flowers is that they don’t need anything else. People’s only job is to __________ them when someone gives them flowers.”

8 . Gurnah, growing up in Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Tanzania, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.

He is the first Black writer _________ the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993, and some observers saw his _________ as a long delayed corrective (矫正)after years of European and American Nobel laureates (获得者). In his 10 novels, Gurnah has often explored the _________ of exile(流放), identity and belonging. They _________“Memory of Departure” “Pilgrims Way” and “Dottie,” which all deal with the immigrant(移民)experience in Britain.

Gurnah’s first language is Swahili, but he _________ English as his literary language. He drew on the imagery and stories from the Quran, _________ from Arabic and Persian poetry, particularly “The Arabian Nights.” The news of Gumah’s Nobel _________ by fellow novelists and academics who have long argued that his _________ deserve a wider audience.

Gurnah was born in Zanzibar, which is now _________ of Tanzania, in 1948. Then, in 1964, he fled to England. __________ , poor, homesick, he began to write scraps(片段)in his diary, then __________ entries, then stories about other people. In his 20s, he started __________ fiction. Then he finished his first novel, “Memory of Departure,” about a young man who flees a failed uprising, at the same time he was writing his Ph. D. dissertation(论文). __________, he became a professor of English.

Though Gurnah hasn’t lived in Tanzania since he was a __________, his homeland always inspires him of his imagination. __________, he said “my homeland always asserts myself in my imagination, even when I deliberately try to set my stories elsewhere”.

9 . Last year, I started the journey of being a remote product designer. The thought of a ________ schedule, a comfortable home office, and the escape from the crowded public transport was incredibly ________. The first few weeks were filled with a long-lost feeling of ________.

However, the ________ of working from home gradually set in. I had started my day with the best intentions, promising myself quick breaks and regular ________. But deadlines, endless emails, and virtual meetings ________ me to my computer throughout the day, leaving me little time to ________. Gone were the short walks to a colleague’s desk and the quick lunchtime walks around the office complex. Finally, my world was ________ to the walls of my home, my steps ________ in mere meters rather than kilometers.

One day, I tried ________ one of my favorite dresses and it wasn’t passing through my waist at all. Glancing at myself in the mirror, I saw a ________ person carrying extra weight, rather than someone enjoying freedom. The ________ of work and personal life had left me feeling like I was a never ending motion machine.

This incident marked the ________ of a journey of self-discovery. I made up my mind that I needed a(n) ________ not just for my waistline but for my overall well-being. It was a promise to prioritize my physical and mental health, and a commitment that I could ________ control over my life and my body.