2 . Four years ago Rita Gaviola was a beggar in a small Philippine town. Now she works as a fashion _________, starring on TV shows and _______ many Instagram (照片墙) followers. It all started with a (n)_______ photo.

Back in 2016, she was _________on the streets of Lucban. Her father was a garbage collector and her mother a housewife. The family _________ managed to put food on the table, so Rita often went out to ask for _______ or food donations.

One day a photographer Topher Burgos happened to be attracted by her_______beauty. He changed the girl’s _________ completely by posting the photos of her on the Internet, which was done with a single _______ click of the ‘upload’ button.

One of the photos became a hit immediately, with people praising her ________ of nature. She was nicknamed “Badjao Girl” and __________ several Filipino beauty queens, who did their best to help the girl __________. Then she began to model for various clothing brands and________ small roles in TV series. All the hype (炒作) around Badjao Girl also helped her________ an online audience, including________from abroad, some of whom helped her family financially. In 2018, Rita __________ a YouTube video showcasing (展现) her family’s new house and thanking a loyal US fan for __________ the construction.

Even though the hype has__________ , she remains very popular on Filipino social media through her own efforts. Rita is seen as proof that Cinderella-like (灰姑娘般的) stories are__________ in real-life. In Rita’s case, all it took was a photo and her__________ in the right place, at the right time.

3 . This is my driver Jacob. He was sent to _______ me up and take me to where I’ll be working.

He _______ with me that since the pandemic he had had to change _______ and was currently spending six days a week away from his family in a town that had more work. He _______ the name of his hometown Nah Bok and shared that he had to spend five hours on his _______ day off on the three different buses to get there and back to spend one day with them.

My father had _______ away when I was young. Sometimes away for weeks and months at a time. I _______ us kids waiting for our turn to have just a couple of minutes on the _______ with him. So two hours into our drive when I saw a _______ saying Nah Bok I asked him if that was where his family ________. He said yes and it was about 5 miles down the road. I said why didn’t we ________ and say hello. He looked at me like I was ________ or joking and I said again.

As we ________ his wife was chatting on the side of the road with his mother. All of the children came out. They were so ________ to see him.

Be kind. Slow down and listen to people’s stories. Take the time to give somebody else a ________ even if it’s just your time.

4 . As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to ________ a little pocket money.

One day I ________ on the door of an elderly woman and asked ________ she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in ________ and I showed her my worn ________, which no longer kept me warm. She ________ me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be ________ now.” She then ________ a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a ________ job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to ________ new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to ________ me with your report card and I will ________ you when I see you have worked hard and have some good ________. Now reach our your little hands and take out as much ________ as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and ________ so much money that it was ________ for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she ________. She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I ________ her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighbourhood. I will never forget the huge ________ this wonderful lady made over my life with her ________. This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

6 . An old woman had lost her eyesight completely, so she went to a _________ to help her see again and made a bargain with him; if he could cure her, he would be paid well. But if he couldn’t, she would not pay him anything.

The doctor had a(an) _________ ointment (药膏). When it was put on the eyes for a period of time, it restored the eyesight of anyone who was sightless.

The doctor began to _________ his patient daily. But knowing that she couldn’t see, he started _________ the valuables in her house. When there was nothing left, he decided to cure her and _________ his payment.

When the woman recovered her eyesight, she saw that her valuables had gone and _________ the doctor was the thief. So, saying that she was _________   cured, she refused to pay him. The doctor was _________ and he insisted on his fees. But the old woman refused and the two went to the _________.

The judge asked the old woman ____________ she refused to pay the doctor. She said, “I did ____________ to give him the money if I recovered my eyesight. However, if I remained blind, I was to give him ____________. Now he ____________ that he has cured me, but I am ____________ blind.”

Everyone there looked at her ____________ . “ How can you say that? Everyone can see that your eyesight has been restored,” said the judge ____________.

The old woman replied, “ I ____________ can’t see. Before I ____________ my eyesight, I had seen many valuable things in my house. But now, I am not able to see a thing of ____________ in it.”

The judge ____________ that she was indeed blind and let her go.

7 . Careers in science are generally believed to be too complex for students who aren’t talented or clever enough, but Seott Kelly, commander of the International Space Station, would prove it’s _________.

As a kid, he was _________ and uninterested in science and all other _________ as well. He couldn’t _________ what the teachers were saying, spending most of his time in school _________. Therefore, he earned terrible _________ and barely graduated from high school, and he even thought he would never _________ his dreams.

That all _________ when he picked up and read The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe’s classic account of the pioneering Americans who first explored space. _________ at last, he was determined to be an astronaut which meant doing well in science classes. So that day, he __________ his mind to do well in it.

After so many years of daydreaming, it wouldn’t be __________. But he started thinking about it like a game. The more he __________ his study skills, the more he __________ and the better he got. __________, it became a(n) __________ with himself to see how good he could get. No one was more surprised than him when a __________ daydreamer started getting straight A’s in science, which is __________ to be an astronaut.

So we need to stop __________ the statement that science is just too hard. If you’re students who have been told “you are not a science person” or “your brain doesn’t think that way”, just __________ the comments! Everyone who wants to can learn this stuff— they just have to be __________ to do the work.

8 . On August 26,2021, New York City was struck by a terrible rainstorm. The rain caused the streets to _______ and the subway system almost came to a stop.                 

Unfortunately, this happened during the _______ rush hour. Many people who were going to work were _______ to go home. Some battled to _______ a taxi or to get on a bus. Still others faced the _______ bravely, walking miles to get to work.

I _______ to be one of people on the way to work that morning. I went from subway line to subway line _______ to find that most service had stopped. After making my way _______ crowds of people, I finally found a subway line that was _______. Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to board the subway ________I could not even get down the stairs to the platform. So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train ________my stop. Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain. When I finally got to my office, I was ________ through, exhausted and ________.

My co-workers and I spent most of the day drying off. When it was 5:00 pm, I was ready to go home. I was about to turn off my computer ________ I received an email from Garth, my director:

I would like to thank __________of you who made the effort and eventually reported to work. It is always reassuring (令人欣慰), at times like these , when employees so clearly show their ________ to their jobs. Thank you.

Garth’ s email was short, but I learned more from that ________ message than I ever did from a textbook. The email taught me that a few words of ________ can make a big difference. The rainstorm and the traffic ________had made me tired and upset, but Garth’s words immediately ________ me and put a smile back on my face.