1 . Going to the Olympics wasn’t happening smoothly as I’d expected. I went to Greece as an alternate, but it was a ________experience-watching my teammates ________ together and compete day after day. I was part of the team, yet it was clear that I wasn’t   ________one of them. I never had a chance to compete. Still, I was proud of my identity. A reporter asked me how I felt about being________ as an alternate. I answered, “There is no event that can defeat my sense of inner ________.”

After I returned, I soon ________ myself. My coach even said it was as if I had   ________ on; he could see the light ________in me. In the gym, working on my training plans, I ________to my dream of being an Olympian, and from then on, I spent 24 hours a day________to this goal.

I________it to the 2008 Olympic tryouts in Philly, and sailed right through them. When the decision day finally came when the president of USA Gymnastics________ team members competing for Beijing Olympics, I was very, very confident. The second my name was heard, with a ________, I fell to my knees. Then, smiling and crying at the same time, I ________ up and hugged my coach. I hugged everyone. I was   ________   and inside I was grateful for the ________ and hardship I ever met with.

The greatest thing I got from those years is that once I find a(n)________, it’s a matter of grasping that dream with________ confidence and unwavering (坚定不移的) ________. And then let the dream ________me!

2 . A boy who set up his own charity as he battled against a deadly brain tumour (脑瘤) at seven is terminally ill.

Mason Fountain, 11, was supported by a whole host of high-profile TV, showbiz (演艺界) and sports stars when he ________ Mason's Magic in 2012 to help other children who also had ________diseases. But the inspirational boy who have won the nation's hearts is tragically losing his heroic ________for life and is suffering ________ seizures (发作) after the last radical treatment in America has ________ .

Mason's parents, Shelley, 33, and Kevin, 41, broke the heartbreaking blow to his 5, 000 ________ on Mason's Magic popular Facebook page. They're going to use the last of the cash they ________ for their beloved son to hold a huge party for Mason's ________ at London's world-famous Hamleys Toy Shop on October 2 because he will be eleven in October this year.

Shelley and Kevin have ________ 75 other children who are also ________ brain tumours from across the UK to attend the party.

________ , football-mad Mason, a huge Ipswich Town fan, began to be ________ by frequent seizures. And the ________had been unsuccessful in ________ or reducing the tumour. Throughout his illness he's shown great ________ and selflessness as he was ________ to help other children fight serious ________ problems. Mason started Mason's Magic to convey good ________ to other children living with brain tumours and their families.

Mason's cause has received over £ 20, 000, provided satisfactions for wishes such as family holidays, days out and iPads, and ________ more than 150 under-pressure families. More than 2,000 people followed the ________on Twitter in the two days after its launch.