3 . Chinese netizens(网民）, who had to _______ indoors for days to combat（与......搏斗） the ongoing _______ of the novel coronavirus（新冠病毒）related pneumonia, began to _______ their wish lists of things they would do immediately after the epidemic（流行病）_______.

Among the 24,000 participants from all over the country, nearly half said they would love to meet their loved ones, and_______10,000 said they would go out shopping or go to a movie theater and eat hotpot, according to a popular online surveys under the topic "what you want to do most after the epidemic"_______ on Chinese Twitter-like platform Sina Weibo on Sunday.

"I really need to hit the gym. I have spent days at home doing _______ but eating and watching TV shows on the couch between sleeps," some vowed online. _______ also showed that many wanted simply to resume (重新开始) their old _______ ."I would love to go back to my university to work on my dissertation(专题论文）, to make sure I can ________ on time," wrote one. "I want to work and make money, so I can buy myself a house," wrote another.

The epidemic outbreak had ________ 304 lives as of Sunday morning. Under similar discussion ________ , many netizens made more profound reflections on life and   ________ in the aftermath（创伤）of the outbreak. "If we can ________ the disaster, let's remember not to devour（狼吞虎咽地吃）wild ________ . And if medical workers can save us from the disease, let's learn to respect their lives and to treat them with________," one netizen wrote. "Even after the disease, we should develop habits of washing hands properly and________, and of wearing masks in crowded________places," another________.

Some also said they would love to reschedule（重新安排）their family gathering for the Chinese New Year, as many who were fighting________ the epidemic in frontline areas had been unable to make it this year.

4 . Ida Nelson was enjoying herself in her sister's sauna (桑拿房) when she heard the long deep sound of a small airplane circling the nearby airport.

It was 11:30 at night in the remote ________, population 70, and, as she told the media later, “Any time a plane flies over that late, you know something is ________.”

Nelson and her sister rushed out of the sauna, ran to the window, and saw the ________: The airport's runway lights were ________.

Nelson ________some clothes, jumped into her car, and floored it to the airport, where she found a local pilot trying to turn on the ________by hand.

“________, if you push the button 10 or 15 times, the lights will just light up,”Nelson told the journalist. Not this time. Meanwhile, she and the pilot learned of the plane's ________mission: It was a medevac, there to transport a seriously ill local ________ to the nearest hospital, 280 miles away in the capital.

Nelson had a ________. Driving her car to the end of the runway, she shone the headlights of her car on the   ________ for the plane to follow. Great idea, but it wasn't ________. More light was needed, so a neighbor ________ nearly every home in the village —32 of them.

Within 15 minutes, 20 vehicles arrived at the airport, many of the ________still in pajamas (睡衣). Following directions from the medevac pilot, the cars ________on one side of the runway.

The medevac made its final approach and, ________by the headlights, landed safely. The young patient was loaded onto the aircraft, and the plane ________took off again. Her illness was never ________revealed, but she has since been released from the hospital.

In a world ________with uncertainty, the little community's positive activism was a big deal. Not so much for Nelson. As she said, in the village, ________ “is kind of a normal deal.”

5 . In my starting days of real-life practice, I took up a job in a direct sales firm as a door-to-door marketer. I ______ this job and the good pay pushed me to become the best at the door-to-door sales. The motto given to us by our CEO, Mr Jones sounds ______ —meet 200 people and then you’ll achieve 10 sales. But it’s not that simple to do. I _______ this every day. Most of the days, I just couldn’t meet 200 people and the ______ left short of my target. But whenever I did meet 200 people, I could achieve the target. So I realized the motto was truly ______ words.

There were so many people who slammed (砰地关上) their ______ in my face. The kids answered the door, shouting “Mom, another ______ is here”. Some scared me with their dogs. Some even ______ to call the police. Some called me a thief. _______, there were a minority of people who gave me the strength to ______ hour after hour, day after day.

I remember such a _______: One Sunday at the railway station I ______ to sell something to two positive customers. One of them even went to ATM to get _______ for me during the big rain. When I asked him not to _______, his reply made me even stronger. He said that when I could sell in the big rain then he could ______ in the rain to get the money to help me.

These experiences in my life made me a stronger person and made me ______ that no matter what happens in life, I can never give up _______. And that’s how I have been able to achieve a little success from being ______ to being somewhere. I’m the CEO of my own marketing company now.

The lesson I learnt from door-to-door sales is that good doors are ______ there, and we have to ______ several bad ones before reaching the good one. Keep going and you’ll reach your target.

6 . Life from birth to death is an unbroken chain of ever-increasing, unavoidable struggles. Struggles are a kind of _______ with which Nature forces humanity to develop, expand and progress. The education we _______ from the struggles we face is gradually increasing. We get it a little at a time from every _______ we encounter.

Face struggles and master them. _______ you will have the strength and wisdom for all your needs.

The strongest trees in the forest aren't those most _______. They are those that must struggle against the _______ conditions and other trees and overcome them to survive.

My grandfather was a wagon （四轮马车）maker. In _______ his land for crops, he always left a few oak trees standing in the open fields where they were _______ to the full force of the sun and strong winds. The trees that struggled against Nature were far stronger and _______ than the protected ones deep in the forest. It was timber （木材）from the trees which had struggled ________ he used for the wagon wheels, ________ fear that they would break, because they had struggled and grown strong enough to ________ the heaviest loads.

Struggles force us to move when we would otherwise stand ________. And they lead us eventually to the full realization that ________ comes only through struggles. ________ worthwhile in life is ever achieved without a struggle.

Once we understand the broad purpose of life, we are ________ to accept the circumstances that force us to struggle. ________, we accept struggles for what they are - ________, and it's so rewarding when you get inspirations from struggles to live your life to the ________ and a chance to enjoy the life which you are making so many ________ to get.

7 . Alice Moore , a teenager entrepreneur (创业者), who in May 2015 set up her business Ailie Candy. By the time she was 13, her _______ was worth millions of dollars with the _______of a super-sweet treat that could save kids’ teeth, instead of _______them.

It all _______with a bank visiting with her dad, where she was _______ a candy bar. But her dad _______ her that sugary treats were bad for her _______. Sick of missing out on candies, she desired to _______ the warning, “Why can’t I make a _______ candy that’s good for my teeth so that my parents can’t say no to it?” With that __________, Moore asked her dad if she could start her own candy company. He __________ that she do some research and talk to dentists about what a healthier candy would __________.

With her dad’s __________, she spent the next two years researching and conducting trials to get a tasty and tooth-friendly recipe . She also __________ dentists to learn more about teeth cleaning. __________, she succeeded in making a kind of candy only using __________sweeteners, which can reduce oral bacteria.

Moore then used her savings to get her business off the ground and successfully __________ her product — Can Candy to a supermarket owner.

Although she __________ her company early on in life, she wasn’t driven primarily by profit,Moore wants to use her unique __________to help others find their smiles. She donates 10% of Ailie Candy’s __________to Big Smiles. With her talent and determination, it appears that the sky could be the limit for Alice Moore.

8 . Anna was a 9-year-old girl from a small village. She _______primary school till 4th grade at her village. For the 5th grade on, she had to get a(n) _______to a school in a city nearby. She was very happy knowing that she was _______by a very famous school in a city.

Today was the first day of her school. Anna went to her _______after asking fellow students for _______. Upon seeing her _______clothing and knowing she is from a small village, other students started  _______her. Luckily, the teacher arrived in no _______. She asked everyone to keep _______. After that, the teacher__________Anna to the class. Then she told everyone to write down the 7 wonders of the world. When everyone except Anna had __________their answer paper, the teacher came and asked Anna, “What happened, dear?” Don’t  __________. Just write what you know as other students have __________learned about it.”

Anna replied, “I was thinking that there are so many things, and which I should __________to write?” When she handed in her answer paper, the teacher reading everyone’s answers and the majority (大多数) had answered it  __________.

The teacher was __________as the students had remembered what she had taught them. At last the teacher __________Anna’s answer paper and started reading. “The 7 Wonders are — To be able to see; To be able to hear; To be able to feel; To laugh; To think; To be kind; To love!”

The teacher stood __________and the whole class was speechless. Today, a girl from a small village __________us of the precious (珍贵的) gifts that God has given us, which is truly a  __________.

9 . During my lifetime, I’ve learnt something important: it’s good to learn new skills outside of your comfort zone. About seven years ago, I started learning how to paint as a_______. I was pretty terrible. Everything looked_______, and my colors were totally off. My friends and colleagues suggested that I stop_______my time on something I wasn’t good at. “_______on your day job,” they said. I kept at it — practicing, taking classes, finding the right_______who could guide me. I am now___________“good”. Today, the same friends say I was born with this_______.

The same thing_______when I started piano and singing lessons a couple of years ago. Comments shifted from, “Stop wasting your time and focus on what you know,” to “You’ve got a musical gene (基因).”

These_______originate from long-held beliefs that growth is usually not possible for adults. Even when there is evidence of learning, it can be__________to inborn talent.

Most scientific studies on adulthood focus on cognitive decline (认知下降), rather than__________, suggesting that even scientists may think that development is limited in adulthood. A few recent studies suggest that__________new skills, such as photography, for even three months may strengthen the functioning of the brain in adults.

I would take these studies one step further to argue that a(n)__________cause of cognitive decline is the fact that adults learn fewer new skills__________to children. If we can__________how to learn well as adults, then perhaps we can__________cognitive decline.

Adults are often__________ to go outside of their comfort zones. We fear looking__________for making mistakes; we fear failure could cost us our jobs. Perhaps a reason why we suffer from cognitive decline is that we do not engage in learning new skills for many years.

To better communicate with my German friends, I am starting to learn German. I’m__________at the “listening and babbling (咿呀学语)” phase. Sure, some may laugh at an adult babbling, but I hope one day I can__________German fluently, and inspire many other adults to learn like a baby.

10 . Anna was a 9-year-old girl from a small village. She _______primary school till 4th grade at her village. For the 5th grade on, she would have to get a(n)_______to a school in a city nearby. She was very_______ knowing that she was accepted by a very famous school in the city.

Today was the first day of her school. Once the bus came, she got in it quickly. She was very_______. Upon seeing her_______clothing and knowing she is from a small village, other students started _______her. Soon the teacher arrived. She_______Anna to the class and told them that she would be_______with them from today. Then she told everyone to write down the 7 wonders of the world. Everyone started writing the answer quickly. But Anna wrote the answer_______. When everyone except Anna had________their answer paper, the teacher ________ and asked Anna, “What happened, dear? Don't ________. Just write what you know as other students have learned about it. ”

Anna replied, “ There are so many things. Which 7 should I________to write?” When she handed in her answer paper, the teacher started reading everyone’s________ and the majority had answered it________.

The teacher was happy as the students had ________what she had taught them. At last the teacher ________ Anna's answer paper and started reading. “The 7 Wonders are—To be able to see; To be able to hear; To be able to feel; To laugh; To think; To be kind; To love!”

The teacher stood ________ and the whole class was speechless. Today, a girl from a small village ________ us about the gifts we have, which is truly a ________.