1 . Chloe Smith is a girl aged 6 from Atlanta, Georgia. One day, while taking a walk with her father near their home, she________something shiny under a pile of rubbish. She picked up the ________ to take home, as she often did on her treasure-hunting walks. Chloe was later ________ to discover she had found a stolen Olympic gold medal.

The medal belongs to former canoeist (划艇运动员) Joe Jacobi, who won gold while ________ for Team USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. The medal, along with other personal belongings, was ________ in May of 2016 when someone broke into Jacobi’s can. Though police managed to ________ some of his stolen items, they hadn’t been able to find his ________ Olympic medal. It may have been lost forever, if not for a 6-year-old girl’s treasure-hunting ________ .

Chloe’s dad had seen Jacobi’s story on the news, and ________ realized it was his stolen property. He found Jacobi’s email and sent him pictures of the treasure. After________ the medal, Jacobi was astonished, just speechless.

Chloe was ________ to give it back after speaking with Jacobi on the phone. ________, Jacobi promised to speak to her class when school begins again this fall. The ________ of this little girl reuniting an Olympian with his beloved possession is ________ . When we talk about character and doing the ________ thing, Chloe represents the Olympic values in every sense of the word.

3 . Jenna had graduated first in her class and was ready for new challenge in high school.

However, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to try-outs (选拔) for cheerleaders (啦啦队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be ___________ for her to be chosen. Two hours later, the judge (裁判) read a ___________ of the girls for the second try-out. Her name wasn’t on the list. Feeling ___________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with ___________. She had always been a good math student, but now she was ___________. She moved on to English and history, and was ___________ to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to ___________ math for the time being.

The next day in ___________ class, Jenna spent most of her time working out the problems that had given her so much ___________. By the end of class, she finally got them right. As she gathered (收拢) her books, Jenna ____________ she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to try. High school was just as her mom had said: “ You will feel like a small fish in a big pond instead of a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the best fish you can be.

4 . Once a gentleman was traveling in a train. He felt ___and got down at a station to look for some water. But when he got to the water tap, the train had started. He ran back but __ the train.

It was getting late and he decided to spend the night at the station. The next morning he asked about the next___. He came to know that the next train was on the other day. So he decided to find a place for a day's stay. It was getting ___and he could not find a place near the station.

At last he reached a small village. He asked a villager __ he could stay in his house for a night. The villager agreed. The villager cooked him food and ___him a room to stay. But he did not ask for anything in return.

At seven in the evening, the gentleman heard a knock at the door. The villager opened the door. It was a__ man in black. He asked the man to pay his debts(债务).

The next morning, the gentleman ___some money on the bed. When the villager found the money, he also found a note. It said: "You __me but didn't want any pay from me. Yesterday I heard the conversation between you and the rich man. I knew that you were in need of ________. This is what you need.”

7 . “Just sign here, sir,” the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package.

The package consisted of a long, narrow box ____ wrapped in brown paper. ____ the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside—a very old one with a beautifully carved wooden handle. ____ he had not seen it in more than 20 years, he recognised it immediately.

Oscar was 16 when he first saw the____ umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents. As they were leaving, he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat. Impressed by its beauty, Oscar felt a strong desire to find its ____.

Oscar ____ the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a name matched the seat ____ Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie O’Brien.

Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs. O’Brien’s house on their way home. He rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. “May I ____ you?” she asked.

“I’d like to return it if it’s yours,” Oscar said, ____ the umbrella as if presenting a gift that had long been wished for.

“Why, yes! It’s mine,” replied Mrs. O’Brien with a ____ smile and shining eyes. “It was given to me by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your ____?”

“No, ma’am,” he said. “My grandmother says that a good deed is its own reward.”

“Well, that’s ____ what my father used to say. What is your name, young man?”

Years later Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs. O’Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how ____ it was. Why had it arrived here today?

As if ____, a note fell from the paper. It read: Mrs. O’Brien wanted you to accept this umbrella as a present for a kind, ____ gesture long ago.

8 . Trent Johnson just celebrated his graduation from medical school in Ohio with a ceremony at his parents’ home in Florida.

He ________a couple weeks before his actual ceremony that the college was canceling it on account of the deadly epidemic. He was absolutely ________.

His friends ________him to create a website so that all of his family flying into Columbus originally still could celebrate ________.They made the living room look as special as possible given the ________of the ceremony. There’s nothing that could have substituted that special ________.

His twitter where the video immediately went ________has almost half a million views. He was on the news and was ________in The New York Times.

“I remember seeing my face on the newspaper and thinking I not only became a doctor, but I motivated people all over the world to ________ their dreams. That was truly a(n) ________moment”.

Johnson was brought up in an underdeveloped area where people would have ________socioeconomic class and it was the type of the community that he wanted to ________. Now as a ________at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, he ________ has an opportunity to do that.

As Johnson settles into his new surroundings, he will continue to spread his message of hope and ________.

9 . Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new_______ in high school.  

_______, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts for cheerleaders. She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be _______ for her to be selected. Two hours later, the _______ read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart _______ as the list ended without her name. Feeling _______, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework. 

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was_______. She moved on to English and history, and was _______ to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those _______. Feeling better, she decided not to________ math for the time being. 

Later in math class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much________. By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to ________ at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to ________. High school was just as her mom had said, “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond ________ a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the ________ fish you can be.”

10 . Exercise and I had never had a good relationship due to my fear of sports. From a young age, my dad _______ me into a dozen sports. I didn’t like any of them, _______.

When I entered the University of Regina, my dad _______ telling me “You have to find a way to stay _______.” or “You don’t want to get the Freshman 15, do you?” So I _______ to give swimming a shot, but I _______ managed to go to the pool twice during the fall semester (学期). Worse still, I was _______ to convince myself that’s OK.

The spring semester came. A friend of mine _______ me if I wanted to try Zumba (尊巴) with her. All I knew about Zumba was that it was basically a kind of exercise: dancing to Latin pop songs. It didn’t sound too bad, but I couldn’t be _______.

I went, and that was it. Zumba became my ________ of tea. The instructor would always say, “Don’t worry about the steps. Have fun. Do your own thing.” That removed my ________ of sports. I didn’t have to be ________. I didn’t even have to be good. I just needed to ________ the music and move. Zumba did ________ me from the Freshman 15, and it also did so much more. It let me make ________ with my unpleasant past about physical exercise, and enjoy staying healthy.