1 . When Diana Trujillo was just 17 years old, she left her hometown of Cali in Colombia (哥伦比亚) and immigrated (移民) to the United States. All she had with her when she _________ in the US was US $300 and a _________. Since Diana’s childhood, she had always _________ to look at the stars in the night sky, and her dream was to _________ for NASA.

Diana’s path was not _________, and she faced many obstacles (障碍). She didn’t _________ any English before arriving in the US, _________ she had to take classes. She worked as a house cleaner to pay for her _________. After working three more jobs, she had enough _________ to attend space science courses at a university. She finally __________ studying aerospace (航空航天) engineering at the University of Florida.

While studying in Florida, she __________ applied to the NASA Academy, becoming the first Latino (拉丁美洲人的) woman to do so. On the __________ of a NASA robotics expert, she then transferred (转学) to the University of Maryland. In 2007, all her hard work __________, and she graduated with a degree in aerospace engineering. She was immediately offered a __________ by NASA, proving that dreams can come true if you work hard and never __________. In 2020, Diana became one of the four flight directors on the Mars Perseverance Rover project.

2 . I’m a painter. At an early age, my daughter Heller began to show her talent for painting, and I was_______ that she would follow in my footsteps.

Starting with her high school, she spent every summer vacation_________in an orphanage (孤儿院) to perform for children — telling jokes. I was proud of her and_________ her kindness. However, I learned with great_______ that she was with some   children who were in poor health. She accompanied these children,_______ them   and   brought them joy. ___________   worried about her physical and mental   ___________, I tried hard to get her to cut down her time there. But she had huge sense of_________ and finished her work every day, no matter how_________ she might be.

One day, she __________   her ideas with me. She said the world was full of   __________ and she wanted to bring more happiness. She intended to be a comedian.

For the moment, her father and I could find ________ to say. Heller ________ again and again to make us understand. She said, “You keep telling me I can be a good painter. Maybe that is right, __________   it doesn’t mean anything to me. But when children________ and feel happy after hearing my jokes, I know it’s true. And I know that bringing joy to people is a job that really ________ me. I have a ________for being a comedian than being a painter.”

Heller will carry on her________   to be a comedian. Though she has chosen a different life from mine, I am________ about her decision. I know she will lead a good life, for she finds the________.

3 . American runner Isaiah Jewett took a deep breath. Entering the final stage of the men’s 800-meter semifinal race. Jewett _________ to finish in the top two and make it to the finals. And he was in the best possible position to achieve his aim.

“I was like ‘Okay, there’s a _________ to do this. Let’s do this,’” Jewett said.

That is when something unexpected _________. When Jewett got to the turn, Botswana runner Nijel Amos tripped (绊倒) him from behind.

“It was _________. I didn’t even believe it was me even though I was on the ground,” Jewett said. “I felt so _________.”

For Jewett though, showing good sportsmanship was more _________ than winning a medal. Growing up, he was exposed (使接触) to the world of anime (动画), which taught him valuable _________ such as never giving up and always finishing a race.

That is exactly what Jewett did with Amos.

“I just _________ that he was sad, and I shut off how I was feeling. I knew I couldn’t help him in any way but I _________ to do the best I could.” Jewett said.

After the __________, Jewett got up and helped Amos to his feet. Amos apologized for his __________, and Jewett put his arm around his competitor.

“Hey man, let’s __________ this race together; we’re not done yet,” Jewett told Amos. __________ , they crossed the finish line.

“It’s okay to compete but it’s also important to show that you’re a __________. That’s the way you show your heroism by __________ each other along the way and finishing the race together,” Jewett said.

4 . Can you imagine going to university at age 14? This year, Jia Zijun, from Henan became the ________ freshman at Beihang University and plans to study aircraft design.

“I didn’t know I was the youngest until I got here, and it ________quite cool!” Jia told The Paper. Jia ________ the college entrance exam in June and got a total score of 642. People often think students like him must be geniuses. But Jia owes his achievement mainly to curiosity and good study habits.

“When I was in Grade 1, I was curious about what we were going to learn next. So I borrowed Grade-2 textbooks and learned the lessons during my summer holidays. I enjoyed ________new information,” he said. Because of this, Jia skipped Grade 2.

As he went to high school, he found things were getting ________ to learn. So he started to make plans every day and set goals for himself. “I would strictly follow the plan, and gradually I’d see my progress.”

Jia would also ________ what he learned each day before going to bed. If there was something he couldn’t ________ well, he’d take a look at it the next morning.

“I was not good at English in high school, so I printed the vocabulary list and stuck it onto my bed. Every morning when I woke up, I looked ________ them, and it’s a good way to remember things.”

When Jia felt stressed, he had a special way to ________: working on math problems. “I’d find difficult problems to challenge myself, and when I worked it out, I felt really happy.”

As he told The Paper, he hopes he can keep his curiosity and study ________ in university, and keep challenging himself to become a better person.

5 . I still remember the last few hours I spent with my grandma in the hospital. On the _______ day of her life, I sat with my grandma, in silence, in laughter, in tears, and in _______ of a woman who was still _______ though she was very weak and in great _______.

My grandma was always smiling, which ______ me a lot. She seemed to be ______ with everything. After hearing my confusion, she spoke softly about her life and the reason for her present _______. It was the most meaningful day that I will never _______.

My grandma told me that she _______ remained idle (无所事事的) through her life. She was once a teacher and after leaving her job she _______ to work as a volunteer in the community though she was old. She tried her best to _______ those in need for free and make her life meaningful.

Ralph Emerson once said, “The _______ of life is not simply to be happy. It is to be _______, to be honorable and to make a difference.” My grandma had been serving our society, and she had _______ all her life without any regret (遗憾). That day I completely _______ it was the reason why my grandma was smiling.

6 . In 1991, Davenport played in her first professional tennis match when she was 15. She was ranked (排名) the Number 1 woman _________ player in the world eight different times.

I had the chance to _________ Davenport at the 2012 US Open. _________ that night, she answered some questions from our group and I asked her, “Ms Davenport, _________ can teach people a lot of lessons. What lessons did you _________ during your time as a professional tennis player that you didn’t learn _________ an amateur (业余运动员)?” To be honest, I had a personal reason for asking this question. I played baseball in college, but not _________. So I wanted to know what I missed.

Davenport’s first _________ was to talk about how she had to grow up _________. She mentioned the power of the media and learning to live her life in front of a(n) __________. But then she changed the __________ and talked about improving her skill and the lessons of competition, hard work, and perseverance. Those things, she said, were learned long __________ she became a professional. In other words, to learn about what it’s like to __________ as a professional athlete, you need to be a professional athlete. But to learn the lessons of playing sports, you just need to __________ your sport.

Take note: you don’t need to be the best in order to be __________ or satisfied, but all that matters is that you play the game.

7 . A man has been tidying up his town by weeding the pavements around where he lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alex Russell, from Newquay in Cornwall, said, “I just want to keep the _________ looking nice and make it _________.”

His local police force said officers had spoken to him and were _________ that he was following social distancing advice. Mr Russell said he _________ wore a face mask and gloves and kept at least 2 meters away from other _________.

Mr Russell has been receiving lots of _________ from local people, including Lisa Paul who said he had a “heart of gold”.

“He’s doing a _________ job around our community tidying up the streets of weeds and rubbish on his own,” she said. “He’s only 21 years old; it’s a _________ that other young people aren’t like Alex.”

So far, Mr Russell has _________ four streets. He said he would like to finally clear up the whole town but was __________ one street at a time.

“When I’ m with my tools, I feel __________,” he said. “And people walking past don’t worry me any more, because I __________ that I’m doing good for the community. Everybody has been so __________. I haven’t had one negative comment. Complete strangers go __________ and say well done.”

A local organization said on the Internet: “__________, Alex, you are an inspiration to many.”

8 . Shi lives with her family in Fuxin, a city in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province. Shi and her ________, Li, have devoted themselves to providing ________ education to their students. They encourage their students to attend after-school activities related to science, technology and innovation.

During the past dozen years, Shi has ________ her students as they have taken part in various contests. Several of Shi’s students have received ________. Given her achievements, Shi has been named the most excellent teacher.

Li has a(n) ________ impressive resume (履历). He is a professor ________ coal mining (开采) in a university. He often goes into the most ________ places in the mines while conducting scientific research. He measures data and collects samples, and then he ________ above ground to complete his analysis and calculations, and to design plans to solve the problem at hand. He ________ to his students in how to concentrate on one’s work and overcome difficulties.

Encouraging their students to ________ various contests is one of the ways Shi and her husband have tried to ________ their students. In this way, the students have obtained a sense of achievement, and their ________ has driven them to study harder.

Shi says education is like a ________ one takes in search of “treasures”. She believes it is important for teachers to discover each student’s interests and advantages, learn to ________ their interests and advantages, and encourage the student to live a ________ life he or she longs for.

9 . Borneo is home to some of the most extraordinary wildlife. Several years ago, I decided to go there for a visit. A local person offered to be my guide, which was a great bonus for me.

One day, my guide turned off the smooth road and took me across a ________ hillside instead. We picked our way carefully when ________, a Rafflesia (大王花) popped into my view among those stones. Oh, dear! More than ________, I bent down and put my nose practically inside the flower’s core.

________, to my surprise, it was only one of the ________ during the trip.

As I ________ the end of my trip, there was still something I had yet to see. We planned to ________ most feared creature there, the saltwater crocodile, which can grow to a ________ of 6 meters or more. When we shone a flashlight towards the muddy shore, little sounds ________ in the darkness as if something unseen underwater had broken the ________ Taking a second look, we spotted two greedy ________ just above the water line. As we drew near, it ________ and we saw clearly it was a crocodile. With great caution, we neared it and finally could ________ its true dimensions. It was a baby-no more than 0. 6 meter long. Aha, whatever, I could now report to the ________ back home, who had never been to Borneo, that I had ________ a hungry crocodile in the wild and lived to tell the tale.

The world out there is so fascinating. Don’t let work run your life. Why not step outdoors and enjoy the wonders nature offers to you?

10 . I was in Spain travelling for a few weeks with my sister who was living there. One day，I went into a cafe to buy a couple of pastries (油酥点心). A lot of them were on a shelf_______ only one kind had a little sign hanging from the   _________ under them that said “something borrachos”. I   didn’t   necessarily ___________those，but they were the only labelled (贴上标签的) ones，so I waved to the man behind the counter and ordered “two borrachos”. I was pretty   _______ about my Spanish, so I spoke in a low voice. The customers sitting near me_______   all talking and looked at me. The man asked me seriously what I wanted. I shyly repeated with less_______ . Then all the customers at the counter around me started laughing quietly. The man raised his voice and told me to _______ . Most of the customers also became quiet. I was getting a bit discouraged, and embarrassed. I thought he was making fun of me or I was pronouncing the words _______. I looked hard at the sign, thought back to my Spanish class, made _______ to pronounce them correctly, and I shouted “I want two borrachos!” and   __________ at the pastries on the shelf behind the bar counter. This time the man couldn’t keep a ________face and started laughing, and the people broke out laughing. I had no ________ what was happening, so I just got out, empty-handed.

I went back home and told my ________ what had happened. She started laughing and asked me__________   I had tried to order two borrachos. I told her about the pastries and the little sign. She then ________ borrachos means “drunken men” in Spanish and the sign probably said “Drunken men are not welcome here”. I had just shouted to a full cafe that I wanted two drunken men.