1 . In the second year in Columbia University, Sanford Greenberg had trouble with his vision (视力): he couldn’t see clearly. That winter, doctors operated on Greenberg’s _________. However, Greenberg became blind as the _________ didn’t work. He was so _________ that he refused to see anyone.

But Garfunkel and Speyer came to _________ him anyway. They persuaded (劝服) Greenberg to continue his _________. From then on, Garfunkel and Speyer would _________ textbooks for Greenberg every day and Greenberg ended up scoring A’s in the exam. But in daily life, Greenberg was _________ of getting around alone _________ he always depended on Garfunkel and Speyer.

Then, one afternoon, Greenberg and Garfunkel went to Midtown Manhattan. _________ it was time to return, Garfunkel said he couldn’t __________ him and left Greenberg alone in Grand Central Terminal. Unhappily, Greenberg __________ a bus and got off at Columbia University station all by himself. Suddenly, someone knocked into him. “Excuse me, sir.” It was Garfunkel’s __________. Greenberg realized Garfunkel had been with him all the way and he had made it possible.

Greenberg finally __________ his MBA from Columbia and a PhD from Harvard. He became a __________ inventor and got several patents (专利权). “Without my __________, without today’s Greenberg,” this is what Greenberg often says.

2 . Steph Clemence always intended to go to college. But life has a(an) _________ throughout her early childhood years to _________ barriers. Growing up, she led a nomadic (漫游的) life because her mother, who remarried several times, was always on the _________. By the time of high school, Steph had lived in 25 places.

When her stepfather died in a car accident, leaving her mother to support three daughters on a(an) _________ income, paying for college became a serious question. But she still tried to figure out what to do with a life so _________ her plan for schooling.

The _________ came one afternoon when she was cleaning her bedroom. She _________ a thick document where she found a handout titled “Mrs. Clark’s Book List” by her high school English teacher Dorothy Clark.

It wasn’t homework, but it could be a(an) _________ for those not able to receive higher education due to _________ problems like her. The teacher had spent months creating a list of 153 books whose contents would be as __________ as a two-year study at an arts college.

Steph studied the list. Each of those books __________ her to learn more. The reading list was also a(an) __________ in her everyday life, even __________ with her on vacations to find out the next book. She never did get to college, but has now only four books left before __________ the list. She wishes she could thank Mrs. Clark for how reading the __________ on the list has changed her life.