1 . Amid polite applause (掌声), the speaker walked slowly toward the stage. When he ____, he set down a pile of notes and took a long breath that could be ____. After pulling his necktie hard and adjusting his eyeglasses, he finally ____ the room’s back wall with a slight frown on his face.

“It’s a great pleasure to be here today,” he said. “I have a message of extreme ___ for you.”

Many people in the ____ were already fidgeting (坐立不安). It was ____ that their attention was focused elsewhere. Ten seconds after it began, the speech was ____ over. Why?

To begin with, the speaker set himself up for ____ by sending his listeners a double-edged message. What they ____ was completely different from what they heard, and when this happened, the audience ____ only what they saw!

Even though the speaker’s words expressed ____ in addressing the audience, his ____ messages said, “I don’t want to be here.” Those same words showed that his speech was important to his ____, but his body indicated that his message wasn’t important to him. At the same time, his facial expression gave the appearance that he ____ very little about his audience.

None of these messages was performed consciously ( 有意识地); they were caused by simple nervousness and inexperience. Yet they marked this ____ speaker as insincere (不真诚), even though he was none of those things.

2 . What enables some people to get big creative breakthroughs while others only get small and non-creative breakdowns, blaming themselves and society? Are some people “gifted”? Are there other factors _______ work — factors that we have more control over than we think?

While nobody can deny the _________ that some people seem to be blessed with particular creativity, research shows that anyone can _______ their chances of coming up with new and original ideas _______ they would only engage themselves more in the process of _______. It’ s the old Thomas Edison thing about “discovery _______ 99 percent perspiration (汗水) and 1 percent inspiration.”

_______, the studies prove this: great creative breakthroughs usually happen only _______ intense periods of struggle. It is sustained effort towards a specific goal _________ eventually prepares for great creative insights.

This kind of sustained effort does not always ________ immediate results, a fact that not only separates the innovators (革新者) from non-innovators, but ________ leads some people to conclude that it is just not ________ for them. “Maybe I should have gone to medical school like my mother wanted,” they wonder when the breakthrough is __________ to be found. Alas, one forgets during inevitable encounters __________ self-doubt, that the big surprise is never ________. Indeed, it can happen at any time and place.

3 . On a cold November night in Times Square, Officer Lawrence DePrimo was working when he saw an old homeless man who wore no shoes. The officer ________ for a moment, and then returned with a new pair of shoes, and ________ the man to put them on.

A tourist ________ the act of kindness. He ________ a picture and posted it on the Internet, making DePrimo an overnight hero.

DePrimo was ________ at the attention as he didn’t expect that. “It was very________ and you could see the blisters (水泡) on the man’s ________,” he said. “To find out the man’s shoe size, we started talking.”

DePrimo went into a shoe store. The manager gave him a discount on a pair of all-weather shoes. DePrimo ________ the receipt (收据). He said, “This will remind me that sometimes people have it worse.”

“Sometimes people have it worse” is a great ________ to all of us. Many people intend to be ________, but they refuse to take daily chances to ________ other people. Often, we walk by ________ we’re too busy at the moment to stop and serve someone else’s needs. Deprimo saw a(n)________, and he exercised selflessness without looking for ________ for doing it. By the way, if we ________to get recognition each time we exercise selflessness, it may not be that selfless.

4 . Go with your passion. It has been said that who see the invisible can do the impossible.

When I was nine years old, living in a small town in North Carolina, I found an ad for_______ greeting cards in the back of a children’s magazine. I thought to myself I can do this. I begged my mother to let me send for the kit. Two weeks later, _______ the kit arrived, I ripped off the brown paper _______, grabbed the cards and dashed _______the house. Three hours later. I returned home with no card and a pocket full of money proclaiming, “Mama, all the people couldn’t wait to buy my cards!” A _______ was born.

When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Ziegler. I remember sitting in that dark auditorium (礼堂) listening to Mr. Zigler, who raise everyone’s _______ up to the ceiling, I left there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said. “Dad, I want to make people feel like that.” My father asked me what I _______. “I want to be a _______speaker just like Mr. Zigler,” I replied. A dream was born.

Recently, I began pursuing my dream of motivating _______. After a four-year relationship with a major fortune 100 company beginning as a salestrainer and ________ as a regional sales manager, I left the company at the ________ of my career. Many people were ________ that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked why I would ________ everything for a dream.

I made my decision to start my own company and leave my ________ position after attending a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a speech that ________ my life. He asked us, “If a genie would grant you three wishes what would they be?” After giving us a moment to write down the three wishes, he then asked us, “________ do you need a genie?” I would ________ forget the shock I felt at that moment.

I realized that everything I had ________ — the graduate degree, the successful sales career, speaking engagements, training and managing for a fortune l00 company had prepared me ________ this moment. I was ready and did not need a genie’s help to ________ a motivational speaker.

5 . I’m Alina Morse, a fifth grader from Michigan. I have always wanted to _______ my own business. Since I was about four years old, I have been writing a journal of business ideas.

During a trip to the bank with my dad, a teller _______ me a sugary lollipop (棒棒糖). I love candy. _______， my dad had told me that too much sugar was bad for my teeth. So I asked, “Why can’t we make some _______ lollipops?” At last, I _______ my family — both of my parents have professional experience in sales and marketing — to get my idea _______ the ground.

Our first step was research. We spoke to _______ and food scientists. We went into stores and searched online for information. We _______ that tooth decay (蛀牙) was being a serious problem in America. Then we decided to make lollipops with the teeth cleaning materials at home but it didn’t _______. So we found a factory.

The idea quickly ________. I started a company that sells Zollipops, a kind of sugar­free lollipop, to help ________ the risk of tooth decay. Its sales were topping $70,000 in 2014 and increasing more than four times in 2015, ________ $100,000. We have been working to make the lollipops more stable and less ________ in hot or wet environments. We are very ________ because the new Zollipops will be ________ later this year.

6 . I worked for a gas station. Because of a storm, an oil factory that serviced our area was______. We were facing a gas shortage. People went ______ and tried to gas up. Every gas station in the city except ours ______their prices. We were nearly unable to keep up with the ______, running out of ______.

Our price was low compared with the other gas stations’ after the ______. When people realized this, they ______ to us. It might be ______. So we had to have security guards (保安人员) outside, directing traffic to keep ______ from happening. Even the police came because people were ______ with each other. Around 90% of all the work we did was for gas, and our gas station was ______ for nearly all the time. I was almost too ______ to answer a call.

At one point, I had a customer call and she asked, “Are you out of gas?” I replied, “No, ma’am. As we’re ______right now, I’m watching our gas truck top our tanks (油箱) off.” “Are you going to increase your ______?” she continued to ask. “No, never. We believe that ______ is gold,” I said.

In the end, every station in the city except ours ended up being ______. They might as well have closed their ______ for the whole thing, because I’m pretty sure they ______ more than they made in sales. On the other hand, not only did we ______ the most money in the area on gas sales, but we also got a good ______.

7 . Lucas majors in classic linguistics. He is equal to recognizing a language in a _______ way no matter how unfamiliar it is. Last year, he _______ a shell with some totally strange _______ carved on it at a stall (小摊).

Based on his demanding _______, he knew it was from a small village. Besides, after _______ many related reference books, he had his point of view:   the symbols were _______ as a variety of the writing system of Jiaguwen, a kind of writing system which dates back to 1500 BC.

Lucas had a _______ attitude to the discovery and applied to his university for a further research by visiting the village. With permission given, he visited it. He found the mother tongue of the villagers was a special dialect, whose vocabulary _______ from Mandarin (普通话) spoken by 1.4 billion people.

Despite many _______ , understanding the dialect and finding more shells helped him complete a report. The report was ________, where he gave a full description: The characters ________ by a small nation in the Shang Dynasty were passed down by means of bones and ________. Afterwards, the nation went through ups and downs, ________ for hundreds of years. But it ________ disappeared due to some factors.

Lucas’s report was a ________ in the academic field, attracting more people to these special characters.

8 . Chen Lei is a professional in restoring ancient buildings. Years ago, he received a _______, requiring him to establish a committee and _______ the repair work of an ancient temple. After investigation, they found it _______ preserved, leading to its roof losing balance. The dragon carved on the wall nearly _______.

However, challenges were waiting for them. They _______ many ways to restore the dragon but failed. A(n) _______ arose whether they should continue. Chen refused to give up. He _______ professionals overseas for help. They made a(n) _______ that he download an application to analyze the high-quality digital images. With its help, they finally _______ the clue from a former photo. Completing half of the project, they were told about the ____________ shortage.

So they asked for contributions from government departments and overseas Chinese. Luckily, people all over the world actively ____________ nearly $ 80 million to the project. To prevent further ____________, they worked day and night to make sure the project could be finished within the ____________ time.

With their project completed, not only did many people rush to the old temple to appreciate it, but also thought it ____________ to restore it. Meanwhile, they agreed with Chen Lei’s quotation that protecting historic buildings helps ____________ people’s interest in Chinas ancient traditions and makes future generations appreciate traditional culture better.

9 . The skies were dark. Rain fell in big drops. Along the way, I saw some schoolchildren rushing home. I also saw that some ________ repair work had been abandoned (中止) by workers. ________, the workers had left in a hurry because of the storm. There were no ________ and it was hard to see what was on the road. It looked like a hole had been ________ and covered with boards in a hurry.

I moved on but suddenly ________ as I heard some sounds. It sounded like children ________. Not thinking much about it, I quickly ________ and went back to the place from where the sounds came. Two small children had ________ the hole on the road. The boards had been moved away by the force of the rushing water. I told them that I was going to get help and ________.

I was not sure what to do or where to go but ________ to go to the nearest house for help. I________ the man, Mr. Lee, who lived there. I called Mr. Lee and told him about the ________. He said that he would ________ some rope. A few other neighbors also quickly ________ the rescue party and together went to the road. They ________ to get the children out of the watery hole safely. The children were very ________ and they shivered (颤抖) with cold.

The parents of the children who had just arrived from work were totally________ to hear of what had happened. They were ________ for what we had done. I was very happy that I had been part of this ________ of neighborliness. I went home with a good ________.

10 . It took brave European explorers less than 300 years, between 1420 and 1713, to establish that all the seas of the world formed an enormous and continuous ocean. This discovery encouraged them to _____ into areas which hadn’t been charted until then. With the discovery of new lands, new trade routes were _____. In many parts of the world, colonies and settlements were established and many odd-looking products were brought back to _____, arousing great interest and _____ wealth.

It was probably the irresistible desire for wealth that _____ persuaded Europeans of the fifteenth century to _____ their legendary dangers and explore further out into the open seas. They were also _____ by the love for their countries. Many explorers wanted to serve their kings and countries as well as gain personal _____ from their exploring.

The most effective way of gaining wealth was through _____. Silk, gold, silver and ______ stones, and more importantly spices, such as gingers and peppers, were the most profitable trade goods in Europe. Spices were of the greatest ______ because they enabled the Europeans to make their winter diet of salted meat more delicious. These items were ______ mostly from the East by a difficult overland route. The Italian ______, who bought goods from the Arabs of Alexandria, controlled the trade along this route. Other countries of the Mediterranean ______ the wealth which this trade generated and they were ______ to discover new routes which would allow them to share in it.