1 . Wu Chien-shiung was one of the most influential nuclear physicists of the 20th century. She “completely” _________ human’s view of the universe.

Wu’s father, Wu Zhongyi, _________ the first school for girls in Taicang, aiming to _________ the old idea that it was women’s virtue to have no talents, which had the greatest _________ on Wu Chien-shiung’s life. Working in the scientific world dominated by men, she never _________ or lowered her _________ even if unequally treated. After graduating from the former National Central University in Nanjing in 1934, Wu _________ at the University of California, Berkeley at the age of 24 to _________ her study in physics.

During her 44-year career as a nuclear physicist, Wu’s _________ achievements won her nicknames such as “Chinese Madame Curie”, “queen of nuclear research” and “first lady of physics”. To get accurate __________ from experiments, she worked very hard day and night at a __________ and gained a reputation for __________. There was a saying among __________: If the experiment was done by Wu, it must be __________. She was always very careful in experiments, __________ a great deal of time calibrating (校准) instruments. She didn’t __________ to collect data until she __________ understood the instruments. Her experiments __________ many previous experimental results and theories, said an American physicist and Nobel Prize winner.

On Feb. 16, 1997, Wu died in the US. According to her __________, she was buried in her hometown Taicang. She was a __________ world citizen, and was forever a Chinese.

2 . At 28 years old, I lost my job as a full-time magazine editor. I’d always dreamed of becoming a self-employed writer, but I _______ doing it at 35 or even 40 years old, _______   I had a more solid(坚实的) financial footing.

Despite the fear I felt at _______ this dream before I was ready, it was my best, most practical _______ at the time. With my husband’s encouragement, I took a leap of faith, _______ my fear and jumped.

I’ve been working for myself full-time for two years. Not only am I happier thanks to a(n) _______ schedule and the freedom to take on the projects I want, but I’m earning much more than I did as a _______ editor.

When it comes to big dreams, many of us plan out every last detail so that we feel     _______for success. But often, this over-planning prevents us from ever taking action. No matter how much planning we do, we’ll never feel 100% ready.

When Jennifer Qiao got _______ , she struggled to find a modern version of a cheongsam, a traditional Chinese wedding dress, and an idea was________. Neither she nor Vivian Chan, her co-founder, had experience in entrepreneurship(创业). They didn’t even know if there was a ________ for their products in the U.S. But they decided to just start small and test out their idea ________. They never truly felt ready to start a(n) ________ , let alone make custom wedding dresses. However, through hard work, trial and error, they’ve   ________their team to a successful company.

Never let over-planning get in the________ of you taking action.

3 . A passion for sewing has been in my family for several generations, and with a few lessons from my grandma and brother, I became pretty _________ about it. So I decided to give scrunchies (布发箍) a try! My first _________ was a disaster, but I kept on trying until I eventually _________ the art of scrunchie-making.

When I was first _________, I would sit at the machine for hours on end, just managing to _________ an item I was eager to sell. I didn’t get bored or _________; I was just so determined to complete and _________ get it on the market.

I began selling my items to my friends, and now I’m selling dresses as well! My _________ have won me a reputation, for each item was _________ with great love and care.

My family and friends have offered me their constant __________ and feedback (反馈). They helped me learn how to run, __________ and plan a whole business. Most of the time, their feedback is __________, but they’re not afraid to tell me if I could have done something better. I’ve also had to __________ negative feedback, which cables me to be more __________ when something doesn’t work out the way as I planned.

My advice for anyone looking to start up their very own __________, would be to start small and build yourself up. Enjoy, and trust in the journey!

4 . The sun was beginning to sink as I set off into the Harenna Forest. I was on my way to _________ a unique honey harvest. Here, in south-east Ethiopia, hand-carved beehives(蜂箱)are placed in the _________. Reaching them to get the honey is difficult—and often _________ .

I _________ beekeeper Ziyad over a wide stretch of grassland before entering a thick jungle. Ziyad began preparations. He _________ handfuls of damp tree leaves, wrapped them with string, and _________ the bunch to create a torch(火把). Then, with one end of a rope tied to his waist and the other end around the trunk of a tree, Ziyad began _________ . He stopped every few minutes to move the _________ higher up the tree trunk.

_________ , Ziyad got close to the hive which was around 20 metres above the ground. Sitting on a branch, he __________ towards it and blew smoke from his torch into a tiny hole in the hive. Suddenly, Ziyad let out a sharp cry. Within seconds, he’d __________ the trunk and was back on the ground.

It was too __________ to collect the honey. A cool summer had delayed __________ . Baby bees were still in the honeycombs(蜂巢). The adult bees were __________ and kept attacking as Ziyad escaped from the tree. He had to wait for the right __________ to go back up.

5 . I have to admit I’m an old-school reader. Put simply, I   _______old books.

Alone in a new city to _______my first daily newspaper job, I was feeling vaguely anxious as I dipped into a used   bookstore to_______my   mind. The   shelves, full of the smell of the past, quickly_______me. One of the occupational hazards (职业病) of journalism, my chosen_______, is a desire to stay on top of the Next Big Thing. With their cracked spines (书脊) and yellowed_______, the titles in the shop usefully pointed me toward the longer view. “No_______to get too worked up over today’s headline,” they seemed to say. “ There is not much _______ under the sun.”

Francis Bacon’s essays are always a ready antidote (解药). “Prosperity (繁荣) is not without many___ and dislikes,” Bacon wrote, and“___ is not without comforts and hopes.” For me, that comfort and hope often come from a second-hand____.

Reading deeply from the   past can be   at   least as______ as   following the day’s   news. Don’t _____     missing out on the___ gossip. All matters of fact, which a man did not___ before, are news to him.

6 . As though things weren’t strange enough last spring, a wild turkey started showing up on my block. It’s usually one of the _______ crossroads in Minneapolis, but this turkey spends her days relaxing on the sidewalk as if she_______ here. More and more people came out to see her as _______got out about her. A young woman told me that they had _______ her Tina — Tina the Turkey.

Tina must have been _______eggs in front of the neighbor’s house. She spent every day in the_______spot in the yard, from time to time _______ her hips. One day, she crossed the parking lot with five other turkeys and_______ a two-and-a-half-foot-high concrete wall into the _______. I looked at the six wild turkeys ________ ! A wild turkey ________ its feathers; I thought it must have been Tina. This yard was her place now. There were many days when Tina would stand in the parking lot — a ________ place for a slow-moving bird — and ________ to move, blocking cars from coming or going.

This became a show with Tina in the________role until the day when a new character appeared on the stage: a strange-looking man in rags. He looked ________ . He was covered in dirt, his posture stiff. He ________ Tina and began to strike strange poses in a beautiful, dreamy dance. Tina ________ him in this dance. Together, they were the ________ of the movement. I’ll always remember this ________ when I think of the Coronavirus pandemic (冠状病毒大流行). Tina brought a lot of________to a community at a time when people desperately needed an escape.

7 . Miki Kitamura was in tears the day she visited the student support office at Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan. _______ , she told them that she couldn’t pay for her second semester studies to become a medical doctor.

Her father died in February 2018, leaving her family in _______debt, which was a big burden. Her mother has disabilities and can’t speak well. Miki became the head of the household, working part-time and _______to support her family while studying to become a doctor.

_______ her struggles, Miki always dreamed of becoming a doctor. As a child, she had been in hospital several times. “I was scared. _______, there were nurses who comforted me all the time when I cried,” she_______. “These kind words were very comforting to me.” Their _______ left an impression on Miki, who decided to help other people the same way. “I wanted to feel connected with people,” she says, “and I feel like helping other people by making use of the_______ I gained. What I determined to do was to be a medical doctor. Not only am I learning medical knowledge and skills, but also how to understand the needs and _______ of patients.”

With the help of Women’s Opportunity Award, she was ________ of finishing medical school. Graduating in March 2020, she planned to ________ her clinical training near her mother’s house, so that she could ________ her mother while working as a resident doctor. Miki is ________ for the award, making it possible to realize her________of becoming a doctor, supporting her family and giving back to society. “I will do what I can to become a doctor like the ones I ________when I was a child.”

8 . When I was about 5 or 6 years old, my mother set me down on a purple banana-seat bike. She _________held the back of the seat while I found my balance. Then she gave me a _________and let me go，calling，“Pedal(踩踏板)，pedal，pedal，glide(滑行)!”as I rode across the grass.

When I was older, I _________ a soccer team and I always rode my bike to go to _________. On my bike, my_________was my own. I can do what I want to. After a(n) _________ practice, I would pick an apple from a tree in the garden near the soccer _________ and eat it while I pedaled home, or _________ to the shop and go home with some of my favorite snacks.

Then I got married and had babies. _________ the house for a two-hour ride was no longer a(n) ____________. When my girls got older, my mom ____________ them to ride their own bikes. “Pedal, pedal, pedal, glide!” she’d ____________ as she used to. But this time it was me ____________ after them with my hand on the seat.

Last spring, my mother died suddenly. I was in deep ____________. Every morning, I’d leave my hotel and ____________ my bike to a bike path. She’s never going to teach us again. I wanted to cry.

9 . Tooth-fairy nights were always filled with expectation at our house. One such night, our daughter informed us that her loose tooth had finally __ .

“How exciting,” we told her. “Put it under your pillow____the tooth fairy will visit you tonight.”

“Okay,” our daughter agreed, carefully guarding her newly acquired prized____in a loose fist.

We reminded ourselves to check for her tooth once our____was over. However, when the film was over we ___forgot.

The next mooning, we were awakened by cries of____from our daughter’s room.“Mommty! Daddy! Come and see what the tooth fairy brought me!”

Astonished, my husband and I exchanged____glances. Quickly,   we____our way to our daughter’s room and found her sitting quietly on her bed,___out the window at a___.Her eyes shone with pure___.

As she was absorbed in the rainbow, I____under her pillow to “check for any other____that she may have overlooked.”

“Are you sure you felt all around when____your prize? ”I asked, and we watched as she carefully explored underneath her pillow.

“Wow! Two prizes! ” she said, proudly waving the dollar bill. “She must have overlooked during her first treasure ___ ."

10 . Tenille’s whole worldview changed when she came across a booklet for Sunrise House, a youth shelter in her hometown of Grande Prairie, Alta. “I had no idea that youth in our_______ were sleeping in a shelter every night. It _______ me.” she said.

Tenille, at the age of 15, had always loved to_______ and had started playing the guitar the year before. So she decided to_______ some friends who had the same hobby for a concert, going door-to-door for sponsors and_______ the earnings to the organization that_______ the city’s shelters; she called the event of concerts Big Hearts for kids. Unfortunately, on the day of the event, the shelter director came to Tenille _______ because Sunrise House would be_______ due to lack of funding._______, they didn’t lose hope; instead, Tenille and her friends__________ the event and raised $30,000. Within a year and a half, the youth shelter was restored and running again.

Today, Big Hearts has __________ $1 million. Not only has the annual event been __________ to the hundreds of kids who rely on the shelter, but it has also helped make the Grande Prairie community__________. “It has completely shaped my __________ and given me so much insight to witness what the__________ of people coming together can do.” Tenille explained happily.