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 . The scary day of our diving(跳水)test in my Monday morning high school physical education class was here. My parents thought we were honored to have an Olympic-size swimming pool at the school. But I wasn’t so _________.

Not only was I terribly _________ in regular classes and sat in the back of the room, but also I’d not be called upon to read. Each Monday I would work my way to the back of the lane forming at the diving board so I would not have to _________ the dives.

My blood ran cold when the teacher _________ we would be graded for our final on the most difficult dive. I _________ as the line to the awful diving board shortened. As I watched, each student seemed to perform the difficult _________ effortlessly, and shortly I would have to _________ something I’d never even practiced before.

Then I remembered someone telling me that when you _________ yourself doing a skill over and over, it’s just as effective as _________ practicing that skill. So I watched carefully as each girl jumped at the end of the board once, added a jump for height, __________ her body in half to reach for her toes, and finally straightened out like an arrow for entry into the water. I think I was actually in a state of __________, because all of a sudden I saw these four steps as achievable.

Then it was my __________. With my heart pounding and knowing I was going to be embarrassed(尴尬的、难堪的)beyond belief, I __________ the board, jumped once and then again to get height, folded for the toe reach, and stretched(伸展)out just as I had pictured in my mind, entering the water straight as a(an)__________.

I received an A for the course. It was __________ to think that I had just learned my first dive.

4 . Every year I’d read over 2,000 college applications from students all over the world. It is quite ________ to choose whom to admit. ________, in the chaos of SAT scores and recommendations, one ________ is always irresistible in a candidate: kindness.

The most surprising ________ of kindness I’ve ever come across came from a student who had excellent scores and a supportive recommendation from his college consultant. Even with these qualifications, he might not have ________. But one letter of recommendation caught my eye. It was from a school security ________. Letters of recommendation are ________ written by people like former presidents, celebrities, and Olympic athletes.

The security guard wrote that he supported this student’s admission because of his ________. This young man was the only person in the school who knew the ________ of every member of the guard staff. He turned off lights in empty rooms, consistently ________ the hallway monitor each morning and tidied up the classroom after his ________ left school even if nobody was watching. This student, the security guard wrote, had a(n) ________ respect for every person at the school, regardless of position, popularity or power.

It gave us a ________ onto a student’s life in the moments when nothing “counted”. That student was admitted by unanimous (一致的) vote of the admissions committee.

Next year there might be a flood of security guard recommendations due to this essay. But if it means students will start paying as much ________ to the people who clean their classrooms as they do to their principals and teachers, I’m happy to help start that ________.

7 . After my graduation from college, I was always worried about my financial (财务的) situation. Things changed when I got a job at a library and also accepted a part-time job. I became ________ about future. But how was I going to ________ two jobs at the same time? I thought, looking out of the window.

A squirrel (松鼠) was making his way down a tree. It was ________ for him to climb up and down easily like other squirrels with a piece of bread in his mouth. How was he going to manage that? I held my breath and cheered him on in my ________. He moved down with ________, holding onto the tree. When he finally ________ the ground, he pulled the bread behind him. His journey was not ________ yet, so he kept trying! It was ________ that this squirrel and I had a lot in common. I had my own bread to ________ and my own trees to climb. I moved from one ________ to another to follow the ________ of the squirrel’s action. Slowly but surely, he ________ it to the roadside and stopped to check on the traffic. Finally, the squirrel crossed the road ________ with his meal. When he entered the bushes (灌木丛). I cheered ________ I couldn’t watch his next move. Then I went upstairs to get ready for the ________ before me. “You can do it,” I told myself.

8 . On July 20, Yu Yifei, a medical student, made his way home in a subway train after his first day’s training. When a downpour struck the city, he _________ about a dozen people trapped in a flooded subway train as the rainfall reached 201.9 millimeters between 4 pm and 5 pm, a totally new _________ in the history of Zhengzhou.

Flood _________ through a barrier and entered the underground area. The train came to a sudden stop before the water began _________ in the carriages, trapping passengers inside. Thus, Yu, _________ to leave and fearful of his life, made a _________ call to his father.

As water continued to flow into the carriages, passengers’ _________ rose. When subway workers arrived to rescue them, Yu _________ to get out. However, as he made his way to safety, he heard a cry for help. He quickly _________ the white coat given to him at the hospital __________ and returned to the platform to save other passengers. On seeing him, a number of frightened people were greatly encouraged and their spirits __________.

As more passengers were pulled from the __________, Yu instructed others in the key steps to save a victim from drowning. He __________ CPR (心肺复苏) on those unconscious and near death from drowning. One of the passengers, a female doctor, nearly died. After __________ consciousness, she joined Yu in treating others. Yu was very __________ yet he gathered up his strength and tried to provide help to those in need. In the end, Yu and the other rescuers managed to save many lives from the flooded subway train. Yu’s actions proved that even in the darkest of moments, there is always hope for humanity.

9 . I’m Mike. I graduated from Sunshine Junior middle school last June, and I’m now ________ in a senior high school of Yucai in Beijing. This autumn, I will ________ my second year.

In the summer one year ago, I remember being extremely excited yet nervous, as I was about to begin my high school ________. I was also quite ________ at the idea of being away from home for so long for the first time in my life. As I said goodbye to my parents at the high-speed railway station, I felt a mix of ________ and upset. I was travelling to a different city by myself, with a suitcase beside me, and the ________ to have an unforgettable high school experience.

At school, there might be ________ times. What if I don’t make any friends? What if my classes get stressful? How will I do my laundry? Yes, I’ve been there too, and ________ these questions. Don’t worry, you’ll make friends. Just learn to ________ the right people.

Classes will, most ________, become intense, especially towards midterms and exams. But it’s all right, we all can ________. You will have a lot of people around you who can help.

It’s ________ to worry about things like these. You’ll slowly ________ that you’ll take on these ________ as you go, and that they won’t be as terrible as you had ________.

10 . My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling lawyer, but I always knew he was special. He never criticized (批评) us, but used ________ to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they grow well. If you don’t give them water, they die.” I ________ as a child I said something ________ about somebody, and my father said, “________ time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection (映射) of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best in people, I would get the best ________ . From then on I’ve always tried to follow the principle in my life and later in running my company.

Dad’s also always been very ________ . At 15, I started a magazine. It was ________ a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a choice: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.

I decided to leave, and Dad tried to make me change my mind, ________ any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad ________ me to go into law. And I’ve ________ regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, ________ I didn’t pursue (追求) my ________ . You know what you want. Go realize it.”

As ________ turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national ________ for young people in the UK. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad ________ me.