1 . Sirine Jahangir has a rare condition that left her completely blind by the time she was 10 years old. While her parents and doctors have tried to find _________ for her, there isn’t much they can do.

So her parents focused on helping her _________ her new life. Her father said, “One day, we were driving in the car, but she couldn’t look out of the window anymore to _________ things. I didn’t know what to do, so I just put the music on really loud. She _________ singing in the car, and she was so happy. And then she just found _________ every time I put music on.” It didn’t take long for them to realize Sirine has great _________! Her interest in music not only got her through some _________ and lonely times, but when she was 14 it also brought her to the “Britain’s Got Talent” stage.

When she _________ on the stage, she told everyone how much her _________ for music means to her. Then she __________ over to the piano, where she played a melody (旋律) and __________ beautifully enough to bring the audience to tears!

__________ to everyone but Sirine, all four judges voted (票) her into the next round of the __________!

Afterward, she said, “I can’t even say it’s a dream come true, __________ I didn’t even dream of it at any point. I never thought that would be __________ in my life.”

2 . Most people who keep animals choose to have dogs, cats or fishes. But Recep Mirzan keeps a ______ animal on his farm in Western Turkey. The 63-year-old retired worker has a swan (天鹅) which he ______ many years ago. Mirzan was driving in his car when he ______ an injured swan with a ______ wing. Mirzan immediately ______ and took the swan with him to ______ her from predators (捕食者).

“Since I love ______, I said to myself that I should take her home instead of _______ her as prey (猎物),” Mirzan told The Associated Press.

He named the swan Garip. It means “strange” in the Turkish language but is also used to ______ a person who has had difficulties in their lives. After Garip’s broken wing improved, she ______ with Mirzan. Mirzan is not married and has no ______, so the swan is like a child to him. Garip has been living on Mirzan’s farm for the past 37 years, ______ Mirzan wherever he goes and never trying to ______ the farm.

According to the group Swan Sanctuary, in Britain, swans live in the ______ for only about 12 years. But thanks to the ______ environments, Garip can live up to nearly 40 years.