3 . In my early years, I did not see the value of education. When I was turning thirteen, I started to ______ my own shop. From then on, I worked hard to become a successful businessman. But one day I ______ the importance of the English language in the business world and started taking night classes.

I was able to communicate well with foreign ______ after two years of English study. But I started to feel that, in the long run, having a ______ knowledge of English was not enough to make my business successful. I knew that only a well-rounded education could ______ my success in the future.

When I was eighteen, I had to make a decision about ______ to do business or go back to school. There was one ______ keeping me from getting an advanced education. I had only completed elementary school up to that point. I then went back to senior high school. Being at school for the first time after so many years was somewhat ______ because my classmates were at least two or three years younger than me. I concluded that my age did not ______. The important thing was getting into college.

I took the College Entrance Exams. ______ my math exam result was thirty points below the required score, I never gave up hope. The following year, I took it again and received the ______ score in my city. ______ such an amazing result gave me encouragement and courage ______ to continue my education to the next step.

I am now in my second year of college and ______ that it is never too late to learn. My passion for studying and improving myself will never ______ to a stop as long as I continue to live.

6 . By the age of 27, Vincent had made the most important decision of his life, to become an artist. He spent the years between 1880 and 1885 developing his _______. He had little money and lived in _______ rooms all over the Netherlands, including the flat agricultural landscape of the Drenthe. There he _______ country people. He was often ill and miserable, but determined to _______ this new career.

After the failure of his studies for the priesthood, Vincent didn’t want to _______ art formally at an academy. But he knew nothing of anatomy (解剖学), the study of the human figure, or of perspective, by which artists show a sense of _______ in work done on flat paper or canvas. Theo, his brother, knew a rich young _______, Anthon van Rappard, who taught Vincent perspective, and _______ him prints to copy. Vincent made hundreds of drawings of people, _______ charcoal, crayon, ink, and watercolor. Theo provided ________ for oil paint, and he began to paint in oils. Vincent often traveled to the ________ or the coast to draw working people. He was beginning to believe in himself as an ________.“Diggers, sowers, planters, male and female, they are what I draw ________. I have to ________ and draw everything that belongs to country life.” The compassion that Vincent ________ for poor people as a preacher was now channeled into his art.

7 . I was born without arms. My parents bought me a full-length _______ when I was a baby so I’d get comfortable with the way I looked. They never let my _______ hold me back, and it never did. Before I started school, they helped me _______ with holding a pencil in my mouth, but I _______ to use my left foot. At school, I used a desk my grandpa had _______ for me. It was _______ so I could write with my feet. The other kids quickly _______ to me and I made lots of friends.

In Year 2011 I swam in the inter-house carnival and a coach encouraged me to join his squad. It _______ a passion in me for swimming, _______ I kept up when I went to the university to study business and law. By then, I ________ lived with my parents, but I did most things on my own. I drove a car with my right foot on the steering wheel and cooked meals using my feet. Meanwhile, I started doing ocean swims and I got the ________, doing bigger swims. This peaked in me ________ a 10km swim around Old Woman Island, Qld, in April 2022. I swam freestyle with fins and rolled to breathe. I had an amazing support crew but it was seriously ________ going. When my feet ________ the sand again five hours and 11 minutes later, my family ran to hug me and we both ________. The swim ________ $13,000 for special schools on the Sunshine Coast, Qld. If it goes some way to enable ________ with a disability to feel how I felt after that swim, then every metre, every kick was ________.

I’m ________ do it again this year! My disability has never ________ me. I have a wonderful life, a job I enjoy and a goal to reach. I just happen to have been born without arms.

8 . The dancer who performs in a wheelchair

Joe performed at the Royal Ballet as a child but thought his career was over after he lost full use of his legs.

Naturally he was quite _______, which was good for dance but it’s not good for life. About five weeks into his fourth year, he had grown much taller. His flexibility couldn’t match the height quickly and he ended up _______ his left knee. Then he was _______ a car accident. So he thought his dancing _______.

Joe now _______ inclusive ballet dancing for differently abled dancers. Once he came across vocational (职业的) trainers who were _______ to train people in a wheelchair. But he was quite lucky _______ he had received vocational training before he gained his disability. Over time, Joe’s performance has become outstanding.

Nowadays, as the _______ of a Royal Ballet show with a dance partner Issy, Joe often wonders how other dancers like him can _______ the same level of training.

Joe also explains the new ballet dancing. “Maybe you think of it as a(n) ________ ballet technique. In fact, we twist it and ________ it into an entirely new and different thing.”

Isabel Lubach, a Royal Ballet dancer says, “It just feels so ________. It’s just such a unique way of working to find those sort of different challenges. It feels really ________ to be on the stage with other differently abled dancers.”

There’s always more work to do, ________ in the classical ballet world, different dancers have different accessible needs. To address the problem, they ________ need to have conversations, and look at how they can redefine the ballet technique to everyone.

9 . A young child was last seen at about 3:00 pm, sitting beside her mother, but was found missing later in the day. Then the police _________ at once, but things didn’t go very far.

Around 6:00 pm, the situation took a _________ turn when a deer hunter in the area heard the cries of the missing child. The hunter _________ it to the Newberry County 911 and told the officials the child’s _________.

Newberry County 911 operators used mapping technology to _________ the right place. And at the same time, this important _________ was then rapidly passed to a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division helicopter and the county’s _________, who were already on their way to perform their task.

With the right message in hand, a search team was quickly sent to the _________, nearly a mile away from the child’s home. After half an hour, the tireless efforts of these kind people _________ a warm and wonderful reunion (团聚). The missing five-year-old was found, __________ and unharmed, in the thick forest, which made everyone satisfied.

The child was then carefully __________ before being quickly taken to hospital. Despite her terrible experience, she was found to be in surprisingly good shape, only keeping saying she felt tired, hungry and __________ fear.

The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office expressed their great __________ to everyone related, including citizens, and those offering their thoughts and wishes during the __________. The heroic actions of all those involved (涉及) will __________ be celebrated as a heartwarming success story in Newberry County for years to come.

10 . Kelby Nelson had always looked up to his dad Mr Nelson, a hardworking man who had always put his family first. As his dad’s birthday _______ , Kelby wanted to do something special to show his _______ for all that his father had done for him. After much thought and consideration, Kelby decided to give his dad a gift that would truly make his day more special.

Kelby knew that his dad had a deep _______ for photography but had never pursued it as more than a hobby. _______ by this, Kelby decided to give his dad a once in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase his work in a local art gallery.

Kelby _______ contacted the owner of a popular gallery in town and explained his _______. Impressed by the heartfelt gesture, the owner agreed to host an exhibition featuring Kelby’s dad’s photographs. Kelby then spent weeks meticulously(精心地) _______ the best photos from his dad’s collection, ensuring a diverse and attractive showcase.

On the day of his dad’s birthday, Kelby blindfolded(蒙住) him and led him to the gallery. As they entered, Kelby _______ the blindfold, revealing a gallery filled with amazing prints of his dad’s photographs. His dad stood there, _______ , his eyes moist with emotion.

The gallery opening ________ a surprise party, with friends, family, and fellow photography enthusiasts gathered to ________ Mr Nelson’s talent. The local media caught wind of the event and sent reporters to cover the exhibition, further expanding Kelby’s dad’s ________ .

Overwhelmed(淹没)by the love and ________ surrounding him, Kelby’s dad thanked his son, not just for the ________ gift, but for encouraging him to pursue his passion and giving him the ________ to share his art with the world.