1 . Roman McCormick is just a 15-year-old teenager, but he’s already been through more _______ than some people ever experience. He was born with a rare _______, which causes kidney (肾) failure over time.

Faced with dialysis (透析), Roman and his parents anxiously _______ their community to get tested to see if they were a match for Roman on TV. But they were not positive about anyone_______ to help. They had no idea that someone who _______ knows Roman happened to be watching the _______ that night.

Eddie McCarthy taught Roman maths last school year. He _______ the teen right away, and as a parent himself, Eddie couldn’t help but take pity on him. So he took the _______ and got his blood tested. When the result came out five months later, he _______ he was a perfect match. All that was left to do was tell the McCormick family that their nightmare (噩梦) was about to ________. “When he called me, I was just too ________,” Roman’s mother, Jamie said.

Both Eddie and Roman’s parents were ________ that a new kidney would give Roman a fresh chance at life. Roman’s been ________ so much from his illness over the years. Jamie hoped the surgery would give her son “his teenage years back”.

On July 19, Roman and Eddie ________ the surgery. It was a success, and both are ________ now. Let’s wish them the best of health.

2 . Since I came to senior high school, I began to pay more attention to my appearance. I had _________ to lose weight for over six months, living only on a small cup of low-fat yogurt for a whole day. Even if _________ cut my stomach like a knife, I would firmly hold on to my plan to be beauty. Before long, _________ obviously dropped off me and I felt quite _________ until my symptoms (症状) began to hit me hard. I even started _________ from the cold in 27-degree rooms. Though feeling weaker and weaker, I _________ my new body because I looked thin.

Then, one day, my geography teacher _________ that I was resting my head on the desk, and called me out of the class. He shut the door behind me and asked, “You haven’t seemed quite _________ in class recently. Are you okay?” “Yeah, I am just tired,” I _________, too frightened to look into his eyes.

“Christine, I don’t know what’s going on with you, but I want you to believe that everyone here __________ for you. We want you to beat whatever you’re __________, just cheer up, OK?” I said “OK” in a low voice and then I went back to my __________.

The teacher’s loving words touched me a lot and __________ to me. I decided to give up my plan of losing weight, and began to eat everything that was __________. Over the next few months, I __________ gained all my spirit back. Thanks to my teacher, a healthy and active girl was coming back again.