1 . Our church has a way of helping those who have_________difficulties without making the receiver feel shame or guilt. Money is dropped into a green box with_________only the name of the receiver on the envelope.

There came a time when my husband and I were among those who needed_________. Just as we reached the point of despair, our church_________us a large envelope that had been left in the green box. We were_________to receive a very big amount of money, enough to bring us through that hard time.

A year later, our seventeen-year-old son who_________from high school was applying for a student loan for college. It was then that we discovered his savings account was almost_________.To both of us, it was so_________. We had trusted him to put part of his wages from his part-time job into the bank towards his_________. From nine years old, he had worked very hard for his small earning. I asked him repeatedly to tell me what had happened__________. I was nearly mad. Where has all the money__________?

Finally, in tears, and with great reluctance (勉强), my son__________that the year before he had put his__________in the green box for his father and me during that toughest time. I stood there__________, tears filling my eyes. It had taken my son years to save that money. He had given it to us willingly__________telling us what he had done.

3 . When your dream is to become a footballer, nothing should get in your way —even if you have no feet.

Gabriel Muniz, an 1l–year-old Brazil kid, was born without feet. Although his family thought he would have serious difficulties living a normal life, he started walking before he was one year old. His mother would go after him, expecting him to keep falling, but he never fell. It took him a while to make the jump from walking to playing football, but he did make it. And, in fact, there’s nothing he loves more than playing football. In his school, the skillful youngster is not only the best player in his school team but also the captain of his gym team.

He knows that his disability means he’ll never be able to play for a professional football team. So Gabriel is hoping that football will one day become a Paralympics(残疾人奥运会)sport. He proved to everyone there he could go head to head with any other boy. Watching him play is unbelievable. He’s fast and he’s got a big bag of tricks – he’s very skilled and he does everything he can to copy his hero, Messi so much that he was invited to go to Spain to meet his hero Messi and show his talent in the Barcelona Football Club. His coach says he is proving the disability only exists(存在)inside our heads and he is challenging the social rules.

4 . When you think about the daily life of a 4-year-old child, picture books, cartoons and toys likely come to mind. _________ a 215,000,000-year-old dinosaur footprint ( 脚 印 )? Probably not. But that’s just what_________ 4-year-old Lily when she was taking a_________ on a near beach with her father Richard.

The footprint found by _________ Lily measures nearly four inches and is _________ preserved. Experts believed it was _________by a two-footed dinosaur. Its species that’s not been seen before is a _________ that’s made the scientific community _________. Karl James, a dinosaur expert, _________ the find as “the finest impression (痕迹) of a very ancient dinosaur in Britain in a decade”.

“Lily saw it when walking along the beach and Richard took a picture,” Lily’s mom said. “When Richard came home and showed me the __________, I thought it looked __________. In consequence, I __________experts who took it over from there. We were __________ to find out it was really a dinosaur footprint. I am happy that it will be taken to the national museum where it can be enjoyed and__________for generations.”

There are a lot of the secrets of nature in local areas if you take time to look__________ enough.

5 . Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket — anything with a round ball, I was _______,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always _______ in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.

It was a mountain _______ he received for his 15th birthday that _______ him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a _______ friend. _______, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and _______. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.

The _______ year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he _______ about Ridgway’s cold-water adventures. Greatly ________ , Saunders ________ that this would be his future.

In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders ________ his first long-distance expedition (探险) towards the North Pole. It took ________ energy. He ________ frostbite (冻疮), ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the ________, pulling his supply-load sled (雪橇) up and over rocky ice. Since then, Saunders has skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.

6 . As a young boy, Britain’s great former Prime Minister(首相), Sir Winston Churchill(温斯顿·丘吉尔) attended a public school called Harrow. He was not a good student and nearly _________ out of school for breaking the school rules. _________, he finished his schoolwork and his mistakes there did not prevent him from going on to a university. He even really had an army experience, for which he was later elected _________. He achieved it for his wisdom and courage. Because he once refused to _________ to Germany during the painful days of World War Ⅱ, his amazing determination helped inspire his entire nation and was an _________ worldwide.

Towards the end of his period as prime minister, he was _________ to make a speech to the students at his old school. When the great day arrived, Sir Winston Churchill gave his short, clear­cut speech:

“Young man, never give up. Never give up! Never give up! Never, never, never, never!”

Another _________ example is Sandra O’Connor who fought to achieve her best education. Graduating at the top of her class, she worked her _________ into Stanford Law School, where she graduated with _________. Though working hard, she was __________ a woman in the 1950s. She was refused by many law firms __________ they preferred to hire a less qualified(有资格的) man __________ a great woman lawyer. Yet she refused to give up on her dreams. With great efforts, her dream finally came true.

Just like Churchill and Sandra, they stand for those who never give up. __________, many people in our daily life simply say they want something but without making efforts. Instead, they let the fear of failure stop them from trying. As a wise saying goes: “It’s not how many times you fall down that __________. It’s how many times you get back up that makes success!” With hard work,__________ and preparation, you can overcome any difficulty and achieve success.

Asad was a 13-year-old boy who was very honest and hardworking. Recently, he had entered a new school, so he had no friends yet. On Monday morning, he was nearly late for school. The night before, his family attended his cousin’s wedding and reached home late, which was why he couldn’t get up on time as usual.

At school, Asad could not pay attention to anything and wanted the bell to ring so that he could buy something to eat. After a few hours, when the bell rang, Asad quickly opened his schoolbag to find his money, but just then he remembered that he had left for school in a hurry in the morning and forgotten to take money. He looked under his books, hoping to find some money but there was nothing.

Not knowing what to do, he walked out of the classroom and sat on a bench in front of the canteen. He saw a few of his classmates there, among them was Fahad. He was one of the richest kids in his class, but he was a very arrogant(傲慢的)boy who thought everyone else was a loser. But as Asad was new, he didn’t know much about Fahad.

When he went towards Fahad and asked if he could borrow some money for his lunch, Fahad laughed a lot and said, “I knew you were a loser, maybe a beggar?” Fahad laughed out so loud that other kids also heard and made fun of the situation. He didn’t answer Fahad, and slowly walked back towards an empty bench.

When he reached the bench, he noticed something lying near it. It was a wallet. He picked it up and recognized it as Fahad’s, as he remembered Fahad showing it to his friends and telling that his uncle bought it for him from the UK. There was quite a lot of money inside for a kid.

At first, Asad wanted to keep it a secret and punished Fahad.

Then Fahad said, “Why are you giving back?”

10 . My great-grandfather, my grandfather and my father are all farmers. My father expects me to become a farmer and_________them all but I don’t agree with my father.

Three years ago, my father took me to a(n) _________to visit one of his friends. His friend_________a small airline. It was the first time I had seen a_________airplane. After my father’s friend discovered I had never been in an airplane, he_________me to fly with them. When we took off, I felt very excited.

Since then, if I had time, my father’s friend would teach me how to fly.He even let me fly_________once. I wanted to become a pilot but to do this, I would have _________my father’s wishes.

At the age of 18 ,I had to tell my father what I wanted to do but I didn’t want to make him_______. As he walked ahead of me and followed, I didn’t know what I could say to help him understand my_________ for flying. I took my courage and said,“Father,I have something__________to tell you. I want to go to college and become a pilot, I have talked to the schools and they agreed to__________me financial(经济的)help.”I felt nervous in his__________. Then he spoke,“I was wondering when you would tell me. I have been__________money for you.” When I heard this, I couldn’t help____________ For the first time I really understand his____________love for me.