2 . Louis Tewanima seemed born to run. Like other Hopi people in the late 19th century, Louis ran for his mental and _________ well-being.

In 1907, Louis _________himself riding on one of the locomotives(火车头)that had amazed him as a boy. With no knowledge of the English language, he _________ east to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania.

The _________ in Pennsylvania was much colder than what Louis was used to. He missed his family and his way of life. He turned to something _________, running. He’d seen the school’s track team practice, so he _________ the coach, Glenn S. “Pop” Warner, and asked if he could run for him.

After watching Louis run, Warner _________ realized Louis had talent. Warner coached him on _________ his stamina(耐力)and strength to track and field. It wasn’t long before medals, and _________ filled Louis’s room at the Carlisle school, and he became a __________ in distance running in America. Even when he was __________ difficulties, Louis prevailed(战胜). He once missed his train to a __________ in Harrisburg. Instead of calling it a loss, he ran 18 miles to the event, arriving on time. He __________ to compete in the two-mile race, and he __________ first!

In 1908, Louis entered his first Olympic, and placed ninth in the marathon. Four years later, he __________ in the 1912 Summer Olympic in Stockholm, Sweden. This time, he ran the 10,000-metre race and finished in second place.

5 . When I was a kid, my family farmed 200 acres with mules (骡子), and the most naughty one was Tobe. It’d frequently jump out and run around. But when asked why he liked it, Dad would say, “When it comes to farm work, Tobe comes up to standard.”

Dad died when I was 11, and we had to sell the farm. Those were hard years, but Mom managed to give me my first music lesson. Before long our neighbors liked my songs so much that I decided to make a career in singing.

At 17 I left home for a radio station in Jackson and this job made me discover how inexperienced I was. I made up my mind that I would practice until I came up to standard. I took a job as a driver. With 8 hours spent in the car, I could spend the rest of the time practicing. Finally, when I was good enough, I began playing for audiences nationwide.

By now, I had two kids and I knew what a family was without a dad, so I quit the performances and entered the most depressing (令人消沉的) years of my life with all the clothing, homework, and duties around the house. That was when I thought about Tobe. It was self-willed, but in the field, where it mattered, Tobe came up to standard. So I started listening and made a discovery. My kids’ lifestyle may be different. But where standards are concerned (涉及) — for things like honesty and courage — they often do better than some of us.

Not long ago my son Dick told me he was going to apply for a job at a TV station. “ I know the general manager. I’ll put in a good word for you,” I said. “I’d rather go alone,” he replied. “If I’m not good enough yet to do the job, I shouldn’t get it.” Then I realized he wanted to be up to standard. I felt proud the minute he came home shouting, “ Dad, I got the job!”

6 . My wife, Hannah, and I don’t usually keep houseplants. Anything in pots gets either over-watered or under-watered. But after my diagnosis with glioblastoma, a terminal brain cancer, with no more than a year to live, I loved the idea of having something new and green around.

My friend Mitch gave me what he said was a lucky bamboo plant in a deep-green pottery bowl with three pencil-sized stalks (茎；杆) tied together. We placed the plant in the living room window across from the couch where I spent much of the day. I smiled when I looked at it over the rim of the mug of coffee Hannah brought me each morning.

I told Hannah I wanted to care for the plant myself. Tending to the plant gave me a sense of accomplishment at a time when I sometimes felt useless. Glioblastoma limited my ability to walk, and the treatment left me exhausted, making it hard for me to accomplish everyday tasks. As a family physician, I was used to being the one who provided care, not the one who received it. Since my diagnosis, I had to rely on help from other people. The enormous change left me feeling purposeless and unsettled. Watering the plant, as small an act as it was, connected me to a core part of my old identity and taught me that plants and people could still depend on me.

Over the next few months, I recovered from surgery and completed radiation and chemotherapy. Even after I returned to work, I continued to care for the plant. Soon, it had nearly doubled in height and its leaves were shiny and lush. Both the tree and I were thriving (茁壮成长).

7 . In moments of danger, superheroes don’t ________, they leap into action. And so does the little boy when his baby sister’s life depends on it.

When 8-year-old Jaxson Dempsey realized his 20-month-old sister Lelia was________ on a chicken nugget (鸡块), he didn’t________. Instead, he calmly directed his dad to ________ the car they were driving in and went on to________ the obstruction (障碍物) from Lelia’s airway.

Jaxson said he’d learned the________ technique from watching superstar John Cena perform the movement on a show.

Jaxson’s father Matt has nothing but ________ for his son, whose quick thinking________ a potential tragedy. “I couldn’t hear her because she was choking. ________, she wasn’t breathing. Thank God Jaxson was there because, without him, I don’t know if Lelia would be here.”

While________ were the last thing on Jaxon’s mind for doing what came________ when his sister needed him, they’ve been rolling in nonetheless ever since.

The first big “Well done!” came from none other than John Cena himself, who sent a personal message via video after learning of the boy’s________. “I heard a story about you, and it really________ my heart,” Cena said.

Cena’s recognition was high praise indeed, but the awards didn’t________ there. On March 31, Jaxson’s hometown welcomed him with his very own march in ________ of a little hero who turned out to be the best big brother a little sister could have.

8 . Never did I imagine I would land into a place that I used to dislike. However, my working here in Saudi Arabia has turned out to be a _________ I have learned many things about life.

One of those is _________. I had been very impatient for the years before I came here. _________, I had made wrong decisions and _________ many learning chances that life had offered me. When I _________ here, everything and everyone seemed completely different. I had to _________ different kinds of people from different countries with the _________ kind of personalities (个性) and attitudes. I couldn’t improve the situation but could change my _________—to be patient with everything and everyone. Gradually, found myself doing my job _________, enjoying every single thing. And I began to share feelings with my __________ here and everything turned out just __________.

Second is the value of __________. My world back home has mostly made the __________ of my attitudes, personalities and beliefs. It has __________ me the person that I am now. Yet, I should __________ the way people here have lived their lives. I may not like their culture or __________ but that doesn’t make them any __________ and still they deserve my respect.

The most __________ and wonderful experience I have here is the joy of living contently. I have been living in this foreign place for two years and I have been __________ how to live a simple life, how to __________ the kind of life I have right now.

10 . I just had the most beautiful experience with Woolworths in Gladstone Park Shopping Centre. I did an online ______ for my family and went into store to pick it up. It was ______ thanks to my youngest daughter’s second birthday. The young man Adrian was lovely and ______ my order hurriedly. Happy mum I was and walked off with trolley (购物车) full of ______ and my little kid.

Five to ten minutes later I got four miss ______ from a number in Sydney, clearly it must be a cheat call as I live in Melbourne, I thought. Luckily the online gentleman left a ______ as he knew I would not have known to call back. When I ______ this, I had gotten home and put my daughter down for her afternoon sleep.

The online gentlemen ______ that Woolworths Gladstone Park was trying to contact me to let me ______ that they left the cold drinks out of my order by chance. I explained to the gentleman online that I had just put down my kid to sleep and ______, I could not return to the ______ to collect my remaining groceries. The online gentleman was so ______ and said he would contact the store and see if they could send it to me for free. I was so ______ to hear this.

Half hour later the lovely Adrian from Gladstone Park Woolworths, who had ______ me earlier, dropped off my order, which totally touch my heart. He even ______ me a box of chocolates to say sorry.