2 . “Nobody can get out of life alive. Therefore, when you have opportunities, be brave and be thankful.” Those were______ words said by 18-year-old Jake Bailey, a cancer ______.

Bailey was in the ______ position of the Students’ Union. The young man had planned to speak at his high school’s end-of-year ceremony on schedule. ______, just the week before, he received shocking ______ that he had a fast-growing form of cancer. Doctors said, without ______, he would only have weeks to live, so they didn’t ______ him to take part in the event. But Bailey put on his school uniform along with his ______ face and left his hospital bed to give the inspiring speech to his ______. Without doubt, his appearance ______ everyone at the ceremony. Sitting in the wheelchair, he began to ______ his ideas. He expressed that a strong-willed person would not easily ______, no matter how hard life was.

At the speech, Bailey encouraged his schoolmates to ______ their time. “The future is truly in our hands.

When the senior ______ his speech with the school’s ______, “Altiora Peto,” which means “I fight for higher things”, the entire room burst into cheers. Obviously Bailey’s message was heard loud and clear. Bailey then closed his eyes and ______ the words “Thank you”.

3 . Kinsey French has taught children with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征) for the past three years. The teacher of _______ education at the Christian Academy’s Providence School, developed a(n) close _______ with her students in her first year. That was _______ when it came to her wedding day, she invited the class to _______ her wedding party as flower girls and ring bearers. “They were like a _______ to me,” Kinsey told WLKY about the students, _______ from seven to eleven years old. “So I knew I couldn't have this important day _______ them, my lovely ‘kids’.”

Kinsey’s now-husband, Josh, was _______ too — in fact, knowing how much it would mean to her, he _______ proposed (求婚) to her in front of the class. The wedding went ____________ on the Internet after photographer Lang Thomas Leichhart ____________ on his Facebook photos of Kinsey in her wedding dress, ____________ by her students. The scene of their being together was so moving that I was brought to ____________ many times during the day,” he told CNN. “You can tell how ____________ she is to these kids.”

And while the children loved ____________ their wedding responsibilities and posing for photos, they said that their____________ of the night was the dancing. For Kinsey, it was making ____________ that would last a lifetime. “It was so exciting,” she told WLKY.

“It was ____________ for Josh and me just to have them as a ____________ of the day, and have them come and ____________ with us.”

The other day after work, I was walking down the street while I saw a boy riding a nice bicycle, one of those bicycle with only one wheel. Dressing in pink from head to toe, he was singing a song which was sounded like a children’s song. I thought he must be total crazy. Just then, a lady dropped 20-dollar bill on the ground, but he didn’t realize it. The guy in pink picked out the money and gave it back to her. After that, he rode on but soon disappeared before the lady could thank him. How a strange and good guy!

Last Sunday, we had a family gathering and my aunt told us a funnier story. One day, she'd been working late and was last person in the office. She heard the sound of break glass and knew immediately which was happening. She quickly found a dark corner and hid. But her phone sudden rang and she heard the burglar stop. Then the burglar started walking towards her hiding places! She looked around with a weapon, but could only to find a ball-point pen. Then a voice asks, “Is that you, Jo?” It was her boss who'd come back to get his keys leaving on his desk.

7 . During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a course for free, called Thinking Chess, for three credits(学分). I____the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn't want to____a few dollars? More than that, I'd always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren't____enough about free credits, news about our____was attractive enough to me. He was an international grandmaster(大师), which____I would be learning from one of the game's____. I could hardly wait to____him. Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this____was no game for him; he took it seriously. In his introduction, he made it____that our credits would be hard to earn. In order to____the class, besides other requirements, we had to write a paper on how we plan to____what we would learn in class to our future jobs and, ____, to our lives. I managed to get an A in that____and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the____. Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I'm still putting to use what he____me: “The most important____that you learn when you play chess is how to make good____. On every single move you have to____a situation, understand what your opponent(对手) is doing and____the best one from among all your possible moves.” These words still make a difference today in my____as a news reporter.

8 . All my life, I have been overweight and never imagined I will start running. One night, surfing through Facebook, I _________ a picture of an old school friend. Obesity was no _________ to him back in the day. So imagine my _________ when I saw that he had shrunk to half the size I remembered.

I started my process of _________ myself the next day. I started _________ and began with walks, circling the shortest blocks I could find. In a while, my body burned and _________, and nothing excited me more than the thought of quitting. _________, I didn't give up and my walks expanded to several blocks’ worth.

On the fifth day, I thought I probably could run. Standing on the road, I _________ far down the road, about a tenth of a mile in length. “Way too far to run,” my aching body told me. _________, another voice spoke, “I can do this.” My feet __________ without a second thought. Right away, familiar __________ pulsed through （充满） them, all the way up my legs. Soon, I was breathless, and desperate for __________. I wanted to quit. “I can do this”, the __________ spoke again. In the end, I failed to reach my goal. Thirty feet or so __________ me from my goal. But when I looked back, I couldn't believe my eyes. The __________ seemed farther than expected. __________ the thirty feet, I had almost achieved my desire to be better in less than a __________.

The next morning, I was ready to take on the __________ again. While I haven't completely __________ thoughts of giving up, they're quieter now. Quieter than the voice that __________ me forward — “I can do this.”

9 . On Friday afternoon Class Seven had an Art lesson. It was their favourite lesson of the week. Everyone _______ Trudy Hubble looked forward to it. Trudy had arms that stuck out and always hit things so that they broke.

When Trudy came into the classroom, Rob Mason said, “Look out, here comes Trouble!” All the kids _______. Trudy had to smile and pretended she didn’t mind. How she wished she could be more like Lisa Gibbs, who had small hands and feet and never _______ things over!

That day, they were going to paint animals. Again, Trudy tripped over the jam jar. Dirty water spread in a pool across the table and _______ Lisa’s dragon. Every time Trudy tried to do Art, it was always a _______.

As soon as she got home, Mum asked her to take a _______ to Mrs. Willow.

Trudy knocked on the door and the door opened. There stood an old lady, so tall and elegant, like her house, which was full of _______ china.

“My mum’s your home help. She won’t be able to come tomorrow. She’s got a cold.”

“I’m sorry to hear that. What she needs is my special cold _______. Come inside and I’ll give you some. ” Mrs. Willow opened the door wider.

Keeping her arms pressed to her sides, Trudy stood _______, much like a statue, afraid to move in.

“Why?”

“I am the clumsiest person in our school! I know something will get broken when I’m ________.”

“I used to be clumsy (笨拙的) too, a real ugly little duck,” Mrs. Willow smiled. “But I grew up to be a swan (白天鹅).”

“But I don’t think I shall,” Trudy doubted. “I’ll just grow up to be an ugly ________.”

“Not if you do as I did. You have to keep telling yourself that inside, where it matters, you’re really a swan.”

“I’m a swan,” Trudy ________ her throat and took the medicine, heading for home.

Next morning Mum’s cold was much better. “If Mrs. Willow’s cold cure is a kind of ________, then her swan cure must work as well.” Trudy couldn’t wait to try it out.

In the school playground some children stood looking up into the chestnut tree. Lisa was in tears.

“What’s the matter?” asked Trudy.

“It’s my kite,” Lisa said, wiping her eyes. “Rob let go and it’s got ________ up the tree.”

“I’ll get it down for you,” Trudy said kindly.

“No, you’ll tear it!” Lisa looked ________. “It’s a special Chinese kite! I got it for my birthday.”

For a moment Trudy felt like her old ________ self. But then she remembered what Mrs. Willow had said. It didn’t matter how she looked outside. Inside, she was really a swan.

She jumped up and grabbed the lowest ________ and began to climb. “Swans never rush,” she told herself. It took her ages, but she didn’t rush. At last she managed to ________ the kite. But now she had to climb down again using only one hand. Very, very ________ she swung herself down to the ground. The kite was safe!

“Thanks, Trudy.” Lisa showed it to the others. “Look, it’s all right!”

Trudy felt very, very proud and different. Smiling at everyone, she walked swan-like across the playground and into school, so tall and ________.

10 . Summer was here, and it was hot one! Cora ,the hedgehog(刺猬), was out looking for food, trying to stay _________. She saw her friend Heather was_________ around in a little pool outside.

“Hi Heather!” Cora called. “_________ did you get a pool?”

“Hi Cora! I just got it yesterday. It’s really helping cool me down. Would you like to_________ me?” Heather replied.

“I would love to, thanks!” Cora had a lot of_________ for Heather about the pool. She asked who Heather bought it from, if it was expensive, and if Heather thought she was going to_________ it a lot this summer.

“I_________ an advertisement for a pool company(公司), which got me thinking about how _________ a pool would be. I looked at_________ to see if other people liked their pools, and if the company did a good job. When I saw that the company did a good job, I decided to__________ one! I would recommend(推荐) them to you. I think I’m going to love having a pool on hot days like this one!” Heather told Cora.

Cora __________ Heather for letting her cool off, and continued to look for__________. But she could not stop thinking about the __________. She decided to do some research of her own before making a__________.

She looked up hedgehog-sized pools, and the __________ Heather talked about was the first listing. She read the prices and the reviews other hedgehogs left about the company and pools. It looked like they did a great job, and she __________ watched a video of the advertisement Heather had seen! Then Cora looked up other companies. They all looked __________, but since Heather had a __________ experience with this company, Cora decided to go with the same one.

A week later, Cora was __________ swimming in her own pool! Heather walked by, and Cora thanked her for the recommendation. It was one of the __________ summers ever!