1 . Jade lives in Australia, a country famous for kangaroos, but not for snow. Yet at 12, she _________ to ski at the North Pole.

In spite of the lack of authentic training space, Jade still built her_________ at the gym．She ran with giant tires (大轮胎)_________ to her waist to feel what it was like to_________ a sled (雪橇) across ice．By the age of 14, Jade was_________．

The far north is not a blank carpet of soft snow, but Jade _________ the tough conditions. Even though every part of her body was_________ she never thought of giving up. In April,2016, Jade made _________,becoming the youngest person to ski to the North Pole.

When talking about her_________ she stated that every human body is__________, whether you are a man or a woman. But when the talk was__________ online, some Internet bullies (霸凌者) wrote mean (刻薄的)__________ like “Make me a sandwich”, to make her feel small.

To prove women’s place is far beyond the__________, Jade and her team pushed on to the South Pole and made it. Holding a plate with a sandwich, Jade __________ had her photo taken and posted online. She faced the bullies directly, “I made you a sandwich. Now __________ 37 days and 600 km to the South Pole, and you can eat it.”

3 . “Are you really going to eat another piece of pizza?” It was at my fourteenth birthday party that I received my first ________ related comment. After that day, comments like this ________ in my head longer than they should have. I was ________ picking flaws (缺点) in my figure in the mirror.

I decided that I couldn’t eat like this in order to be ________ . It started out as just a little extra ________ every day, like running, but it quickly turned into ________ meals and working out every night before bed. As I ________ the calories, the comments started to change. Perhaps my ________ comment was “You’re so skinny.”

Maybe others didn’t know it, but their comments were ________ my social construction of beauty. However, my condition slowly became worse. My caloric intake was less than that of a child and I no longer had the ________ to do the things I once enjoyed.

Everything changed when I got a call from the director at my dance studio. She ________ me that she had wanted to move me to the advanced level, ________ she noticed I was too skinny. I then realized I nearly ________ my role in The Nutcracker. I was determined that I wasn’t going to let society’s idea of beauty be the death of me.

I want to get better for real this time. Mirrors and scales (秤) have no ________ of who I am. Social constructions of beauty will always be ________ in the world that I live in but I’ve decided not to let them rule over me.

4 . When Zou Hongyan welcomed her son to the world in 1988, terrible birth complications (并发症) left him disabled for life. Doctors _________ her to give him up, a view that even her own husband _________, as they believed the boy would lead a worthless, _________ life. Zou, however, rejected their claims, divorced her child’s father, and made it her life _________ to treat and support her baby boy.

Zou worked _________ three jobs to support her family. She _________ how to massage (按摩) his muscles and would play intelligence _________ and puzzles with him.

The mother also _________ from the start that her son would learn to _________ his disabilities as far as possible. For example, Ding had problems coordinating (协调) his __________ movements, and found it difficult to use chopsticks. __________ many relatives said it was perfectly understandable, Zou insisted on __________ him to do so.

“I didn’t want him to feel ashamed about his __________ problems,” she said.

Ding graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Peking University in 2011. We can only __________ how proud this hard-working mom is of her son’s incredible progress, and how grateful Ding Ding must be to his greatest __________.

6 . My Chinese speaking experience

It’s one thing to learn a language, but it’s quite another when you finally get to use it.

On the _________from Venice to Paris, a group of girls sat around me. I realized that they were speaking Chinese, but at first I didn’t feel _________starting a conversation with the strangers next to me. If it didn’t _________well, I’d be stuck next to them for the rest of the flight.

As the food cart began to make its way down the aisle (过道)towards us, I finally found my _________. I _________to the girl to my left and asked, “Will you be having lunch?” in Chinese. She _________ her head and asked me in English, “You speak Chinese?” I _________ again in Chinese, “A little bit.” She nodded again and then returned to her magazine, _________ my effort to communicate with her.

Another time, at a dinner I sat next to a man who I knew spoke Chinese. I told him that I was learning Chinese, but could only _________ a little. When __________ me use the language, he suddenly began to speak __________ in Chinese. I didn’t catch him at all. I felt somewhat __________. I never __________ the chance to continue because the conversation returned to __________ as other people speaking English joined the table.

All in all, my experience has __________ me that I still have a long way to go in using Chinese.

7 . Although the road to your goal is always full of difficulties, everything is for your wish, as long as you are full of passion and determination.

My daughter, Alice _________ some terrible illness in her early childhood. Luckily, after years of regular treatment (治疗), she finally became _________.

Two years ago, while watching the Olympics, a dream _________ into her sweet little head—to be a swimmer. Last summer, she practiced hard and finally _________ our local swim team. From that day on, Alice kept swimming and didn’t _________ a single practice. She had a _________ desire within herself to be the best she could be. My ten-year-old was growing and changing right before my eyes, into this _________ human being with a passion and a mission. There were moments of _________ of course: often she would be the last swimmer in the race. Alice was upset to be _________ that she wasn’t a winner-ever. But that didn’t __________ her from trying.

Then came the final awards ceremony at the end of the year. Alice didn’t expect any award but was still there to cheer on her friends. As the ceremony was nearing the end, I suddenly heard the head coach __________ “The highest honor goes to Alice!” Looking around, he continued, “Alice has inspired us with her __________ and enthusiasm. __________ skills and talents bring great success, the most valuable asset (财富) one can hold is the heart.”

It was the greatest __________ of my daughter’s life. With all she had gone __________ in her ten years, this was the hour of true triumph (成功).

It was somewhere between spring and summer, and my mom and I were driving through the countryside. Back then, I was 13 years old, and always felt unhappy with Mom. But I didn’t know that this trip was going to be a special one.

A pot of flowers sat in the back seat, whose heavenly fragrance(香味)filled the car. Suddenly, in the middle of nowhere, my mom stopped the car. “What are you doing?” I shouted, fearing that the car had broken down and we’d be trapped there, so far from home. But that wasn’t the case. My mom jumped out of the car, grabbing(抓)the flowers from the back seat. “It’ll just be a minute,” she called back through the open windows.

I impatiently looked at the side of the road before finding a little sign showing that it was a nursing home. I looked back to the building, a little annoyed, as my mom reappeared ——empty- handed.

Before she started the car, curiosity drove me to ask, “Do you know someone there?” She shook her head. “Then what did you do with the flowers?” She smiled slightly, “I gave them to the receptionist (前台接待员).” “What?” She laughed at my confusion. “I told the receptionist to give the flowers to whoever needed them, especially those who haven’t gotten any in a while.”

I kept silent for a moment. Not long after we continued our driving, I spoke again, “Did you leave your name?” To this, she answered instantly, “No. Leaving flowers there for someone who will appreciate them makes me feel good, which is enough of a thank for me.”

Suddenly, still thinking about Mom’s deeds, I heard something burst loudly. It was our car that broke down! Nothing could be worse, because neither my mom nor I understood how to repair it, and we didn’t know where the garage was. It also seemed impossible to wait for any passer-by, since we had seen so few people along the way.

We were worrying about what could be done.

As we drove along, a flower shop came into sight on the road.

Robert and Henry were two friends in the same class. They always played together and went home together. One day Robert and Henry were going home from school. When they turned around a corner, Robert cried out, “A fight! Let’s go and see!”

“No,” said Henry. “Let us go quietly home and not meddle in (插手) this quarrel. We have nothing to do with (与……没有关系) it and may get into trouble.

“You are a coward (胆小鬼), and afraid to go,” said Robert, and off he ran. Henry went straight home, and in the afternoon went to school as usual.

Late, Robert told all the boys that Henry was a coward, and they laughed at him. From then on, they looked down upon (瞧不起) Henry and didn’t want to play with him together.

Henry was sad but he wasn’t angry with Robert. He just ignored (不理睬) the other boys’ laughter and continued to go to school and study as well. However, Robert didn’t invite Henry to go home with him any more. He had some other boys and they also said Henry was a coward. Every day after school, they didn’t go home directly but went to the river or somewhere to play games and had a lot of fun.

A few days later, Robert was bathing with his new friends in a river, and got out of his depth (深度). He struggled, and screamed (尖叫) for help, but all in vain (徒劳). The other boys got out of the water as fast as they could, and they did not even try to help him.

Robert was fast sinking (下沉).

Thus, Robert’s life was saved (救).