2 . When I woke up on Aug 4,2016, there was only one thing on my mind: what to wear. A billion thoughts________through my brain in the closet. It was my first day of high school. I need to________the people who I would spend the next four years with. First impressions did________, which made me nervous.

After carefully searching my closet, I________came out in a dress from Target. I felt powerful as I headed toward room 1136. But as I entered class, my jaw________to the floor.

Sitting at her desk was Mrs Hutfilz, my English teacher, in the same________as me. I kept my head down and________to my seat. I made it through my brief________speech until Mrs Hutfilz rose to her feet, jokingly________that she liked my style. Although this was the________I had been afraid of, all my________surprisingly melted (融化) away, and the students paid attention as I shared my story. My smile grew as I laughed with the students.

________back four years later, the ten minutes I spent________of giving my speech were really not worth it. My first period of high school________made the day unforgettable in the best way and taught me that Mrs Hutfilz has an awesome sense of________!

3 . Scott had always been creative. As he finished university, he _______ to become an inventor. He often designed many new things. His friends thought that he was misguided. “You cannot spend your life as a(n) _______. You will never have a steady income.” Luke, his best friend, was _______ his friend’s future. “Why don’t you reconsider and get a job in the city?” Luke often asked. “This is my _______, ” Scott said to Luke. “I have wanted to be an inventor since I was a small child. I am not going to give up.” 

Over several years, Scott developed many ideas that _______ to become a success. His first invention had many _______ and he was unable to sell it. His second idea received little support from people or companies. Scott’s friend Luke _______ to encourage him to find a(n) _______ career.  

“Scott, you have to think about your _______. I think it is now time to try something else.” “But I cannot stop now. I am so close to coming up with something huge. ________ I left my designs now, all my life would have been wasted,” he replied. Luke nodded, “I ________, my friend. Just know that I am here to support you.” 

Then one day it happened. Scott ________ his design of a new wing for an airplane. He presented it to several companies who all loved his ________. After some competition, a company offered to buy his design.  

“I knew that one day I would________ it!” he said to Luke as they celebrated at his apartment. Luke felt a little guilty for ________ suggesting that Scott should give up. “I don’t know how you kept going all these years,” Luke said. “You certainly deserve every bit of your success.”

4 . Shark attacks in the screen are amazing. That’s because your actual chances of ever being attacked by a shark are mere one in 11.5 million. That’s roughly the same as your chances of winning an Oscar, which makes shark attack survivor, Mike Coots both incredibly unlucky and lucky: When Mike was 18, he lost his leg to a shark bite.

“I was attacked by a tiger shark in late October 1997. It was near my home on the island of Kauai — a typical fall morning with friends. The waves were really good, so nothing was stopping us.” That is until a large shark came right up under Mike and sank his teeth into Mike’s lower leg. As he tried to free himself, the shark bit down harder, shaking its head back and forth and tossing Mike around like a rag doll. Mike followed his instinct (本能): He struck the shark in the face, again and again until the shark released him. As Mike swam back into shore, he realized his lower right leg was gone. Mike’s friends rushed to his aid, and sent him to the hospital.

As soon as Mike was well, he did what many of us might consider unthinkable: he started riding the waves again, in fact, his first time back was near the site of his attack. But Mike was unshaken. Instead, he was curious — why was he attacked? His curiosity led him to research sharks, and Mike did learn something that would change his life: Humans are far more dangerous to sharks than the other way around.

His situation as a shark survivor empowered him to give sharks a voice, Mike says. He began working with the Hawaii state authorities (当局) to help pass a ban (禁令) on shark-derived products. “I partnered with other like-minded shark attack survivors and marine biologists, and we headed to Washington to urge (敦促) senators to create a nationwide bit! protecting sharks.”

5 . Owura Kwadwo Hottish teaches computer science in a school. It is a normal school except for the fact that it didn’t have______

Owura became famous after he posted photos of him on the Internet. In the picture. people could see he was teaching his students by______ an entire computer on the blackboard.The photos showed the______level of education for children in Ghana. People were______ that Owura made sure each button was drawn correctly. He would come to school half an hour ahead of______every day. He drew the computer on the blackboard, but at the end of his class, it was______off to start the next class, so he had to______it the next day! Owura’s efforts______when Microsoft took______of his act. They first took him to an international educators’ meeting in Singapore. He made a______about his teaching methods at the meeting and ______a standing ovation(欢呼) after the speech.

______,Owura got the thing he always wanted for his students—some companies______computers to the school. Not a single child in the school had seen a real computer in their lives. Thanks to their teacher’s______the world took care and treat them with ______

8 . I was working on a novel based on the lives of chimpanzees (黑猩猩). To _____ them, I read every book written by Dr. Jane Goodall. One day, while visiting the website about chimpanzees, I ______ the chance to complete a six month internship (实习) with the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) in Tanzania. ______ having a full-time job, I knew I had to go. I was offered an unpaid internship.

But then my logical mind jumped in, “You can’t ______ . What are you going to do with your house and your life?” The ______ was continuous, so I hesitated (犹豫). I wanted answers to my questions about why this trip ______ so much to me, why I had so much fear and what would happen if I let go of my ______ version (版本) of life.

I did have answers in my heart that helped me walk through my fear and take on a new ______ . Several weeks later, I drove to my company headquarters and ______ the job. Soon I boarded a plane to Tanzania. On the trip, my heart beat with ______ —unsure of what I would find at my ______ .

During my six-month internship, I slowly ______ my soul. I met wonderful friends and completed several community projects for JGI. I also visited Gombe which is home to chimpanzees and the ______ staff there who offered to take us for chimpanzee tracking. I experienced immeasurable ______ in learning how to listen to the desires of my soul and how to defeat fear, and being ______ to something new.