1 . Maryland fourth grader Molly Sampson didn’t ask for typical new year’s gifts this year. ________, the little scientist requested cold-water waders (高筒靴) so that she could hunt for fossils (化石).

Molly ________ with her father and sister to their favourite spot on Calvert Beach on the early morning. Molly’s father, Bruce Sampson, has always been into fossil ________, and his daughters share his ________.       

Molly has got an impressive collection of more than 40 ________ over the years. These fossils range from modern- day shark teeth to far ________ items like megalodon (巨齿鲨) teeth. Molly herself has found megalodon ________ before, but on this day, she found one of the largest ones ever ________. She was standing in knee-deep water when she first saw the tooth.

“I saw something ________, and it looked like a shark tooth,” she ________. “We were about knee deep in the water.”

Molly reached for the tooth, but it was so big that she ________ to take it out of the water. She felt “amazed” when she finally pulled it above the ________ and saw its size.       

Now Molly is more ________ than ever to pursue a career in paleontology (古生物学) someday. Her mother says she hopes other girls will see Molly’s story and become ________ to get outdoors and study science, too. “We really want other kids to get excited about being outside,” said Alicia. This amazing find is a nicer ________ for this little young scientist’s new year.

3 . Sudha Chandran, who was a classical dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also cut off on her career (事业) road.

Though the accident brought her bright career to a _______, she didn’t give up. In the _______ months that followed, Sudha met a doctor who developed an artificial (人造的) _______ made from rubber filled with sponge (海绵). So strongly she wanted to go back to _______ after she had been fitted with an artificial leg. Sudha knew that she believed in herself and could _______ her dream, so she began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing _______ to balance, bend, stretch, walk, turn, twist and twirl.

After every public recital (个人表演), she _______ ask her dad about her performance. “You still have a long way to go” was the answer she used to get _______. In January 1984, Sudha made a historic _______ by giving a public recital in Bombay. She performed in such a great manner that it ________ everyone to tears and this ________ pushed her to the number one position again. That evening when she asked her dad the ________ question, he didn’t say anything. He just touched her feet as a praise.

Sudha’s comeback was ________ moving that a film producer decided to make the story into a hit film.

When someone asked Sudha how she had ________ to dance again, she said quite simply, “YOU DON’T NEED FEET TO DANCE.” ________ is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything.

Ali and his younger sister, Zahra, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their mother was very sick and their father was struggling to find a job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food. As they had not paid the rent for several months, the landlord was breathing down their necks.

One day, Ali took Zahra's shoes to a shoe repairman to be fixed, but he lost them on the way home. It wasn’t until he got home that he realized he had lost the shoes. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed, so he begged his sister to keep it a secret. Zahra agreed and the two decided to share Ali’s running shoes. Zahra's school hours were in the morning, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Ali. He could then run to his school, which began in the afternoon. Although he ran as fast as he could, Ali often arrived late and was warned by the school.

Ali heard about a long distance race that was held for the boys in the city.When he learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home excitedly and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.

The day of race arrived. Ali had a strong start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired and his legs began to ache. Getting more and more exhausted he thought only of Zahra and his promise to her. Dreaming of the new shoes he would win for his sister gave him strength, and he stayed right behind the two fastest runners, determined to finish third. Suddenly, as the finish line drew near, another runner collided(碰撞) with Ali from behind and he crashed to the ground.

Ali looked up and saw the other boys rushing ahead.

Filled with delight, Ali walked home quickly.

7 . Exercise and I had never had a good relationship due to my fear of sports. From a young age, my dad _______ me into a dozen sports. I didn’t like any of them, _______.

When I entered the University of Regina, my dad _______ telling me “You have to find a way to stay _______.” or “You don’t want to get the Freshman 15, do you?” So I _______ to give swimming a shot, but I _______ managed to go to the pool twice during the fall semester (学期). Worse still, I was _______ to convince myself that’s OK.

The spring semester came. A friend of mine _______ me if I wanted to try Zumba (尊巴) with her. All I knew about Zumba was that it was basically a kind of exercise: dancing to Latin pop songs. It didn’t sound too bad, but I couldn’t be _______.

I went, and that was it. Zumba became my ________ of tea. The instructor would always say, “Don’t worry about the steps. Have fun. Do your own thing.” That removed my ________ of sports. I didn’t have to be ________. I didn’t even have to be good. I just needed to ________ the music and move. Zumba did ________ me from the Freshman 15, and it also did so much more. It let me make ________ with my unpleasant past about physical exercise, and enjoy staying healthy.

8 . Because people dine out often, there are lots of restaurants in Italy. Most of them are Italian, of course.. _________ , today the European country also has many ethnic(民族风味的) restaurants. Al Borgo Antico in Legnano, a town on the outskirts(城郊)of Milan, is_________ It offers traditional Italian food, but its owners are_________ .In 1989, co-owner Francesco Wu moved with his _________ from China to Italy. His parents opened a Chinese_________ near Milan. “When you move to a different country, you have to_________,”Wu told me during a recent interview. At the beginning, the business was_________ for the brothers. They had to_________ prejudices and the people who said that no one would eat Italian cuisine made by Chinese chefs. “It was_________ when people came in and saw our Chinese__________ and left, ”Wu said.

The brothers__________ it despite all of the doubts,“ __________, the restaurant became one of the best-known in the area,”Wu said, smiling.

In 2012, eight years after opening his restaurant, Wu__________ a business organization for Chinese immigrants(移民).“We__________ that something like this was missing, and that it could be__________ for both the Italian and Chinese community. ”Wu said.

10 . Last October, a fire broke out in Georgia. The family got their kids out _________ except Taka, a 9-year-old dog. Luckily, Taka fell into a neighbor’s house. Upon seeing a dog on fire, the neighbor _________ and reached out to Crystal Lesley, a vet at Care More Animal Hospital. “We had never _________ a burn victim as severe as Taka before. We were _________ that he wouldn’t make it,” Lesley said.

Taka had _________ burns on his body, so he needed round-the-clock _________. “I had been taking him home with me every day, so eventually I realized I couldn’t _________ him,” said Lesley. That was when Taka officially _________ Lesley’s. “After months of treatment, I was visited by a nurse at the burn center about Taka visiting _________ children, in hopes of him __________ with them.” Lesley knew Taka was __________ for the job. “He loved kids and people,” she said. “I’d like to say that I decided that he was so special that we should __________ him with the world.”

Taka took his treatment dog training test and __________ with flying colors. “To see that he could be an __________ or at least a light at the end of the tunnel for a child or anybody that has __________ what he has experienced is what all of this is about,” Lesley said.