1 . There were three little butterfly brothers, one white, one red and one yellow. They played among the ____ in the garden, but never grew ____ because they were so happy.

One day there came a heavy rain, and it ____   their bodies. They flew away home, but when they got there they found the door locked and the key gone. So they flew to the tulip(郁金香) and said, “My dear friend, will you let us stay here till the   ____   is over?”

The tulip answered, “Only the red butterfly and the yellow one may ____ , because they are like me.”

But the red butterfly and the yellow one said, “If our ____ may not find a place, we will stay outside with him.”

It ____ harder and harder, and the poor butterflies grew much wetter, so they flew to the white lily(百合花), saying, “Good Lily, will you ____ a little so we may get in?”

The lily answered, “The ____ butterfly may come in, because he is like me, but the red one and the yellow must stay outside.”

Then the white butterfly said, “If you won’t ____ my brothers, I’ll stay out with them. We would rather be wet than be separated.”

So the three little butterflies flew away. But the ____ , who was behind a cloud, heard it all, and he knew what   ____ brothers they were. So he pushed his face through the ____ , drove away the rain, and shone ____ on the garden. He dried the bodies of the three little butterflies, and ____ their small bodies. They danced among the flowers till evening. When they flew back home, they found the door wide open.

2 . A movie about Mount Qomolangma I saw on a flight inspired me to climb mountains.When I saw the climbers got _______ in a storm there, I immediately knew I had to start climbing. It was not the _______ most people had to that film because none of them survived.

I _______ to climb all the highest peaks in Europe in 2017. Growing up in Sweden, I was always _______ to be outdoors by my father, but I wasn’t a _______ adventurer--I just wanted to be a _______ for girls and to tell a story that had never been told.

There is no _______ definition (定义) of a mountain. In Holland, Belgium and Denmark, the highest peak is really just a small hill. You could park your car on the top. It felt a bit like _______, but I decided I would climb them _______.

Climbing mountains is an experience that is beyond ________. You are in a beautiful environment and, when you reach the top, you feel ________, but also you have to climb down, which is when most accidents happen. ________, I don’t climb mountains that I am not totally ________.

I wanted to ________ the project at home, on Sweden’s Kebnekaise (2, 097m). I climbed it with my camera assistant. I was wearing a superhero suit. Once I was at the top we did a ________--it was like a day on the job; it didn’t seem as ________ as I’d hoped. But when I put it online and people started ________ me, I felt ________. Thanks to climbing, it’s made me so much ________, physically and mentally.

My ________ now is always to have a mountain in my calendar. I will climb Mount Qomolangma one day, when I’ m ready.

3 . Brian Tagalog was born without arms. But that didn't _______ him from leading a normal life. The _______ young man believes he is the only certified tattoo (文身) artist without arms in the world.

A _______ of Honolulu, Tagalog moved with his family to Tucson. He had always shown an interest in drawing, and set his mind on becoming a _______ tattoo artist. Not many people gave him a chance, but he _______ improved his foot drawing skills and operated the tattoo gun with his _______.

Brian's mother admits that _______ him was not easy, but she always made it a(n) _______ to let him explore his options. “The day I gave birth to him, well, I was shocked, but we never hid him. I didn't _______ him in any way.” And perhaps that's what gave him the ________ to achieve his dreams, ________ the very obvious absence of two limbs. “I was born without arms，” he said. “But that has not ________ me down to pursue my dream.”

At first, finding a shop that would ________ him proved a very difficult thing. He ________ many tattoo shops and got no calls back. He didn't give up; ________， Brian finally runs his own shop. Brian uses a(n) ________ technique to tattoo — he draws the design on clients' skin with one foot, ________ using the other to stretch the skin. And eventually his tattoos always turn out to get his clients' ________.

Brian hopes his success will ________ others to follow their dreams bravely. Words and photos just don't do Brian Tagalog justice. You need to see him ________ to witness how he works only with his feet.

4 . Five years ago,at the age of 66, I stared running. I was not a natural _________. I wanted to lose weight and it seemed that running was a (n) _________ way. At first it was very _________ — I was mainly walking more than running when I started — but I didn’t _________.

When I started training running, I was just trying to build up stamina (耐力), and just the idea of even going three miles, even walking was a _________ .In the beginning, I just walked as much as I could and then as time went on, I _________ began running. Later I kept on adding more and more _________.

I _________ my coach Mario in my running club, and he’d been running for over 30 years. He had a lot of knowledge and often sent various quotes to _________ and encourage me.

Running the New York City Marathon for the first time was probably the greatest __________ of my life. I was really prepared, __________ Mario. I leaned a lot of life lessons during the __________: To be a winner, you have to believe in yourself __________ nobody else will. When I crossed the finishing line, I was so excited. I remember just getting to the ____14____ and realizing, “Oh my God, I’m going to do this!” I heard them say, “Welcome to the finishing line,” and I thought, wow, I was actually going to ____15____ this!

I could never have __________ myself doing the New York City Marathon, and here I am and I __________ it. I was a true __________ that it’s never too late to present yourself with a     21     image, as long as you have faith and allow that faith to     22     you.

5 . He’d spent seven hours climbing up the mountain through ice and snow，and now the exhausted Daniel Mazur_______that success was near. Although it was ten degrees_______zero near the top of Everest，the soft morning light showed clear blue skies for miles around.

As the men_________ out on the snow-overed peaks below，Mazur suddenly saw a_______of bright yellow to his left. Was it a tent? No way!No climber would_________out at this altitude，he thought. He decided to take a_____________look. Then Mazur’ s jaw dropped in_____________.On the_______of a cliff(悬崖)was a man sitting cross－legged，trying to change his shirt. His thick snowsuit was unzipped to the waist and he had no hat，gloves，or sunglasses. Pulling his_________hands out of his shirt，Hall looked up at Mazur.“I imagine you are________to see me here，”he said. Hall had reached the__________at nine that morning. Then he started to climb down，hoping to reach the camp before dangerous afternoon storms __________.But at 28，000 feet，Hall’s feet had stopped moving and he was __________by a deep tiredness. He couldn’t walk any more.

Mazur knew there was only one possiblees __________ to he made.“Luckily，everyone in my team made the__________one.”“We can’t leave the guy，”he said，and they all ________. Though they knew they weren’t going to get to the top，they ________Hall and eventually________it to the base.

Afterwards，Mazur said，“Sure，I wish I could have reached the top. But if we’d done that，he wouldn’t be________today，and I would have to live with that for the________of my life.

6 . As the train picked up its speed, the passengers slowly settled down on their seats. A window seat is always my favorite. I _________ the lower berth (卧铺), so I could enjoy the outside _________   from the moving train, But an elderly lady, perhaps in her 80s, _________ the front seat of mine. At one point, we met our eyes. She smiled at me. Out of _________, I gave her response, Then both of us remained _________.

It was 4:50 pm. Bed time was still in a long way. I couldn’t _________ myself any longer and asked, “Auntie! Where’re you going?” She said in a friendly _________, “Army camp, dear.”

Suddenly my _________ doubled to know the reason. I politely said, “Aunty, you’re visiting someone?” She smiled _________ and nodded, “My son, in the army!” Just to __________ the conversation, I continued to ask, “you must be feeling so __________ to see your child and your grandchildren.”

Perhaps, this question __________ her a little but she bravely answered, “Oh, dear! Anyway, my only son __________ himself just a few days ago in a terrorist attach. I had bought so many new __________ with the winter dust coats for him. So, I bought why not __________ some to some other soldiers, so that   I would control my __________ and I would be happy thinking that my own __________ has worn them. He was __________ so I don’t have any grandchild.

I was __________ hearing her heart-breaking story! But I __________ the old lady from the bottom of my heart. I was thinking of her brave heart!

7 . Last July, I booked a two-week adventure volunteering at a Thai elephant sanctuary (庇护所).

In preparation for my trip，I __ weight training. I even visited an elephant keeper in a zoo and he told me the tourist elephants were the ones to __ —they could be unpredictable and sometimes dangerous after years of___ they suffer at the hands of the tourism industry. Hardly surprising, I thought.

I flew to Bangkok and then headed to the____.The first day was exciting. I was __ to my designated elephant by the mahout (驯象人），Boonsri and my tasks were __.I tried to gain the elephant' s ___, feeding her bananas and riding on her back. The mahout __me, showing me how to use my feet to___ her and teaching me the words to make her stop or____. Everything went quite well.___, I noticed the sharp bullhooks were still used by mahouts.

Day two followed the same____.But as we walked to the river at dusk, Boonsri wouldn't move. So the mahout hit her with the bullhook. And Boonsri began to shake her head____.On the third stroke (一击）she hit me on the shoulder, knocking me over. Before I could __ the danger, her enormous foot was crushing my __ . It felt like a truck was driving over me and I couldn't breathe at all.

I could only hear the __ of the mahout. He helped to pull her foot off me and __ my life. As Boonsri lifted her leg, I __ free and was dragged to safety. I burst into tears with __ .What a lucky escape!

In the following days，I stayed in hospital，thinking about a question：Why can these mild   animals be so___ ? If we humans treat them more gently and kindly, maybe different.

8 . Mike was 11. As his birthday was coming up，he _____ his father to buy him a bike, so that he could go to school cycling and not by _____ or relying on his father to _____ him at school, which was _____ a mile away from his home.

On his _____ , seeing a set of books wrapped nicely in his father's hand, though _____ , he thanked his father. Mike's father was _____ as he didn't have enough money to buy a bike.

After a week，when Mike was walking home from school, he saw a boy riding a bike. Mike _____ that the bike was too small for the big boy. _____，the boy ran into a post and fell on the street. Mike rushed to him and ______ him who was his schoolmate Sam.

Mike helped him stand up and provided him with water. _____ Sam was riding the bike fast, his left leg and hands were ______ injured. Mike asked him to sit in a corner and took the bike and rushed to a ______ nearby.

An ambulance （救护车）came and carried Sam to hospital. He then rushed to Sam's home and ______ his parents about the accident.

Sam and his parents thanked Mike for the ______ help. Mike in turn said, “It was all ______ just because I rode Sam's bike. ” He added, “The bike is too small for Sam to ride and that's why he was _______” Mike met Sam every day in hospital until he ______.

Sam got a new bike and he came to know that Mike didn't have the ______ to own a bike. He gave his old bike to Mike and with his parents' ______, Mike accepted the gift.

9 . A long time ago，there lived a wise man named Zun－Nun in Egypt.A young man came to visit him and asked，“Teacher，why do you dress in _____ a way？Nowadays it’s necessary to dress neatly(整洁地)，isn’t it？Or how will people know you’re really a _____ and wise man？”

Zun－Nun smiled，took a ring from his finger and said，“Young friend，I’ll answer your question，_____ first do one thing for me.Take this ring to the market.Can you sell it for one chip of gold？”

When the young man looked at Zun－Nun’s dirty ring，he thought to _____，“How will I sell it at that price？”

He _____ the ring to the vegetable，meat and fish traders and others in the market.But _____ was willing to pay a chip of gold.

He returned and told this to Zun－Nun.Zun－Nun said，“Now go to the gold shop and show the ring to the owner.Don’t give a _____，just see how much he will pay.”

One hour _____，the young man was back.“Teacher，people in the market really didn’t know the value of this ring.The gold shop owner _____ me 1，000 chips of gold.”

Zun－Nun smiled.“That’s the answer to your question，my friend.Someone can’t be valued only from his ______．The ring was a gift from the emperor，”he said.

10 . I have lived in Keelung for over twenty years. Before 20, I had not traveled abroad. The _____ places I had visited were scenic spots in my hometown. I was always told to come back home right away after school. My two schools were very _____; it took less than fifteen minutes to arrive at the schools from home.

_____ I was a junior-high-school student, after a final exam, a few classmates _____ me to visit Taipei. Needless to say, I was full of _____ and asked Mother for _____ to join this hike. But to my _____, my mother refused my request because she was worried about my _____. In spite of(尽管) the fact, I tried to ____ her, telling her about our destinations and my classmates’ _____ experiences of visiting Taipei, but she just said, “Unless parents _____ you, you can’t go.” I did my best to _____ her but it was all in vain. I faced a dilemma. On the one hand, I knew that Mother’s firm disagreement was because my brother was injured in an accident when he was traveling. To be a considerate son, should I _____ my desire? On the other hand, I didn’t want to _____ a valuable opportunity to grow up and to be _____. Filled with sadness and anger, I _____ a cold war with Mother. I neither talked with her nor did I go out of my room. Two days later, my mother not only _____ my classmates about the visit but also called their parents to _____ safety problem. Through a number of phone calls, finally she agreed. Before I left, _____, she once again talked about her concern. I listened carefully and patiently and gave her a thankful embrace because I knew that was the way my mother’s _____ went.