1 . Miloszek was born with a heart defect. His condition is too _____ to be treated in Poland, but doctors at Stanford University Medical Center are able to take his case. _____， they require 80 percent of the payment up front, a sum the family simply could not _____. That's when Maria Andrejczyk _____ in to help!

Just a week after _____ her first Olympic medal ever and returning from Japan, Maria posted a _____ on a social media platform announcing that she would be auctioning off (拍卖掉) her silver medal to raise money for Miloszek's surgery.

Days later, a Polish convenience store chain called Zabka _____ the medal for $125，000, which was more than Maria had _____ to get. Not only that, but when her _____ broke, more people began donating money to the fundraiser. Finally, she ______ more than enough cash to cover Miloszek's trip to America! And the ______ doesn't end there. Zabka announced that they would let Maria keep her ______ after all!

“We were very touched by the extremely ______ gesture of our Olympian, so we decided to support the ______ for Miloszek，” the company wrote.“We decided that the silver medal from Tokyo will stay with Maria! We are glad that we were able to ______. ”

2 . After a long time of struggling with lung cancer, my father passed away, due to which, my life _______a lot after his death. I took the responsibility of raising the family. In order to _______my sick mother and two younger brothers, I couldn’t help but_______school and work to support my family. However, a thread of hope flashed in those_______days. It was a rainy dusk when I exposed myself to the rain and walked in the street.

Suddenly the rain stopped!_______, I looked up, only to find that “the sky” was a dark blue umbrella. Then a man with a crutch (拐杖) said, “Why not run with an umbrella? I shook my head with_______, but his words shocked me deeply. Without my father’s_______, could I only be a slave to the fate?

While walking together in the rain, I knew he was a promoter from the city. Having received an order from his company, he had to spend_______time on it. Looking at this guy, I had no sympathy but _______. I took the umbrella from his hand. He told me he once had dreamed of being a policeman, but an accident________his dream. His present work was demanding and was not his cup of tea; however, every travelling was a start to him. To his happiness, he never________heart and still “ran” on the road of life.

________by what the man remarked, I became an insurance representative later. After two years’ running, I got my________and the life condition in my family________better gradually.

Everything is so simple: to run without an umbrella! Only when you________the rainy season of your life will there be bright sky ahead of you. Never give up!

3 . I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear (内衣) while I saw our house burnt to the ground. A few minutes earlier I had been sound asleep in my bed when a _______ woke me up. My nana’s _______ was just next to my brother’s and mine. A fire had broken out there and awakened her. Hearing her shouting, my older brother _______quickly. While I was walking difficultly in the _______ and darkness, he ran from room to room _______ everyone in the house. The house, however, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could _______ anything, the fire destroyed it.

I stood there _______ when the fire destroyed my books, clothes, and toys. I watched _______ while my mom cried and my dad sighed (叹息). I _______ what was going to happen to us since we had ________ all of our things. As I looked around, though, I ________ something for the first time: The things that ________ aren’t things. I saw my older brother running to get ________. I saw my nana and dad sitting together and my mom ________ our little dog. I realized at that moment that we were all ________. Everything that was essential (必要的) had survived the fire.

4 . A wise man was passing through a city. While he was walking, he ______ a coin on the road. He picked it up. Despite his simple life, he was satisfied and he had no use of that coin. So, he planned to donate it. ______, throughout the day he didn’t find such a person. Finally, he reached the ______ area and spent a night there.

Next morning, he ______ and was told that a king was going for his invasion of another state with his army. When the king saw the wise man, he ______ his army to stop. He came to the wise man and said, ”I am going to beat another ______. Thus, my state can be ______. So bless me to be victorious. ”

After ______, the wise man gave the coin to the king！The king was confused with this because he is already one of the richest kings! He ______ asked, “What’s the meaning？”

The wise man explained, ”I found this coin yesterday in your ______. But I had no use. So I had ______ that I would donate it. I walked around till the evening, but found no one to donate it to.

Everyone was living a ______ life. It seemed that they were satisfied with what they had. But today, the king of this state, still has the desire to ______ more and is not satisfied with what he already has. I feel you are ______ this coin. ”

The king realized his ______ and gave up the planned war.

5 . For me, becoming an Olympian was not developing a gift of natural athletic ability, but an act of will.

In the summer of 1979, I started _______ for the Olympic trials(选拔赛) to be held the next year.I felt happy as I made progress towards my big _______. But then in November, an _______ situation appeared. I injured my back and couldn’t move. I had to leave the _______. Everyone felt _______ for me. Everyone but me.

I never believed this would _______me. However, my _______ was slow. With only a few months remaining, I knew I would never make it _______ I did something. So, I started training in the only way I could in my mind.

I bought films of the world­record holders in pentathlon (五项全能运动).Sitting in a chair, I _______ them over and over.I lay on the bed and imagined the experience of ________ at the trials. Some people thought I was crazy, but I wasn’t ready to ________ yet. I trained as hard as I could without moving a muscle (肌肉). I ________ this practice with all my heart.

By the time the trials actually began, I had been ________ enough to compete. ________,as I walked across the field, I heard a voice on the loudspeaker announcing my name.I could hardly hold back my ________ as the announcer said, “Second place,1980 Olympic Pentathlon: Marilyn King.”

6 . Once upon a time there was great poverty (贫困) in a land. Three rich men were _________ together when they came to a very _________ village.

The first couldn’t stand seeing the poverty, _________ he took out all his gold and jewels and shared them among the villagers, wishing them all the best of luck, and he left.

The second rich man, seeing the _________ situation, stopped for a short time and gave _________ all his food and drink, since he could see that money would be of little _______ to them. He made sure that they each _________ their fair share and would have enough food to _________ for some time. Then, he left.

The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _________ and went straight through the ____________ without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other ____________ the third rich man lacked sympathy.

Three days later, they ____________ the third rich man, who was coming in the opposite direction. He was ____________ travelling quickly, but his wagons (马车), ____________ the gold and valuables they had been ____________, were now full of farming tools and bags of seeds.

7 . Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of five with her family. While _____ her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had an interest in medicine. At 18 she married and _____ a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a _____. Her husband supported her decision.

_____, Canadian medical schools did not accept women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study medicine at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to _____ her medical degree.

Upon graduation, Charlotte _____ to Montreal and set up a private _____. Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a busy doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte _____ herself operating on damaged limbs and setting _____ bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.

But Charlotte had been practising without a licence. She had ______ a doctor’s licence in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was ______. The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all­male board, wanted her to complete her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to ______ her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appealed to the Manitoba Legislature to ______ a licence to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte ______ to practise without a licence until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.

In 1993,77 years after her ______, a medical licence was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman”．

8 . Doing something without thinking is easy, but it’s hard for us to take back what we have done. There was once a _______who repeated a bit rumor (谣言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community _______the story. The person it concerned, was deeply _______and annoyed. Later, the woman responsible for spreading the rumor learned that it was completely _______. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to _______the damage.

“Go to the marketplace,” he said, “and _______a chicken, and have it _______.   Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them _______along the road.” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did _______she was told.

The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those ________you dropped yesterday and ________them back to me.”

The woman ________the same road, but to her disappointment, the wind ________ all the feathers away. “You see,” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, ________it’s impossible to get them back. So it is with rumor. It doesn’t take much to spread a rumor, but ________you do, you can never completely make up for the wrong.”

10 . Ten years ago I was visiting Costa Rica when I found I was in a bad situation. I only knew basic Spanish, and the only _______ I had were some coins and a return ticket to Guatemala in two weeks.

With the coins, I managed to arrive at Santa Rosa by bus. It was _______ in the middle of the night, but I could see some _______ in the distance, so I walked toward them.

I went _______ door to door, explaining my situation. “I can cook and clean and look after your kids, I can do anything, can you give me a _______?” Everybody replied saying “Oh my gosh, but we are so _______. We have no extra food. Maybe you can try the next _______．”

Finally, I arrived at a Chinese restaurant, the owner of which was unbelievably _______. She told me that her son had a(n) _______ experience. At that time, some other people were very kind to him, and she remembered how ________ that made her feel. She called the Red Cross to rescue me. With their help, I spent my ________ days in Costa Rica.

I’ve ________ all over the world. But this was one of the best trips, the best two ________ I ever had in my traveling life.

At first, I felt ________ and stupid for not traveling with a clear plan. But then I realized that when you’re in a position to be able to ________， it actually makes people feel happier.