1 . Mrs. Smith knew something was wrong with Miguel, one of her best students. Lately, he looked so tired and hungry that he no longer _________ his studies. As a result, he was always _________ in his tests recently. Mrs. Smith was very _________ but the boy told her he was all right until she found Miguel on the _________, sitting on the ground and studying.

That night, Mrs. Smith visited Miguel’s _________, only to be told that they had just out of _________. As a result, Miguel’s families had no _________ and lived in a shelter. Miguel now didn’t have a _________ to do his homework on, and it was so _________ that he couldn’t concentrate on his study there.

Mrs. Smith knew she had to do something to __________ her student. She arranged a small desk in the back of her __________ for Miguel, got him extra school supplies and permitted him to stay back after __________ to do his homework in the office instead of on the street. Meanwhile, she __________ the school principal to hire Miguel’s parents at the school cafeteria.

With Mrs. Smith’s help, Miguel was able to focus on his studies again and get his __________ back on track. Undoubtedly, it is Mrs. Smith’s kindness and care that really make a big __________ to Miguel’s life.

3 . Recently an old friend reached out to me to ask about the success I’ve had in my life and how I achieved it. He has similar _______ as me: get in shape, get into music more seriously, and be fluent in _______ .

Though I haven’t _______ reached my long term goals yet in any of these 3 aspects, he’s seen that I’ve made some _______ on my journey to achieving these goals and wanted my advice.

We had a nice hour and a half _______ about this and it seemed like he was pretty _______ by the end of the chat. A week went by and he told me that he _______ a personal fitness trainer, was _______ music theory, and sent me clips of him studying French. He’s posting _______ on social media about all of the progress he’s making. He’s doing great, full of motivation and ________ !

Eventually I’ll have to let him know that progress isn’t linear (线性的) and that he’ll undoubtedly ________ some hardships in the road, feeling depressed and disappointed. But I’m letting him enjoy the “beginner gains” in the meantime and will ________ him out when that time comes.

I’m ________ that he gave me the opportunity to serve him and offer him ________ , and I’m thankful to see that he’s ________ the time and money to improve his life. He has even ________ lately on the Twitter about how excited he is with all the ________ changes in his life and expressed his thanks to me.

Even if you’re still not where you want to be, there are a lot of people out there who want what you have now and who are ________ how far you’ve come. It feels so good to realize how much progress you’ve made, be ________ of yourself, and recognize how much you can help others ________ the same.

4 . Dale Carnegie, the person who became famous for his inspirational programs has empowered people all over the world. He once said, “Perhaps tomorrow you will forget the kind _________you say today, but the recipient (接受者) may _________them over a lifetime. ”When I read Carnegie’s comment I _________to reflect upon one of my activities during the _________few days. In my opinion, what I said has had a life changing effect on _________person with whom I had come in contact.

I _________that the previous morning I had a meeting with a recent graduate of Teachers’ College to interview her for a _________with my tutoring agency (辅导机构). We had _________met before, yet when our eyes met in the _________room at Tim Horton’s I knew right away who she was. __________we sat down to talk I explained to her that out of all the people in the room, she was the one who stood __________. She “looked exactly like a teacher”. I said that as a very __________comment about the “presence” she showed and the way she __________herself. She thanked me and then we went on with our __________. But I could tell that my comment__________a lot to her.

It is very clear that the lady who has far been __________in her search for a chance to begin her career in teaching may have __________the strength and inspiration. She is confident to carry on pursuing her dream of being in front of a __________one day. She has obviously __________the right career choice just __________I told herthat she“looked like a teacher” .

6 . Greenberg was a lucky guy to enter Columbia University on full scholarship. But just before junior year, Greenberg's____changed. One day his vision "____up" and later he was diagnosed (诊断)with glaucoma (青光眼). Then doctors operated on Greenberg's eyes. ____, the surgery didn't work. Greenberg was going blind. He was so____ that he refused to see anyone.

As Greenberg' s best friend, Arthur persuaded Greenberg to go back to Columbia and______to be his reader. Arthur read _____to him every day， taking time out from his own study, and Greenberg______scoring straight A's. Still, he was______about getting around alone and relied on his friend.

Then, one afternoon, Greenberg and Arthur went to Midtown Manhattan. When it was time to go back to campus, Arthur said he couldn’t_____him because of an appointment. Greenberg______They argued, and Arthur walked off, _____Greenberg alone in Grand Central Terminal.

Greenberg, who was completely______, stumbled (蹒珊)through the rush-hour crowd. He took a shuttle train west to Times Square, and then transferred to an uptown train. Four miles later, he _____at the Columbia University stop.

At the university's gates, someone______him. "Oops, excuse me, sir." Greenberg______the voice. It was Arthur's. Greenberg's first reaction was ___, but in the next second, he realized what he had just______-and realized, too, who had made it possible. _____, Arthur had been with him the whole way, using one of the most______strategies.

Blindness doesn't make Greenberg fail to appreciate the______of life. He always says he is the luckiest man in the world.

7 . A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a   beautiful_______, and knowing her husband could_______it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the_______husband told her how_______he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He_______her beautiful gift package(盒). She opened it and_______a Bible._______, she raised her voice and said to her husband. "With all your money, you give me a Bible?" She was so_______that she left him.

Many years passed and the lady was very_______in business. She owned two large companies. She________her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to________him. But before she could, she________a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions(财产) to her. She needed to come back ________take care of things.

When she arrived at his house, sadness________her heart. She saw the still new________, just she had left it years before. With________she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring________from Bible to the floor and a________could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words "LOVE YOU ALWAYS”.

________your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it's because it is better packaged! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things in the world! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the     ________.

8 . Mirai Nagasu had already lived at least two lifetimes in the sport of figure skating(花样滑冰) when she showed up in Colorado Springs in March 2014. After _______ her only national title at 14 in 2008 and finishing a _______ fourth at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Nagasu’s _______ turned, dramatically. A couple of rough _______followed, then she came back to finish third at the 2014 U.S. nationals before the Sochi Olympics, only to be _______from the U.S. team by a committee in favor of fourth-place finisher Ashley Wagner.

Nagasu was _______. “It was awful,” she said. “I was very close to _______. ”She trained hard every day in Southern California _______she was needed as the first alternate. She was not. Looking for a change of scenery, she _______to go to Colorado to visit her friend Agnes and try to ________what to do with the rest of her life. It was there that Nagasu ________ the Olympic coach Tom Zakrajsek, who she asked if he would ________her. It turned out that the ________to what Nagasu wanted to do with the rest of her life, couldn’t have been ________. She kept on skating. “The new environment really ________. ”At their ________ first lesson together, Zakrajsek told her, “You can do triple axel(三圈半跳跃). ”“I ________，”Nagasu said, “and I want to. ”Undoubtedly, she mastered it.

Nagasu, now 24, an age by which young ________have often left the sport. ________, she continued. She was headed to Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic to perform in the women’s free skate. Her efforts finally ________.

9 . Once there was a young girl named Eliza. She was the daughter of a king and she was very lazy. She_______ had her servants do everything for her.

“I am very thirsty, and my_______ is on the table. Please get it for me.” She called._______ a servant picked the glass up from the _______ next to Eliza and held it up to her _______ until Eliza was no longer _______. The next day, Eliza was walking to dinner when her hat _______. She called for a servant and a young man ran over, picked up the hat,_______ it off, and placed it back on Eliza's head.

She continually _______ her servants to do simple tasks for her. Her father noticed her________ and decided to punish her. He set her in a________ with only a loom (织布机) and some thread. No ________ were allowed in the room.

“You will________ in this room, not eating or drinking until you have woven a blanket for me. You have to do all of the work by ________.” The king left Eliza all alone in the room.

Eliza called for her servants,________ none appeared.Then she________ her father telling her about Athena, the goddess of wisdom. She called for Athena over and over until finally, she fell ________.

While she was sleeping, she had a ________. Hermes spoke to her in her dream. He said,“Athena has heard your pleas (请求) for________. She is very angry with you. She will come to you and inform you of your________.” Eliza awoke very frightened.

In the recent interview, Evelyn Glennie who was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland, recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to allow the _________ of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began _________ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my _________. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the _________ and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never _________ me.”

“My _________ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I _________ to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can _________ the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my _________. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every __________ that I have.”

“I was __________ to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had __________ this before and some teachers __________ my admission. Based on my performance, I was __________ admitted and went on to __________ with the academy’s highest honours.”

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I __________ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since __________ had been written specially for solo percussionists.

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. __________ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t __________ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be __________ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart, they will lead you to the place you want to go.”