4 . In February 2020, Max’s friend Rick was diagnosed with cancer. Max _________ Rick during the last month of his life, thus becoming _________ of the care provided to his friend by North Devon Hospice. “The hospital took such good care of him that I wanted to do something to show my _________,” says Max.

Max _________ a fundraising mission in March 2020. When Max first put up a tent in the yard of his house, he was 10 years old and had just _________ his friend Rick. “Before my friend died of cancer, he gave me a tent and told me to ‘have an adventure’,” says Max.

Through a years-long campaign, he became known as “The Boy in the Tent” and _________ more than £700,000 in 2023. Such a _________ allowed the hospital to _________ around 500 patients in their own homes, helping them face the _________ of an illness like cancer.

When he recalls his __________ experiences. Max says that he won’t __________ a single thing about the past three years. It’s easy to imagine, however, the past years weren’t free of __________ for Max: from collapsed tents to keeping warm throughout storms and snowy nights.

Max faced everything with his positive attitude and goal-driven mind. “One time my tent collapsed in the wind and rain at about 10:00 pm and I __________ to put it up again,” he says. “Despite all, I never regret it. I __________ love my one-of-a-kind adventure and I believe Rick would enjoy it as well if he were __________.”

5 . My friendship with the students in a primary school in Uganda started on a shaky ground. The ________ of not being understood was hidden within, for they spoke a language different from that of mine and mine too fell on ________ ears.

I greeted them with a broad smile, and they replied with ice cold ________ when I spoke further. A ________ echoed (回响) in my mind: you must live through it to get to them. So I gave it another try. I spoke ________ English with hand gestures and a bit of dancing. If all failed, the smile would ________. Soon we picked up and then the _______ of the learners came into play. At the mention of a name, reddish cheeks and shaking voices were the response I got. I decided to ________ a desk with a team each day during group work to get closer. After school, I ________ them home.

________, we became friends. They were even aware of my favorite fruit, avocado (牛油果). If I didn’t get one on my desk, it would ________ me wherever I was. My slippers were ________. One night I left them out as no one could steal a pair of slippers in that state. The next morning, I was ready to drag my slippers on as usual and I was surprised they had been ________. Wow!

The little things we do for each other bring us great joy and ________. We don’t have a proper spoken language, but we are fluent in the language of ________.

6 . The rangoli (印度传统地画艺术) was a giant good-luck charm. Grandma used to make one for the start of the new year. First, she would draw on the floor with chalk. Then, she would fill the drawing with uncooked _________ rice.

This year, Manju was old enough to help. He _________ paper into a cone (圆锥体) and filled it with rice. Side by side, he placed rice across the drawing together with Grandma. Sometimes his rice skittered (轻快地跑跳) outside the drawing; sometimes he used the   _________ color. And sometimes he rubbed away the _______, so Grandma had to redraw it. But _________, the bright swirls of rice were transformed into a beautiful peacock. When Manju admired the peacock, he _______ a small piece of tile(瓷砖) peeking through on Grandma’s side.

A _________? But Grandma was away to answer the telephone. Should he fix it?

“I’ll surprise Grandma!” He decided. He _________ across, trying to reach the gap. Almost. His left leg inched up. There! Suddenly, Manju began to _________. His proud smile vanished. “No!” He crashed down on to the rangoli, scattering rice ____________.

Manju rose to his feet and pushed the rice back. But the colors were __________.When Grandma came back, Manju   __________. He said, “I’m sorry. I should have waited for you.” Grandma shook her head. “You saw a __________ and tried to fix it. I’m proud of you.” They picked up the rice, __________ each grain by color.

Just before nightfall, they finished fixing the rangoli.

Grandma lit candles around the rangoli. In the flickering light, the peacock seemed __________ with mystical powers. Manju smiled. The new year felt full of good luck, thanks to Grandma and him.

7 . When I was 19, I was in a really bad car accident. I woke up with a severe _________ injury and I learned that my IQ had dropped. Worse still, I had to _________ from college, and people said to me, “You’re not going to finish college. There are other things for you to do, but that’s not going to work out for you.” I had identified with being smart, and had been called _________ as a child. Having my _________ taken from me, I felt entirely _________.

I worked and worked, and _________ graduated from college, which took me four years longer than others. After that, I applied to a graduate program and _________ someone, my advisor Susan to take me on, and so I _________ at Princeton. I still felt I was not supposed to be there. The night before my first-year _________ I was so afraid that I called her and said, “I’m __________.” She said, “You’re going to stay, and this is what you’re going to do. You are going to __________ it and do every lecture that you ever get asked to do, even if you’re __________ until you have this moment where you say, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m doing it. I have become this.’”

So that’s what I did. I spent five years in graduate school and got my __________. Now I am a public speaker. I realized that I had not just faked it till I made it, I had faked it till I became it. Our __________ can change our behavior, and our behavior can change our __________.

8 . Miles Hilton-Barber had read books and seen photos and listened to his father’s stories. He dreamed of being a(n) _______ just like his father when he was a boy. But in his twenties, he was hit by a disease that destroyed his _______. After that he tried to live as well as he thought a blind man could. His brother Geoffrey had the same _______.

Miles give up his dream. His heart was filled with _______ and it took him about 30 years to return to a _______ state of mind. And then his brother, Geoffrey, as blind as him, _______ a boat by touch and feel. Geoffrey started to sail it alone across the Southern Ocean from South Africa to Australia.

When Miles flew out to Australia to meet his adventurous brother, he was told not to focus on the _______. Miles was inspired and started with his _______ again. At that time there were no flight instruments with _______ outputs (输出). Miles realised he needed to find someone who could ________ this. He spent four years ________. It was a long way for him.

In April 2007, after 55 days and 21,000 km in a light small plane, Miles touched down       the airport in Sydney. He flew with speech output technology and a co-pilot. In the process he also ________ the blind children in developing countries, which enabled them to go to school.

“________, I thought I could achieve nothing,” Miles said. “The only ________ in life are the ones you make. Get out there. But don’t do it from a self-centered point of view; do it always with the idea of being able to ________ other people.”