1 . Robert Mendez Jr. is a football coach. Despite being born without limbs (四肢), he has spent his life on what he can ________. And this spirit was what drove him for more than a decade toward realizing his dream—becoming a coach.

This year, Robert ________ the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance, presented to “a ________ member of the sporting world who has overcome great difficulties through determination.” Nobody could have been a better ________.

As Robert accepted the ________, he thanked a number of people for helping him. Then, true to his character, this passionate coach ________ a piece of his wisdom.

He said, “If there’s any ________ that I want to give you, it’s to look at me and see how much passion I put into coaching and how ________ it’s gotten me. When you open your mind to different possibilities and ________ what you can do, you really can achieve something.”

When talking of ________, he said, “The best part of it is seeing someone’s ________ and making them realize what’s possible. So for anyone out there not ________ about their abilities, I’m here to tell you that you can do it. It can ________.”

Robert may have been born without arms or legs, but he was ________ born with the amazing ability to ________ others. As he’s already well aware, there’s nothing this man can’t do!

2 . On May 4, Fan Jinshi donated 10 million yuan to set up the Fan Jinshi Education Fund. Fan is ______ as a famous archaeologists (考古学家) in China, and her ______ will support further research into Dunhuang.

All people present were ______ by her love for Dunhuang. Fan Jinshi, also ______ as “the Daughter of Dunhuang”, ______ from Peking University and then ______ for the Northwest Desert. Since then, she has ______ herself to protecting the caves in history.

Fan used ______ technologies to protect the caves, and now Dunhuang ______ tourists from around the world.

Today, Fan is still trying to promote talks and ______ between Peking University and the Dunhuang School.

Fan said, “Though now I work, I am a student of Peking University, and I was able to ______ to the caves in Dunhuang. I hope that the fund can help ______ the Dunhuang studies of Peking University.”

The fund ______ Fan’s prize money and her savings. She believes in taking money from the right place and spending it in a ______ way to ensure that it is used for the benefit of society.

Fan Jinshi’s speech ______ so many people, and the research on Chinese archaeology will continue developing.

3 . Elliott Tanner is 13. He goes to school, and plays with friends. What makes this teenager ________is that his school is a university and his ________is physics. This young and ________boy may be on his way to advancing the world of science and is ________others along the way.

Elliott’s parents started to ________their son’s talent when he was very young. He displayed ________math and reading skills at the age of three. By the time he entered showed kindergarten, his parents realized that he needed more than a traditional ________. And so Elliott Tanner was taught at home, and ________information at an astonishingly quick rate. When he discovered the world of physics, his eyes opened even wider as he was inspired to learn the ________ from the world.

Elliott ________in May 2020 at the age of 11 with an Associate of Science degree. He continued studying, recently ________his master of Science degree on May 12, 2022. The next ________is a PhD, but since the university did not offer funding, his family decided to ________their son. They reached out to the world by ________a GoFundMe page. People began to donate a large amount of money. Elliott now has the expenses to ________two years of the program.