1 . In a letter to his daughter, Franklin questioned the choice of the eagle as the symbol of the US. He said that the selected design looked more like a(n) ________ . He then explained the respectability and morality of each animal.

”For my own part, I wish the eagle has not been chosen as the ________ of our country. He is a bird of ________ moral character. He is too ________ and does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him waiting on some dead tree near the river and watching the other fishing birds work. When they have caught a fish ________ , the eagle ________ them and takes the fish to his mate and babies. With all this injustice, he is never a good example but like those men who live by ________ the poor. Besides, he is a coward(懦夫). The little King Bird, which is not ________ than a sparrow(麻雀), attacks him bravely and drives him out of its area. ________ , he is by no means a(n) ________ symbol for the brave and honest Americans who have ________ all the British from our country.

“On this account, I am not ________ that the design does not seem like an eagle, but looks more like a turkey. In comparison, I think a turkey is a much more ________ bird. Though it is a little bit silly, a turkey is a bird of ________ . It will not ________ to attack the British who enter his farm yard with a red coat on.“

2 . After winning gold with three perfect scores in the women’s 10-meter diving on Thursday, the 14-year-old girl, Quan Hongchan, has won the nation’s heart with her innocent and honest talks at news conferences. When asked about what was her _______, she replied, “I don’t know. Some people say my splash (水花) into the water is even _______ than the splash they make when they throw a dumpling into a pot. I don’t know and I never _______ them. I just dived every day. Each day, I needed to _______ about seven hours, and some days I did for 10 hours.”

Quan was born and _______ in a poor village in Zhanjiang City. When she was still in primary school, Chen Huaming, the diving coach at Zhanjiang Sports School, _______ that Quan jumped much higher than the other kids. After giving her a _______ on a diving board, he _______ knew he had discovered a true talent.

Chen suggested to the youngster that diving could be the _______ to her family’s financial problems. Quan immediately made up her mind to become the best in the sport.

“My mom was ________ then. I really wanted to make money to help her ________ better treatment,” Quan admitted at a news conference.

After four years at the sports school, Quan was ________ for the Guangdong provincial team. In October last year, she won her first national title, presenting her with the opportunity to ________ her country.

Her participation at Tokyo 2020, ________, was only made possible by the postponement (延期) of the Games ________ the health crisis, which let the teenager pass the competition’s minimum age limit.