Every week, Andy goes for a walk and about two miles away, his friend Gabe does the same thing at the same time. They walk toward each other and when they meet, the _______ thing happens. The two men clap, snap and high five. Then, they _______ and go home. The men say it’s their way of saying hi. “Picking up the phone is great, but I’ve got a friend who will _______ wind and rain just to give me a high five,” Andy said “And I wish everybody could feel that feeling.”

Andy and Gabe are _______ and they became friends after they met at a concert in 2000. They _______ this bit of silliness seven years ago after Gabe, the gifted pianist, was hospitalized with a serious disease. It affected his brain and caused him to _______ his past. That’s when his friend Andy, came to _______. Knowing his situation, Andy said, “Well, Gabe, this is going to sound really _______ but I need you to do something for me. Give me a high five.” And he agreed _______, “OK!”

Andy keeps a record of every ________ in his high-five journal, which includes the latest one: No. 312. “My ________ just did what it has been doing for years when the moment happened—clap, snap, and high five,” Gabe said. That was in September. Since then, a lot of Gabe’s ________ have returned, but few of them are more cherished (珍视的) than this silly tradition. Andy has also written a song about their tradition titled, “Small Things.” It ________ us that appreciating the little things in life is ________ a small thing. Going out of your way for someone is the straightest path to an everlasting ________.

Joao Carlos Martins is a famous pianist and conductor. However, his career has been ________ and his life has taken him in many different ________.

As a teenager Martins began to perform in concerts. But in his late twenties, he had to ________ after badly breaking his arm. It was really a terrible time. He couldn’t look at a piano or ________ listen to music. ________, he decided to become the manager of a boxer, who won the world championship later. This ________ Martins to take up the piano and practise much harder. Six years later, he gave his first concert at the Carnegie Hall, which was the most ________ moment of his life. He performed in concerts for years before he had to quit because of the unbearable ________ in his hands caused by too much ________.

Martins, in his forties, became a politician. However, he couldn’t stand this ________, so once again, he went back to the piano. All was going well until something unexpected ________ while leaving a concert. He ________ a serious brain injury and lost all the movement in his right hand. Again, with great ________ he played just with his left hand. Years later he lost the use of the left hand and ________ himself a conductor. Now, in his late seventies, Martins is still taking ________ to work and has conducted over a thousand concerts.

Niu Yu looked remarkable on the catwalk at the concluded Shanghai Fashion Week. This was not just because of her beauty or the clothes she was wearing. She also seemed to show a (n) _________ strength. She did it with her artificial _________ in full view, and in that single action she _________ beauty with courage.

Thirteen years ago, in the 8. 0-magnitude earthquake that _________ Wenchuan, the then teenaged Niu _________ her right leg as well as her young brother and nine close friends. It was a big _________ to her. However, Niu feels that she is _________. “At least, I _________ and I am surrounded by people who love me.” She says, smiling with tears _________ up in her eyes.

“Losing a leg doesn’t mean losing my ____________ for life.” she says.

In 2018, at the 10th anniversary of the earthquake, she ____________ and finished the 21-kilometer marathon in 3 hours and 53 minutes, ____________ almost walking.

She even went to remote Xizang Autonomous Region for a volunteer ____________ program. Her students surrounded her, looking at her “iron leg” ____________. She knew it was her ____________ to help others and ____________the love and confidence.

Now she works as a photographer in Chengdu. And her one-minute catwalk went viral (风靡) on the Internet. Some social media users nicknamed her as “Iron Man’s sister”.

Her leg doesn’t discourage her. ____________, it serves as a ____________ that it is not what she is missing that defines her, but what she has got. She says, “When you accept your flaws (缺陷), you become free and ____________.”

Everyone has flaws that we want to hide away, whether they are visible or invisible. And we should learn to ____________our “imperfection” and embrace life with passion and confidence.