I lived in a very poor district of Arusha, Tanzania. My family couldn’t ________ me to study abroad. However, continuing my ________ in China was my dream. I couldn’t wait to travel on this country and create new ________. I applied to 12 universities but only got a few ________ letters.

I finally got accepted by a university in Shanghai. After the excitement in the beginning, I was ________ in great difficulties. I couldn’t understand what my teachers and schoolmates said. ________ still, I realized I could hardly finish one year without a scholarship (奖学金). I had to work hard and ________ every chance to practice my Chinese. ________, I had to save every coin I could.

I ________ in my class after the first term. The university awarded me a huge scholarship and I was filled with _____. I could financially complete my course in the university. I ________ the chance because I managed it with my own efforts. Four years later, when I spoke on the graduation ceremony, I was full of gratitude (感激) and       _____.

Life is not always easy. But what really matters is to keep positive when we are ________ by difficulties. Some may run away or be beaten while some are able to ________ the difficulties. I believe as long as we ________ long enough, all our dreams are within reach, no matter how big or crazy they might seem.

I believe even the smartest people have to work hard to achieve success, because there is no such person as a born winner. People turn themselves into winners by their own       _______

I learned this lesson from a(n) _______ many years ago. I took the head _______ job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a _______ for the school’s old team to play against the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to _______ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn’t _______ I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to _______ that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were _______ me. I had to change my _______ towards their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little ________. Most importantly, I began to treat them like ________. That summer, When the other teams enjoyed their       ________, we met every day and ________ passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our ________ on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to win. ________, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a ________ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me the greatest ________     of my life!

From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can ________       the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and ________ them. I helped them to see themselves ________, and they built themselves into winners. Winners are made, not born.

In 1999 Rebecca Constantino began doing a study at schools across Los Angeles, and she was analyzing children’s access to ________ in rich and low-income communities.

One day, she ________ something that stopped her tracks. “I was at a school in a wealthy community, and they were ________ almost brand-new books because they didn’t have ________ in the library,” Constantino said. She put the books in her car and drove them to a school in a(n) ________ community.

________ by the difference she saw in public school libraries, Constantino became ________ to bridge the gap. “If you’re a child in an underserved community, ________ you’re left with boring, outdated and uninteresting books.”

Word spread about Constantino’s work, and books began ________. Donors buy new hardcover books. Kids ________ what they think are the most interesting books. Today, her nonprofit, Access Books, has ________ more than 1.5 million books for public-school and community libraries across California. The group has also ________ close to 350 libraries, making sure the reading environment is relaxing and comforting.

“________ we provide high-interest books and a more beautiful library space, they do come and they do read and circulation doubles. So, we know that kids come to the library and read the books we give. They are ________ to keep on the shelf because we’re giving books that really ________ kids.” said Constantino.