Alexandra Adams, 25, is a four-year medical student who was born both deaf and blind. However, she has _________ to let her condition prevent her from becoming a doctor.

Being completely deaf in both ears without hearing aids, and with 5 percent sight in only one eye, she relies on her other _________ such as touch to feel for veins (血管). “You can _________ a lot about patients just by listening to them.” she told The Daily Mail.

Miss Adams was _________ to take part in the 2012 Paralympics as a swimmer aged 16, but her previous serious stomach problems went very wrong, _________ her to be hospitalized for 18 months.

The experience _________ her switch her attention from swimming to medicine --- and she was finally _________ to Cardiff University.

Recalling her first placement (实习), she said: “When I arrived, a doctor asked why I was walking with the patient’s stick. I had to explain it was _________ mine. I was told not to touch any patients --- I felt really _________. That first day I had faced a level of discrimination (歧视) I was __________ for.

Recently the student is __________ the older patients in palliative care (姑息治疗), with her __________ proving to be a popular conversation topic. She described the patients’ __________ as ‘wonderful’, adding: “They don’t discriminate”

Miss Adams is __________ about disabled issues. Though having limited __________, she takes photos of other disabled workers around the UK, and __________ their stories in her blog Faces of the NHS to show different __________ of the workers in the health service.

NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said: “Alexandra is a(an) __________ woman who got over difficulties through hard work and __________. I hope her __________ will inspire thousands.”

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I _______ that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, _______ he knew me. The man had a newspaper_______ in front of him, which he was _______ to read, but I could _______ that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my _______ the man was clearly puzzled by the _______ way in which the waiter and I _______ each other. He seemed even more puzzled as_______ went on and it became ________ that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the ________ . When he came out, he paid his bill and ________ without another glance in my direction.

I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had ________ . “Well,” he said，“that man was a detective（侦探）. He ________ you here because he thought you were the man he ________ .” “What?” I said, showing my ________. The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I ________ say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a ________ .” “Well, it’s really ________ I came to a restaurant where I’m known, ” I said.“ ________ , I might have been in trouble.”

Despite being homeless himself, a man named Steve has dedicated himself to taking care of stray (走失的) dogs. He has adopted 15 dogs in the past 15 years and _________ their daily needs.

This year, Steve believed that a change of scene might help him get back on his feet, so he decided to move to Indiana. He had a distance of 2,000 miles to _________, with nothing but a bike and only $6 in his pocket, but he never considered leaving his _________ dogs behind. So he put the dogs in a shopping cart and _________ it to the bike.

On his way, Steve _________ Alicia, who works at the West Animal Shelter (WAS). _________, she stopped to figure out the entire story. “Having been homeless since 2009, he could _________ them,” she said. Deeply _________ by Steve’s love for dogs, Alicia set up a GoFundMe page for him and _________ his story. Then, many volunteers arrived to help out. They __________ photos on Facebook, raised money and kept searching for ways to get them to Indiana. __________, they met a kind woman who offered them a __________.

They finally made it to their __________. A generous donor gave them a truck to live in, so for the first time in nearly 15 years, they have a __________ over their heads. Today, over $30,000 has been raised and he will continue to help strays.

“It is extraordinary, and his story tells one good __________ leads to another.” Alicia said.