When Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, in 1956, no one would have predicted that she would circle the Earth one day. When she was three years old, her parents ________ to Chicago. In the kindergarten, Jemison ________ her teacher by telling her she wanted to be a scientist. The ________ was unusual for any girl, let alone an African-American girl. But she never ________ her dream.

Throughout her academic career, Jemison was a(n) ________ student. And she had a variety of ________ outside of school, including dance and theater. After ________ from Stanford University with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering, she entered a medical college. Her passion for global ________ took her to Cuba, Kenya and Thailand during medical school.

Returning to the United States in 1985, for a long-held ________, Jemison applied for admission to NASA’s astronaut training program. Later, she was ________ from 2, 000 applicants. ________, that selection began a series of “firsts” for Jemison. She was the first African-American woman ________ to the training program and became the first African-American woman astronaut. On Sept. 12, 1992, she became the first African-American woman in ________ as a science mission specialist.

Jemison has been awarded many honors for her great ________. She has set an admirable example of how someone with capability and ________ can open up a new path to achieving their highest goals.

One Monday morning, while the children were enjoying “free play”, I stepped to the doorway of the classroom to take a _______. Suddenly, I _______ a movement of the heavy wooden door. This was the very door I _______ guided the children through to ensure their safety from the bitter cold. I felt a chill go through my body.

My legs carried me to that door, and I pushed it open. It was one of my kindergarteners who I thought was _______ that day. He had been dropped off at school late and was _______ to open the door.

He must have been _______ there for quite a while! Without a word, I _______ him to the hospital. He was treated for frostbite on his hands. He’d need time to _______, and wouldn’t come for class the next day, I thought.

The next morning, one of the first to _______ was my little frostbitten boy. Not only did he run in with ________, but his ________ could be heard as loud as ever! I gave him a warm hug and told him how ________ I was to see him. His words have stayed with me all these years, “I knew you would open the door.”

That cold Monday morning, he waited a long, long while for adults to ________. To a child, every minute feels like forever. He didn’t ________ to walk back home; he waited and trusted. This five-year-old taught me a powerful lesson in ________.

Ibby Piracha is one of many regular customers at his local Starbucks in a small town in Virginia, US.__________, Ibby isn’t like the other regulars – he’s________. Krystal Payne, a new employee, wanted to do something to make Ibby feel more_________. So she spoke with other employees about Ibby, learning that they always did what they could to give him excellent__________. But Payne wanted to take it a step further.

She went home and spent her night learning American Sign Language so she could better__________with Ibby. The next day, she wrote him a small__________saying: “I’ve been learning ASL, just so you can have the same_________as everyone else.”

Ibby, who was overcome with emotion over this small act of kindness, has_________the note at home ever since. Ibby was so__________by Payne’s gesture (友好的示意) that he posted it on Facebook to share with his friends. His _________was then reposted by many other people – a result that he did not__________. But he is happy that Payne is getting the__________she deserves .

The next morning, Payne heard about the post when her manager__________her and mentioned that there were many requests from reporters to__________her. A Starbucks spokeswoman heard about her_________gesture and said the company was very________of Payne’s actions. “My job is to________people have the experience they expect and that’s what I gave him,” said Payne.

Ibby sees Payne’s act of kindness as a(n)__________. “It shows that she respects deaf people,” he said. Payne now knows enough ASL to take Ibby’s_________, which makes Ibby’s life much easier. In the past, Ibby would have to order through text messages that he would show to the staff. Ibby still loves to visit the coffee shop, saying it is something that “gave me genuine _________– even now, I’m still smiling”.