A sudden illness took away most of Rebecca’s hearing when she was only six years old. Afterwards, she says her _______ went too. Unable to listen, she _______ to communicate with the great help of her family and friends. Rebecca felt lonely, but she did not _______ herself. She says her biggest concern was _______ to live like a normal person. She taught herself to read lips, and learned to speak confidently without being able to hear herself. _______, she found the right place to flourish (茁壮成长).

Today, working at the Qetan Sewing Center, Rebecca rediscovered something she greatly _______: a sense of belonging. “The center has a really _______ impact on me in terms of being able to meet people. The environment is _______, which helps you move forward,” says Rebecca.

Better still, Rebecca has also found a professional outlet. “I’ve always been _______ the arts. Drawing and logo design are major parts of our work. I ________ this very much,” she says.

Rebecca says her ________ of self-discovery is not yet over. Every day, she is seeking to ________ herself. “Open your mind to the ________. Take notice of the ________ that you must take to achieve your goals. Keep an eye on your future.”

The way that Rebecca lives her life demonstrates this idea that you can achieve your goals ________ you stay focused.

Bus driver William Bell was in the middle of an ordinary day when he was informed that a passenger had fallen ill. He immediately _______ after realizing what had happened.

That _______ , 62-year-old John McCann, was on his way to play tennis after jogging. William _______ without hesitation to give John life saving chest press while a passenger called _______ services.

“He was obviously in pain, _______ to speak and breathe,” William said. “I got him into the _______ position when his lips were turning blue. So right away I started CPR, trying to stay calm and _______ keeping him alive.”

“It was an _______ situation, but I did what was needed. With the help of the passengers, it was a real team effort and we all _______ saving Mr McCann’s life,” he added.

When the medical workers arrived and set up their ________, William continued to perform CPR. ________, Mr McCann, who woke up three days later in the hospital, ________ none of this and said he could only remember ________ the bus and feeling slightly dizzy. He said, “It ________ took over a week for me to take it in, but when it did, I just felt so ________ that I had been given a second chance.”

Fortunately, Mr McCann has now ________ to his active lifestyle. He ________ a thank-you card to the 59-year-old driver, along with a (n) ________ message and a gift. He said, “I have to express my ________ , to let him know how thankful I was. And I'm still ________ that someone would do what William did for a complete stranger.”

That year I was eleven and in sixth grade. In Wethersfield, all sixth-graders are _________ to take part in the R.O.P.E. Program. Its main _________ is to believe your peers(同龄人), work together, and _________ new adventures. These programs including falling backward and _________ peers to catch you, working together to fit into a small circle and something of that kind.

I was ready to take part in these _________. Falling backward and fitting into a small circle were nothing to me. Crossing over a stream(小溪)with nothing holding me up but a rope was brave, but I could _________ it.

Finally the day came when my sixth grade class would travel to climb and rappel(绕绳下滑)a mountain in Southington. Those people who were too _________ were allowed to practice climbing and rappelling a smaller area of rocks, but that wasn’t for me. I could climb the big mountain.

Twenty minutes later, my _________ arrived. As I was well_________, I set off at once. I got a quarter of the way up but couldn’t seem to get any __________. I tried and tried. I began to put myself down and cry. There was nothing more __________ than my classmates were looking at me. All I kept __________ was “Lisa, you can do it.

“Try to fit your foot in there. __________, Lisa. You’re almost there.” It was then that I thought to myself, “Why am I crying? I can do this.” Almost __________ I went on going up the mountain. Within five minutes I successfully __________ it to the top.