He, handsome and attractive though small, is 73 this year, but looks much younger than he actually is. My mom got the _________ from my grandpa. And thank God so did I. You can never imagine how genuinely _________ and fascinating he could be. My grandpa absolutely leads a _________ life of old age, unlike other retired elderly people just walking with their pet birds, or _________ time at home as couch potatoes do.

He takes to cooking tasty cuisine, singing Karnoke, collecting antiques, and experiencing brand new dimensions of cultures. “Stopping to smell the roses and passing on the happiness is a _________ factor of people’s happy life,” he always _________ his peers.

“He is always doing everything with his _________—so cool and enviable!” my grandpa’s friends remarked. They also _________ my grandpa for his blog where he writes much, _________ his distinct opinion of life. One night his blog caught my eye. There was a __________, at the very beginning, of him hugging my grandma with fireworks blooming on Times Square last Valentine’s Day. “People say reality __________ and fantasy begins when the fireworks display starts, but for me both __________ a great deal. I take great joy in everyday life __________. I can hold the hands of my love.” he said beneath the photo.

I couldn’t believe those were from my grandpa, I mean, from a 73-year-old person. Now I finally see the true meaning of the saying that __________ is not a time of life but a state of mind. I love my grandpa for the interesting and romantic __________ he has.

Careers in science are generally believed to be too complex for students who aren’t talented or clever enough, but Seott Kelly, commander of the International Space Station, would prove it’s ______.

As a kid, he was abstracted and uninterested in science and all other ______ as well. He couldn’t ______ what the teachers were saying, spending most of his time in school daydreaming.Therefore, he earned terrible grades and barely graduated from high school, and he even thought he would never ______ his dreams.

That all ______ when he picked up and read The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe’s classic account of the pioneering Americans who first explored space. ______ at last, he was determined to be an astronaut, which meant doing well in science classes. So that day, he ______ his mind to do well in it.

After so many years of daydreaming, it wouldn’t be ______ . But he started thinking about it like a game. The more he ______ his study skills, the more he gained and the better he got. ______ , it became a(n) ______ with himself to see how good he could get. No one was more surprised than him when a ______ daydreamer started getting straight A’s in science, which is essential to be an astronaut.

So we need to stop ______ the statement that science is just too hard. If you’ re students who have been told “you are not a science people” or “your brain doesn’t think that way”, just ______ the comments! Everyone who wants to can learn this stuff — they just have to be ______ to do the work.

MacArthur's love for sailing dates back to when she was just 4 years old, when she first got the opportunity to have a try on a boat. “It kind of _______ me that this boat had everything we needed to take us anywhere in the world. And as a child,that opened up everything and made me feel the greatest sense of   _______，” she explained.

This experience _______ a passion within MacArthur that she wanted to sail around the world. Growing up in the countryside. she had no idea how to _______ it. However, she knew that was what she wanted to do at some stage. So she acquired knowledge and _______ for years to seek her dream in sailing. Having merely potatoes and beans every day for eight years, she _______ could afford the right equipment. By reaching such _______goals and asking technical questions about ___________ , MacArthur felt as though she was getting _______ to her ambition.

“The impossible could be possible and ________ high is not necessarily such a crazy thing to do. "she said. And it seems that MacArthur's ________ to become a sailor went beyond her expectations. At the age of 24,   she started to ________media attention after winning the second place in the Vendee Globe, a single-handed non-stop yacht (帆船)race that went around the world.

Four years later, MacArthur chose to sail for 71 days and 14 hours,   ________ more than 26_,000 miles. This led to her scoring a new record. ________       this record has since been surpassed (超过)，MacArthur is still considered as Britain's most successful offshore racer.

So when you know where you're going, you can actually get there—even if it seems ________     !