Li Changtian, an intelligent young man about 170 centimeters tall, never disappoints others. Inspired by Zhai Zhigang’s spacewalk, he________to become an astronaut to explore beyond the solar system in advanced________like spacecrafts in the future. To be a good astronaut, one should have________knowledge and independent thinking besides physical and mental fitness. Otherwise, he would never________his goal. To build up his muscles, Li did sports________. He also studied hard at school, reading books about the universe, satellites, spacecrafts and space explorations in his limited spare time.

His hard work________. At 25, he was successfully admitted as a(n)________to China National Space Administration, an agency which________advanced facilities for training astronauts. The first time he was________on board, he felt as if he would die as a result of a(n)________of gravity and oxygen.________, he didn’t send a signal to his monitor to________. Instead, with aching tissues and shallow________, Li continued the training procedure. The moment he went out, he almost threw up. After briefly washing his face with a towel, he________to check out his training analysis data on the computer.

Thanks to his________and patience, he is now a super astronaut.

As we crowded at the last small part of the adventure, we finally got word that everyone in our group had covered the upper two parts of the pool. Hopefully, we could start to move soon. Several members _______ from the cold wet air and many people _______ that they could no longer feel their feet. The laughing and joking that we had_______at the very beginning was far behind us. At that moment _______ and anxiety were rushing in among us. To keep _______, we could do nothing but turn around carefully within our _______ space. As a few of our experienced male group members _______ the barriers on the way, the front of the _______ group decided to head toward the exit without fear.

It was _______ that narrowing rock walls sending ice cold water into a stream directly in front of us ________ that exit. Worse yet, there was no end in sight. We had to ________ at the mouth of the water. It was now very dark inside the narrow valley and we could not ________ the top of the huge, steep rock walls to either side.

At the front of the ________ group I stared at the water and tried to calm the ________ rising inside me. We were all freezing,________ the walk through this water. We weren’t even sure where the ________ was on the other side. I wondered to myself whether there would be ________ when we finally reached the exit of the valley. I ________ the situation for a second in mind to decide if we’d be able to walk through the water. I determined to have a try. ________, all of us succeeded in walking into a bright world heavily and later the ________ was shared online.

When I was in the fifth grade, my teachers first ________ that I could not ________ read the first grade books. They didn’t think this kind of problem could ________ to me since my father was a famous scientist. My parents sent me to experts, trying to ________ what the problem was.

My IQ was high, but I had ________ problems in learning. They discovered that I was dyslexic (诵读困难的). I was ________ that my parents cared enough to find a way out for me. When my ________ went to Ford Country Day School and sat down with Brent, a teacher in the school, he ________ to help without thinking twice.

My family was not rich and I was ________ to go to school free of ________ because my mother ________ some students to school in the morning in her car. I was ________ of going to school with my difficulties in learning, but Brent’s kind and loving ________ helped me slowly learn to grow and overcome my learning ________.

Ford Country Day School has become the most important turning ________ in my life. I count myself as one of the truly lucky people having been touched by Brent’s caring and love.