Mount Everest (珠穆朗玛峰), located in Asia, is the highest mountain in the world. Many climbers have tried to climb to the top of Mount Everest’s about 29,028-foot peak and about 900 people have _________ the climb to Mount Everest’s summit. One of the most successful climbers is Erik Weihenmayer because of his _________.

Erik Weihenmayer was _________ an eye disorder. As a child his eyesight became _________ and then he lost his sight eventually. However, he did not lose his _________ to lead a full and active life. Erik began climbing when he was 16. Having climbed the tallest mountains on five continents, Erik became the first blind person to reach the peak of Mount Everest.

_________ the age of 32, Erik began his climb as part of a team. His team wore bells that he could follow during his climb, and fellow climbers could quickly warn him of such things as a big drop on the right or a big stone to the left. Erik _________ his own method for climbing mountains. He also carries two long climbing poles to feel his way _________ him. Erik is a good team member. He does his _________ of the job, such as setting up tents and building snow walls.

During his climb, Erik faced many dangers. He __________ through 100 m.p.h winds and sliding masses of snow, ice and rock. Because the air became thinner the higher Erik climbed, he wore an oxygen __________ that helped him breathe as he climbed higher. It took Erik about two-and a-half months to reach the top of the mountain.

Although he couldn’t __________ the view, Erik felt the __________ of being on the summit of Everest. He hopes that his success will change __________ people think about the blind. “When people think about a blind person, now they will think about a person standing on top of the __________.”

I was very angry after a terrible morning and decided to go for a _______. I put my headphone on, pushed on a program I was _______ to listen to and ran out the door. However, the terrible events of my morning kept flashing through my _______ over and over. I couldn’t even hear the program I love so much.

And then something _______. About 3/4 of my way through the run, I _______ a couple I’d guess to be in their early 30’s. As I was passing by, the man _______ and gave me a thumbs-up. Did he just do that? I thought so _______ I wasn’t sure. It _______ my mood (心情) right away and made me smile.

I thought to myself how _______ that was. A little piece of kindness from a __________! I was very __________ his small gesture. It was __________ what I needed and I hoped he knew the difference it made. And then I realized that the only way for him to __________ was for me to tell him. I’d __________ it if I didn’t.

So I __________ and rushed back to catch up with them. I came up behind them completely out of __________ and said “Excuse me … pant (喘), pant, pant … did you just smile and give me a thumbs-up?” He smiled again and said “Yes!”

I told him how much of a difference it made. That I was having a really __________ morning, how it made me feel so much __________. And that I really __________ it.

A moment of kindness is simple. It is __________. But it makes such a difference.

During university, I moved to New Zealand for a working holiday. A friend I made there________me that my time in New Zealand would not be complete without going bungee jumping-________, it was invented there.

So we headed to Queenstown. We both________the Nevis Bungy, the highest bungee jump in New Zealand with an astonishing 134-meter________. After signing our lives away, we were________in a minibus and driven out to a canyon.

As we approached the canyon. I began to________a small metal structure hanging in the middle of the canyon by a wire. Fear________as soon as I realized that I was going to have to________out of that structure.

I tried to remain calm as I stepped out of the minibus and got________into the harness (保护带).________, I lost my calmness as soon as I stepped into the________that would take us out to the hanging structure. We slowly________out into thin air, and just the________in the basket was enough to get an adrenaline (肾上腺素) rush.

I was the________to jump, so I sat in the hanging structure watching each person get their feet tied together and________into the canyon depths.

It was in the moment, watching people________the jump, that I learned a lesson. As the employees counted down, some people hesitated, while others did not. Once they________themselves, there was no building the________back up again. It was only those people who pushed against their fears and jumped—no second guessing—who were________.

The hardest part is taking the leap. When it was my turn to go, I was________. But I made it.