Nathalia, from Liberty High School, was so nervous for her final scholarship interview Friday morning that she couldn’t sleep.

The 17-year-old _______ at 4 am and began preparing for whatever questions her principal, Harrison Bailey, might throw at her during the _______ for East Stroudsburg University. Nathalia left home confidently and _______ herself of the coming success. When arriving at school, she was _______ to find her family, teachers and representatives from East Stroudsburg all waiting for her. Actually, it was a surprising trick for: Nathalia. She’d already won the scholarship. “I was not expecting this at all,” Nathalia said, fighting back tears.

The scholarship — valued at about $34,000 over four years-is to pay for university and remove students’ financial _______ to higher education. Nathalia plans to major in nursing at East Stroudsburg, and she agrees that the scholarship is _______ for the first-generation college students like her. “I feel like that an unbelievable dream comes true,” her mother Diana said with tears of joy.

The epidemic has made gaining scholarship extra challenging. Nathalia _______ found a way to earn college credits by taking three online courses and in this way she has _______ herself a lot. “Nathalia is always self-motivated and I don’t have to _______ her,” Diana said.

“I want to help patients with better hospital experience. It is my __________ that pushes me on toward success.”

WHAT are good friends? This is not a (an) _______question. But Mark and Jarryd Haines,

___________, have always been good friends. The two boys from Sydney have known each other for most of their lives. Both of them_______playing Australian football.

A few years ago, when Mark was nine, he developed brain cancer. The _______robbed the boy of his _______, part of his hearing and his ability to play his favorite sport._______, throughout the years, Jarryd_______his closest friend. They still share their love of Australian football. And they still like talking about the Sydney Swans, their favorite team.

Two weeks ago, I took my___________at Sydney Cricket Ground to watch the Swans. The old stadium_______fans. Shortly into the second quarter, I heard some great commentary (现场解说) from a boy. Play by play, Jarryd was bringing the game to ________. I turned and saw him. Mark was sitting next to him.

__________he cannot see anymore, Mark still loves the Swans very much. Usually, he goes to the stadium and listens to the commentary on the radio. But in the second quarter of that match, the radio system ________. That was when his friend Jarryd stepped in.

I ________looked at the Swans and Buddy, the team's star player. ________that, I was focusing on Jarryd and Mark. ''What's happening now, mate?'' Mark asked. ''Don't worry, Mark,'' Jarryd replied. ''Okay. Buddy's got it. Will he go for it? He's going for it! It's his tenth goal! Buddy is________!''Mark listened carefully. He was lost in the________of Australian football brought to life by his friend.

Sports can be ________. Yet, they can also allow us to share wonderful________with others,____________they be close friends or perfect strangers. Here, Jarryd and Mark have moved me, and perhaps some other spectators (观众), with their precious________.

In high school, I became the editor of the school paper. My whole _________ class traveled to New York City for a newspaper conference during the winter vacation, and we even went to Elvis’s (猫王) show.

Peg, Lynn, and I went to the stage door before Elvis’s concert; we wanted to arrange a(n) _________. Just as we got to the stage door, a taxi _________ and Elvis got out. I had never seen Elvis before, so I wasn’t _________. One of the girls asked him, “Are you Elvis?” With a deep Southern and sexy voice, he answered, “Why sure, baby.” One of the girls said, “Could we take a picture of you?” Before the question ended, my _________ was in Lynn’s hands.

I said to Elvis, “We want to interview you for our school paper.” Elvis said, “You’ll have to get _________ from my manager Colonel Parker.” We spoke to Colonel, who told us to come back to the stage door _________ the show. “No matter what you hear, don’t go _________,” Colonel said. My two friends and I left our seats _________ and waited outside the stage door in the ____________. Three times they said, “Elvis has ____________ the theater.” But we kept waiting and waiting. ____________, the door opened and Colonel let us inside the stage door. Elvis was joking around with us a lot.

We went back and ____________ the story for our April 1, 1956 edition of the school paper. Everyone ____________ us even though it was April Fool’s Day. We sold about 50 pictures at school for a dime (一角硬币) each. We didn’t make a fortune but being with Elvis was my fifteen ____________ of fame.