Nikki Christous, a young girl from London, has an abnormal connection between the arteries (动脉) and veins. It has resulted in a ___ abnormality. But Nikki, who’s a huge makeup enthusiast, doesn’t let anything or anyone ___ her style. She makes makeup lessons for her YouTube page ___ and has become a star. Through the videos, she hopes to ___ others who may also have rare illnesses or ___. Nikki wants to inspire anyone with a rare illness and show them that ___ lies within. Being different should not mean being ___ or feeling there is no real place for you in this world and that you don’t have a ___ role to play.

In her videos, she shares looks for different ___ like a prom (高中生正式舞会), a birthday party or just for every day. In addition to showing viewers ____ looks, she also records other ____ that give people an advantage at her life, such as baking lessons.

Since she got hurtful ____ from people criticizing her appearance, Nikki has said that she ____ focuses on the good side. “I don’t let them ____ me. Focus on the happy things ____ the sad things because if you focus on the negativity, you are not going to ____ life,” she said. “Just know if you believe in yourself, really try hard and ____ all the negativity in your life, you will lead a happy life.

As if being a YouTube star wasn’t ____ of an achievement，she is also the ____ behind The Butterfly AVM Charity, a charity set up by her parents to fundraise (为目标而筹钱) for research into the illness. She also helped ____ more than 5,552,565 British pounds for the charity through a crowd-funding campaign.

I don't know why I came to the decision to become a loser, but I know I made the_________at a young age. Sometime in the middle of the fourth grade, I stopped trying. By the time I was in the seventh grade, I was lazy, difficult, and_________.

It wasn't long before I dropped out of school. Hard physical labor was the _________for the choices I made as an adolescent. Until well into adulthood, I was still_________in a dead-end job carrying heavy construction materials up a ladder all day._________, now I believe in do-overs. And I believe that do-overs can be made at any_________in your life, if you have the right _________. Mine came from a surprising source.

It was September 21,2002,when my son Blake was born. It's the moment I grew into the_________of Dad that I began to learn something about myself._________, Blake and I were both learning to walk, talk, work and play for the first time. I began my do-over.

It took me almost three years to learn how to read. I started with my son's books. Over and over, I practised reading books to him until I remembered all those words. I began to wonder if it was possible for me to go back to school. I knew I wanted to be a good role __________, so after a year-and-a-half and a lot of hard work, I __________my GED test on my son's fourth birthday. This may not sound like much, and I'm surely not trying to get __________for doing something that should have been done in the first place, but it was really one of the best days in my life. Today, I'm a full-time college student,____________to become sociologist.

It’s funny. While growing up I always heard these great __________stories of triumph (胜利) over shortcomings, but I never thought they__________to me. Now I believe it's a choice anyone can make: to do it all over again.

Living in Mexico, I struggled with the language. The kids in our _________ called me “The American Lady.” One day, as I was _________ outside in the small garden, two little boys ran up to my gate, “Lady, lady, blah blah blah.” That’s what I understood, but their gesture made me want to find out what was so _________. I walked down the street with them.

At the corner, I _______ a pile of garbage with a small dog on top. The poor little animal smelled _________. I didn’t know how long she’d been there, but I _________ she needed water.

I ran home to get water and a little food, Ted asked what was up, and I _________ what I had found. He returned with me, carrying a cat cage. I put down the water and a small cup with the food. The puppy looked at the food but didn’t make any effort to eat or drink. Ted said we needed to get her to the _________ as soon as possible. We put the puppy into the cage and _________ set out. As we were shown into the exam room, I took her out of the __________ and put her on the metal table. The puppy looked up at me and then, with all her __________, pulled herself over to me and __________ her head on my stomach. That was it. This was my puppy.

What __________ me was the puppy was probably four months old, and we were in our late seventies. I don’t think old people should adopt young animals. I had seen too many cases of trying to find homes if the owners __________, but all that reasoning flew out of the window when that puppy laid her head on my stomach. She had chosen me, and I wouldn’t __________ her.