I bought a jasmine(茉莉花) for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom. My office would be full of _________sweet smell. I had the plant for 2 months and I often_________at it, but there weren't any flowers or nice smell. I was not happy with the _______. So I gave the plant to my friend Linda.

One day another friend, Mary called and invited me to her office. _________ I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I held out my hand to_________the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me, I couldn't help smelling them. I was lost in the_________ smell of only a handful of these flowers. I suddenly understand _________.

Mary bought her plant the same time I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom so _________. But I was not patient enough.

In the way my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things _______.

Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad next week and she returned the plant back to me. This time, I am going to __________ my jasmine to bloom and I know that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient.

The moment that Jiang Mengnan received the award of Person Touching China for 2021, she said she most wanted to express her _______ to her parents.

She was chosen along with nine other honorees（领奖人）_______ March 3rd to receive the award given on China Central Television each year, which chooses 10 models nationwide every year who _______ positive energy and increase social honesty.

Deaf almost since birth, Jiang has overcome plenty of difficulties to _______ her dream of studying for a PhD at Tsinghua University.

Born in 1992 into an ethnic Yao（瑶族）family in Yizhang county, Hunan province, Jiang’s world has been silent _______she was 6 months old, when medicine she was given that seriously damaged her hearing.

When she was young, her _______began teaching her to lip-read（读唇）. They also taught her how to pronounce by putting her hands on their throats, so she could feel the ways of speaking out.

It was a _______ difficult process, but her parents never gave up and Jiang learned to speak.

When she was _______ enough, Jiang was in a standard primary school, not a special school, which was common for most children with disabilities.

She said it was difficult at first. During lessons, teachers would often write on the blackboard with their _______ to the students, so Jiang missed much of the content（内容）. She had to ________ down everything on the black board and study alone after class to keep up with her classmates.

Her perseverance（坚持）made her a ________ student. In 2011, she achieved an excellent score on the national college entrance exam and was admitted to Jilin University in Changchun, Jilin Province.

After graduating in 2015, she began thinking of a higher degree at the university, studying computer-aided drug design. In 2018, she was ________ as a PhD at Tsinghua University’s School of Life Sciences.

“I’m always grateful for the respect I received ________ my parents, teachers and friends,” she said. “They never give me special attention, which means I’ve never seen myself as different from ________else.”

In the future, she wants to ________ scientific research and contribute her values to solving problems of life and health, she said.

From her, we know that if we have a strong will, nothing is impossible.

A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting（诱人的）apple on a branch of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The more he looked at it, the ________ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

He tried hard to ________ the apple, but unluckily he was unable to do it. He began to ________ up and down, as high as he could. Still it remained out of ________ .

Not giving up, he thought, if he had something to ________ on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to ________ the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and glasses. Looking around, he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or a chair. But it was a ________ neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.

Without seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to ________ . At first he felt angry and disappointed, thinking about how hungry he had become, and how he really wanted the apples. The more he thought, the more unhappy he became.

However, the boy of our story was a pretty smart boy, even though he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He started to say to himself, “There’s ________ more I can do to get the apple, that is unchangeable, but we are able to ________ our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?”