The Shenzhou XVII astronauts started their space mission (任务) on Oct 26. Their spaceship ________ from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. On the spaceship are ________ astronauts: Tang Hongbo, 48; Tang Shengjie, 33; and Jiang Xinlin, 35. Their spaceship then joined with the Tiangong space station. They will do science studies and tests in space, ________ spacewalks. The Shenzhou XVII team, on average (平均地), has the space station’s youngest astronauts.

One of the astronauts Jiang Xinlin is from Henan. Both of his parents are ________. They didn’t know their son was an astronaut ________ Oct 26. They felt very ________ of their son and watched the news live on TV with their neighbors and relatives. Jiang has two sisters and a brother, they lived a ________ life when he was young. Their family could only make a living by growing crops and raising sheep in a small village. Jiang Xinlin had to work to ________ his family when he was only fifteen years old. Although it was tiring and hard that time, he never ________. He kept on studying after work every day. Later, his brother gave up study and found work to support their study. This hard ________ made him unforgettable, but also let him deeply understand that only studying can ________ a better future. After attending junior high school, Jiang Xinlin studied even harder and ________ a military academy when he graduated. He worked as a pilot ________ about ten years and became an astronaut in 2020. As an astronaut, you should not only have a strong body, but also much professional knowledge. Jiang Xinlin practised necessary skills in the daytime and learned knowledge in the evening. At last, he was ________ as the Shenzhou XVII astronaut.

________ hard work, Jiang Xinlin proves that if we keep working hard and never give up, we can surely make our dreams come true.

Are you afraid of failure(失败)? If your answer is “Yes”, I’m sorry to say, “You are ________.” In fact, failure is the best teacher. We can ________ a lot from it. For every successful thing, there have been one or more ________. You do need to accept failure if you want to achieve success.

Think about the ________ of the light bulb(电灯泡). It was successful after a thousand failures. Think of the inventor Edison had given up after he ________ a hundred times, what would the result have been? We won’t have had the bulbs today!

When your hard work doesn’t bring wanted results, don’t call it failure, call it a ________. What is the difference between these two things? Failure is negative(消极的), and challenge is positive(积极的). What you need is positive thinking to achieve success. Failure means there is no way out, no ________. However, a challenge is a question mark leading to another situation, and there are many good choices for you to choose.

Always remember: if you cannot fly, run; if you cannot run, walk; if you cannot walk, crawl(爬行); just keep on ________. Keeping moving is the key to success. Whenever you fall over, you have to stand up and start moving again.

Two travelling angels (天使) were tired and hungry. They stayed in a rich family for the night. The family were _______ and let the angels stay in a very cold room. At night, the old angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired (修补) it. The young angel asked, “Why do you help _______?” The old angel said, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night, the two angels came to a _______ family. A farmer and his wife lived in an old and small house. They were so nice and friendly that they _______ their best food with the angels and let them sleep in their own bed. The next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife were very _______. Their only cow died that night. “_______ did you let this happen?” the young angel asked the old angel _______. “The rich family were not nice to us but you helped them repair the hole. The poor family were so kind _______ us. However, you let their only cow die.”

“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the old angel replied. “When we were in the cold room in the rich family, I saw gold (金子) in the hole and I repaired it because I didn’t _______ the rich man to find the gold. Then last night, the devil of death (死神) came and wanted to take away the farmer’s wife. I told him to take away the ________. Things aren’t always what they seem.” “Oh, I see.” said the young angel.