1、阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

​ Adversity(逆境) can beat you down, but probably it also has the ability to make you stronger. The impact and ultimate result depend on ①___________ you do with the difficulties that come in your way.

Beethoven composed one of his ②___________ (great) works after going deaf. Sir Walter Raleigh wrote The History of the World during his thirteen-year imprisonment. Had Columbus turned back, no one could ③___________ (blame) him. Of course, no one would have remembered ④___________, either. Abraham Lincoln made great achievements by his display of wisdom during the American Civil War.

Eventually, consider a more recent example. For sixteen years, Dr. Mary Groda-Lewis had a difficult time ⑤___________ (study) the written words on account of a learning disorder. She ⑥___________ (put) in prison on two different occasions and almost died of a stroke when bearing a child. ⑦___________ ( commit) to going to college, she did a variety of odd jobs to save money. When graduating from high school at eighteen, she was considered as an outstanding student and finally entered college ⑧___________ (success). Determined to become a doctor,she received many ⑨___________ (rejection) of the medical schools before Albany Medical College finally accepted her. In 1984, Dr. Mary Groda-Lewis, ⑩___________ was thirty-five years old then, graduated with honors and realized her dream.

2、阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

A man was really worried about his son,①__________was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk ②__________(train) his child.

The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, "You should leave your son to me. I will make him a man of ③__________(brave) within three months. However, you can't come to see him during that period."

Three months later, the boy's father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the child and a(n) ④__________(profession) boxer(拳击手).