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    Listen to a story and fill in the missing words. The story will be read three times. The first and the third times it will be read at normal speed, and the second time, there will be a 6-second pause for each missing part.Now listen to the story:[音频]It is the year 1975, when Charlotte, a 19-year-old student of a Swedish royal family, traveled to India to get a portrait made by a gifted artist. The artist was born into a poor Indian family. Despite the incredibly(1) _______________, the artist named Kumar had gained an outstanding reputation for being a gifted painter. His reputation led Charlotte to travel all the way to India to get her portrait done.By the time the portrait was finished, the two had fallen so deeply in love that they decided to (2) _______________. Unfortunately, the time came when Charlotte had to leave again in order to complete her studies in London. Thousands of miles separated the two but their feelings for each other never changed. They(3) _______________ through letters, which they exchanged almost weekly. Naturally, the newlyweds terribly struggled with the great distance between each other. Charlotte offered her husband to buy him air tickets, which he refused.After Kumar had finished his studies, he took all his possessions and sold them. But the money he earned didn’t even(4) _______________ a flight ticket. All he could afford was a cheap and used bicycle. Many would have been greatly disappointed, some would have even given up. But not Kumar. Nothing could stop him from reuniting with his wife, even if that meant an exhausting bicycle ride half around the world.His decision was the beginning of a bicycle journey from India to the Western world. Kumar took all his paintings and brushes along with him in order to financially support his endeavor. His voyage led him through eight countries and took more than four months. But eventually, he arrived at Charlotte’s hometown in Sweden and finally saw her again. From then on, the two did never(5) _______________ for too long.


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    [音频]Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium, on May 4, 1929. Although she was the daughter of a Dutch baroness (女男爵) and a wealthy English banker, Audrey had a difficult childhood. Her parents 1)________ when she was young and Audrey went to live with her mother in the Netherlands. Soon after, the German army 2)________ Holland. During the Nazi occupation, her family faced starvation and Audrey 3)____________ severe anemia (贫血), and respiratory problems.[音频]Audrey was sixteen when the occupation ended. She and her mother returned to London. Her big break came when the French novelist Colette 4)__________ her in a crowd and insisted that Hepburn be cast as Gigi in a Broadway adaptation of her novel. In spite of Hepburn’s 5) ____________, audiences and critics alike were captivated (迷住) by her performance.[音频]Subsequently, William Wyler chose her to be the lead in Roman Holiday, 6)_________ Gregory Peck. For her role as Princess Ann, she won the 1953 Academy Award for Best Actress and began a string of box office hits. Audrey Hepburn became a goodwill ambassador and spokesperson for UNIC EF in 1986. Traveling to areas 7) ___________ famine and devastation, Hepburn worked to raise public 8)__________ of the plight (困境) faced by children in times of crises.[音频]Her commitment to improve the welfare of children across the world was intense and genuine. This commitment earned her the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the 9)____________ Award from the Congress on Racial Equality. Soon after her trip to Somalia in 1991, Hepburn was 10)__________________ with colon cancer. In 1993, Audrey Hepburn died at the age of 63.


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