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Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on____is more useful than crying for help. That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man____family hardship tells us.

Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby____A year later, Hong’s mother____home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy’s____: to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.

Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to____his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to____different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to________________________________.

After Hong’s story went____, he became a hero in people’s eyes. But Hong____offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.

Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.

【1】A. parents B. friends C. yourself D. God

【2】A. out of B. into C. without D. with

【3】A. dog B. cat C. girl D. boy

【4】A. left B. arrived C. went D. came

【5】A. back B. shoulders C. head D. body

【6】A. help B. save C. protect D. feed

【7】A. make B. buy C. produce D. collect

【8】A. build B. borrow C. rent D. share

【9】A. public B. clear C. by D. far

【10】A. accepted B. asked C. received D. refused