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.
