【推荐2】As I walked onto the soccer field I had a knot(结) in my stomach. I was too shy to _________ the year before but decided to go for it this year.

When the coaches came, I felt as if I was going to pass out. With no _________ ability I began to wonder why I was _________ here. Everyone immediately took a ball and began to _________. I stood there, not knowing what to do. My friends came over to _________ me a few quick moves and drills. I had fun and _________ enjoyed playing. Every other girl on the team was far more skilled than I. The moment I _________ that to myself, I was fine.

This _________ has stuck with me all through high school. Without _________ it, I learned a valuable lesson about myself. __________ I tried out for the soccer team, I always wanted to be __________ at everything. Previously(以前), I would do anything to achieve the high __________ I set for myself. I was so stressed out over schoolwork that I never had fun. I decided it was time for a (n) __________.

Like most high school students, my __________ with more responsibilities and worries, began to change as I got older. Balancing school and sports has not been easy. But through it all, I have become a __________ person. No longer do I __________ that I have to be perfect. Although my athletic ability doesn’t __________ a ticket to universities, I have other good __________ that make me important. Knowing that I have put 100% __________ into everything I do and am honest with myself, I am completely __________ with the person I am.

【推荐1】When I first heard from my doctor that I was allergic to hay (干草), it weighed pretty heavily on my mind. I was a ________ kid growing up, running and tripping around big, open fields and playing with the animals on my friend’s farm. I never ________ from pollen (花粉) or the outside ________, except for the sun burning my ________ slightly. There were no ________ placed on me as a child.

After I learned about my ________, I felt that a kind of curse (诅咒) had been placed on me. I could never get a rabbit or a pig, since hay is the main ________ of their diets. This burden made me ________, which was the first feeling that sank in, the sudden ________ from my younger, allergen-free self.

But with time, I began to see my allergy as a(n) ________ instead. I was the kid that tried never to ________. I was okay with ________ a six-hour drive in a ________ car with my knees to my chest. I was okay with eating burned or undercooked food. But this allergy finally let me feel ________ saying “no”. I finally felt free to ________ to go to places or do things where my allergy would act up. I didn’t have to ________ for not wanting to sit on the grass with my friends on summer days while I got bitten.

I now have a sense of ________. This allergy that was supposed to be “so ________” was actually letting me breathe, and break out of what I thought was “normal”. Now I ________ worry that I’m refusing too much. I ought to thank this allergy for giving me the space to be ________.

【推荐2】In 2016, I started working for the local company here in the community. I had to admit that the first day I walked into the office, I didn’t know what to expect, I was really_________. The waiting area was dark and dusty. I remembered sitting in the chair and feeling breathless with the_________of files and paperwork all over. I was worried about my_________.

One day, my boss asked me what I thought could be done with the scenery outside next to the office window. I paused for a while,_________what I could do with it. Then I had the perfect idea. I’d plant_________there if that was okay. He told me it was up to me. So, I got to work.

It took me a good week to_________the field, getting rid of the weeds. And I had to choose which type of sunflower to grow, as there were many different varieties. That was when I learned about all the different_________of sunflowers! I planted different ones.

It only took about a week for the sunflowers to sprout (发芽). I made sure to_________them every day and give them all the love I could. Before I_________it, the sunflowers had grown big, some even bigger than me. Watching them grow big and follow the sun throughout the day filled me with__________. I think part of my happiness is that I’ve grown them and help get them to be such beauties.

Every year, my sunflowers grow bigger, and so do my__________. Eventually, I have fields of sunflowers and an excellent__________in work. And it all__________with just a seed. Well, a packet of seeds. Dreams are like seeds; we could plant them, nourish them, and then watch them__________. Dreams has the potential to become something__________.