Jack was in his last year of junior school. He was only 4 feet and 11 inches, overweight. He had little hair and few     1     (friend). His grade was not     2     (good) than his look. His life was going nowhere. He was having a really hard time because his parents recently got divorced (离婚). But he wanted to change       3     (he) so that he could have a fresh start in the high school.

Jack went to Mrs. Collins, his favorite teacher,       4     told him that he had to make small changes first and start with the easier things. Jack went to the hospital     5     (solve) his hair problems. He started talking to people more to make friends. He realized that he just had to express himself. He started to study more instead of     6     (think) about his parents, He       7     (begin) to eat healthily to lose weight.

When Jack entered the high school on the very first day, he was a     8     (total) different person. He was now in good shape, smart     9     popular. He also had a nice hairstyle. Everyone wanted to make friends     10     him.More importantly, Jack finally became happy and confident through his own efforts.

All of us know the old saying “Practice     1    （make）perfect.” It tells us if we want to realize our aim, we should practice and one day we will make     2    . It’s easy to understand. Once I wanted to learn swimming.     3    first I found it difficult to control my body. I just     4    （sink） into the water. I felt very frightened. Then I watched others who     5    (be) good at it and asked them the key to     6    (succeed). I went to the swimming pool every day, learned from them and practiced. One day, when my friend pushed me     7    the swimming poo1, I     8    (sudden) found that I could swim.     9    excited I was! Now I can swim much     10    (good) than before.

There are about 100 million middle-aged women dancing in parks and on squares in China, and Deborah Roundy,     1     U.S retired school teacher, is one of them. Mrs. Roundy is the only foreigner on the Shanghai dance team at Tongji University, where she is     2    (current) teaching English.

Mrs. Roundy ran upon a dozen or so middle-aged women dancing     3     the tunes of Chinese songs in 2012. At the time, she didn't feel used to the new environment and wanted to have some fun in her life. She     4    (invite) to join the dancing team.

At first, Mrs. Roundy communicated with her teammates by     5    (exchange) notes to help translate for her. Now she uses a translation app on her iPad.

    6     the Chinese language is not the most difficult thing for her, mastering Chinese dance is. Mrs. Roundy used to do ballet. She said     7    (dance) in the U.S. always dance facing the audience. But in China, they change directions all the time, and it was very     8    (confuse) for her at first.

They have developed good personal relations. Mrs. Roundy says they also go out to eat and on field trips together, which are     9    (forget ) experiences for her.

Square dancing opens a window for her     10    (understand) China, Mrs. Roundy said: Besides dancing, she and her husband have been active in community life, teaching English, and helping elderly neighbors.