In the summer of 2012, I was a student in my final year at university. I struggled     1    (mental) because I didn’t know how I wanted my future to develop. One day I was taken with one sentence: a person should follow his heart to realize his dream while he is young. It certainly    2     (inspire) the desire in me to become an actor. Although the decision meant    3     (make) an uncertain future, I was determined and set my heart on my dream.

I     1    (dream) of making an expedition to the South Pole. At the age of 19, I saw an advertisement about the Antarctic expedition and applied    2    (join) it, but I was turned    3    by the captain — Sir Ernest Shackleton. He thought I was too young and wasn’t qualified, but I went aboard the ship    4    (secret) and managed to hide in a small cupboard.   

The journey was very hard and the ship Endurance got crushed by the ice. We had to throw away all our belongings except some basic    5    (necessity). But a banjo was kept,    6    helped keep our spirits up.

When we stayed on Elephant Island, things became worse    7    worse. Soon Shackleton left us to find help on a distant island. The voyage was too    8    (danger) and difficult for all of us to make it in our small boats. I became    9    (patient) and bad-tempered, but Frank Wild remained optimistic all the time. He hunted penguins and sometimes seals for us    10    (eat). Without Frank and Ernest, we’d all be dead by now. Their genuine concern for others, their perseverance, and their resolve filled us with hope.

Lucifer     1     (fascinate) by the power of nature since his childhood. Though     2     (face) with difficulties, he has had several goals     3     (achieve) so far. And the research that     4     (conduct) now is likely to bring further breakthroughs.

As American students look forward    1    their final year in high school, a whirlwind (旋风) of emotions is also with them. Excitement and nervousness fill the air as they prepare for the final year.

The organisation work becomes important as students move to the final year. With many classes, exams, college applications(大学申请) and extra-curricular     2    (activity), staying on top of these things becomes a top concern. Students find themselves     3    (get) better time management skills and creating time plans to make sure everything is in order.

The goal of students    4    (be) to make the most of their final year, both academically (学术上) and socially. So they work hard    5    (improve) themselves, aiming for good grades to enter better colleges. And they want to have better leadership skills through clubs, sports and community service to make an    6    (impress) on their dream colleges.

Despite the excitement and nervousness,    7    is natural for students to feel a little stress and anxiety. College applications and decisions weigh    8    (heavy) on their minds,    9    the pressure to make the right choices can sometimes be    10    (annoy). However, they would always find support from friends and teachers.