Li Wen is a 15-year-old boy. He works very hard and does     21     in school. It’s hard to believe that he used to have difficulties in school. After his parents moved to the city to work, he     22     them very much and he often felt lonely. His unhappiness had a bad     23     on his schoolwork. He became less interested in studying and     24     his exams.

Then his parents made a decision to     25     him to a boarding school. However, he couldn’t make friends because of his shyness. He found life there     26    . One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave school. His teacher     27     his parents to talk with their son in person.

The conversation     28     his life. He realized that his parents loved him so much and took     29     in everything good he did.

After that, his parents communicated with him more often. He had some good friends and became much     30    .

When I was younger, I _______ afraid of dogs. If a dog was close to me, I would move away as _______ as possible, or go to _______ side of the street.

But later on, my sister bought a puppy called Cathy, and I had to live with her in my house. My sister told me to pet the dog. She was small and looked nice, _______ I wasn’t so scared, and I did it.

The puppy didn’t attack me. That’s when I _______ I really liked this puppy!

I started taking care of her, feeding her, taking her for a walk, and taking her to the vet’s (兽医站) for check-ups. Slowly I started to find _______. Now I love her so much, and I would do anything for her.

My friends are still _______ why I am no longer afraid of dogs. It was a long time, but I did it. I made up my mind to _______ being afraid. I _______ my fear and challenge and I overcome them. You can, too. Is there anything you are afraid of? You have the power to beat it. Think about it and see if you can __________ a way to face your fear. Take a chance! It could change your life.

I’m a 34-year-old man, married, lived in a nice house, and have a successful career. But my life was not always so great. I had a learning disability from an early age. I went to a special school where I got plenty of extra (额外的) help. Still, I suffered (遭受) the rest of my school days in public schools.

My life improved greatly when I discovered art. The art world gave me a chance to express myself without words. I went to a workshop and gradually became good at making things with clay. Here I learned my first important lesson: disabled as I was in language, I could still be smart and well express myself with clay. And my confidence (自信) came along.

I got my next lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but I was scared from the start. I soon noticed it wasn’t a talent thing: it needed lots of practice. So I did it more. After about five years of climbing, I found myself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it all the time, you will get better at it.

Later, I decided to learn how to read and write. I practiced reading and writing, which I used to avoid as much as possible. After two years, I was literate (有文化的).

Through the long process with art, rock climbing, and reading and writing, now I’ve got to a point in my life: I am smart enough to dive into (潜入) an area that is totally unknown, hard, but interesting.

51. 假如某中学生英文报开展关于生活变化的征文活动，请你根据下表中的提示，以“Changes in Our Life”为题写一篇短文，简述社会及个人生活各方面的变化，展望未来并浅谈如何为之努力。

要求：1. 词数80左右；

               2. 必须包含所有提示内容，可适当发挥；

       3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Changes in Our Life

Great changes have taken place in our life in the past few years. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I believe that our life will be better and better.