Growing up isn’t always an easy thing. When I was young, I had a strong sense of whom I was to become, ________ an accident made me doubt myself.

To me, skating was above all. I spent twenty-four hours a week practicing my ________. Having no social life or interests but skating, my devotion (挚爱) brought me first place medals in nearly every ________. However, I fell down and hurt myself badly during one show. The ________ told me that I couldn’t return to my sport any more. The pain in my back was too hard to bear and even the ________ daily tasks became difficult.

As my passion (激情) was ________, I had little sense of whom I was to become. After eight months of suffering, I realized I had to ________. Gradually, I devoted time to my interest in the arts. Little by little, I ________ out of the shadow (阴影) and rebuilt my confidence.

Sometimes, some ________ rocks get in our way. We must decide to stay behind or try to climb over. My accident was a rock that ________ to stop me from reaching success. So today I’m a very confident and successful person.

Once in a village lived two friends Rinku and Mohan. They together bought a piece of land and decided to start ________ crops on that land. Mohan was hard-working while Rinku just sat and prayed (祈祷) every day.

Mohan asked Rinku to come with him to work in the fields, but Rinku always ________. Instead, he went to the temple and prayed there all day. Time passed and after months, Mohan took the harvested crops to the ________ and sold all at a very good price. Mohan told Rinku, “I should get more share of the money ________ I was the only one who worked hard in the fields.”

On hearing this, Rinku said, “No, I should get more share of the money. I ________ went to the temple and prayed for a good harvest.” They soon got into an argument. At last, they went to the village chief (村长) for a ________ decision. After listening to them, the village chief brought two sacks (麻袋) of rice in which pebbles (卵石) were mixed. He gave each of them a sack of rice and said, “By tomorrow morning, both of you have to ________ the pebbles from the rice. It will help in deciding who should get more share of money.”

Mohan stayed awake all night, separating the pebbles from the rice while Rinku went to the temple and prayed.

The next morning, both came with the sack of rice. Mohan’s sack of rice was ________. When the village chief opened Rinku’s sack of rice, he found that rice and pebbles were the same as before. He said ________, “Most of the money from selling crops should go to Mohan. One needs to work hard to get results.” Rinku realized his ________. And from that day, he also started working hard in the fields.