When I was a teenager, I volunteered to give out water at a local race. I was so excited to see different runners who passed by and ________ took a cup of water. I saw so many types of people taking part in the race and thought maybe I ________ do it too!

The ________ year I signed up(报名) for the race. But I didn’t do much to prepare. I ________ wanted to finish it. It was very hot on the day of the race. I remember running about 5 miles and thinking, “I must be crazy. Why am I doing this? ________ again!”

I went on running ________ I didn’t know if I could finish it. Then came the most important moment.

Near the end, an old man ran past me. I felt embarrassed(尴尬的). I was about 50 years ________ than him but I couldn’t catch up with him, and then I realized ________. How often in life do we ________ ourselves with others and feel unhappy about ourselves when we really shouldn’t? I decided that I would not ________ running, and that one day I would be one of those 70-year-old men who were still running.

As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of ________. I was so glad I didn’t give up. Today it is a great source(源泉) of happiness in my life. In life we all compare ourselves with others sometimes. It’s ________. But don’t allow those moments to make you weak. Let them ________ you. Use them to show you ________ is possible.

Life is full of races. There are lessons in every ________. There are life lessons to be learned every single day. Maybe you don’t win the race, but if you get the lesson and grow, you are truly a winner.

【推荐3】Mr. Ken is a clever and brave man. He works _______ a detective. He hopes _______ the innocent _________ find the guilty. One day, he invited his friend Jill _________ a film. They arranged to meet outside the cinema. After work, Ken went to the cinema _______ underground. But he was still late. Jill was angry with him and refused _________ to him. So Ken went to buy some chocolate to make her happy. On their way home from the cinema, _______ happened to them. A young man was walking after a woman. A moment later, Ken noticed the man _________ the woman’s money from her handbag. So he went up and caught the man, but the man denied _________ that. He said the money was his but not __________. The woman told Ken that there was some ink on several one-hundred notes. At last, the police came and took the man away.

【推荐1】When I was young, I was interested in food, both eating and cooking it. However, my mother never let me get into the ________.

It was an early morning. My mother went shopping ________ my sister was still sleeping. “Time to start!” I told ________.

As I didn’t have breakfast, I decided to start my first try as a ________ by making an omelette (煎蛋卷).

I ________ an egg, some tomatoes and onions. Then I washed and ________ the tomatoes and onions. At this time, something ________ happened—I cut my hand. Ouch!

The small accident (事故) didn’t ________ me and I went on cooking my omelette. I tried three times to break the egg ________ a bowl. The spices were next. I put all the things in the bowl, and ________ them together. Then I put them in the big frying pan (煎锅).

Everything went well ________ I suddenly found that I didn’t get a spatula (锅铲) to turn over the omelette in the frying pan. Soon, I ________ all over the kitchen to look for the spatula. ________, I found the spatula and turned over the omelette quickly. I made it!I felt really ________ when I saw the omelette.

My first cooking turned out to be ________. It made me have the courage (勇气) to cook more dishes.

【推荐2】To go to the USA was my dream when I was a middle school student in Japan. I wanted to study _______, and I wanted to see what I could do by myself in a very different country.

I came here this June. When I first came here, I was very _______. There are many differences between Japan and _______. Japan is a very little country, but the USA is very large. I felt everything was _______ here. There are different kinds of people here. I felt it was very interesting.

I was also very stressed out because _______ is in English. I heard English everywhere. When I watched TV, went shopping, or even took a walk, I _______ only English. Everything was very hard for me _______ I couldn't understand English at all then. Now I can understand much when I hear English, so it's getting _______.

After I came here, I knew how much I _______ my family, how difficult it is to live by myself, how exciting it is to live in another country, and how important it is to do ____________ I want to do. I'll never forget the time in the USA.

【推荐3】In the past, archery (箭术) was used for hunting. But in ______ times, it is mainly a competitive sport and a leisure activity. Archery is one of my favorite sports.

Learning this skill has been a(an) ______ that has greatly influenced me. A number of times my arrows (箭头) missed the target (靶子). I tried to improve, but I kept failing and got very ______.

The coach, who watches the archers while they practice, ______ that I was in a bad mood and tried to help me. He ______ that my body should be at or nearly perpendicular (垂直的) to the target and the shooting line. As for aiming, he said it required hand-eye coordination (协调), similar to throwing a ball. I listened to him carefully and started to correct my body motion. I continued to shoot and tried different ways to aim. When I finally got an arrow to ______ the bull’s eye, I overcame my self-doubt and I was not upset anymore. The coach ______ and gave me a thumbs-up sign.

I suddenly realized that learning archery is not just about learning the correct motion of shooting. It is more important for an archer to learn to get focused, to be ______ and to keep going. ______ the arrow missed the target, I told myself, “Don’t be upset. Pick up another arrow and try again.”

Keep walking on the right road and ______ we’ll reach our goal. This is what I learned from my archery experience.