When I was a teenager, I did a six-week summer learning program at a college. It helped kids get a taste of ________ a college is like. We had classes in the morning and had a break in the afternoons.

One afternoon, my friend Claude and I found ________ old basketball. We went to a basketball court for a game of one-on-one. Claude was taller than me. He was also ________ at basketball. I fell behind fast. I was ________ determined that I drove hard to the basket. However, once again, I ________ it. The ball bounced off the rim (从篮筐弹回) and I jumped up very quickly ________ it. Just as I was about to catch it, I saw an elbow above my face.

________ Claude caught the ball, his elbow (肘部) came down hard. And at that time my left eye ________ badly. I saw stars everywhere. The pain was terrible. Claude kept saying “sorry”. I laughed through the pain.

In our life, we all get an elbow to the eye sometimes. Our plans always fail. Things work against ________. Our ups become downs. When this happens, it’s best to face it with laughter and forgiveness. ________ this way, you can turn your pain to joy. Also, you can learn and grow.

2 . Being a young person is one thing, and being a good one is another. A good youth should have these qualities(品质):First of all, ________. A healthy body is the best riches. Without it, nothing can be done well. If you are ________ in health, you will have to take medicine day after day. You can not even work, do sports and so on. Secondly, kindness. Always do ________ good for others. Help those in trouble and ________ about the people around you. Thirdly, one must have the ability to work with others. Everyone needs ________ because no one can live through life alone or do everything he wants to.

Besides the examples above, patriotism(爱国主义) is the one we should never ________. It means a love for one’s country. Everyone should love his own country. ________ people sometimes think that patriots (爱国者) must be fighters (战士)or that they ________ in a time of fighting for their country. That is ________. A good youth should do what his country asks him to do.

I think a good youth today should also have some training in art. If everyone can enjoy art and be ________ to make more of it for others, then people will live better and enjoy more.

4 . A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed at home. He wanted her to see ________ he did. He said one day. “I work eight hours every day while my wife stays at home. I want her to know what I do, so please switch(转变) our bodies.”

The next morning, the man was ________ to wake up as a woman. He got out of bed, cooked breakfast, woke up his kids, fed them ________, packed their lunches, drove them to school, came home and washed their dirty clothes, then went shopping, and ________ returned home.

But he couldn’t rest after getting home. He cleaned the cat’s rubbish box ________ washed the dog. By then it was already 1 p.m. He hurried to finish other chores. When he finished ________, he ran to school to pick up the kids. He brought them home, ________ them do their homework, and then went into the kitchen.

________ 4:30 p.m. he began peeling potatoes and cooked dinner. After dinner, he cleaned the kitchen, did the dishes, ________ the clothes, helped the kids do some washing, and put them to bed. By 9 p. m., he was already tired and couldn’t wait to go to bed ________.

The next morning, he woke up and said, “I was so wrong to envy(嫉妒) my wife. Oh, please, let us trade back.” From then on, he respected his wife much more.

5 . Once upon a time, there was a child ready to be born. So ________ he asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to ________ , but being so small and helpless, ________ am I going to live there?”

“ ________ the many angels, I chose the best one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.” “God replied.

“But here in heaven, I do ________ else but sing and smile! That’s enough for me to be happy.

God said, “Your angel will sing and smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and you’ll be ________ .”

The child said, “And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me ________ I don’t know the language that men speak?” God told the child, “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweetest words you will ever hear, and with ________ patience and care, your angel will teach you ________ .”

The child said, “I’ve ________ that on the earth there are bad men, who will protect me?”

God said, “Your angel will protect you ________ it means risking her life.”

“But I will always be sad because I will not see you any more.”

“Your angel will always talk to you about ________ and in fact, I will always be next to you.”

At the moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from the earth could already be heard, and the child, in a hurry, asked, “Oh, God, since I am about to ________ now, please tell me my angel’s ________ !”

“It is not hard to remember,” God replied ________ . “You will call your angel Mommy.”

6 . Have you ever had this moment: you are talking about someone, ________ suddenly you can’t remember his or her name? Don’t worry! In English, there are special names to replace（代替）their ________ names.

In the US, if you forget someone’s name, you can simply ________ the name John Doe for a man, or Jane Doe for a ________. For example, “Did you ________ that boy who was running in the rain?” “Ah yes, poor John Doe.”

In US courts（法庭）, people also use these names. This is to ________ the person’s identity（身份）a secret. People use the name so ________ that there was even a comedy film in 1941 called Meet John Doe. However, in the UK, ________ people are called John Smith. This is because John is one of the most common first names in English. And Smith is the most common ________ name.

So next time you ________ someone’s name, you know what to say.

7 . Mary is _____English girl, but she is in France（法国）now. She is six _____old. Her mother says to her. “You are six, and you will start school here. You will like the school because （因为）it's a _____school.” “Is it an English school?” Mary asks. “Yes, it is.” Mother answers.

Mary goes to school. The teachers _____very friendly and speak good _____. And there are two other English girls in the class, _____. She begins to like the school.

Her mother takes her to school _____ the morning and brings her home in the afternoon. One day, when her mother is at school, Mary runs out of the classroom and says, “We have a _____ girl in our class today. She is six, too. She is very nice, _____ she isn't English. She is a German （德国人）.” “Doesn't she speak English?” Mary's mother asks. “No, but she always laughs ______ English.” She says happily.

8 . During an important war（战争）, a general（将军）decided to lead（带领）his soldiers（士兵）to fight back bravely. He believed that they would win the war. But most of his soldiers had different ______. The soldiers thought they might ______ the war because they were not ____ enough.

But they had to obey（遵守）the general's order. ______ the way to front（前线）, they felt very tired after walking for a long time. They stopped at a temple and decided to stop to have a rest. The general ______ a coin and said, “I will throw this coin. If it is heads, we will win. If it is tails（硬币反面）, we will lose. Destiny（命运）will now show itself.”

He threw the coin into the air and all soldiers watched ______ carefully. Everybody wanted to know the ______. It was heads! The soldiers felt so excited and ______ when they saw the heads.

During the war, they fought ______ and finally won the war. After the war, a soldier walked to the general and said. “God changed our destiny.”

“No, we ourselves changed our destiny.” The general ______ and showed him the coin. The coin was special and it had heads on both sides.

9 . At the age of 12, Einstein always played with a group of naughty kids. Because he was busy playing, he failed in several exams. ________ a weekend morning, Einstein carried a fishing net and was about to go fishing with those kids, his father ________ him and said to him calmly," Einstein, you were ________ too much time playing, so you failed in the exams. I'm worried about your ________ with your mother."" ________ are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, but they went fishing ________ .

"My boy, you can't think like that," Looking at Einstein, his father said lovingly, "There is a story in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it ________ ."

"There were ________ cats playing on the roof. Suddenly, they fell into the chimney (烟囱). When they climbed out of the chimney, one cat's face was dirty ________ the other's face was clean. Seeing the dirty—faced cat, the clean—faced one thought its own face must be ________ , so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The dirty-faced cat saw the clean—faced one, thinking its own face was clean as well, so it walked ________ in the street."

"Einstein, ________ can be your mirror. Only you are your own mirror. Some of the kids are not strict with themselves. If you take them to be your mirror, even a clever person may become stupid." Hearing this, Einstein was ________and lay down his fishing net and returned to his small room. He decided to pay more attention to his ________ and less attention to what his friends were doing.

After that, Einstein often took ________ as a mirror to be strict with himself and kept telling himself." I am special, so I needn't be as ________ as others." This was why Einstein ________ in his career.

1,000 people have 1,000 kinds of wishes in life. Different wishes will produce different ________ about life. You can learn from other people, but you can ________ follow others completely. You must see yourself clearly, and know what you want to get. Your future doesn't ________ how others act, but on what you are going to act.

10 . A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was ______ happy. She always stayed by herself and didn’t talk to ______.

One day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip (发夹). When she wore it, she looked ______ than before. She decided to go to school with the beautiful hair clip.

On her way to ______ she found that most of her schoolmates said hello to her, but they never did this before. She thought that it was because of the beautiful hair clip. She was so ______ about all of the wonderful things.

______ all her classmates wanted to know what happened to her, she didn’t want to tell them about her hair clip.

When she went back home, her mother asked her, “Did you know you ______ your hair clip at home? I found it by the door this morning.”

She was ______ to hear that. She understood that she didn’t wear the hair clip to school.

It’s not important what we wear or how we ______. The most important thing is ______ we think of ourselves. If we want to do a thing successfully, first try to be confident (自信的). If we think we can, we can.