1 . A calligrapher (书法家) said to a man who was practicing calligraphy (书法) with waste newspapers, “If you write with the best paper, you may do it better.”

The man asked why. The calligrapher smiled without_________, only writing one word “Compel (强迫)”. He suddenly realized that this was compelling him to cherish (珍惜) his own paper to write it better._________ a boy, when I practiced calligraphy, I would hear the teacher _________ it, but I felt it boring and couldn’t understand. Looking back suddenly, I came to know its _________ .

I remember there is_________a proverb, “If you want to climb over a wall, please throw your hat _________” Because your hat is on the other side of the wall, you have already had no choice but to find ways to climb over it. It is with such a pressure that you will make every effort to exert (发挥)_________. Many times, we always put our _________ in the future, feeling that our life has many drafts (草稿). In fact, the drafts of life that _________ us are extremely limited.

For life, the most important is ____________to write the best words on the limited paper rather than how much paper you used.

2 . When I was a very small child, I started skiing and enjoyed being different. While the other children in my group were unwilling to ________ , I was busy rolling down the small slope.

Since my many layers of clothing made me just about as wide as I was tall, it was ________ to somersault (翻滚) . I soon ________ the basic skills of turning. I remember falling once and ________ that the snow was taller than I was.

When I was seven, I wanted to take my skiing to the ________ level and join a team. There were two ________ : racing, a popular event for ________ , and free skiing, an event heavily dominated (支配) by boys. Seeing free skiers flying and spinning through the air, I ________ knew which team I wanted to join. In our world today, men are more likely to find careers or ________ in sports than women. Many people claimed that this was just because men’s muscles were stronger. So over time, stereotypes (刻板印象) ________ negatively to define female athletes. Females were often ________ fewer athletic opportunities because of their gender.

Traditionally, women are seen as stay-at-home and mothering ________ . People rarely connect the words   “athletic” or “independent” with women. And people don’t accept that women can make their won choices. But if we can change it, we are just one step closer to ________ rights between men and women.

Although being a girl in a male-dominated sport can be difficult, I’m actually _________ that I had those experiences, which have made me more persistent and have taught me to meet ________ in life with open arms.