1 . When my mother took me out of high school, I knew that my life would become   ______. My mother told me when I was 18 I had to leave the house. As I was going to ______ my 18th birthday, I started feeling ______ because I didn’t have an idea on ______ I was going to do.

One night while I was watching TV, an advertisement came on about ______ the military (军队). The next day I ______ the number on the advertisement and set up an ______ to meet the recruiter (招募者). When he heard about me not having a high school diploma (毕业文凭), he knew I had little ______. I explained to him that I was going to be ______ in a few weeks.

About a month later he called me and asked me to come to his office. He told me he would get me in the military but I had to ______ him that I would make the ______ of this chance. In fact, I kept my side of the ______ by doing eight years. Now I am ______ and have the ______ to make my life a little easier with that decision I made and the help I ______.