1 . During my second year in high school, I got sick and missed a few days. When I _________, I was greeted with two essays due, three days of math and history homework, plus several tests. _________ I went home from school that day tired, I had to stay up really late to finish them all.

The next day at school, I got a rude awakening: I’d totally forgotten to prepare for the _________ on Romeo and Juliet, which I’d take _________ my lunch hour! Worse still, I had _________ the in-class discussion and all the notes. When lunch came, I went to the English room to face my certain doom (厄运). All I could do was try to _________ on the questions I didn’t know.

As it turned out, I didn’t know the majority of the questions. I was just about to give _________ when my pencil accidentally fell and broke. Standing by the blackboard sharpening my pencil, I _________ down and there was the answer for the test! “What good fortune! I can kiss good-bye to all my _________ of failing the test!” My heart started beating, and my brain __________, “Yes! Read over the answers—quickly!” This was quickly followed by another voice, “No! You’ll get caught! My mind turning back and forth, Yes! No! Yes! No!...” This went on for ten of the __________ seconds in my entire life.

Finally, I decided to finish the test on my own, without __________! I was satisfied with my decision but pretty __________ I had failed the test.

The next day when I walked into the English room, my great joy of having been an __________ soul changed into a wave of doom as I saw my test paper lying face down on my desk. I knew what awaited me. I stared at it a few seconds before I got up the __________ to turn it over.

You can only imagine my __________ when I learned that I had passed the test! I have never in my whole life been so happy to see my __________ a C-.

My mom says the victories that __________ the most courage are won within. Now I know __________ what she means. Now not only can my conscience (良心) rest easy, but I don’t have to worry about getting caught and meeting a sad __________ like Romeo and Juliet.

2 . Be a Good One

"Whatever you are,” said Abraham Lincoln, "be a good one." He ________ it with his own life. And in the present age, his words ________ an improvement.

Composer Frederick Loewe was not always ________ . He learned the piano from the great masters of Europe and achieved huge success as a(n) ________ and composer in his early years. But when he immigrated to the United States, he ________ as a piano genius. For a while he tried other types of ________ including looking for gold and boxing. ________ he never gave up his dream and continued to play the ________ and write music.

During those ________ years, he could not always ________ to make payments on his piano. One day. bent over the keyboard he heard nothing but the music that he ________ with such rare inspiration. When he finished and looked upon, he was ________ to find that he had the audience of three men who were seated on the ________ .

They said nothing and made no movement toward the piano. ________ . they stood from the floor and dug into their pockets, collected together enough ________   for the payment, placed it on the piano and walked out, empty handed.   Moved by the ________ of his music, these men recognized excellence and ________ to it.

Whatever you are, be a ________ one.   If what you do is worth doing, if you believe that who you are is of value, then you can't afford to be ________ with mediocrity. When you choose the path of excellence through this life, you will bring it to your best and ________ the best it can offer in return. And you will know what it is to be satisfied.

4 . When I was born there was already another youngster in the family-a collie dog just three months old.

Laddie _________ near me, ate with me and played with me. I _________ dressed him in my clothes. We _________ almost everything and we hugged each other for comfort and _________ .I had no brothers or sisters, so he was my brother. When I left for _________ he watched me from the window and on my return ran _________ to the door, his face lighting up with pleasure and love. We were _________ .

Years passed and sores(疮) _________ on his back and a growth(赘生物)on his lower lip. I thought a vet and _________ would cure him.

When I returned from school one day and opened the __________ , there was no Laddie. Believing he was playing "hide-and-seek”, I searched all his favorite __________ places. Meanwhile my parents were trying to __________ me, but I was not listening, I was searching and calling madly for my __________.

The blow was more than I could bear, and as a result I was __________ and off school for many weeks, suffering from extreme sadness.

Many years passed before I got a dog of my own. He was my son's __________ .The two would get up to all kinds of mischief(顽皮).When Yogi's __________ came we all went with him to the vet's and hugged him, petted him and __________ him for his company and love. That way it __________ the blow for us.

The loss of a(n) __________ is heartbreaking, but we have the option of providing that final release with dignity and avoiding __________. It’s what must be done.

6 . When middle-aged Alex _________his job and made up his mind to become a freelance writer, no one could tell for sure whether he would succeed or not. He found a cold storage room in a building, set up a used typewriter and settled down to work

After a year or so, however, Alex began to _________ himself. He found it was difficult to earn his living by _________ what he wrote. But Alex determined to put his dream to the test even if it meant living with uncertainty and fear of _________

One day Alex got a(n) _________ "We need an assistant, and we’re paying $6, 000 a year." $6,000 was _________money in 1960. It would enable Alex to get a nice apartment, a used car and more. As the dollars were dancing in Alex’s head, something _________his senses. He had dreamed of being a full-time _________"Thanks but no," Alex said _________, “I'm going to stick it out and write.”

After Alex hung up the phone, he __________ everything he had: two cans of vegetables and 18 cents. Alex put the cans and cents into a paper bag, saying to himself, "There’s __________you’ve made of yourself so far.”

Finally his work was __________in 1970. Instantly he had the kind of fame and success that few writers __________ experience.

Then one day, Alex found the paper bag. Suddenly he __________himself working in that cold storage room. It reminds Alex, and anyone with a dream, of the __________ and perseverance it takes to stay the course in the shadowland.

7 . I’ve been taking a bus to school for years. I found that most passengers keep to themselves and no one ever has a _________ with anyone else.

About a year ago, an elderly man entered and said _________ to the driver, “Good morning!” Most people looked up, surprised and _________, while the bus driver took it for granted and _________ responded with a grunt (哼声). The next day the man _________   and again he said in a loud voice, “Good morning!” to the driver. Another grunt. By the fifth day, the driver finally agreed to accept the elderly man and _________   him with a little cheerful “Good morning!” Then the man _________, “My name is Benny.” The driver told the man he was Ralph.

That was the first _________ any of us heard the driver’s name and soon people began to talk to each other and say _________ to Ralph and Benny. Soon Benny __________his cheerful “Good morning!” to the whole bus. Within a few days, his “Good morning!” was __________ by a whole bunch of “Good mornings” and the entire bus seemed to be more __________. People got to know each other.

“If a __________ is someone who makes something happen, Benny was the one who took a lead in showing friendship __________ us,” I thought.

A month ago, something __________ happened and Benny didn’t __________ in the bus. Everyone began to __________ about Benny and lots of people said he may have passed away. No one knew what to do and the bus got __________ again. So last week, I started to act like Benny and say “Good morning!” to everyone and the whole bus cheered up again. I guessed I was the leader now. __________ Benny could come back to see what he had started really __________ a lot.

8 . Some of the greatest problems we face today are concerned with the gradual destruction of our environment. Brown clouds; wildlife _________; polluted water. These _________ all seem so huge. So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags. We walk where we don’t have to _________.

But does it do any good?

I recently learned something about flamingos. These beautiful birds gather in _________ groups of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time _________ for migration, a few flamingos start the process by taking off from the lake. But _________ of the others seem to notice, so the tiny group returns.

However, the next day they _________ again. This time a few more struggle along with them, but the vast majority still _________ no attention, so these pioneers come back.

The _________ continues for several more days. Every time a few more birds join in but, __________ the thousands of others still take no __________ , the great migration plan is once again __________.

Then one day something __________. The same small group of birds takes wing and a tiny number more join in, just as before. And this time their total number, though still quite __________, is enough to tip the balance. As one, the whole group takes flight and the migration __________ . What a __________ sight it must be – thousands of flamingos taking to the sky at once!

A few can make a __________. It’s true that all of the great problems of the world have been solved because of the __________ efforts of a few.

If you believe in a cause, don’t __________! Others will someday take notice and together we will __________ even our greatest problems.

10 . Volunteering in Indonesia was more than a simple experience. It was an opportunity for me to _________ myself as I had never done that before. I met some of the most _________ people on the planet who fully shared their stories. Together we had the great chance to _________the country, its people and its _________ environment.

Before starting the education work in Bali, I was given a week to experience Balinese _________ in a small and nice village. There, we had the _________ chance to meet the locals and get to _________ them first hand when living in their houses. During the _________ activities we learned basic Bahasa language, we cooked, we painted and we _________ ,we went to hike a volcano. It was really ____________ but I deeply suggest it if you want to challenge yourself and see a great sunrise from this wonderful ____________          .

The start of the second week was a bit ____________ .A lot of people I met were ____________ to volunteer somewhere else. I was supposed to attend the education program but I ended up ____________ the school. If you have ever ____________ a “third-world-school”, delete that picture from your mind. It could be the worst. But if there is something I ____________ volunteering in Bali, it is the fact that everything can get better with a good ____________. The first day we were really ____________ and unsatisfied. I even doubted if I was making a ____________ . But then, day after day, walls were painted, chairs were repaired and blackboards were cleaned. At the end of my ____________ I even wished I could have stayed there for all time!