2 . There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there is a lot of sleeping on the bus or train on the _________ home from work in the evenings. A man will be reading the newspaper, and seconds later it _________ as if he is trying to _________ it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger _________ next to him. Another place where unplanned short sleep _________ is in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring (打鼾) so _________ that the professor has to ask another student to _________ the sleeper awake.

A more embarrassing situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and the weight of the head pushes the arm off the _________, and the movement carries the _________ of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no memory of getting there. The worst time to fall asleep is when __________. Police reports are full of __________ that occur when people fall into sleep and go off the road. If the drivers are __________, they will not be seriously hurt. One woman’s car, __________, went into the river. She woke up in four feet of __________ and thought it was raining. When people are really __________, nothing will stop them from falling asleep—no matter where they are.

4 . I was an avid (热衷的) list maker. I thought the lists would help me finish things more ________ so that I would have my own ________ each day. Instead, I felt tired all the time, and it was hard to fall asleep as I ________ my to-do list for the next day in my mind. I was ________ and painful.

My real turning ________ came about a few years ago. I was having the inside of our house painted. ________, I had to move all things out of the painters’ way. After the painting, I decided to think about what I would put back. I ________ many decorations because they made the rooms small and ________. And the house felt so much more open, peaceful and beautiful. When I started to hang our calendar back up, I noticed how ________ each day was. Every square was filled in. I decided to continue my ________ of the calendar.

It was near the end of July, so I ________ “clearing” August and September. I kept doctors’ appointments (预约) and family events. But I ________ extra tasks I had taken on that left me very little time to relax, read or spend time with my family. I felt a great sense of ________ after that.

I still make ________ to keep myself organized, but I am down to one page. I schedule time for myself each day — to do what I ________. The tidy beauty of our home and schedule gives me great peace and joy.

5 . It wasn’t easy to practice gratitude (感激) every day. After I ______ Cushing’s disease (库兴综合征) and had an operation a few years ago, my ______ was that everything would be OK. However, I was wrong. I had ongoing aches and pains, and ______ myself to a new life was difficult for me. ______, I began to notice that I’d become a hateful person.

One day, I heard a discussion about gratitude by Dr Tony Evans. It ______ me and forced me to take a long, hard, honest look at myself. I have a(n) ______ spouse (配偶) and parents. I’d heard the stories of other people’s ______ with Cushing’s disease. Their spouses had left them and they didn’t have family to ______. I didn’t face any of these problems, yet I didn’t realize that.

I made a decision to start practicing gratitude daily. Once I decided that, my ______ improved, and I began to approach situations differently. ______ viewing situations negatively, I started to see them as opportunities.

This led me to practice the concept of ______ and reaping (收获), which I learned from my parents. They didn’t just talk the talk, but rather they ______ his concept to us. However, it wasn't until I had my own experiences that I understood what it meant.

Let me explain. When I was ______ in my own pity, my ______ in life was ruined, because everything I was sowing was negative. Since I started practicing gratitude, so many different doors of opportunity have opened up for me.

My advice is starting practicing gratitude until it becomes a part of your daily routine. Take note of the ______ it will make in your life.

7 . It was 3 am, a cold and wet night, on August 21, 2010. I had just left a local club to travel ten kilometers home when I lost ________ of my car on Grand Junction Road in Hope Valley.

I ________ into a still car that was parked in front of a house, and then hit a tree. I was badly injured! ________ still, I had no idea that a fire had started ________ the bonnet (引擎盖) of my car.

________ in the car behind me was a young man, who I later found out was called Jared. He saw the accident occur and ________ to help me out of the car. He put his own life in ________ when he got into the back seat trying to undo (解开) my seat belt.

With my seat belt undone, Jared then broke the driver’s window to drag me out. He ________ did this while my car was burning. ________ by the crash, the homeowners came out to investigate (调查) . Jared told them to ring emergency services ________ he continued to help me out of the car.

I owe my life to Jared and I consider him a good friend due to the ________ bond created on the night he dragged me to safety. I was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a serious condition, five bones broken.

I spent a few weeks in hospital, during which time Jared visited me to see how I was ________. He also continued to contact me after I returned home. He says he doesn’t believe that he did anything special. On that, I totally disagree with him and am very glad that he didn’t get hurt in the ________.

Today, nearly seven years later, Jared and I still ________ and often talk about the events of that night. Jared is my ________ and my friend.

8 . Most of us associate learning with younger people — kids in school and college or recent graduates early in their careers. But at Udemy, an open university, offering online courses, Artist Anneke Camstra is engaged in the pursuit (追求) of lifelong learning and _______ her potential for teaching. She loves the _______ of gaining new knowledge and also loves _______ it with others.

She reaches countless people with her online courses and exposes them to what they can _______ on their own using animation software, such as Go Animate and PowToon. Her target for teaching on Udemy is “to get the _______ to the people.” She hopes people can go such a long way to make things that look _______ but still have their own voice.

Most of Anneke’s students start out thinking they’re not creative and can’t draw. Anneke understands how _______ can get in the way of so many things people dream of _______. With her five-day challenge courses, she helps them _______ the fear. Anneke loves the effect she has on her students. What makes her more ________ of them is that they have gone from their first animation to ________ their own works.

She encourages people of all ages, ________ older people, to develop their ________ for life. Grandparents, for example, can learn to use Go Animate and make animations together with their grandkids.

As an older woman, ________ and having fun learning again, Anneke wants others later in their ________ to catch up with her on this journey.

9 . As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this ____ at work in people of all ages. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about playing with their new toys. But their ____ soon wears off and by January those ____ toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of ____ stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s ____ interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child ____ bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the ____ of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great ____ but are soon looking forward to ____. The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many adults, who now complain about the long drives to work, ____ drove for hours at a time when they first ____ their driver’s licences? Before people retire, they usually ____ to do a lot of great things, which they never had ____ to do while working. But ____ after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they ____. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new toys.