1 . There are always some persons in your life who touch your soft heart with kindness.

As a little girl, my favorite thing was _______. And when I thought about _______ I wanted to be when I grew up, I figured I’d be a librarian, just because the two librarians changed my life.

At that time, the town library limited the number of books a person borrowed _______ two once a week. I _______ the books in just three days. So to read more, I was _______ about what books to choose. The librarian, Mrs. Tonne, was a warm person. Every time I went into the library, she greeted me, _______. When learning about my trouble, she often _______ some better books. Thanks to her help, I _______ a lot from these books.

Gradually, I developed an interest in writing, _______ poems. When I was in fourth grade, our school librarian, Mrs. Ketelsen, encouraged me to write more. When my poem was not accepted, she ________ me with comfortable words. Once she helped ________ some poems I’d written about dinosaurs to Highlights magazine. It was my first published writing!

Later, at the University of Iowa, ________ I majored in journalism, my dream was different. I realized that I was shy about interviewing people, which made me ________. When I recalled Mrs. Tonne and Mrs. Ketelsen, I made a decision without ________ to be devoted to writing. And now I am an editor at Reader’s Digest.

Whenever I think of the help from them, how ________ I am. It is their kindness that makes me what I am.

2 . I used to watch her play basketball and laugh. The boys always tried to stop her but _________. No one could. At other times she would practice dribbling and shooting   _________ until dark. She desired to go to college and the only way was to get a(an) _________ by being one of the best players. _________, one day in her senior year, the coach told her that she would probably _________ get to play for a top ranked team for being too short----_________ less offered a scholarship.

She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat _________ as I sensed her disappointment. Her father encouraged that those coaches were _________. They just did not understand the _________ of a dream.“ If you really wished to achieve something, nothing could stop you except one thing---your own __________ . If the dream is big enough, the facts don't __________. Keep dreaming!" Then she smiled and ran towards the court to continue the __________ .

The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college __________ who was there looking at the opposing team. She was indeed __________ a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had __________ and worked toward for all those years. And that little girl had more playing time as a freshman and sophomore than any other woman did in the history of that university. All the teachers were __________ with her diligence and rapid progress.

Every time she wanted to __________ , she remembered her father’s words and she will continue to __________ her dream. After work she can still be found sometimes as the sun is __________, bouncing a basketball. And often I hear her tell others, "If the dream is big enough, the __________ don’t count.”

3 . Nine years ago when I went to an English corner for the first time, nobody tried to talk to me. However, I have now become a(n) _________  participant at the English corner. I always give a(n) _________smile to new comers.

There have been times when I feel unable to _________ those who have an excellent command of English. But as long as I remember the _________ I received nine years ago, I feel better _________ for the challenge, for I_________ there is no point in being sorry for my own inability and the only_________way forward is to start again from the very beginning with full_________.

The determination to start again indicates your_________ of the many opportunities ahead. You’ve all __________ read the novel Gone with the Wind, and are __________  by Scarlett, the heroine, who brings herself and the family through the  __________ years of the Civil War and Reconstruction and regains her footing in Atlanta. At the end of the book, she says __________, “After all, tomorrow is another day.” Scarlett’s persistence (坚持) and self-confidence in face of difficulty probably __________  the ever-appealing attraction of the character, and the everlasting popularity of the novel.

It is true that the age in which we live is not __________. There are a lot of hardships and barriers ahead. But, if we__________ that we always have tomorrow before us, we will not be that__________ with everything around us now. Tomorrow will be a new day. This is the__________ on which we rely. With this faith, we will__________ all that was disagreeable yesterday and discover golden opportunities to achieve that which we’ve never before __________.