1 . One cold December morning, my dad and I were walking along the road to a store to buy Christmas presents. Suddenly a car ran to us out of _____. Pushed away by my dad, I was______while he was unable to escape and injured. My dad ______unconditional love to me when faced with the accident. Since that day, I have known the power of love and the   lessons it can teach to those who take anything for granted, as I did everything before.

People wander into our lives for various reasons, but each one has something to ______ , even the driver who caused the ______ . He helped me a lot. Whether our ______is entirely good or not, there remains something to be gained from every person we ______. I have come to view study in this way. Sometimes, when schoolwork gets tough and I lack ______ , I remind myself that I am here to make use of every lesson that I have been given. What a   ______     it is to be able to acquire knowledge!

This unconditional love I have for learning allows me to see the world through what some may call rose-colored glasses, which helps me to love and be loved in complete confidence as well. _____, it offers me the power to see things clearly in the ______ changing world and ______ myself to overcome difficulties in my life. I am ______ to learn, and because of my ability to love, I______ the challenges that will help me grow. I approach everything with interests, and see an opportunity for education on every page of my books, and even with difficulties and ______.

2 . I've come to the conclusion that I'm rubbish at saying “No”. For example, last Sunday I was sitting at my desk alone, totally ____ in my own business, when a colleague of mine phoned and asked me to get involved in ____ with her. I found myself getting all caught up in her enthusiasm and didn't want to ____ her. So I said “Sure, why not？” and before the call had ____, I found myself agreeing, without giving any ____ whether it was worth doing.

We are both window­shoppers and ___ a whole day in the street. Actually, I hardly have any time to spare because I am very busy ____ my normal job - I've also got a book to write, a business to ____ and a family to look after. And then there are my other projects to ____ - my voluntary work and a couple of other interesting investments that I want to ____. I'm going to have to be more ruthless (无情的) and not just agree to ____ people ask me to get involved in. In other words, I'm going to have to get ____ at saying “No”.Usually I hate saying “No”, because having to disappoint someone usually ____ me. Now I realize ____ I haven't learned to say “No”, I've been feeling very ____.

We had better do what we think is right and what we are ______ to do. Sometimes it does not seem that bad to ______ others. If I focus on the things I ______ want to be involved in, I'll reach a much higher standard and do it quite ______. I'll be enthusiastic and motivated (有积极性) and do something that is good for everyone and everyone will be happy. It'll be a win-­win ______. What's not good about that？So sometimes, we have to say “No”.

3 . Last year I went on holiday to Spain. But _____, after two days in Madrid, I started to get severe __pain. I was in such suffering that I went to the local hospital for a(n) __.

No sooner had I arrived than I was __to a small room, and I had not been waiting too long __a surgeon came to examine me. He didn’t speak English and I only spoke a few words of Spanish. He ___that   I   had to   remove   my   clothes   and he   gave   me   one of   those funny hospital gowns( 罩衣)which hardly __anything.

He then asked me in Spanish if I was embarrassed. “Si, unpoco (Yes, a little)”, I replied   with my face turning red. You see, not only did I feel embarrassed at __my clothes in front of a stranger but also this   __stranger was an extremely handsome man. He looked at me as though I   was out of my ___and then he quickly ___down the passage.

I was beginning to ___what had happened to him when he suddenly reappeared, this time with a group of ___students, and again asked the same question in Spanish. Now I was feeling ___, and shouted in English, “Yes, I’m extremely embarrassed. I think you would ___too if you had to talk to a crowd of strangers with almost no clothes on.” Then a female doctor in the group held my arm gently and ___in perfect English, “I think I see the problem. My ___wants to take a photograph of your back—an X-ray—so he wants to know if you are ___a baby. You see, embarazada means pregnant in Spanish.”

No sooner had she told me this than I realized the ___of the misunderstanding. We all had a __, although I must admit that I felt rather stupid as well.