1 . It was a cold and snowy morning after the winter vacation. Actually, it was my first day at my new school. I felt very nervous and was _______ about lots of things. A girl on a bike passed me and _______ fell off her bike a few steps in front of me. Without thinking, I went over and helped her to stand up. She said, “Thank you,” with a _______ and then rode away. The _______ “Thank you” warmed me greatly. This _______ event made me feel less nervous about my new school.

Finally, I got to school. The teacher led me to the _______ and asked me to sit down beside a girl. I was _______ again. Soon the first class started. I couldn’t find my textbook. As I was wondering what to do, a _______ appeared in front of me. “Let’s _______,” the girl next to me said. I looked up. It was the girl I helped that morning. What a surprise! From then on, we became good friends. __________ her also helped me find a friend.

2 . A woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on stress management. As she raised a glass of water, everyone in the class_______they would be asked the “half-empty or half-full” question.

_______, with a smile on her face, she asked the students, “How_______ do you think this glass of water weighs?”

Answers called out _______from 100g to 300g. She quieted the students down and then replied, “It does not matter on the_______. It _______on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right_______. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb. In each case, the weight of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the_______I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Why?“

Lost in_______, all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully.

“Our________ and worries in life are like that glass of water. If we________our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will feel exhausted.”

What you have to do is put all your burdens down, as________ in the evening as possible. Don’t carry them through the evening into the night; by doing this, we can get ________next morning and are able to move forward.”

“More often than not, life gets terrible when we think too much. And the moment you________your burdens, you’ll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed.”

“So rather than feeling________ and sorry for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to waste on anything that is not making you happy.”