3 . I was ready to pay for my bananas at the grocery one night, when fear seized me. My wallet was gone. I could only have left it on the G9 bus, which was now speeding in the dark to some _______ station.

The heart-stopping moment was quickly followed by mental math. How much time and money would it cost to replace the contents of that little wallet? The credit cards, the driver’s license, the cash, all lost to the bus.

Two hours later, back at my house, I heard a knock on the door. My husband _______ it while I was on the phone in the dining room. “Does Jennifer live here?” I heard a lady say. In my husband’s hand was my wallet, without a penny missing. The lady left before I could _______ make it to the door to offer my thanks.

After sharing the story online, I heard from someone, who identified the lady as Erin Smith. Without _______, I called to thank her. She said she _______ my wallet on a bus seat. She calculated that going to a stranger’s house was a _______ move, but she decided to take the chance. “If I were in that situation, I would want someone to try to find me.” she said.

This one stranger responded beautifully to my small _______ but she actually wasn’t the only one. Right after Erin took possession of my wallet on the bus, she posted a picture of my driver’s license to an online forum (论坛), trying to see if anyone knew me. No sooner did she leave my doorstep than I had emails from two women whose kids go to my son’s nursery and who recognized my face. I’ve never _______ words with those moms beyond small talk, but they wanted to help.

_______, I feel blessed someone wanted to help a stranger. Erin had gone beyond what almost anyone would have done, finding my house on a bitterly cold night, and for that I was extremely __________.

4 . Have you ever felt the need to grab a pen and start writing your thoughts on paper? Words — beautiful and fascinating. But you know what is better than putting your imagination somewhere? In my case, to win the competition for the best novelist.

That was a small tournament organized by my school annually to _________ our creative writing and vivid imagination. Since I had a burning passion for _________, I decided to show my power. I thought no one could _________ me.

I finished a long story and e-mailed it. As I _________ the email every day, my eyes were wandering to _________ the line “Congratulations! It is a great pleasure to inform you that…” _________, no such thing came.

I was not accepted. I _________ my abilities. The next day at school, I tried my best to be _________, avoiding the usual contact. But in the corridor, I _________ Stacy Williams, my school rival. Could she be the __________? I started walking sneakily. In class, I was just looking out of the window at the __________ clouds which were a reflection of my soul.

Thankfully, a film that night — Forrest Gump lifted my __________. I wouldn’t let a stupid competition __________ my future. I could win on the next one or even at a better tournament. The important thing was to __________ my head and face my challenges without losing hope when everything seemed __________.

5 . One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without ______.

On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from ______, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift and here it is.” What an ______! I turned four years old a month earlier and non e of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I ______ it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, ______, I found its bed empty. My doll was ______! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a ______. For several days, I heard mum and Dad whispering such words as “______”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous (不吉利的).

Christmas was coming. “Sally, don’t expect any presents this year” Dad said, pointing at the socks I ______ in the living room. I’d never seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas ______. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He ______ and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”

“Thank god!” I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents ______ out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of ______. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there _____. But I knew they were not empty: they were filled with ______!

6 . Sometimes you may find that you are not happy in your life, although everything is going well. Most of the time you have to _______ this kind of unhappy life, since it is really hard to make changes and move on to a new business, which often involves taking _______.

My father, however, was a quite different example. When I was about 9 or 10, he told me that I should be whatever I wanted when I grew up, so long as I _______ it. He said that if I were not feeling _______, I should try to change my life to make it more delightful, and I would find real _______ as a result. From him I learned a great lesson on the _______ of doing one’s favorite.

My father got into the insurance industry when he was very young, and he was very _______. He became one of the company’s top salesmen, even though he was only 25 years old. Soon he became one of the first independent insurance salesmen in our state. _______, he decided to leave his successful _______ and move on to other fields. You might ________ why he did so. The answer was simple: he liked to do something challenging, something that ________ his strength and ability, especially in a way that is interesting. My father just wanted to have a try, and so he did. After leaving the insurance company, he worked in social media and then in digital technology, which really ________ him. Of course he wasn’t successful in everything he tried, but he told me for ________ that he did something he liked, and that he had the ________ of doing what he enjoyed.

________ one’s comfortable life is not easy. I’ve learned this from my father, and I can say no matter whether the ________ is good or bad, it is ________ doing one’s favorite. When we do something we love, it gives us extra ________ to meet our goals, which are associated with psychological well-being and health. As long as we have no ________ and give it a try, we are forced to push against ourselves. After all, we all want to be where we are ________ ourselves.

10 . Two years ago I was a typical girl with a rather plain life. When _________ to a local voluntary organization called “Peer-to-Peer” by a poster, I had no idea what this group was about. _________, to learn more about it, I decided to attend a meeting, which changed my life.

Just like the _________ suggests, everyone is considered a peer, including regular members and our leaders. This means we can _______ our leaders by their first names. We can also ask our leaders for help in _________ life situations, which we know they will never _________! When it comes to conversations about awkward topics like love, we are encouraged not to be ashamed of ourselves.

This organization’s meetings _________ in our local library. We usually gather and communicate about _________ topics concerning our society: education, equality and safety…. This kind of communication helps us to make the right choice and _________ our mind. Sometimes we’ve gone outside in order to participate in meaningful events. One event we had, __________ was “Give a cigarette — Take a candy” intending to decrease smoking.

At this organization we are friends with each other and are a __________community. I’ve also gained a lot of __________ experience by communicating with people and working in the team.

With time going by, I have found an abundance of other __________ organizations such as “Give Good” and “Youth Initiative Center”. All of them have __________ me a great chance to develop my own personality and make my life unbelievable. I’m sure I’ll have a lot of wonderful __________about my youth with me getting older.