1 . “I can’t decide!” Carter told his mom. He had a big ________ to make, and he was ________.

“You have to.” Mom took a sip of her coffee. “It’s not ________ for both boys to think you are coming to their parties. I think you should go to Tyler’s party. He invited you ________ and you told him that you were going. ________, it will be at the lake! You love to ________.”

“I know. But, Josh is having a go-kart (赛车) party! That would be ________!”

Four days later, Carter was riding a bike for Josh’s party. He ________ told Josh or Tyler that he would not be ________ their party. They were both ________ him to attend. He ________ to tell Tyler that he wasn’t coming, but he felt so ________ about it. Tyler was his best friend. But go-karts! How could he possibly ________ this golden chance? As he arrived, Josh’s sister, Kayla told him they had already left for the party.

Carter stood at the door, stunned. He ________ the party! It started one hour earlier than he thought. No go-karts! How could he have made that kind of ________? Maybe he could still ________ it to Tyler’s party. Sweat trickled down his sides as he pedaled home. His T-shirt clung to his back. He would have to ________ clothes before he left for Tyler’s house. When he pedaled home, the door was locked. “Mom!” he yelled outside. No ________.

Weary, he dragged his feet over to the porch (门廊) and plopped down. Right now, his friends were ________ racing around a go-kart track or swimming at the lake. He had to wait for his family to ________ home.

2 . In her 102 years, Sally Lepis has been known for helping her family, friends and neighbors. So when the old lady couldn’t _______ to replace her decades-old hearing aids (助听器) and it became increasingly difficult to _______, a local non-profit was happy to give a _______. Last month, Lepis was presented (赠予) with hearing aids, worth about $7,500, through Senior Dreams Come True, a non-profit program _______ by a law firm.

“Mrs. Lepis has _______ so much of herself over the years to friends, family and those _______ in her community,” said Jennifer Cona, a managing partner at the law firm. Lepis has long been the _______ that’s kept her family together, her niece, Olivia Schmidt, 73, said. When Schmidt was a teenager, her mother, Lepis’ twin sister, died at age 42. Lepis _______ jumped in and raised Schmidt in her Westbury home.

“It’s _______ that she has done so much for so many people and thinks ________ of it,” said Schmidt, who ________ to recommend her aunt for Senior Dreams Come True over the summer.

In July, Schmidt and her cousins wrote letters to the non-profit, ________ Lepis for her lifetime of ________ deeds. Later that month, Lepis learned she would ________ new hearing aids, replacing the ones she had used for the past 25 years, and it is ________ that Lepis will again be a lively presence at her family’s Thanksgiving dinner.

7 . When I was a small child, I believed wholeheartedly in magic. I was ______ to the remarkable Harry Potter books. With ______, I could dig deeply into the magical world and explore my fantasies.

Sad though it may seem, I wasn’t ashamed of being ______. I was confident that I would soon receive my envelope ______ me into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. So I waited ______, sometimes planning what I would do once I was unmasked to be a wizard (巫师).

As you’re probably predicting, the ______ happened. The year came and went when I was supposed to ______ the invitation. With the ______ of that letter came the loss of all of my hope. And I had to leave behind that dead dream. The world was ordinary and dull. Filled with a bit of ______, I continued my life. And soon, the dream ______ my mind.

However, as I grew up in a world with no spells (魔咒) or flying broomstick, I realized something. Magic did ______. Maybe it didn’t appear in the form that I had ______ while reading the Harry Potter series, but it was ______ there.

It surprised me every time I looked outside at the great moon and the stars. It ______ me in the form of loyal friends or caring family. It said hello as I burst into tears feeling extreme kindness or ______. Magic was joy. Magic was love. Magic was hope.

So I became childish once again. For magic is real, and magic is everywhere.

8 . Charlie Villanueva, once an NBA player, is known for his ability to shoot hoops(篮筐). He says his success is largely due to what he has _______ since childhood.

Today Villanueva’s career may look successful, but life wasn’t always _______ for him. At 10,Villanueva got a skin disease alopecia. It caused his hair loss, which was not life-threatening but difficult for a kid to _______. Other kids called him hurtful names. In middle school, he was suspended(停学) for _______ a no-hats rule. _______ a note from his doctor allowed him to wear hats, they only _______ more unfriendly attention.

Through it all, Villanueva’s mother was there for him in good times and bad times. With his mother’s help and _______ , Villanueva turned his frustration (挫败) into _______ to play basketball well on the court. As he improved as an athlete , basketball helped him deal with his alopecia.

In fact, over six million Americans have alopecia like Villanueva. They have gifts, abilities and a need to feel _______ , Villanueva established the Charlie Villanueva Foundation to help families of kids with alopecia. Villanueva ________ kids to feel good about who they are, work hard toward their goals and ________ to others. Here’s his ________ for them.

“We’re all ________ in our own different ways. Embrace it and enjoy life ________ . Many didn’t think I’d make it. Thankfully they were ________ about me. Believe in yourself, and all dreams are possible.”

9 . There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t _________ him ever saying the words “I _________ you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “No” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a car. Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad—he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and _________ every penny I could and when I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to show it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only _________ you five dollars.” I offered with a smile. “I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a _________ to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house, _________ it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a (n) _________ day. As I dropped my dad off, I watched him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his _________ from the truck(车尾箱)of my car. Watching his sun weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were _________ lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).

In that instant, it __________ to me that he actually __________ on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete(混凝土)to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out, however hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him __________ about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to __________ me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my __________. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”

His __________ met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he cleared his throat and said, “Oh, and... me, too.”

10 . A comfort zone, particularly for students in high school, serves as a non­risk, no­failure and non­rejection zone. It reflects that most teenagers are not willing to extend themselves or take risks in their life and they even want to escape from their parents.

My first experience of being thrown out of my comfort zone was in my high school. Many of my friends in the first year had started to experiment， regardless of the results, with alcohol, drugs or other _______things. For them, it was_______to care more about alcohol, parties or girlfriends/boyfriends rather than their _______, study or other friends. That was not the case with me. None of my friends had the determination to_______their risky behavior, including pressure in the new group and the new comfort zone of going along with new friends. _______, they simply replaced one comfort zone with another riskier one with potentially severe results. Those had little_______ for me.

I considered myself to be smarter than my old friends and was trying to develop _______ and diverse interests. I threw myself into my _______ and spent a long time in the library. I took an active part in community service. I gained confidence and the rewards of my study _______ my old friends wandered in school, with little thought or concern for their________. Could they support themselves in the future? Because of our ________ opinion, interests and values, the only________of our friendship, we chose to end it. I couldn’t ________their group just to be accepted.

________I went through a high school student’s worst experience—having no peer (同龄人) group.

A quote from the television series Boy Meets World________my personal experience with peer groups: “Lose one friend, lose all friends, but don’t lose yourself.”