1 . Directions: Fill in each blank with the missing words according to the text.
● However, Hua did receive the support of a     1    while he was at school.
● He loved maths and studied so hard that he managed to win a     2    .
● Then something terrible happened: because of a serious illness, his left leg became     3    .
● Despite this terrible setback, Hua continued to study on his own and     4    .
● Mentally, at least, most of us could     5    lists of ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’.
● The same old favorites recur year in year out    6    .
● Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are     7    .
● If we remain     8    , it is only because we have so often experienced the frustration that     9    .
● We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we     10    our bad old ways.