1 . I was walking down the road one day when my cell phone rang. A _________ voice on the other end spoke to me, “Dad, please come back soon. I miss you so much.” I judged that it was a _________ number. A little while later, the call came once again, so I rudely _________, “You’ve dialed the wrong number!” and then _________ up.

During the following days, I got the same _________ now and then. But I didn’t care much about it. Then one day she constantly called me, _________ I didn’t answer. Finally I answered the phone and heard a weak voice, “Dad, please come back. I miss you so much! Dad, I’m in so much pain! Mom said you were too _________ to take care of me. But, dad, please _________ me again, OK?” The innocent (天真无邪的) request was difficult to _________. I made a loud kiss on the __________. Then I heard the weak __________ say, “Thank you Dad, I am so happy, so happy…”

Shortly after this, I became __________ about who had been on the other end of my phone. So I called __________, and a woman answered, “Sorry, sir. I am really sorry to have bothered you. My daughter has __________ from bone cancer since she was born. And her father __________ in an accident a short while ago. I dare not tell her this __________ news. Poor baby! When she couldn’t bear the painful chemotherapy (化疗), she would cry for her dad, who had always __________ her. I __________ couldn’t bear it, so I gave her a random (任意的) number”.

“How is your daughter now?” I couldn’t wait to __________.

“She has __________. You must have kissed her on the phone, because she went with a smile, tightly holding the cell phone”.

Tears blurred (模糊) my eyes.

3 . Usually, parents are the one who sacrifice (牺牲) everything for their children. But there are some _________ who sacrificed their passion and dreams for their parents _________ some reasons. This is a _________ of a boy who sacrificed his dreams and passion at a very early age.

One day while he was _________ for athletics he got a severe knee injury, which buried his dream of becoming a good _________. As the injury was severe he was _________ not to play sports anymore, then his parents asked him to quit sports so that there would be no health problems in future. So the young boy _________ his sportsman dream because of his health. Thereafter he never played any of the sport, but his dream was still _________.

Another incident is that he abandoned his _________ of going abroad for higher studies as that time his father had suffered severe heart stroke. At that time his father was __________ suffocated (窒息) and told his son to call ambulance. The boy called the ambulance and __________ to hospital. Finally they reached hospital and the __________ was started. Then after a while a doctor came saying “Your father is safe and you brought him on time otherwise things would be __________.” These words __________ the boy, which led him in a dilemma (进退两难) that __________ he goes abroad, who will take care of his parents? So he dropped off his dream and stayed with his __________.

That boy is none other than me only.

For the __________ of my parents I have given up my dreams and passion. Compared to my parents’ sacrifice, my sacrifice is very __________. I always try to spare some of my work time to __________ with my parents. I do hope you can __________ your parents and love them from the bottom of your heart.

4 . After going through a severe illness, you learn to know what love, faith and beauty really are.

I know this all too well, because I’ve experienced a ________ illness myself. Years ago, I was diagnosed with both breast and liver cancer at the same time, and my entire outlook on life completely ________. I thought I had it rough after having to raise my daughter alone, but going through cancer made my ________ years seem like heaven. When you suffer from a serious illness like cancer, it makes you wonder what you did to ________ such a thing. ________, the love of my family helped me to forget my pain. Their love was the greatest reason why I had to ________ the cancer and live. At times, I didn’t think I would make it, but because of the ________ love of my family, I found out who’s there at this most ________ time of my life.

Through it all, not only did I find what love truly means, but I found what true beauty really is. Whether we’ re dealing with an illness or any other ________ feeling about ourselves, we still need to feel ________ on both the outside and inside.

Each passing day I’m allowed to open my eyes, the days are brighter, because I’m able to see and ________ it that much more. True beauty is ________ and when you feel beautiful on the inside, it shows so clearly on the outside. ________, I could not have done or felt the way I did and still do without my family.

I share my story with others as I hope to have a positive impact ________ those who are ill or just feeling ________. We should never allow anything to ________ our joy or self-esteem. We can turn something ________ like cancer into something positive if we focus on the great things that come out of it. ________, it’s at the worst times of our lives ________ the best things can happen.

I truly believe that when we survive a tragedy, it’s for a reason. We all have a purpose, and through that purpose, compassion, strength, faith and true beauty is ________.

5 . I have always been hard-working in school. And I enjoyed gaining new understanding about study. One way was making___________.

___________ has always been my favorite subject. During each Math class, while ___________, I waited for my golden opportunities to show myself, which were ___________. When they came, I would ___________ my hand. Answering them ___________ made me feel I was recognized by my classmates and teacher. The only problem was that I wanted to be ___________ to be right every time.

As it turned out, reaching this standard was ___________. In one class, I stood up ___________ but gave a wrong answer. Even though I knew this was certainly not my first mistake in life, something ____________ had come at that moment. I thought that my classmates might think I was ____________. The beautiful castle that I had built up ____________ after my mistake.

In the following classes, I was in low spirits and became ____________. Even if I may have known the answer, I was ____________ to take the risk of damaging myself-confidence anymore. ____________ my abnormality(异常), my math teacher talked with me and learned my problem. She told me that mistakes are an important part of learning ____________ they can point out our weakness and help us ____________. I should set up the principle of ____________ mistakes.

From that experience, I realized that even though I thought I was right about most things, I was wrong in my ____________. School is not a place to ____________ but a place to learn. What I now know is that by holding fast to humility(谦虚) and learning to grow from my mistakes, I can truly learn in a way I could never in the past.

6 . I had just started my second year studying at Cambridge University when I was faced with the news I had never expected. A lump in my neck_________out to be cancer. I would_________six months of chemotherapy (化疗).

After the shock, I was struck by this thought: my_________didn’t have any room for cancer. I had so much I wanted to_________and so many goals I wanted to chase.

I was faced with the_________job of telling my friends and family. Then, I had to decide whether to_________in Cambridge and take five exams at the end of the year. My doctor_________against it, and so did my parents and teachers.

My doctors and teachers convinced me that taking some time off to_________and relax would be the best thing for me. I could not think of anything_________. I did not want to__________a year of my life, receiving pity from those around me.

Together with my parents, I tried to persuade the university to__________me to stay at Cambridge and study only half the course. At the end of the year I would take two exams. It was really a__________to persuade them to agree.

Treatment began and I was up and down from Cambridge to London every other week. It made me feel__________, but to a much lesser degree than I had expected. I was __________to read, eat and socialize exactly as I used to. I slept a lot and rested a lot, but I also worked hard at my studies. It gave me focus, and it also gave me purpose. Completing my__________at the end of term felt like a great personal victory.

I took a__________to continue studying while undergoing treatment, and it __________. I was successful in my exams, and more__________, I made a full recovery.

Every person facing a disease like cancer must make the__________that are right for them. I am __________that I made the decision that was right for me.

7 . We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it________to have too much time?

I________back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also________a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it________.

When I got into college, things ________. I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this________time there was no sense of________to do my schoolwork immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a ________. Once that happened, I just kept________my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was ________really late at night to get my work done.

One day I________a former classmate of mine who was ________a lot of money running a sideline (副业)．Since his regular job was________, I asked him why he just didn’t do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would________have too much time and would just do things like what I did back in ________. He said that if he ________the job, he would lose his________to work and succeed.

So, try________your time with other work. This is why there is a________that if you want something done, ask a_________person to do it.

8 . I was a shy girl and I was afraid to talk to people I didn’t know. I enjoyed the______of exploring nature. ______, at school I had to spend all day in the company of others. My ______ was reading. I spent a lot of time studying and was ______ good grades. My only failure was Spanish—I’d get all As on my written work and tests, but Ds and Fs on the ______ part.

Eventually I went to college. During my third year of college, I had ______ of being shy and determined to change my outlook and behavior. One day while at school, I noticed an advertisement for ______ on the local classical music radio station. I had ______ listening to classical music, and I could easily pronounce names such as Tchaikovsky and Chopin.

I had no background in radio, and absolutely no hope of getting the job. The idea of ______ thousands of listeners in “radio land” terrified me. However, I ______ survived the interview. I was given brief descriptions of symphonies (交响乐) and a public service announcement to read, and a list of composers’ names to ______. It wasn’t hard for me. I left the recording session (录音场次) with a sense of relief and a sense of ______. About two weeks later I actually landed the job. It was a ______ job, but I grew to ______ it greatly. I began to feel comfortable talking to people.

Although I now spend many hours each week talking with people, I’m ______ basically a quiet person. Perhaps it is my soft voice and my ______ nature that helps draw people out when they respond to my questions when I ______   them. My former shyness is a ______, as I can relate to people who feel discomfortable when they talk to reporters. I still enjoy moments of loneliness and the ______ found in nature. But I’m also glad I decided to make a ______ in my life that has opened many doors and opportunities that I never knew existed.

9 . When was the last time someone unexpectedly did something nice for you? Not someone you knew, but a total_________? It happened to me a few times, but two things really_________.

A few years ago, I was dining in a restaurant with a friend who kept talking about himself, _________ not aware of the fact that I was sitting there in misery. It wasn’t my friend’s talks that made me_________.I was recovering from a_________ heart,and just sitting down to dinner_________ me of my last relationship.I could have burst into tears right there at the_________.

When we picked up the_________,the waitress said,“Your meal was already paid for.” My friend and I didn’t have a(n) _________ how it happened.Then I remembered a man coming in out of the__________ of my eye.He was dressed in mostly white,sat down at the bar,had a beer,and__________ for maybe ten mi-nutes.The waitress said,“Yes,the gentleman in white paid for you.” It__________ that an angel was saying, “I see you,honey. It’s going to be okay.”

Just last year,I was running a half-marathon.With just one mile to __________,I was out of gas. I __________ I couldn’t move another inch.Out of__________,a stranger came up to me and said,“What’s your name,sweetie?Jennifer? Okay,Jennifer,let’s go! Come on! The race is____________You can do it!”And he ran with me until I picked up my____________I found him at the finish line to thank him for the encouragement only to learn he wasn’t__________ supposed to be in the race that day.

I still__________ my head when I think of these momentary__________ that came to me at my point of need.

Do you have any experiences like these?

10 . In my childhood, there were no smart phones or computers. Still, I never felt bored. The field, _________and woodlands around my home were the perfect playground.I can remember once hiking to a nearby_________and walking slowly around it. At the back of it I was amazed to find an old dirt road that I had never seen before. It was full of muddy tyre tracks and deep woods bordered it on both sides,but _________it still seemed like a fine adventure.

I_________on and on for what seemed like hours. I was sure someone was_________in my ears to ask me to turn around and_________back home.But I was_________and even a bit stupid,so I walked on.There was still neither a car nor a house_________.My legs were getting tired.I noticed that the sun was starting to go down and I grew_________.I didn’t want to end up____________on this road in the dark night ,and I was worried that it would be dark____________I could make my way back to the lake again.

I continued to walk on with the fear growing inside of me. My heart was____________and my legs were aching.When I____________one last corner and____________my house,I jumped up and down and laughed out loud.I knew the way home ! It was still over a mile away ,but____________felt like feathers.I____________into the house with a big smile just in time for dinner. Then I ended my adventure with a good night’s sleep.

I remembered this recently when I saw a____________that said,“All roads lead home."This is true.I also remembered a sage(智者)compared life to a journey.Are we going to make this life a terrible ____________or are we going to make the life a joyful one? It____________our own choice.

All roads no matter how they twist and turn,can____________us home in our hearts. May you always walk your path with love! May you always help your fellow travelers along the way!