It was a Friday morning, 7:30 am. I felt too lazy     1     (drive) my car, so my son booked a taxi. In five minutes, the taxi reached the entrance gate,     2    (wait) for my arrival. I just saw the taxi number and entered it. I was going to attend    3     important meeting so I said, “Please, go quick! I’m in a hurry!” The voice     4    (come), “Yes, madam!” I was surprised when I heard a female voice! The driver was a young lady. For the first time, I saw a lady who drove a taxi! Out of    5    (curious), I asked, “If you don’t mind, can I ask you a question?”

“Yes, madam! No problem.”

“It seems that you are well qualified! Why did you choose this profession?”

“Yes, madam!” she said very     6    (polite), “I have completed my education. I have done my MBA course. But driving was my passion from my childhood. I love it and I wanted a job     7     I can get satisfaction. I know that I can’t get enough money but I love driving! That’s it!”

Within     8    (we) conversation, we already reached my destination. I was so     9    (delight) to talk with her. I said, “May you happy, my child! I am proud     10     your noble thoughts! Keep going!”

Just as Aristotle put it, “We are what we     1     (repeated) do.” In many aspects, our lifestyle is the result of choices     2     we have made. So forming good habits is very important, especially for     3     (teenager). That’s because bad habits, if not corrected, will have a bad effect on our adult life. To prevent harmful habits from dominating our life, we should make use     4     the “habit cycle” to kick bad habits and develop good ones. First, we can facilitate positive changes by examining our bad habit cycles and     5     (try) to adapt them. Aside from this, we should also form good habits on purpose. Gradually, we     6     (reward) by our actions.

Of course, bad habits, once     7     (form), are not easy for us to get out of. Some people can get out of bad habits quickly while others might try many times until they succeed. If we can’t succeed straight away, don’t become pessimistic. As     8     matter of fact, the most successful way to change is not suddenly, but over a period of time. As a Chinese saying goes, “A journey of a thousand miles     9     (begin) with a single step.” As long as we continue taking small steps, we are sure     10     (get) rid of bad habits and build a healthy life.

Life is never just being. It is becoming a     1    (relent) flow. Our parents live on through us, and we will live on through our children. The institutions we build endure, and we will endure     2     them. The beauty we fashion cannot     3     (dim) by death. Our flesh may perish, our hands will wither, but that     4     they create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend and waste your     5    (life) accumulating objects that will only turn to dust and ashes. Pursue not so much the material as the ideal, for ideals alone invest life with meaning and are     6    enduring worth. Add love to a house and you have     7     home. Add     8     (righteous) to a city and you have a community. Add truth to a pile of red brick and you have a school. Add religion to the humblest of edifices and you have a sanctuary. Add justice to the far-flung round of human endeavor and you have civilization. Put them all together, exalt     9     above their present imperfections, add to them the vision of humankind redeemed, forever free of need and strife and you have a future lighted with the radiant     10    (color) of hope.