A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy came and     1     (lie) under it every day. He     2       to the tree top, eat the apples, and take a nap under the shade. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

In the     3     (follow)years, the boy came and cut the branches to build a house, used the trunk on     4     he used to climb to make a boat and then never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the boy returned. "Sorry, my boy,     5     I don't have anything for you any more. No     6     apples for you. "The tree said. "I don't have teeth     7    (bite), " the boy replied. "no more trunk for you to climb on. ""I am     8     old for that now, "the boy said. "I really can't give you anything. The only thing     9     (leave) is my dying roots, "the tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just     10     place to rest. I'm tired after all these years, " the boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest. Come, come, sit down with me and rest. "The boy sat down and the tree was glad, smiling with tears.

2 . Growing up in one of the poorest communities in Atlanta, US and being raised by a single _________ mother, I was not expected much by many people, so I had to expect_________of myself.

On my 13th birthday, I bought a _________of Harvard and put it on the wall of my room. Being at Harvard became what I_________: I kept picturing myself studying in Harvard. Even when my electricity was_________, I knew that my poster of Harvard was still_________only two feet away from me. I’d_________my day by asking myself these two questions: “What do I want in my life?” and “Are the things I am doing today going to get me _________ to that life?”

Reminding myself of my _________each day made it __________ for me to say no to the choices my peers(同龄人)making, because those paths wouldn’t have __________ me to my goal. Nothing could__________ my power to decide what I chose to do with my__________.

Every day I could __________ myself moving towards my dream university__________my writing got better, SAT score __________, and my scholarship checks started coming in. On March 31st, 2011, an email arrived __________Harvard. The first word was “Congratulations!” A month later, Harvard flew me up to visit the campus where __________I got to see my dream university face to face.

Who you are today is the __________of the decisions you made yesterday, and who you will be tomorrow will be up to the choices you make __________. Who do you want to be tomorrow?

3 . I have always been a fat girl. I am comfortable with my body but there is a _______ to pay for being different.

In primary school, I was an enthusiastic gymnast. I was not _______ and had to make up for my inadequacies (缺陷) by extra _______. And in the early days, I always waved my ribbon (丝带) in a _______ way. However, I hung on. I _______ so much that in 2018 I was in the Zimbabwe National Gymnastics Championships Final.

Whenever I went up in a competition, the crowd did not expect much from the _______ child. This crowd was _______ different. They _______ loudly on my weight. One man even said, “That is the _______ dress. And the elephant inside it isn’t much ________!”

I was deeply ________, but I let my ribbon do the talking. I had worked particularly hard on my ribbon work and it ________. The music seemed to be a perfect match with my ribbon. Soon the sniggers (窃笑) of the crowd turned into ________. As I went into the last leap and waved the ribbon in a waterfall entering my final pose, the crowd ________. I turned to ________ them and found each other on their ________, applauding.

I won the National Champion, but the best thing I got from hours of practice was the ________ that my body does not determine what I am capable of and should ________ limit what I can do. I know that I can ________ anything I put my mind to ________ I am bigger than my body.