1 . Despite the hard conditions and hands-on labor，______Australia's generous salaries and distribution of work permits doing agriculture work there is an incredibly_______way for backpackers to earn abroad．

My first_______in Australia was on Todd's Tomato Farm． My_______during my three months working were clearing the tomato field， weeding the peppers， and planting corn seeds．

During my second year visa in Australia I actually_______to go back and do some vegetable______． This time I worked at Brak Pak in the_______fields． That was by far the most physically_______job I have ever done．

Pumpkins were picked using a tractor． There would be one person driving， two people on the trailer sorting pumpkins and five people on the_______picking． Attached to the trailer was a long belt． As the tractor drove forwards we would have to run along_______it， pick the pumpkins and put them on the belt． This was hard - you had to pick all the pumpkins that were_______grown， put them on the belt，______for damaged/rotten ones and_______the tractor．

We used to change roles to give ourselves a_______and sometimes we would be sent off to do "cutting．" The stalks （茎秆） on pumpkins are so_______that we weren't able to break them by hand， so we had cutters． I was told that these cutters could cut straight through a_______so I was very_______at first． I got the hang of it but I was always_______of losing a body part!

I know that most people don't do as many different roles as I did! However， I really enjoyed being able to_______different parts of the farm and in the_______was able to see the whole season．

3 . About a year ago, my department invited me to submit a 5-minute video clip about my research laboratory to be screened at a secondary-school summer camp. With many ________ under my belt (已获得的) after five years as a main investigator, I was quite ________ about getting this ________.

Three seconds into ________ myself on my phone in my office, I realized that I had been too ________. I had to press ‘Pause’ ________ I couldn’t help looking around the room. And while watching myself on camera, I couldn’t obtain the excitement I brought to the classroom—all my ________ trained teaching method didn’t work well for a video clip. Admitting that my acting career had ________ a wall, I decided to ________ to a directing role and asked my graduate students to help me to film and present the video.

The 5-minute clip ________ taking 2 hours to finish, but it was so well received by the audience that it ________ me to create an account on Bilibili, one of the leading video-sharing websites in China. I got my lab to ________ making short films in Chinese on the main topics of our ________, which include digital fabrication (数字制造) in architecture and adaptive structures that can respond to stimuli (刺激物). In the nine or so months since I created that ________, our lab videos have attracted more than 20,000 subscribers and received nearly 3 million ________, mainly in China.

4 . It has been difficult to sit on the bench most of the time, watching my team from the sideline. I always_________ why I am not good enough to be on the floor. After endless hours of work and devotion, _________ myself through drill after drill, the last thing I want is to be a cheerleader. The feeling of being_________ is sometimes too much and drives me to_________ on the spot. I often feel as though my_________ are wasted and my time is devoted to nothing. It is heartbreaking to be a spectator(观看者) for the game I love, knowing that no one has enough faith to give me the chance to perform on the floor. Tears well up ( 涌 出 ), but I_________ them back. I shouldn't be so_________ over something so silly.

Away from the game, it's easier to put my thoughts together, rather than letting my_________ drive my reasoning. I consider why I am where I am. I have played basketball my whole life. I have a strong _________ for the sport and always have. There is nothing like the__________ of playing: the swish (嗖嗖声) of the net, the sweat rolling off my cheeks, even the bruise ( 青 肿 ) are battle wounds worn__________ after every game.

Even if I don't play much, I participate in every game. I am part of a team of girls who__________ together like a family. I am there for them, as they are for me.

Should I move on? Or should I stay with my team and continue playing basketball with great passion just a little longer? The__________ isn't difficult when I consider the joy that being a part of a team__________ me - not just any team, but my team. I love basketball and my teammates. When I think about that, my__________ from the bench really isn't so bad after all.

5 . The other day, I was looking at my schedule for the summer. I had a moment of _________, realizing I’d be without my laptop for two weeks during our family camping trip.

You might be thinking my _________ sounds astonishing and that two weeks with no pressure to work, just relaxing in nature is the time to refresh and restore one’s _________ and body. I used to be a workaholic (工作狂). So taking two weeks off from my business made me _________.

I know I’m not _________ here in our busy world. To work hard is especially significant for high-achieving people to _________ in their careers. We live in a culture that _________ the state of being busy. There might have been many times when you _________ some relatives or friends on the street and heard they said they were very busy when asking about their recent _________. Being busy is the new normal. Therefore, when we’re not busy, we feel like we’re doing something wrong.

I’m not saying working all the time makes us feel OK. Taking a break brings us __________. We’ll be more __________ after relaxing, thus having more novel ideas. Iceland has __________ a 4-day work week for 2,500 people. A study by Stanford University found that their __________ didn’t decline; they reported a better work-life balance.

Our brains aren’t designed to __________ all the time. Working hard enough to pass our limits will unavoidably lead to burnout. Therefore, we should give ourselves a(n) __________ once in a while.

6 . I stood in the front of the classroom like a specimen(标本） under examinations   of 23 pairs of eyes. I   began stuttering(结巴）and gave wrong answers to some questions.

In the summer of 2016, I worked as an assistant teacher at a children's day camp.Lacking in experience，I _______ to create weekly lesson plans.Kids shouted at each other in class.Sometimes，I had to pull apart kids who were _______ each other.The rare moments of_______ came only after my booming calls for attention. Every day was a _______ between   me   and these wild little creatures.

One day I suddenly _______ that I was supposed to teach them instead of being led by the nose. It was time to do something to change the _______. I was older, more knowledgeable, and most _______, I had more authority. The next day，I firmly_______into the classroom and stood in the front_______.The students studied me curiously. But I did not stutter this time. It________ me that the class went smoothly without being   ________ for the first time. From that day on，they gradually started to pay attention. Some ________started calling me “Ms. Amy”. Seeing a sign of respect in their wild eyes was like getting ________ for my achievements. I was finally acting as an authority figure. The ________ I received also increased my self一confidence. It made me believe that I had the________. to overcome difficulties.

One month after my summer job ________, I went back to visit the students. I saw the ________ kids running around in the classroom. ________，their playful shouts were a different kind of music to my ________now. Instead of the unpleasant sound I heard the first day，this was a________ song that played during my march to self—confidence.

8 . Tianwu has climbed Huashan more than 3,000 times in the past decade. He is a ________, transporting goods up the slopes on his back, for a living. But he is most ________ for his disability: He has only one arm.

He ________ his left am in an accident in 1992 at the coal mine. With two young children and parents to ________, he was working overtime that day when a pulley brake ________ after that he opened a store, but it went bankrupt from too many ________ sales.   ________ his hard work, he was left with nothing but debts. Then he heard about bearers for Huashan Mountain from a friend and thought it would be an ________ job.

His first job was to ________ 30 kilograms of goods to High Ladder: He had a companion who ________ mid-way, but he finished his job with ________ pain in his knees. But as he ________ experience through the years, he has developed his own ________ for climbing the mountain.

Now he carries 60 kilograms of goods up the mountain every day—1 kilogram more than his own body weight. ________, he makes three to four trip s each day to and from. “I ________ each step very carefully and have never had any accident in the past 10 years.” He said.

Being a bearer is a tiresome and dull job in many people's minds, but he enjoys himself. He appreciates and remembers the calligraphy ________ in the rocks and copies them. His favorite one is. “Though heavy snow falls down on verdant pines. the pines still stand ________.” He once said. “I'd like to stay here because the mountain pays my hard work ________.”

“I don't lament for my ________ days and will not fear the future,” He said. The painstaking job has given him a strong ________.

9 . Ever since I was 13 years old, I wanted to be a photographer. I had a(n) _______ of working for some magazines, which would allow me to travel around the world to ________ the right picture.

After leaving high school, I ________ in photography in the University of the Arts. However, I kept reflecting on my choice ________ I learned a lot in my freshman year. There was nothing ________ with the school, but it was not ________ for me.

I ________ my high school photography teacher and couldn’t help but envy (羡慕) his work. Such a feeling made me know teaching students how to ________ their full potential in their artwork was what I wanted. And ________, I wanted to be involved in a ________ that made me feel like I was actually making some ________ in the community.

I decided to transfer (转学) to Buffalo State College. When I was in class, I always ________ myself with what I was learning. Then, during my first on­site teaching lesson at a middle school, it ________ me that this was what I would want to do for the rest of my life, and I ________ loved it. Now, as I’m finishing my senior year, I’m happy I came to such a ________ in my life. I believe this is just the one for me.

10 . I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother who owned a bookshop hired me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very __ to earn my own pocket money and my parents never interfered with (干涉) __ I spent it, even when I was spending it foolishly. They __ that by earning money, spending it, and learning from my mistakes, I would become more mature (成熟的) and responsible about how to __ work, relationships with others, and money.

Like many American parents, my parents also let my brother and me do things over which they __ a great deal. When I was sixteen,__, after I finished high school and before I entered __, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around Europe. My mother was against the idea of my traveling __ at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great __ for me. In the end, my father won the argument on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, __ I had many relatives who could __ shelter and help if I needed it.

Three years later, when my brother was eighteen, he decided to __ a year off after his first year in university and __ through the States and the Caribbean, Again my mother was worried to see my brother leave school, but my father __ him and my brother had a fantastic year __ his way on trains and ships to earn passage (旅费) to different ports and cities, and __ many fascinating places and people.

Such experiences are __ rare for children in many countries, but in the US they are fairly __. Most parents start pushing their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. __ they finish high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, __ a university and maybe even decided on their future career.