1 . Little Oliver was Mason and Rebecca’s miracle child. Rebecca suffered three miscarriages (流产) before Oliver was born. When they were still in extreme _________, Rebecca accidentally found the little boy never reacted to any sound. After examination it was confirmed that Oliver was born _________.

Facing such a blow, Mason and Rebecca never felt _________. A few weeks later, Oliver got his first hearing aid. Despite several _________, Oliver could at last hear! Rebecca and Mason were delighted.

Three years passed, and it was time to send Oliver to _________. But the first day Oliver returned home _________. “I don-don’t want to go to school... I have no friends...”

One day, Rebecca and Mason were called to the school, where Oliver’s teacher, Sophia told them Oliver never _________ with his classmates. He was afraid that his classmates would _________ him over his deafness. Though Sophia talked to him again, he was _________ to communicate.

Rebecca and Mason told her their son was __________ for friendship inside’ Sophia decided they had to do something to help Oliver out of his __________. They made a plan and put it into action on his sixth birthday. Oliver __________ his classroom and found it decorated with balloons. He was surprised and sat in his chair,__________ what was happening. Suddenly, all his classmates marched inside. They all wore colorful birthday caps and smiled at him. Oliver’s eyes rose with tears as he watched them sing a happy birthday song in __________. They had learned sign language to surprise the birthday boy and make him feel __________. Oliver was touched. It felt like heaven to be surrounded by friends.

2 . Post-It Notes and poster board seem like nothing more than standard school supplies._________, in Erin Castillo’s hands, they are a powerful mental health tool transforming the lives of her students.

Here’s how it_________: About once a week, the California special education high school teacher hangs up the “mental health check-in board”. It instructs students to write their names on the back of a _________and then stick it next to one of four colored hearts. The hearts are_________“I’m great”, “I’m OK”, “I’m struggling”, and “I need a check-in”, and   _________ the students a quick way to describe and share their feelings before class starts.

Then, during independent study time, she checks in one-on-one with students about the notes. Some kids just need some encouragement or a listening_________. But for those who are more_________ or dealing with a serious issue, she has a variety of_________ready, including consulting a school psychologist.

The idea for the board_________Castillo after many of her students kept telling her they were having a bad week. Then she carried out her idea in March 2019, and has witnessed many__________ changes since then. One is that the students have started using the board to help each other, strengthening their friendship. Another__________is discovering how students are really feeling. The board encourages them to__________about things they’ve been keeping inside, and is particularly __________ for those who might not know how to translate their feelings into words.

The board tells students “Your feelings matter, and you have every__________to feel this way.” This is one of the most__________and inspiring things you can say to a teen.

3 . My first class in college was philosophy, and it changed my life forever. Our first _________was to write a paper on Albert Camus’s essay “The Myth of Sisyphus.” I was instantly _________because I didn’t know the right way to do this assignment. Even more _________ was that the professor refused to give us any guidelines on what he was looking for; he gave us total _________.

Full of anxiety, I first _________ to read Camus’s essay several times. I did my best to take careful _________. Yet even after I _________ the essay inside out, I still did not find the right answer. Next, when I sat down to _________, the words just did not come to me. I _________ to try every prewriting strategy I could find. I brainstormed, made idea maps, and even wrote a(n) __________. Eventually, my ideas became more __________ and the words fell on the page. I __________ my paper and turned it in simply hoping for the best.

Then, a week or two later, the professor gave our papers back with __________ and comments. I remember feeling __________ and eager to get the paper back. It turned out that I had __________to worry about. The professor gave me an A on the paper, and his notes suggested that I wrote a(n) __________essay overall.

I never expected to __________ a philosophy class. This class and assignment, however, gave me self-confidence, critical-thinking skills, and the courage to try a new career __________. I left engineering to study law and __________ became a lawyer. More importantly, that paper helped me learn to see college as a place to first learn and then __________a career.

4 . In my primary school, we used to write a lot in Mrs. White’s class. There were many mistakes in my writings. But no red _________. Instead, always a star. Sometimes _________ a Good! I would jump with joy at it. But this _________ my mother. She wanted to figure out why Mrs. White never _________ spelling or grammatical errors. Then one day she went to see her.

Mrs. White replied, “Children are just beginning to get _________ about using words, about forming sentences. I don’t want to _________ that enthusiasm or put any pressure on them with red ink. Spelling and grammar can wait, but the _________ of words won ‘t…” And maybe she didn’t say it _________ like that. But what’s for sure is that I grew up learning to use words with _________ confidence from her.

It occurs to me that if Mrs. White had used her red pen more __________, I probably wouldn’t be telling you about this now. Looking back, I think she was such a(n) __________ teacher—to exercise “red-pen-restriction”. She allowed the joy, wonder and excitement of expression to come out.

In middle school, I used to __________ the word beautiful as “baeutiful”. Although “pretty” is __________ to spell, it doesn’t hold as much as you mean sometimes. So I told myself that if I was going to __________ the word, the least I could do was spell it right. Eventually, I made it.

And thanks to Mrs. White, I had no __________ when writing what I meant even if I couldn’t quite spell it out. Because Life isn’t Pretty. It’s “Baeutiful”.

8 . As I walked onto the soccer field I had a knot(结) in my stomach. I was too shy to _________ the year before but decided to go for it this year.

When the coaches came, I felt as if I was going to pass out. With no _________ ability I began to wonder why I was _________ here. Everyone immediately took a ball and began to _________. I stood there, not knowing what to do. My friends came over to _________ me a few quick moves and drills. I had fun and _________ enjoyed playing. Every other girl on the team was far more skilled than I. The moment I _________ that to myself, I was fine.

This _________ has stuck with me all through high school. Without _________ it, I learned a valuable lesson about myself. __________ I tried out for the soccer team, I always wanted to be __________ at everything. Previously(以前), I would do anything to achieve the high __________ I set for myself. I was so stressed out over schoolwork that I never had fun. I decided it was time for a (n) __________.

Like most high school students, my __________ with more responsibilities and worries, began to change as I got older. Balancing school and sports has not been easy. But through it all, I have become a __________ person. No longer do I __________ that I have to be perfect. Although my athletic ability doesn’t __________ a ticket to universities, I have other good __________ that make me important. Knowing that I have put 100% __________ into everything I do and am honest with myself, I am completely __________ with the person I am.

9 . Every high school student dreams of going to college and experiencing a new period of life, but leaving high school and entering a college is a big adjustment for many students. If you are ________ of some of these differences, you will be better ________ for the changes in attitudes and behaviors necessary for success. Some of the ________ between high school and university are as follows:

First of all, the biggest one is the daily life. In high school, students are treated as children ________ they do not have to think what to do next every day, because parents and teachers ________ everything well for them. However, for college students, everything is left up to them to ________, requiring self-discipline, organization and time management. Another difference is about their ________. For high school students, they seem to be ________ and have to do whatever their teachers told them. They are ________ a machine which is operated by the exams roughly. On the contrary, college students are ________ for making their own class schedules and following them loosely. ________ will monitor their behaviors and study completely counts on themselves. The third distinction is about their dreams. Most of the high school students have the same dream-to ________ a famous university, but for college students, they have to take many factors into account and their dreams are ________.

From the above, we can see there are differences between high school and college, so in the ________ from high school to college, the teens should try their best to ________ themselves. Keep up!