1 .     1     is well known, optimism(乐观)plays an important role in one’s life. Although we are facing many difficulties, we should keep optimistic. Optimism is a mental(精神的)attitude or world view and it means expecting     2     best possible result from any given situation.

I did     3     (poor) in English in the past, but I never gave up struggling(搏斗). All my families, teachers and friends encouraged     4     (I) and they taught me a lot of     5     (use) ways of learning English. I     6     (keep) practicing as they told me to do. I listened to English news and songs and I read interesting English stories. At weekends, watching some English movies was another good way to make my English better.     7    difficulties I came across, I tried my best to work them out. I believe in myself,     8     (believe) that hard work would finally pay off. Gradually, I make progress in my English. Nowadays, I can remember English words     9     (easy) and use them freely when communicating with foreigners.

Thanks to optimism, I have become one of the top English     10     (learn) in my school now.

2 . 假如你是李华，你的好友John热爱绘画，从小梦想成为—名画家。但他的家人极力反对，他有些犹豫不决，于是写信向你征求建议。请你给他写一封英文回信，要点如下：

1.支持他的梦想；

2.原因（比如：要坚守梦想，画家不一定没有好的收入，绘画是一种高尚的事业等）；

3.盼望回复。

注意: 1.词数100左右；2.信的格式和开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear John,

I hear that you are not sure about becoming an artist because of your family's objections.________________

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Yours,

Li Hua