1 . It was January 2000, and I had just finished the final term of my year abroad in Auckland, New Zealand. Warm feelings   and happy thoughts______ into my mind. I began thinking about the _____ I was due to take with my friends over the summer, across New Zealand.

I went shopping for gifts to take back to my family in Malaysia. Then I made my way home. I have always been very careful of______ safety. But, for some reason, on that day I quickly ran across the ____ without looking. At that moment, a _____ turned the corner. I was in the driver's______ spot so he did not see me, nor did I see him. I was hit by the minibus and was ______ under its wheels.

When opening my_______, I learned that it took 15 minutes to ______ me from the wheels. A(n)______ team from a local hospital had to lift the minibus off me with their hands.   A tourist in the crowd had come to help, holding my hand and ______ me in the ambulance(救护车). When I arrived at the hospital, _____told me my injuries were life-threatening. They also told me there was a______ chance I could never walk again.

However, although I______a lot, I was not paralyzed(瘫痪的). It took me six months to______. I was sad to miss out on the trip across New Zealand but my friends comforted me a lot. ________I was able to attend my graduation, crossing the stage with walking sticks; it didn't matter, because I was just happy to be______ The accident changed my______; it made me think about the terrible things that could have happened. It regularly______me to step back and think twice about my problems, to be_____for the second chance I got at life.