The stage lights dimmed, and I took a quick look from behind the heavy black curtains into the audience. Blinded by the lights, I quickly _________. It seems that a great number of eyes were looking at me. I took a deep _________ as the music of my dance began to play. I entered the stage and began my performance, the graduation test of the classical Indian dance.

After a decade of learning this art form, I had _________ been considered ready to take on the most difficult act. The test is the most important event in a dancer’s life as it pays _________ to all the factors in one’s life that develop the dance form: one’s culture and family.

The performance is undertaken only by the most _________ and determined students. It is a difficult process that requires much _________. For more than six months, I spent two to three hours every day practicing these dances. Many times, I _________ myself to my physical and mental breaking point, but still I would not stop. I could not give up. There was always so much more to do and so much more to learn.

I _________ a lot about myself in those tiring hours. I learned that I was far too _________ to give up, and I was too proud to prove myself __________ after I had set an unrealistic goal. Even with physical pain and mental __________, I forced myself to meet my __________. Even when I was at the end of my __________, there was always something driving me on, forcing me not to give up.

Fortunately, I made it. What I had done __________ the success. It was in those hours that I learned what a dancer truly is. Those time was evidence that I could __________ something I set out to do.

A long time ago, there lived a girl called Lily. When she started going to school, she was       ________. All her classmates bullied(霸凌) her for her shy behaviour. If the teacher asked any questions she would not answer because of her shyness. But she was a________student and she knew all the answers.

Out of all the subjects, her favorite subject was sports.She always________to be a football player on her school team. But the students always made fun of her. ________, she did not care what her________would say as she wanted to tell them that she could be a football player.

So during the day, Lily________her school, and at night she would practice football at her home. Her mother installed(安装)some more lights in their garden so that her daughter could     ________properly.

After practicing for long, finally, the selections for the inter-school for football competition came. Lily, without a thought________to go for it. Her classmates________her, and said, “Boo! You will not make it. Back off!”But Lily decided not to________their words.

As she began to play, everybody was________her excellent skills.The judges(裁判)were so amazed by her confident________that they not only selected Lily but also made her the team leader. Now, everybody wanted to become Lily’s friend and soon she became the________girl in the school. Lily’s story is one of the________stories for kids that help them to do their work with the right________.

On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles, who was going to deliver a speech on his new book.

During his talk, Jack ___his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, ‘‘Who wants this?” ___shot up(举起) in the audience; people leaned forward to see whom Jack would ___. But I jumped up, ran up the ___to the stage, and grabbed the bill. As I was launching myself in the air,_____raced through my mind — was I about to be humiliated(羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they ___security guards and take me from the stage?_____ my desire for bold（大胆的）action was louder than any ___voice. As I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the ___to come to us. We must take ___to create what we want!’’

After his talk, I______to formally meet Jack and boldly asked for his personal e-mail address. Over the next months, I sent him emails______my points of view and dreams with him. He kindly e-mailed back lots of encouragement. But my life got busy ___other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.

A year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jack would inspire me into action, like a giant arrow that would show me the way.

I e-mailed him, and then again — but got no______. As I sat down at my computer to______my e-mails, I ___woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd, most likely ___that hundred-dollar bill, while they sat glued to their chairs.

Usually we all have a “Jack” for whom we wait — whether it’s a person, a place or a thing. We_______believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n)____way. So we don’t try. We ___. But as Wayne Gretzky said,“You’ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don’t take!” So I stopped waiting and started my writing career.

Now what are you waiting for?