My 7-year-old daughter always has her nose in a book. She even ________ reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, where she lost the book. This is the first lost ________ book in my life. In my childhood, my family had always been expected to be ________, but we were poor, and I didn’t own books. I had to borrow books. My library books lived on a ________ shelf while they were mine, and it________ me when I had to return them to the library on the due day.

However, my daughter has more books now than I ________ during my whole childhood. So it’s probably my ________that she didn’t cherish the books. “Sorry. I can’t find it.” My daughter said with a________ “We just pay $ 20 for the book. What’s the big ________?” The missing library book just met with a cold _________ from her, but it met with nail-biting ________ from me. I walked into the library in a deep ________ as if I had lost the book.

Feeling the need to make her feel ________ for the book, I________ her to do the chores. She agreed to clean up all the pets’ houses ________ my paying the library book. I’d meant the chore to be ________!            

Surprisingly, she was enjoying herself. I took a picture of her lovely back. So, was I winning or losing at ________? Did I teach her the ________ of keeping a library book if the picture I took shows she is working ________?

To my ________, my little girl knew what matters in her life. She could devote herself to the chores as much as books.

Recently we took a trip to the South of France. As my parents are both ________, they decided to take me along on their artist residency program, ________ in the charming city of Arles in the Provence region, which is famous as the town where Vincent van Gogh ________ some of his most famous works.

We ________ from Switzerland on a French train. It ran well and was ________, and we easily found taxis ________ outside the Arles train station. Our apartment was located on Rue de la Calade, a ________ street in the center of the city. It was ________—with stone floors, well-kept rooms, and friendly neighbors. Our first day in Arles was ________ walking around and just getting a feel of the area. We had ________ our apartment for three weeks!

The first day’s ________ we took outside of Arles was to St. Rémy, where van Gogh once ________ in a mental hospital while still painting some of his most beloved ________. Today you can visit all the places that he painted at although they aren’t as completely ________ as they used to be. St. Rémy is a beautiful little town, though—lots of places to ________.

My family and I took a day tour to the Camargue, a nearby nature ________, which is France’s wild west, our last week in Arles. We got the ________ we had booked through the Arles tourist office, which can sometimes be ________. The tour was, although a little long, beautiful in every way. If in the South of France, I ________ recommend visiting the Camargue.

So overall, Arles and the South of France is excellent. ________ stopping for some days!

My father was a Jamaican(牙买加) immigrant while my mother was a white woman. They never got married but I was born. However, my father never ________ his family about my existence. I didn’t know I was a ________ until my thirteenth birthday.

Walking into my aunt’s apartment brought a lot of emotions. What if my ________ didn’t want anything to do with me because I was half white? How ________ could I learn the jokes that my family members told? Should I_________ them for all the years they didn’t spend with me? My mind was full of thoughts when I was introduced to each of the family members who almost were________ strangers. Meanwhile, I was ________ to just remember everybody’s name.

One of my aunts looked at me with tearful eyes. She mentioned how ________ she was for my father to have a daughter, saying, “He’s always dreaming of having a daughter.” However, she then expressed her anger towards my father for keeping the family in the________ about my existence. From this experience, I have learned more about what it means to be biracial(代表两种人种的). Can I still_________ myself Jamaican even though my first time trying curry goat, a traditional dish, was not until my teenage years?

I’ve become aware that no matter how much DNA you might ________ with a particular race, you won’t feel truly connected if you did not____________ with that culture’s customs. I believe this event has________ me into becoming a more understanding person. I have realized that I am far from a__________ I am determined to prove that I’m here for a reason. I have understood my uniqueness and ________ my real self. Among strangers I eventually know who I am!