My 12-year-old daughter, Lauren, came home from school yesterday. She ____ waved her grade book to me. She had been ____A-1 in most subjects such as mathematics, language arts and science—a great ___! Then she sadly pointed out that her perfect score was damaged by a B-1 in __ and a C-1 in Playsical Education.

I asked her what the scores ___. She said that the __ showed the achievement and the number showed the effort. That moment I ____ that the grades were misleading. I reached out my hands and gave her a big ____ and told her in my mind she had a perfect score. It didn’t  ___ that her grade in French was a“B”—“l”____ that she had tried her best. That is something to make any parent proud.

Everybody is____. Everybody has different potential. Not all of us will become scientists or sports____. But without 100％effort no ____ can be achieved. If I see a salesperson fail at sales, the ____thing I want to examine is the effort being put in. If there is a problem with  __, the salesperson has no future. But if I see a salesperson isn’t __ with l00％effort, he or she is worth my effort in helping. Maybe a bit of training or some __ from a more successful person will __.

I know that 100% effort, focus in the right direction, will always bring a ____ whether that is an“A”or a“C”. As long as you make 100% effort, you are ____ .

The person I call my hero is my twin disabled elder sister named Tiffany. Yet as I reflect back on __ I can undoubtedly say, "It was partly a(n)__ journey!" People would always __ me that they wish they had a twin, but to me I never felt that way at the time.

My sister is blind and deaf and is in a wheelchair. Growing up __ me because I seldom had that twin experience. I was told as a ___ never to question life but at that time I was young and just didn't __. There were times when I couldn't play with friends when I wanted to, and __ missed out on potential jobs __ having to help look after Tiffany.___, I never felt my childhood was being swept away.

I saw my sister __ many health issues but still find a way to face life challenges with a __. It wasn't until we got older __ I truly realized my sister was a __. She gave me the strength to____my sufferings. When I was on the point of __, I would always think of her and build up confidence to make it, In fact I did so many things not just for myself __ for my sister as well. When I graduated from college, I asked for permission to let my sister attend the __ because I knew if she were able to walk and talk, she would have achieved the same __ as I have.

I __ the moments with my sister. I just want my sister to know that she brings __ to my life and I hope that I can bring the same thing to hers.

“I knew when I saw you, I wanted to take you home,” my dad said to me when I visited him one Saturday. There is a deep-seated _______ of a father seeing his daughter when she was born.

My father has Alzheimer’s (老年痴呆症). He does not _______ express in words, so the sudden accuracy of his words _______ me.

Another Saturday, he _______ a photo of me and said, “She’s smart.” Did he know the _______ person, 30 years older, was sitting beside him? It does not _______. At that moment I can feel his _______.

Now I bring a spoonful of yogurt to his lips. With a _______ hand, he touches me and says, “You’re very good. Thank you.” He _______ forgets it was he that guided me in ________ a spoon to my mouth.

These words are all he can give now. But they make me understand more deeply my ________ father.

His door was always open. Drop-in ________ were welcomed with a drink. He would not hesitate to give money to a family member ________. In the community, he ________ his time to preserve the historical buildings.

Time, advice, money. There were many ways he gave.

And he gives, ________. The disease has taken much from my father. What’s left are his words. It’s difficult for him to find the right word and say it out loud. Yet he keeps going.