I had never had a birthday party before. So, at 18 this summer, I decided to ____ one for myself. About 20 people ____ that they would come. Although I didn’t have much pocket money this month, I ____ more than usual in the $1 store to buy decorations and plates.

I sat, I waited, and, although all of my “friends” had said they were coming,____showed up! The ____ was supposed to start at 12 noon. Here it was 4:00 p.m. and ____, no one was here. The cream cake was not as ____as before and the food on the barbecue (烤架) was burnt ____ recognition. I tried really hard not to ____. All of a sudden, I heard a noise of a(n) ____, just outside my front door. My uncle Kenny, clearly, did everything he could to ____ by driving a long way. I cried in his arms, saying, “I’m not worth anything!” He said the magical words____I could dry my tears, “I will____ be your friend!” Like me, he had had so many ____ over the past couple of weeks. However, as we sat ____ under the clear blue sky, laughing and talking, I felt that I was truly ____ because he was sent to me in my ____ hour, when I wanted to give up on this world. Yes, life is ____ because there are always people willing to be with you, no matter what happens.

I don’t know if Kenny realised that he____ me last night. He did it with just one kind act: taking ____out of his very busy schedule, making me smile and giving me warm, huge hugs. Sometimes that’s all it takes.

My father is a very hard-working person. He ________ education in people's life. Being a teacher by profession, he tried to concentrate all his efforts on helping his ________ succeed. This inspired me to follow his ________ by working hard in school. He also ________ me to keep on ________, telling me that the sky was the limit.

My father shows respect for others. All through my life, I have seen my father settle disputes (争论) ________ . This has taught me the importance of accepting other people's ________     and seeking help in times of ________.

Being a modest and down-to-earth person, my father ensured(确保)that I was like him. I was ________ to swallow my ________ whenever success knocks on the door. Instead, ________ past successes and working even harder is his motto.

The word love sounds small but few people ________ what it really means to love. It is a trait(品质)that my father had and ________ possesses. It has enabled me to spread my ________ to all who associate with me in one way or another.

I believe in doing things ________ and fast in life. This is something that I ________ my father. I remember his ________ saying," The early bird catches the worm." This saying has ________ me to be what I am and where I am today. ________ the enthusiasm to accomplish things early in life, I was able to ________ both my O-Level and A-Level education at the most appropriate times.

Indeed,! can say that it is my father who has made me what I am today.

My school appeared on the news last week because we had made an important change in our local area. Our class had planted a large garden, which was a lot of work, but it was all ________ it. I got blisters (水疱) from ________, and we all got insect bites, too.

I learned a lot about gardening and teamwork, and then I learned about the ________. Our teacher telephoned the TV station and ________ them of what we had done. She spoke with the ________ but he said there were plenty of stories ________ to ours. He wanted to know what was ________ about our garden, because many schools planted gardens.

The teacher explained that, we made a prairie (草原) garden. We had been to a prairie and gotten ________ from the plants, and then we ________ them. We did not water the garden, but we did ________ it, which helped the prairie grow better. We decided to let ________ water it with rain, because that was how prairies grew in the past. We sent a picture of the garden to the news station. In the picture, the grass was so high that it stood ________ than the fourth-grade students.

As a result, the producer sent a reporter to our school. The reporter ________ us and asked us many questions about the garden. We explained to him what we had learned through this ________.

That night, we watched the ________, and there we were. The news reporter told our story. It was only two minutes long, but it was us. All those blisters were worth it.