It’s 27 years since my last conversation with my mother, who didn’t finish school like many of her contemporary girls. She often told me, “I never got my_________but one day you will.” Pointing to a tree or cow, she asked me to_________their English names after her. Feeling annoyed I asked, Mama, why do I have to learn these_________phrases? She held her pen right before my eyes. Hold it firmly, she _________me, for this pen and the new foreign language will be your compass to sail around the world. Sadly, my mother died of breast cancer when I was six.

Turning seven, I traveled 30 miles to live closer to my school. But “closer” is a relative term in Uganda, which _________ I had to get up as the _________sun rose and then ran 8. 8 miles barefoot to school. Also, I needed to carry a stick in _________of snakes and dogs. During the rainy season, the path to school was _________daily and I’d swim with one hand, using the other hand to _________ the book bag on my head.

Research shows 70 percent of poor children don’t __________primary school in Uganda. Reasons for this high dropout (辍学) rate includes the long __________some children must __________ among many other reasons.

Fortunately, I’ve made it.Whenever I see the sun rise, I am __________of the wisdom of my mother who __________me to dream big and to use the __________ of the pen to make my dream come true.

In the seventh grade when my other suggested that I should join the golf (高尔夫球运动) team, I thought she had lost her mind. But as usual, my mother ________ in the end. I played on the middle-school golf team in the seventh and eighth grade. The ________ before high school came, I was anxious to join the high school team.

That summer I ________ almost every Sunday morning on the golf course with my ________, and too many afternoons with my mother. This ________ relationship with my parents continued during my high school years. ________ you’re walking down the freshly mowed fairway (修剪的平坦球道), looking out across miles of nothing but golf course, and looking up at the beautiful blue sky, you will realize what is ________ in life. My mom and I ________ many things in the middle of a round of golf that we would never do at home, where she is Mom and I am a(n) ________ teenager. On the golf course, we’re just two people who ________ golf.

During the past years golfing has become a part of my ________. My friends know in the summer the place to find me is on the golf course. There is ________ I love more than a perfect autumn morning, riding around in a golf cart (球车) with my dad. Golf has ________ me and made me into the person I am today. And I have to ________ that all of it is thanks to my mom who made me join that middle-school golf team. ________, she was right.

It’s 5:15 pm. Traffic comes to a full stop. I’m _________ before getting on the bridge. Looking at the rows of cars and trucks in the sun, I start to _________ —1, 2, 3, …299, 300, 301—and I give up.

At the time I’m one of the _________ and impatient drivers because of heavy traffic, but I stay _________. When the cars do move, I move carefully, making sure not to hit other vehicles. Finally, I _________ it onto the bridge. The traffic is still moving at a snail’s pace. Tired and hungry, I become very _________.

Just then, I hear a small sound in the distance. The sound _________ becomes louder, until I can see an ambulance（救护车） _________ from behind. What do we do? The bridge is packed. There’s no _________ for us to move.

But I’m wrong. Every single car quickly, yet carefully, __________ to the side. Without thinking, I follow suit. The lane remains __________ for a few seconds during which the ambulance flashes through.

How did we do that? Although we were tired, we collectively decided to help the __________ who needed the time more desperately than we did. We did because of our pity and wisdom, __________ no order. __________ I may seem alone stuck on the bridge, I’m connected to all the other __________. Together we could make the impossible possible.