After ten years in the same company, I found my job was no longer fun. However, I didn’t have the confidence to apply for new jobs due to lack of experience. I felt _______ .

A friend suggested another path- _______ . I had toyed with the idea of studying for a master’s degree but _______ stood in my way. Yet I found a course at London College of Communication, _______ my job and enrolled(注册).

During the 18 months that followed, I began to flourish(茁壮成长). Not only had I found the courage to take my life forward in a new and _______ direction but the self-doubt that had followed me around like a shadow began to _______ gradually. My classmates and I treated each other as _______ : Younger students _______ my experience and knowledge when it came to group work. I made new friends and joined committees.

I also decided to move out of home. Living in student halls was a(n) _______ . The life in halls added to my sense of ________ and confidence. I was ________ to new things every day. Even making myself a meal or managing my small living space made me feel ________

Soon after completing my master’s, I made my way back through the university gate-this time to ________. I am now a lecturer on the same course that I took. I ________ the person I was before and smile-she didn’t yet know her ________ .

It’s hard to believe how much I’ve grown on this four-year journey. Actually, moving to Atlanta and ________ Clark Atlanta University ________ me into the man I am today.

One of the greatest lessons I’m going to take with me is to ________ try new things and step outside of the ________ zone. Serving as chairman of Students Union during my junior year was ________, and really tested me in many ways. But taking on that leadership role showed what I was ________ of and reminded me to never give up when things get ________.

Something I would tell my freshman self is not to put so much ________ on myself and try not to have everything ________ so quickly. Take one at a time each day and focus on day-to-day goals. That is extremely important because ________ days swiftly pass，and you never want to look back with ________.

Growth ________ happened off-campus. Having managed different internships(实习期) before entering the media industry, I now feel ________ for what is to come.

After graduation, I am looking forward to ________ my first full-time job, building upon my ________ skills and moving forward.

I got my first bike in 1943. It was an old, second-hand blue bike. Bikes of any kind were very_______at that time. A new bike was rarely to be seen, as_______was needed to produce weapons to_______our brave men and women in the fighting overseas.

At ten, I was quite_______. I convinced my mother I could earn enough money to be a millionaire—if I only had an old second-hand bike. She laughed but_______about 80 per cent of the total cost of the bike. I had_______a few dollars digging gardens, cleaning snow and doing other jobs.

I_______Mother I’d pay back the loan (借款). The day I got my bike was one of the happiest of my life. I could_______earning some money--_______groceries (杂货) for Clarks’ grocery store and packages for a small store a few block away—this was in the Forest Hills section of Edmonton. I made a few dollars but________to start another work, as the first was proving too________to come by.

My mother, another brother, Len, and I were to________Dad in Yellowknife, which was so far way that my bike couldn’t be transported there. Leaving my bike was very difficult, but________had to come first. I made very little money________it, not enough to pay Mother back. We________Yellowknife in the fall of 1943. It was quite an experience for a young fellow, or anybody else for that matter.

After we’d been in Yellowknife for a while, I was able to________Mother for the bike loan. I got a job at the recreation centre in the Negus Mine. The________paid great—I had lots of money, but would not________another bike. The________there were made with the tailings (尾矿) from the mine—lots of rough rock. The new________had not been built at that time.