When Lauren Schroeder, a teenager from Iowa, US, showed up to a community food drive last year, she didn’t see much food that actually provide people with nutrition — just a lot of canned goods. Determined to make a(n) _______, she took action. With the _______ of her parents, who provided her with half an acre (英亩) of land, she _________ 7,000 pounds of produce and gave it all away to local food banks and non-profits.

Although Lauren had no prior experience _________ a garden, she took up studies of agronomy (农学) and gardening, and really put her _________ into it. Her work soon drew the _______ of an organization called Future Farmers of America, which awarded her a small grant (补助金) for _______ and seeds.

Lauren _________ 2 to 3 hours daily to the tasks of watering and weeding (除杂草), and her efforts soon _______. She began __________ 15 types of vegetables to organizations like Wheatland Nursing Home. “It was really __________ for me to know that anyone who wanted fresh vegetables would be able to get them,” Lauren said.

Now, she has turned her half acre into a full acre and ________ the number of vegetables to 20 different species. “How could you not be ________,” said her mother, “she really chose to ________ learning about agronomy, and took it a step further by genuinely ________ those in need.”

When I was 2, my parents noticed my “________” behavior. I always placed my toys in a straight line.________,my moods (情绪) changed quickly. They took me to a doctor, who told them I was autistic (患自闭症的). It was 1999, a time when autism was not commonly________and was still being studied. My parents were shocked and worried.

Then I got older, and I began to change from________myself to communicating with other kids once I attended school. The other kids answered questions in class more________than I could understand. It took me two minutes to come up with a(n)________to the best of my abilities. Then, I started receiving the special________for my coursework, such as sitting in the front of the class to read the board better, and taking longer time on tests.

In Grade 4, my parents encouraged me to join my school’s marching band (行进乐队); it was a great________to make friends and help develop confidence in myself. At the same time, I________my talent for creative writing.

All these years, I was________of my diagnosis (诊断). However, one day when I was 15, I found a paper in our house, which________that I had autism. At that moment, I finally learned the________about myself. My parents had________it because they didn’t want it to affect me. And I understood that, so I wasn’t mad at them.

It took me a while to truly________who I am. If any of you need advice on how to live a life with autism, I will be happy to share my________as an autistic person. Remember, you are never alone.

There is an old suitcase in my house which represents the dreams and hopes of my family.

I’m always taking photos of the little _______ I find in the world around me. A few weeks ago, I visited my parents. My father was an _______ when he was young. I took a photo of something that I would _______ as a pretty big wonder. At first _______, it might not look like much. It was just a _______ brown suitcase with two silver locks up on the top. But to me, it’s _______ what a miracle (奇迹) looks like.

That suitcase is the very one my dad brought with him when he _______ to the US from Turkey in 1965. He was just a 19-year old boy at the time who didn’t know a _______ of English. He _______ all his friends and family, ________ that he would become an excellent engineer one day. That suitcase carried my dad’s most valuable ________ — many black-and-white photos from home and his science and math textbooks, etc.

As a kid, I was ________ about the suitcase. It lived on the top of my bookcase. I never ________ much about it, though. It wasn’t until I got ________ that I actually asked my dad about it. Looking inside, I found tons of photos and the ________ my parents wrote to each other, back and forth between the US and Turkey.

That’s when I ________ how beautiful that dirty old suitcase actually was. It’s a ________ of not only the hardships my parents ________, but also all the wonderful things they ________. How they found love, how their dreams ________ and how they got through them all.