A few years back, I enjoyed my summer vacation at New York’s Harriman State Park with a good friend. The place 【小题1】 we were going to was the beautiful Lake Sebago. It was certainly a nice place with tent platforms, a number of kayaks and swimming areas. It was very 【小题2】 (convenience) for us to fish there.

As soon as we reached the best nearby fishing spot, my friend began unloading the baggage, and passed me a fishing pole. There was a piece of red cloth that was attached 【小题3】 it. I positioned the pole in what I considered 【小题4】 (be) the perfect place and attempted to cast (扔) the line in the water. After just a few failed attempts, I finally had it down. Soon a 10-inch bluegill (蓝腮太阳鱼) caught it. Feeling excited but nervous, I thought that I was capable of 【小题5】 (pull) it up though it was quite 【小题6】 (challenge). The water was rather shallow (浅), so the fish wasn’t able to sink down or actually run with the line. Even though it jumped out of the water several times during my struggle with this very first fish, I was still able to hold on patiently.

At this time, my friend began running around the dock like a child madly in search of something. I never realized what that reaction was about until he shouted at me with an excited look on his face, “Hey, man, congratulations to you. You are 【小题7】 (absolute) great. This is the biggest fish that 【小题8】 (catch) by us since half a year ago. ”

I caught a total of six fish that day. Since then, I’ve come to appreciate the magical feeling of casting a line and then waiting, expecting to see the fish that I might meet with at the end of my pole. There are many benefits from fishing beside a lake or a river. It is both an 【小题9】 (recreate) and an entertainment. I am never fed 【小题10】 with such an outdoor activity.

I can still remember the afternoon when we climbed the mountain as if it were yesterday.

It was a sunny day. Eager to spend some time outside, I went up the mountain with my uncle. The mountain was hard   【小题1】(climb) and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end, 【小题2】 (exhaust) and hot, I couldn’t go any further. So we went back down the mountain in the end.

On the way back down, my uncle asked me a question, 【小题3】 left me speechless for a second: “What’s your dream, young lady?”

“I have no idea,” I answered 【小题4】thinking about it for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his story. He didn’t perform well at school when he was a student. Although nobody thought he could succeed, he knew clearly   【小题5】his dream was-----to be a businessman. “I knew I wasn’t gifted when it came to studying, so I tried to buy snacks from a market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to find out which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but 【小题6】 tough life was, he never gave up.

“There is no doubt that a person who puts in a great deal of effort to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to chase your dream,” he said gently.

That night I 【小题7】 hardly fall asleep. I lay in bed tossing and turning, asking myself, “What’s my motivation?”

I once wanted to be a top student, but the hard work needed meant   【小题8】 (put) everything into following my passion. If I find myself lacking willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again by   【小题9】. It made me think: If we don’t experience the climb, how can we get to see the scenery on the top of the mountain? In the end, I reached the top and   【小题10】 (fascinate) by the warm breeze and sunshine. Nothing could be more pleasant than that.

I would like begin with a question. Are you tired 【小题1】 your quiet lifestyle? How about taking up an extreme sport?

You can ride a bike, right? Then you are halfway to becoming a mountain biker. All you have to do 【小题2】 (be) to take your bike off the road and try some hilly areas.

Not 【小题3】 (challenge) enough? Skydivers (跳伞运动员) jump from a plane at a 【小题4】 (high) from 1000 to 4000 metres. There’s no age limit with this sport.

Some adventurers have invented base jumping, in 【小题5】 people jump from tall structures, such as buildings and bridges, with a parachute. Dan Jackson has jumped off The Shard four 【小题6】 (time).

It seems there is no lack of 【小题7】 (imagine) when it comes to risking life to look cool and get the heart beating 【小题8】 (rapid). New extreme sports are created all 【小题9】 time. In the 1990s, Phil created extreme ironing (熨平衣服) — ironing clothes on top of a mountain. He invented this extreme sport 【小题10】 (add) fun to ironing.