I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from crime and danger of a big city, and where teenagers like me _______leaving to find something bigger and better.

All that _______one summer night. My friend Lisa, Kim and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house. As they kept _______alcohol to me, I was pretty drunk. I asked Tyler to take me home. With some _______, we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. Kim, my friend _______we were five years old, was killed in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Kim, who was clearly more drunk than me, got into her car and _______towards the highway to go home. She was driving on the wrong side of the road and never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see her _______to avoid the car. They hit head on. Kim died immediately, and the driver was thrown _______the truck windshield (挡风玻璃) and died a week later.

Whenever I look back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my _______to drink so much that night, otherwise things would be different. I know Kim made the choice to drink and drive that night, but a part of me will always feel ________for what happened.

I may not change the world with my story, but I do hope that I can make people ________the responsibility that they have to themselves and others by ________it. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours ________. Every choice is like a stone dropped into ________water—each ripple (波纹) represents someone who your choice ________. That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?

Automation (自动化) certainly has its advantages. I am ______ for 24-hour ATMs, the convenience of the Internet, and a cellphone with various services.   ______ I also miss the face-to-face interactions with people that automation has replaced.

Thus, I recently decided to spend a day to achieve all of my goals in a (n) ______ manner. I began by going to the bank. On my arrival, I found I was the only customer. One of the three tellers ______ me from a long-ago visit and warmly greeted me. After I got my money, we talked for a few minutes, sharing ______ about our children. Then I moved on to the post office, where the letter I was sending to Iceland stirred up a (n) ______ comment by an employee, who longed to visit that country. I spent five minutes encouraging him. There followed a visit to the ______ , where I walked past the self-checkout and was welcomed by a cashier, who ______ that for only one penny more I could get an ______ carrot.

That evening I had dinner with a friend and reported my ______ to her. She listened attentively and ______ that I could have banked, ordered stamps, and shopped with my cellphone, and it would have taken ______ an hour. True, but I would have ______ all those kind words and friendly smiles. It was after ______ with the bank teller, the postal employee and the cashier that I felt better as someone took the time to ______ our meeting.

As a dancer competing at national level, I had difficulty forming relationships with other dancers against whom I was competing. I was one of the ______ contestants with only a handful of   friends. Rather than seizing the chance to make friends with dancers from all over the country, I_____the opportunity. I believed the other dancers were much more_______ and accomplished than me.

Miss Michelle, my dance teacher, ______ my lack of confidence and sought to_______me with some advice her dance teacher had given her. She told me, “ When you walk into the room, you are already the _____”.With that lesson, she taught me that half the ______ to become a more confident person was thinking like a confident person.

In addition to my dance instructor, my solo choreographer(编舞老师)Miss Cathy also wanted to make my ______ at the Nationals worthwhile. ______, Miss Cathy couldn’t come with me to Nashville in 2016, due to her pregnancy. She handed me a golden key chain with an inspirational quote —“ Confidence is the Key”. Throughout my Nationals experience, I_______this key chain with me to remind me that I can be successful in anything I want to ________.

I _________ in interacting with almost all the Miss and Mr. contestants during my two weeks in Nashville. By having confidence in myself and in my abilities, I ________away from my Nationals with much more than a crown. The key to my own happiness and personal ________ is having the confidence to welcome________ experiences and develop close________.