I walked to the park after school and sat under a tree. I pulled my sketchbook（素描册）and colored pencils from my school bag and looked around for ideas. I turned my________ to the girls who were playing nearby and began sketching. After I had drawn the outline（轮廓）of the girls, a shadow fell across my sketchbook. The shadow was a boy, who was surveying my drawing over my shoulder. I was embarrassed and ________my sketchbook.

"No offence（冒犯）,"the boy laughed, pulling his sketchbook out of his school bag and ________it to me."Want to look at my drawings?" ________, I exchanged my sketchbook with his. I was really _________with his drawings of nature. Trees, leaves, rocks and rivers were done with great details."You are so ________!" I said," What's your name?" "Kenyi Thompson. My family just moved here." He replied. Kenyi sat down next to me. While looking at my drawings, Kenyi said, "You are also talented. I really ________with drawing people, but you make it look easy."I have a great idea!" I declared." Let's make drawings together! You can draw ________ on one sheet of paper while I draw the people on another. Then we'll ________and finish each other's drawings. That way, both drawings would display our talents."

About an hour later, we ________our drawings. Our drawings combined our talents with a new friendship, which I believe would last forever.

A famous philosopher said, “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” Traveling can provide different experiences and _________ our horizons.

Last year, I enrolled in a summer vocal (唱歌)institute at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in New Jersey, US. There, I truly experienced the kindness and warmth of people all over the world _________ their skin color, language or nationality.

As a _________ who knew little about the place, I worried and was extremely cautious about everything. I didn’t dare to talk with anyone. _________, with the help of others I got over my embarrassment. I remembered that when, I first _________ the classroom, the students gave me a genuine(真诚的)welcome. I began to _________.

Later, they even held a party for me, which also showed their _________. They talked about various topics _________ China, such as the Great Wall, kung fu, the giant panda and Chinese cuisine. I was surprised to find that they possessed great _________ about Chinese culture. The more we __________, the more relaxed and confident I became. I felt at home with the __________ topics.

Maybe it was the inspiring atmosphere or the fact that I wanted them to know more about China that __________ me to sing Chinese songs for them. With their applause, I realized that it was a __________ beginning of my time in a foreign country.

Apart from their warmth, their __________ music impressed me a lot: Whenever you went to the studio, you would find someone playing a musical instrument or singing. It was like entering a world of music. Music was a(n) __________   theme for them. They loved it and __________ every chance to play it. In such a purely musical __________, my own attachment to music became even __________. I played music more often and exchanged ideas with everyone who was interested in. I fell completely in love with music.

Time flew. __________ I knew it, the visit was over. But it was an extraordinary experience. It taught me to be more open-minded and more __________ about my culture. In the future, I will explore and embrace this world bravely as well as enjoy the further study in music.

When I was in the seventh and eighth grade, I had to face one of my greatest fears—rejection (拒绝) by friends. It was a time when three of the most important _______ that my parents had taught me throughout my life came into use. My classmates put my sense of loyalty, friendship, and _______to the test.

Our class consisted of 31 students who had _______each other since the first grade. In junior high, most of us had chosen groups of friends that we _______ to hang out with during our free time. I soon found that the majority of our _______began to make fun of my best friend and spread what weren't true around the rest of the school. I didn't want to have the same people _______ me, but I knew that I couldn't just sit back and let my best friend deal with this_______ .

Every day I would think about my_______ , knowing that he was getting more and more_______   as time went by. I soon decided to talk to my mother about it, since she is ________ a second mother to my friend. Her advice was to be ________and remain loyal(忠诚) to him. She told me that ________is one of the most important things in life that helps a person ________. My mother told me to have courage and ________ for my friend, even if it meant risking my own ________.

I took her advice and ________it for all that it was worth. ________I did receive rejection from my classmates, I don’t________my decision. I told my friend that I would always be there for him, through “thick and thin”. Using the values (价值观) my parents________me, I not only stood up for what I believed in, but I became even ________with my best friend because of it.