For the past ten years, my dad and I have attended the same school — he as an administrator and I as a student. Our relationship, in and out of school, has been totally unpredictable.

When I was younger, all that my dad said was doctrine (信条) and anything he did I, ________, copied. As I grew older, we were not as ________ as we used to be. He wasn’t cool anymore. He listened to ________ country music and laughed to loudly in front of my friends. He became a total embarrassment.

However, the ________ that occurred in school were even worse. This ________ continued into high school, but we somehow began to find a balance. Things started to ________ around the time of my 10th-grade physics project. The ________ was to build a wood bridge with the best strength-to-weight ratio (比率). All the students and physics teachers ________. So did my dad, the only administrator! Embarrassed, as usual, I ________ the scene. ________, later when I learned from my friends that my dad defeated all competitors and won everyone’s admiration, I found that mixed in with my ________ was a touch of pride.

I had needed someone else to show me what I ________ in my dad. It wasn’t the fact that he’d won; it was more than that. I began to ________ many of the same values and sometimes the same opinions that we have.

I feel ________ to have such an unusual father. The ________ I have developed with my dad over the years has enabled me to look back and see how I’ve grown.

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is one of the highest-paid coaches in the NFL. He is often ______ to his late father, Stephen Nickolas Belichick, for ______ him everything he knows about the game and life. In an interview, he ______ mentioned two major lessons he’s learned from his father.

Stephen was the youngest of five children and “grew up in a ______ environment,” Bill spoke with CNBC contributor Suzy Welch. “His father was ______ during the Depression (经济大萧条). Thus two of his brothers had to drop out of school.”

Bill continued, “So his big ______ really was football. He worked his way through college and made a career out of football and ______ here at the Naval Academy.” A child of immigrants himself, Stephen ______ people settling in the US as great examples of ______ and hard work. He often told Bill about how much he ______ the people that came to the country for their ______ and their devotion to the country.

In turn, Stephen instilled (灌输) those ______ in Bill as a child. “So many of those lessons I learned from him ______ those same values,” Bill said.

When it came to his ______, Bill’s father taught him to follow his passion. It is a lesson he has passed on to his own children, all of whom have jobs in ______. His daughter ______ lacrosse (长曲棍球) while his sons work for the New England Patriots. “I’ve told them the ______ thing my father told me: Follow your ______,” Bill said. “If there is something that you love when you are young, don’t do it for money or some other ______; do it because it is what you ______ to do.”

For a long time, a little boy was wondering why his deskmate could rank 1^st in the class whenever he wanted to, while he himself failed to: he only ranked 21^st.

At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more _____than others? I feel I am obedient (听话的) and as careful as him, but _____I always fall behind?” Hearing the words, Mom was aware that her son began to _____the sense of self-respect, which was now being injured by the ranking system. _____at him, she went wordless, not knowing _____to explain.

In another test, the son ranked 17^th, while his deskmate remained 1^st. Back home he ____ the same question. Mom really wanted to inform his son that _____differs, which means that students ranking 1^st are supposed to be cleverer than normal ones. ____, was this discouraging answer the one that her son was constantly _____about? Thank goodness she did not open her mouth.

How to answer her son’s question? There were times when she felt an urge to equivocate (搪塞), “ You are too lazy. You are not as hard working as others…” but she stopped _____imagining her son suffering from the pains of unsatisfied grades and rankings. She thought it _____to put any additional burden on his son and was trying to find out a perfect answer.

Time passing swiftly, the son _____primary school. Despite studying harder and better, he was still unable to keep up with his deskmate. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to _____him to the sea. During the trip, she managed to give an answer.

Now, the son no longer worries about his _____, and there are no boring guys who would inquire his rankings in primary school, because, _____the 1^st ranking, he was admitted to Tsinghua University. Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to _____the students and parents in his high school. In the speech, he mentioned a valuable experience in his childhood, “… When my mother and I were sitting on the _____, she pointed to the front and said, ‘Do you see the sea birds struggling for food over there? When the waves come near, little birds can rise _____while “awkward” seagulls will take more time to complete the process. However, have you noticed birds that finally fly _____the endless ocean are none other than the “awkward” seagulls?’” The speech ______many mothers present to tears, including his mother.