Last summer I went on a two­day river rafting trip with my teenage daughter as the river guide. I was proud to see my baby girl __________ and confidently moving our raft through a variety of   ______ white­water conditions. I also found it________to have my daughter giving commands and barking ______ as to when and how to paddle(用桨划船)．

As we approached the largest ______ on the river I could feel my heart beating faster. Upon ______ the turbulent(湍急的) water, our boat got ________ on a large rock. I was in the front of the boat and reached ______ with my paddle, thinking I would help   ______ us away from the rock. In the next instant I could feel myself falling out of the boat and into the river. I did have my moments of ______ and terror.

This resistance disappeared quickly, ______ I landed in the cold, powerfully turbulent water. ______ my high­quality flotation vest, I was pulled underwater, ______ thankfully, within seconds I popped(冒出) back up to the ______. A few moments later one of the other trip leaders called for me to ______ toward his boat, where I was quickly pulled up and in. I was shaken, out of breath, and quite ______to be out of the turbulent water.

An equivalent of this experience happens all the time in our lives. This is life. You cannot count on things going ______.   When we do, we often ______   disappointed and unhappy. Resisting ______，   which often arrives suddenly and unexpectedly, keeps us from ______   the scenario(可能要发生的事) unfolding before us clearly, and it can keep us from acting in ways that are smart and effective and that lead to results that make us feel good and proud of ourselves.

The story I’m going to tell you happened two years ago when I was in high school in Poland. I came to school early on a sunny day, _______ I felt that there was something wrong. Students of my class were behaving _______.

I noticed that Tom was absent from school that day. Later, I _______ what happened. Tom had got sick and had lung cancer, a very serious disease. It was _______ for my friends and me. I couldn’t believe that this had happened to him. He was so _______ and he was good at sports.

Anyhow he had lung cancer, so he had to have a(n) _______. It was successful. After that, he returned to school and felt very good. Twice a month he went back to the _______ for medical examinations just to make sure that everything was going well.

One day, the doctors noticed that the cancer had _______ to his brain. When I heard this _______, I felt like bursting into tears, “Why does this happen to him? It is not ________.”

A lot of my friends ________ their faith and hope, and they even thought that there was no ________ for him to live, but they were wrong. Tom was eager to live, and he said: “No way, I’m not going to ________. I will fight!”

The doctors performed another operation on his brain. The operation ________ well and now he feels great and everything is fine. From Tom’s ________, I learned that whatever happens in our lives, we can’t give up or lose heart.