This year I joined the boxing class. It was an optional class to take, and it was my first _______ from the list. I believed that boxing could _______ my mind from stress and daily problems.

Our first boxing class was exciting. I was _______ to know everything about boxing. Girls learning boxing was a _______ occurrence. I was the only girl in the class. _______ the techniques of boxing wasn’t easy, but I felt happy with the decision I made of choosing the boxing class. After some practices, the boys were improving a lot, and me? Well, I had a hard time seeing the_______

After each practice, there was at least one boy who would say to me, “Oh, you’re too short to box.” What’s more, the boys made a(n) _______ that I would quit soon. I knew they wanted to _______ me and have fun. It was true I didn’t _______ the necessary physical condition to learn boxing. Hearing those ________ could either bring one down, or make one feel ________ to show them they were wrong. In my case, I believed I could show them that being short ________ didn’t limit me from doing things tall people could do. I determined to ________ them with my progress, so I practiced hard. I remembered one particular practice, and my punches (拳) felt stronger and faster. ________, our coach pointed out that I was getting stronger and better. At that time, I knew I had ________ the disadvantage of my height. In the following classes, my performance even ________ the boys.

This experience teaches me that boxing ________ a lot of work and effort. More importantly, it teaches me how to fight and ________ myself both physically and mentally. Hard work can ________ the lack of talent. Short girls can do anything if they have the strength to ________ that people are wrong.

Ahmed was a middle-class businessman and used to go to his office in a car that he had bought seven years ago. Despite being _________ stronger than most of his co-workers, he was _________. Ahmed always wanted more than he had. Whenever he got into his car, he would start finding _________ with it, and drown in self-pity for being so poor.

One weekday, Ahmed left his home to go to his office. It was raining heavily. Ahmed drove _________, for he had to be careful with his _________ car. Then, a man on a motorbike grabbed his _________. The man was _________to keep the bike steady in the thunderstorm. Ahmed was _________ the fact that he was travelling safe and dry in his car. He said to himself, “I’m travelling _________ without getting affected by the rain, while this person is in serious difficulty. I am more __________ than him.”

The day passed quickly. When Ahmed drove back home, the rain had stopped. He saw a homeless man sleeping on the wet sidewalk.

Ahmed remained __________ that night, lost in deep thought. Happiness was around him, yet he always ________ about his life. Neither his car, his house nor status was depressing; what was saddening him was his __________. He knew he had to __________ his thoughts. That day, he __________ an important lesson — happiness comes from optimism!

Do you have any idea how rewarding it is to spread homemade butter on bread? Most of my generation may not know but ask my kids—they think they’re truly _________ the life.

I feel like we took a step “backward” when we bought a cow. How _________ it is to buy milk and butter off the shelf in the store. But I enjoy the _________ back. It adds so much simplicity to our lives. My children will _________ with many memories of a sweet milk cow, fresh butter and bread, and family _________.

Adding a milk cow to our home wasn’t a _________ decision. I knew it would take time and_________, but I haven’t regretted it. My children also haven’t _________ the extra work. We’ve all found so much _________ in this attempt.

My oldest child is __________making butter. It’s something she’s wanted to do with raw milk for years. The kids all take turns churning the milk in the bottle. __________ it’s fully butter, the kids are so __________ to pull the churn off the bottle and glimpse inside. They’ve had even more fun making their own little butters.

Not everyone’s picture of a __________ life is the same. How you raise your kids influences what the next generation will __________ and what type of work ethic (职业道德) they’ll have. Don’t be afraid to take a step back with your family to a __________ life.