When I was in 9th grade, my family moved to Germany. I usually didn’t talk to people because I was not _________ in the new language-German. In class, I didn’t _________ and always chose to shut my _________ because I also was not very confident to speak in front of everyone.

One day, my school held a basketball game in the _________. I didn’t take part in it _________. I just watched everyone play. They were all having so much _________ and enjoying the wonderful moment. _________, I am very interested in playing basketball and can play it well. So while _________ them play, I was very jealous（嫉妒的）and eager to join. I said to myself, “I can’t just _________ on the seat of the stadium”. This __________ pushed me to step out of my comfort zone. I __________ and directly joined them, playing happily. After that my life changed. I made a lot of __________. In class, I also changed my __________ and I was active in every discussion because I’ve gained more __________. I joined the sports club. I become more __________ to come to school every day to see my friends.

Everybody may just want to stay in the comfort zone. However, when you get out of your comfort zone, you will be able to __________ things that you thought you couldn’t. You will __________ something new about yourself that you didn’t even know before. You will develop more __________ with others. You will become more positive about life. Lastly, it will __________ your confidence. And that is the greatest thing that actually ever happened to me. It’s a（n）__________ feeling being out of my comfort zone.

“Dear students, school will start next week. Tomorrow morning, everyone can sign up voluntarily to clean up and welcome the new term with a clean environment,” the head teacher said in our WeChat group. I didn’t _________ to sign up, because I hadn’t seen my classmates for four months. I wanted to do something for them.

The next morning, I took buckets (桶), cleaning powder and other _________. After a(n)_________ COVID testing routine, I entered the school gate. The campus was full of vitality (生机). In the early summer campus, the tall trees were luxuriant (茂盛的), the air was filled with the light fragrance of flowers, and the _________ grassland had been paved into a green _________.

When I stepped into the classroom, a person _________ me face-to-face. Although he was wearing a mask, I _________ him as head teacher at a glance. He smiled and gave me a warm hug. Then, the other students in the class also arrived one after another. It had been a long _________, and we were very happy to meet again. We smiled and clapped.

Then we _________ tasks and put our enthusiasm into cleaning up the classroom. Some students wiped the blackboard and took out rubbish, and others swept the floor or __________ the tables and chairs. Everything was being put in perfect order. I wiped the glass up and down several times with a piece of __________. The students from the other class also joined our team, helping us to __________ water and mop the floor. Although it was hard, no one __________. Sweat __________ made everyone’s clothes wet, but two hours later, when everyone saw the classroom clean and bright again, we all laughed happily.

Although we’ve experienced many challenges during the pandemic, there is still constant __________ between teachers and students. As long as we work together, we will be able to overcome all kinds of difficulties in the warm family of our school.

It was a sunny winter day. I had gone down the tower when a blind man _________ toward me. He kept close to the wall, touching it lightly with _________ arm. I stood still and looked at him _________ toward the ticket office. “What does a blind man want to climb up the _________ for?” I wondered, “Not the view certainly, perhaps he wants to jump.” Thinking of this _________ reason, I thought I should follow him. He went up _________ and stopped at times. I _________ him a few steps behind. _________ he got to the first corner of the bell tower, I approached him. “Excuse me,” I said as politely as I could, “but I am very _________ to know why you came up.”

“You’d never __________.” he said.

“Tell me, then.”

He smiled. “Perhaps climbing up the tower, you have noticed—and yet, not being blind, perhaps you won’t – how the sun __________ into the tower through the windows here and there, so one can __________ the cool steps suddenly become quite warm, even in __________. But behind the wall there is shade. There is no place so good as this for feeling the contrast (对比) __________ light and darkness. __________ I’m blind, I also want to feel the happiness __________ by the sunlight. In fact, it isn’t my first time to be here.” He said and seemed as __________ as a child.

I had never thought that even a __________ man could have his way to enjoy the beautiful life. But we often paid no attention to its __________ because we never lost it. We went down the tower __________ and I left him. From then on, I began to treasure what life has given me.