When I was 12, I disappeared into my bedroom with my guitar. I had neither musical ________ -many failed music lessons had proved that –nor musical training. My fingers ached as I tried to ________ the strings without making them buzz (发出嗡嗡声).________, I worked my way through 2-, 3- and even5-chord (和弦) songs and discovered the ________ thrill of these musical notes. No one ________ me to do this. I did this myself and of my own free will for a week, and the sense of happiness-true happiness ________ in absorption in something -has stayed with me. Fifty years later, that week’s ________ practice became a model and ________ for almost every meaningful thing I’ve done since. It makes me understand the ________ between achievement and accomplishment (成就).

The world ________ achievement while ignoring accomplishment. The former is the completion of the task imposed (强加) from the outside-the reward being a ________ to the next task. The latter is the end point of an activity we’ve chosen, whose ________ is the sudden rush of happiness.

The seeking of accomplishment always ________ people. I learned so long ago in that ________ week that simply lifting one finger from the guitar’s C chord, you should get the most moving ________. I didn’t know then that it was a major 7th chord, a favorite of some masters’. I just pursued accomplishment. That’s real human “achievement”.

It was a day in late June, grey and depressing, with clouds hanging low. My husband and I were driving to Nova Scotia, Canada, _______ a vacation. We traveled silently, hoping to have a rest and dinner_______ the rain came. Suddenly, on a lonely stretch of highway, the storm struck. It shut us in, making driving _______. We pulled off onto the shoulder of the road and_______.

Then, as though someone had_______ a faucet(水龙头), the storm ended. The thin radiance, like a spray of gold, spread from the clouds. The very road shone, and a _______arched(拱起)across the sky. It was as though this beam of_______ had been built for us alone. We could_______speak for awe(惊叹) and joy.

Most of us have experienced such lighted moments, when we_______ to understand ourselves and the world and, for a single________know the loveliness of living beings.

Here, ________, is the story of a man who remembers the day when he went swimming alone and ________ “the crazy, childish joy with which he played in the water like a fish”. He was so overwhelmed by his great happiness that he shouted again and again with joy.

Apparently almost________ may serve as the motivation(动力) of such a feeling. Whatever the source is, such experiences provide the most ________ moments of life.

Perhaps we're more likely to experience a moment of joy if we can________ there is more to life than we have understood; if we can acknowledge a world greater than our own.

When one of my best friends started making some bad choices, I knew I had to talk to her. Bekah was a_______in some of our school clubs. So when she went out_______ uncontrollably and partying throughout the night on New Year's Eve, I felt, as a friend, that I needed to say something.

When she _______ my house to return the sweater she'd borrowed, I thought_______and spoke up. "I don't want you to think I'm _______ you,“ I said. “But we promised each other if we ever started doing things like this we'd_______ each other of it. ” “You're right,“ Bekah said. "I had a lot of fun that night, and I got too crazy to_______ myself. But even though I knew it was _______, it was also what I wanted to do. " I went on to tell her this was about _______ just her. It was about her duties as a leader. And it was about my________ for a good friend. Bekah said she was thankful to my care,________she had decided this was how she wanted to live her life for now. It was one of the________conversations I’ve ever had, but I knew I was right to talk to her.________I don't think confrontation (对抗)is a good way, sometimes it's just the________ thing to do — that's why I confronted Bekah.

But why did it trouble me? A few ________ : First, Bekah's bad choices shook the belief she had expressed publicly, and she ________ she was wrong. Second, because Bekah was a leader, she had a(n)________to be an example to other students. Third, I knew her very well. In any case, a close ________ is important for any confrontation. Bekah________that I argued with her because I loved her. Love should ________ be the main motivation(动机)for our caring for or helping others.