Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? How about those who beautify their selfie (自拍照片) so much that they can’t be _______?There must be one or more who _______ in your social media. No matter what they choose to share, they share the best but the most unreal.

Take my friend Chen. Every time we went to a restaurant, she would not take a _______ until all the dishes we _______ were on the table. Then, she would spend five minutes in setting the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact _______ order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the _______ and click in the filter (滤镜) app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no _______ to really enjoy it—it all went cold. Actually Chen’s real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for _______.

Many people care too much about others’ opinions and try too hard to _______ others. They find it hard to be ________ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their real life on social media. What they are trying to prove is ________ what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any change to reality, as they still ________ the same old pattern of life.

If they really want an elegant life, they should put more ________ into achieving it. Being more confident, ________ themselves and trying their best to be better is much more meaningful than ________ their life on social media.

From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the students’ union. I always ________ my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. I dreamed of being a leader. The years flew by, and soon I was able to take part in the elections, ________ I would win. But the reality struck that I didn’t have a chance. Girls across the school ________ knew me. I just did not have what it ________ to win a school election. ________ I cried in my room that evening, I suddenly took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop dreaming.

What were the points that would work in my favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. I would not allow my plain appearance to ________ me back from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I began my election ________ a whole year in advance.

I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, so I decided that perhaps I could use these ________ to work up to my advantage. In order to learn how to ________ a great election speech, I also ________ a course on effective public speaking.

The day after the election, when the head teacher ________ I won the second highest number of votes, the students ________. Suddenly, I realized that I had ________ much more than I had dreamed of. I had won acceptance and love of my schoolmates and they knew me as somebody who would ________ them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and ________ their day.

As everyone grows, they realize there will always be someone who is better. I learned this _______   in the second year in high school. The shock this experience brought was so great that I felt my _______ was left on the side of the road for dead. That was all it took; one year and one person   _______   everything.

Her name is Jenny. She was the girl who _______ raised her hand and had useful comments about everything. When teachers needed challenging problems answered, they _______ her. And if students needed _______ , they went looking for her. I didn’t _______ her, but I admit her presence annoyed me. In the first year, as a model student, I was the person everyone   _______and all the teachers trusted. Then she came out of _______ ! We also had two classes   ________   . There I got to see what everybody thought of her. When an exam finished, it became a   ________   that she got the top grade and it didn’t ________ to my classmates whether I was right there,   ________   I also got excellent grades. They would cross a desk and ________ her! I was left being denied my presence.________, I felt like not trying anymore.

I stopped trying to put on a show because no one was ________ anymore. Later, I volunteered at the graduation ceremony. She was called to make a(n) ________ and discussed their difficulties. I realized all her hard work got her there, not her desire to ________ . It finally hit me that Jenny ________ the attention she got. She showed me how big the world is and how ________ a world I used to live in. I’ll do my best because I know it will pay off.