When I was a freshman at university, I didn't speak much.I was too afraid of saying something _________. Then I took a class from Tutor Barbara. My mind was _________ by the quality of Barbara's questions. I finally had something to say and the energy to say it—a rocket of _________. In fact,she saw a range of _________,which I had never seen in myself _________ at that time I still knew little about her life.

This changed eventually when I became a_________.I had my son in March 2010. Barbara was one of the first to _________ me. Unluckily,Nine months later,my child was _________ and diagnosed with a terminal illness(绝症). For the next two years，Barbara _________ me regular，sometimes weekly，letters that are loving and kind.

When I began writing about my son in the blog,Barbara __________ to each post.“I'm sending you lots of love and __________ thoughts. Hope you feel it.”she wrote.I did,and I do. The letter written right before my son died,when he was three,was perhaps the most __________. In it Barbara said that she believed my experience of __________a terminally ill child had made me a__________ person.“I think he has made you better by revealing the great fire of your __________.”she wrote.I have never in my life read a more deeply __________ sentence. Our love between us,from __________ mutual respect to a richer, deeper friendship ,had bloomed and __________ gradually.

Tutors are meant to __________ those in their charge out of the chaos,or at least assist them in keeping on asking questions to __________ deeply those difficult and subtle answers.

Every year, the fifth graders at Brookstone Elementary School went on a field trip to Washington, D.C. Terence _______ the exciting trip,and was dying to go the next year.

Terence asked his parents _______ if they would pay for half of the trip if he earned the other half of the money himself. His parents agreed. He had almost a year to earn $150. His first _______ was to earn money by babysitting, and he typed a nice letter _______ that “he would babysit during his neighbor's absence”. He named a few afternoons available and said he would_______$1 per hour per child. After five babysitting _______, he earned $45.

When the _______ weather arrived, Terence knocked on his neighbor's doors to ask if they needed help with _______ work. He helped with mowing (修剪) and weeding gardens. After the summer was over, he earned $75. When the fall arrived, he counted his money and _______ that he still needed $30 for his trip. Soon his mom saw a(n) ________ for a job for him. He got a job delivering newspapers every Wednesday afternoon, ________ 5 cents for every paper, $10 in total each Wednesday. It wasn't long before he had ________ money to go on the trip to Washington, D.C. He was ________ in time.The class trip was on October 15. His mom and dad gave him a check for the $150 they ________ him.What a great feeling! He helped cover the cost of his trip.

This experience ________ Terence in many ways, making his dream a reality with great efforts.

I was only eleven years old but I’d been the best runner, high jumper and long jumper in my school since kindergarten! But the one hundred meter race was the most _________competition for me. Nothing boosted my ego more than my schoolmates_________ me as I sprinted across the finish line.

But the_________news crushed my spirit -- a knee injury meant I might never compete again. It hit me like a knockout punch that left my ears ringing in_________.

The next day I was_________inside, while the other kids were outside running. Mr. Lewis encouraged me to_________my energy into the town poetry contest. Determined to find comfort in this new endeavor, I diligently crafted poems each day,_________ their rhyme and rhythm. But the sadness of being_________from track and field was overwhelming.

One day writing in the classroom, I caught Mr. Lewis_________scolding the boys in the next classroom who were exhausted and desiring to quit. “I’m__________of you boys! At this moment there’s a girl in the next classroom dreaming about competing in track and field! She’d do anything to take your__________, but because of a bad knee, she can’t! You should be embarrassed! You should be happy you can run every day without__________!”

For the first time, I felt__________and appreciated. Mr. Lewis understood how much I’d lost because of the injury. From that day forward, I created my__________with a strong belief that I would win the contest, for me and for Mr. Lewis!

That year, my small town__________my triumph as I claimed first prize. I owed my success to Mr. Lewis, his support fueling my inner fire.