Work ethic(道德) is important. but I didn’t realize this until I grew up although my dad told me a lot about this. In my memory, the biggest ______ he taught me was about how a person should have a strong work ethic.

When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed (修剪) yards during the summer to ______ our pocket money. Dad seemed to be our ______. He told our neighbors about our service and offered a price they could not ____. My brother and I got $10 per yard. I later found out that our friends were charging $20 for the same ______ of work.

Every time we headed out to mow grass, Dad was there to ______. He stood supervising (监督) our work ______ when he could have been inside ______with air conditioning and an icy drink.

One day we were cutting our next-door neighbor’s yard. She always waited ______ the grass was knee-high to call us over. ______, we had an old grass mower. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was ______ and sweaty.

I was just about to cut off the grass mower ______ I saw Dad pointing to one piece of grass. He shouted: “You ______ a piece.”

I frowned, hoping he would let it ______ and let me go home. He kept pointing. So, tired and disappointed, I went back to ______ that piece of grass. I thought to myself: “That one piece isn’t hurting ______. Why does he insist?”

But when I reached adulthood, I understood his ______: When you’re running a business, the work you do ______ a great deal about you. If you want to be seen as an entrepreneur (企业家) with ______, you must deliver a quality product. That single piece of ______ meant the job was not done.

My father was killed in a car accident, My sister and I were really too young to   ________ what was going on, but I knew we missed dad and mum was lonely. Two years later, both of us   ________ her to meet someone new. Then Charles came into my mum’s life and they decided to get married. My sister and I were so   ________ that we were getting a daddy.

That was just the beginning of   ________ years for us. Charles saw us as his own daughters instead of “step” children. My mother was a queen and we were   ________ Daddy was a man that we were so   ________ to call Daddy.

______ we received news that would forever   ________ our lives. Daddy had cancer. But he   ________ complained(抱怨)and was   ________ to get as much out of life as possible. I have never experienced such pain as I did seeing my Daddy   ________ I have also never seen such   ________ shown when he   ________ faced the destiny(命运)with as much humor   and determination as he could gather.

I will never   ________ the day I was spending the morning with him and he had gotten violently   ________. Mom and I were sitting outside the room in case he needed help. All of a Sudden, he began   ________, “Just A Closer walk with Thee. We ran   ________ and were moved to see   ________ facing death, he still had a song in his heart and a smile on his face.

Daddy went to heaven weeks later, with our appreciation for his care and   ________ to the family and our sadness for losing a daddy, not by blood, but by   ________.

I lived in Dallas, Texas nearly all my life with my mom, dad and older sister. We were _____ to respect others, value education, and get all that we could out of life. My parents always say, “_____hard and the world is yours.” They are never without a____ word of advice or a bit of encouragement when life gets tough.

My parents always _____ me to go to college. However, when I _____ at 16 years old that I’d rather get married to a man than go to college, they_____ stopped telling me they loved me and I could do anything I wanted to. _____ , they persuaded me. I graduated from high school and currently _____ the University of Oklahoma studying medicine. I want to make the ____ a better place to live in.

Every time I call home to tell them about a ______   I received in Chemistry Lab or Microeconomics or ______   class it is that I’m working hardest for at the moment, they tell me how ______   of me they are. I know there are college kids out there that have no one to call home to when they get an “A” on a project and I feel incredibly ______ to have my parents.

Don’t get me wrong: We’ve had our share of ______ . I was the angry teenager and they were the awful ______ that wouldn’t let me stay out all night or let me get my tongue pierced(刺穿). But somehow, we ______ to work through those issues. They never ______ loving in me or believing in me．

I ______   everything I am to my parents. Without their constant love and ______   , I wouldn’t believe I can change the world. My parents taught me to always   ______   for what I believe in. So I’m working toward something really great and can only hope I continue to make them proud．