When I was twelve, I took part in a six-day hiking with the Scout troop for fifty miles through the mountain in autumn. With a forty-pound pack, we ____ into the mountains. It didn't take me long to realize that this hike was ____ than expected. We couldn’t even stop for a break because the mosquitoes were in our ears, eyes, even our noses! It was better to just keep ____ to stay ahead of them.

When we reached camp I wanted only to have a warm meal and then go to sleep. I cooked some delicious pasta, but knocked over the ____ as I leaned over to grab my fork. I ____ biting some Granola bars and spent the first night ____ my bed at home. The next day, I almost ____. With every step, my ____ seemed to get a new blister. By the late afternoon, I tried to cook some dinner again. ____, the heat of my stove attracted all kinds of bugs which kept ____ in it and getting stuck. I gave up .

At this point, all sorts of ____ raced through my head. My muscles and feet ached and my stomach groaned(响) ____ hunger.  Not wanting others to see me, I wandered off, sat down and ____. After my moments of self-pity, I pulled myself together and wiped away the tears. Well, the evening finally came. I tried to sleep away my ____.

The next morning, we were hiking along a beautiful ridge. The views were amazing! It ____ me at that moment that I had been focusing on the ____ things! I made up my mind that I would focus on what I did want. As if ____, the rest of the trip was ____. When we finished our trip, I came home a bit less of a boy and a bit more of a ____.

All we need to do is simply change our ____ and then life truly becomes colourful.

Carney found her father’s bucket list (遗愿清单) in a brown bag by chance. She looked down at it and _________ to finish it. For Carney, the bucket list was an _________ opportunity to work through her pain caused by her dad’s death and _________ with her dad. It was also a way to keep his spirit _________ in her life.

The first thing she _________ was “Donate money to education in poor areas.” She learned that many students in Georgia had dropped out of school because of _________. She and her husband flew there to _________ them.

On Dec.27,2022, Carney _________ the last task on her dad’s list: “Have five songs _________.” She picked a few of her father’s favorites and recorded them in a __________. While doing that, Carney recalled those fondest memories—his father’s __________ to her before she went to bed at night. She felt like she was singing with father again.

Completing the bucket list enabled Carney to get to __________ her dad in a way she hadn’t had the chance to. It also helped her understand her father’s goals and his __________. In her dairy, she wrote: “It helped me understand my father better, to see him as a human being full of __________. And doing that helped me to understand myself and fell more of a sense of __________ in my life.”

There was a king who loved art very much. One day a(n) ________ came and said, “Please let me ________ a picture on a wall.” The king happened to have a big new hall built. So he ________ the artist to work on one of the walls.

At the same time, another artist came and asked to work on the ________ wall. He promised he would make the same picture as the first artist’s without looking at the first artist’s work. The second artist asked to have a thick curtain ________ between the two walls ________ neither of them could see each other.

The following day they began to work. The first artist brought in a(n) ________ supply of paint, oil, water and so on. The second one came with a ________ and a bucket (桶).

A month later, the first artist’s work was completed, and the second artist said, “My wall is ________ too!”

The king went to ________ the first artist’s wall. He was pleased with it and gave the artist a large amount of money. He then asked people to open the curtain.

________! Each line was exactly the same as that on the opposite wall. The king was quite satisfied and gave him double money. However, he ________ how the second man had made it. “I just wiped the wall with the cloth,” the man said ________. The wall was made of white marble (大理石). He made it shine like a mirror. The reflection (映像) of the first painting ________ up on it!

The ________ is a reflection of you too. If you are sad, the world will be sad. If you are happy, the world will be happy.