The sound of the rain hitting the windows wakes me up and it sound just exactly as it did 15 years ago, which reminded me of my girlhood.

It was my second day of ______ and it was raining heavily. I could not ______ the habit I had at home , so I fell asleep right at my ______. I woke up to find myself not in the classroom but carried on Dad’s back. We were ______ home. It was the last time I felt ______ to him.

After that, he never carried me or hugged me as other fathers did to their children. I was not bothered much by this ______. I was proud of it, for I felt ______ and “grown up.” However, there were times when I felt depressed by not having sought ______ from him.

One day, I was writing Chinese characters as homework. I hated doing this more than anything. Dad came and stood behind me for a moment, ______ me scratching (乱吐，勾抹) the paper. Then he said,“This kind of writing needs ______.Your writing is not strong enough. Press harder.”

I follow his ______ for the next two words, but ______ I could see little improvement, I followed my own method-the ______ way. His advice did not improve my writing but our _______. As I grew older, I found out that he had finished his ______ in Grade 6, which was the highest grade in town then, so he was considered to be a ______. People used to ask him to write something to put on the walls, but he never felt very useful.

He often said to me, “As you can see, this family is going to count on you. We are ______ to improve you anything for your future .Your have to get ______ to change the life for yourself.”

As a result of his ______, I have ______ it through high school and through college.

When my mom came home from the hospital with twins, I was excited at the very beginning. I couldn’t _________ to play with them and be the best big sister ever.

Everyone was coming over to our house to hold the babies and _________ presents to the babies and talk nonstop how _________ the babies were. Then they’d pull out their cameras, and just ___________I was about to say “cheese”, they’d run over to my perfectly perfect little brothers and take _________ of them. At that time I was thinking, “Why can’t I be little again so I can be the one getting all the _________?”

When my aunt Camille got _________, my mom spent forever finding the perfect clothes for them. On the day of the _________, my twin brothers had the cutest and prettiest clothes. And then there was me, just sitting and watching in my _________ dress.

During the ceremony, all I __________ was how sweet and lovely the twins were.

I definitely __________ that they were wonderful, but I couldn’t help feeling __________ and invisible (看不见的).

There was a big __________ after the wedding. Aunt Camille and her nice new __________ had the first dance, and then everyone started __________ like crazy including me. I __________ my uncomfortable dress shoes, and I danced and danced and danced! It __________ one of the most fun times I’ve had in my entire life.

The very __________ part was when my aunt and I took my twin brothers by the hands and __________them some dance moves. Teaching them was such a cool thing. I __________ then what a huge waste of time feeling jealous is when you can kick off your shoes and enjoy life!

Days after Argentina canceled international passenger flights to protect the country from the new coronavirus, Ballestero began his journey home. He _______ aboard his small sailboat for what turned out to be an 85-day difficult _______ across the Atlantic.

Ballestero could have stayed put on the tiny Portuguese island, but the idea of _______ what he thought could be "the end of the world" away from his family, especially his father who was soon to turn 90, was _______. So he set sail in Mid-March after _______ his 29-foot sailboat.

"I didn't want to stay like a coward（懦夫）on an island where there were no _______," Ballestero said. "I'll do everything possible to be with my _______."

Friends tried to persuade him to _______ the adventurous journey, and the authorities in Portugal _______ him he might not be allowed to re-enter. But he was _______. "I bought myself a one-way ticket and there was no going back," he stated.

Sailing can be a lonely passion, and it was _______ so on this voyage for Ballestero, who each night turned in to the _______ on a radio for 30 minutes to _______ how the virus was spreading across the globe. "I kept wondering whether this would be my _______ trip," he said.

When he _______ it to his native Mar del Plata on June 17^th, he was surprised by the hero's welcome he _______. On the dock（码头）, a medical professional administered a(an) _______ for COVID-19. Within 72 hours, after the result came back negative, he was _______ to set foot on Argentine soil.

While he didn't get to _______ his father's 90^th birthday in May, he did arrive home _______ for Father's Day.