“How did you do it, Dad? How have you   ______   not to take a drink for almost 20 years？” It took me almost 20 years to have the   _____   to even ask my father this very _____ question. When Dad first _____ drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles ______ he got into a situation that, in the past, would have started him drinking again. For a few years we were ______ to bring it up for fear that the drinking would begin again.

“I had this little _____ that I would recite to myself ______ four to five times a day.” was Dad's _____ to my 18 year old unasked question. “The ______ were an instant relief and constant reminder to me that things were never so _____ that I could not handle them，” Dad said. And then he ______ the poem with me. The poem's simple, yet profound (深奥的) words   ______   became part of my daily routine as well.

About a month after this talk with my father, I _____ a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of affirmations(断言)with one affirmation listed for each ______ of the year.

I ______ opened the book to the page of my birthday to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. ______ of disbelief and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the _____ poem that had helped my ______ for all these years! It is called The Serenity Prayer.

God, give me the serenity (平静)to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to ______ the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The bell rang. My English teacher, Mrs. Smith, stood in the front of the classroom, raising a book high. “This week, we’re going to _______ Shakespeare’s Hamlet. You are going to read a paragraph, ‘To Be or Not To Be’ and retell it to your classmates,” she said.

I looked down as her words played over and over in my mind. I could remember all the words, but I was worried about my _______: “To B-B-Be or N-N-Not To B-B-B-Be”. I couldn’t read the sentences fluently. I didn’t want to be _______.

I wanted to do something to change it. I came up with a good _______ to solve my problem. I thought about the words I was about to _______ and practised many times at home. I _______ myself into Hamlet and spoke the _______ with my mom. We laughed when I forgot words and cheered when I spoke _______. My mom told me to keep eye contact and believe in myself.

On the day when I was going to _________, I breathed deeply and stood up. I faced my teacher and classmates ________. I started to speak. The words came out shaky at first. Then, I spoke them ________ and stronger. On the stage, I ________ myself saying the words to my mom at home. I stayed ________ and stood tall. Before I knew it, my task was over. Everyone clapped for me and I bowed. I was excited and ________ because I faced my fear and won the ________ myself.

More than five million American children and teens have been diagnosed with attention Deficit /hyperactivity Disorder, a condition that makes it difficult-if not _________ to focus and complete the tasks. When Katherine Ellision found herself shouting at her son_________ to shut up, she didn’t know that he had ADHD, nor that she bad it too. Together they_________ a year- long search to understand the disorder, investigating and trying different _________ Ellison recorded their Experiences in a new book, Buzz: a year of paying attention.

Buzz Ellision had many problems I elementary school. He couldn’t sit _________, and was constantly jumping up and down in class, not focusing on the task_________, not paying attention to his teachers._________,   his mother Katherine Ellision says, he was always in trouble.

Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist says she didn’t understand why her son behaved like that, and admits, her behavior was also_________ the situation.

“I was making things worse often by being anxious or being _________ or not understanding him. I realized at some point that I really hadn't hugged him in a while. I wasn’t smiling when he came into the room because we were having such a hard time, __________ Ellison.

“It was a great relief to actually get a diagnosis, because I had spent a lifetime really wondering what was__________ and why I seem to be different from so many other people I knew. "Ellison and Buzz decided to work together to deal with their disorder and write a book about their experience.

“ My son and I started out by writing a contract together, which was terrific because it changed the__________ from being a shameful problem that we had to a joint business project, " explained Ellison. "I also knew that he would__________ with me. He wanted a percentage of the __________ from the book. I was willing to do that because all of a sudden, we’re__________ rather than enemies.”