At the age of nine, I was taking swimming lessons in a pool. The day had arrived when I was to be tested to see if I could _______ to a higher level class.

Fifteen of us were to _______ swimming from one side of the pool to the other and back. I watched as my _______ , one by one, tried and failed. Then it was my turn to _______ , I mean, my turn to _______ to pass the test. I was about halfway when I got choked (呛住) . I immediately stopped and _______ the side of the pool, ending my test. Our instructor, a college student, was standing _______ me. “Why did you stop?” He yelled, in a less than _______ voice. “I got water in my nose,” I _______ .

That’s when this college student ________ me one of life’s great lessons, ________ he probably never realized that. Bending down, he shouted, “So?”

“So?” The ________ shocked me. It had just seemed ________ to me that the answer to pain was to remove the thing causing the ________ . My nine-year-old brain had not understood the fact that a valuable ________ is worth achieving, however difficult to get there. Recognizing that, I was ________ nothing would keep me from completing the test. In fact, I did it rather ________ at my next attempt. Seeing me ________ the test, almost all the others did so as well.

Life is a journey, and the road won’t ________ be easy. We have to focus on the final destination, not the ________ along the road.

We are all flooded with the thought of having satisfying relationships, which will bring some meaning to our lives and make us happy. ______ , we often forget that true happiness lies within us. In fact, self-love and healthy relationships cannot be ______ .

First and foremost, self-love is the ______ of any healthy relationship. When you know your worth, you know what you are ______ to accept in a relationship and what not. You will know where to draw boundaries (边界) because you value your own opinions. You will have a clear understanding of what are your advantages and what are your ______ .

Besides, self-love plays a very important role in finding the ______ to trouble in relationship. When people truly love themselves, they have a healthier knowledge of everything.

They have more ______ and self-respect to be able to voice their opinions. Self-love also ______ choosing an emotionally healthy partner. When you have higher self-respect, you will probably ______ any unpleasant relationship. You do not settle for less (勉强接受) because you know your strengths and your ______ .

So now you know that self-love and healthy relationships are _____ inseparable. One cannot ______ without the other because they depend on each other for content and growth. They are concerned with your happiness ______ self-love will inspire you to have better boundaries, a healthier understanding of your own self, and higher ability to ______ emotion. Above all, self-love is the foundation of all your healthy relationships. The ______ the foundation is, the easier it is for you to build up healthy relationships.

Old Bernard Baruch.81 years old, is still ambitious. His only reference to the past was that, with great pride in eyes. he_______to rank first in shooting. What makes this man still_______? The answer is his strong_______ to keep being productive.

Two of the hardest things to_______ in this world are to get wealth by honest efforts and, having gained it, to learn how to use it in a proper way. Recently I walked into the locker room(休息室)of a well-known golf club. A dozen middle-aged men were seated at tables drinking heavily and talking _______. Day after day these same men hung out there and each of them had been a man of affairs and wealth,_______ in business and respected in society. However, it seemed that they are too content to be aggressive. They knew that their productivity had _______ gradually. When a fruit tree doesn’t bear its fruit, it is dying. In this way it resembles(类似)man.

What is the _______of a long and happy existence in the world? I think I found it long ago in a passage. The words were few, but had a lasting_______on me: "In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread." The words have been and will always be a great ________ to me. At the end of the road I want to feel that I have fought a good fight and lived to the full.