For the past ten years, my dad and I have attended the same school--- he as an administrator and I as a student. Our relationship, in and out of school, has been totally unpredictable.

When I was younger, all _________ my dad said was doctrine（信条）. We played games together, and stayed up late reading bedtime stories. I could _________ my dad taking me to school, running into him _________ during the day and riding home with him every afternoon.

As I grew older, we were not as _________ as we used to be. He wasn't cool any more .He wore his socks too high, listened to _________ country music and laughed too loudly in front of my friends. He became a total embarrassment.

However, the _________ that occurred in school were even worse. The worst one happened in seventh grade. My dad came to our New Year party, _________ as Donald Duck, guitar in hand, singing silly songs. Just kill me！I wanted to run away.

This _________ continued into high school, but we somehow began to find a balance. Things started to _________ around the time of my 10th-grade physics project. The ____________ was to build a wood bridge with the best strength-to-weight ratio（比率）. All the students and physics teachers____________. So did my dad, the only administrator！ Embarrassed, as usual, I ____________ the scene. ____________, when I learned from my friends that my dad ____________ all competitors and won everyone's admiration, I found that mixed in with my ____________ was a touch of pride.

I had needed someone else to show me what I ____________ in my dad. It wasn't the fact that he'd won；it was more than that. I began to ____________ that we have many of the same values and the same opinions. No matter how much I had tried to ____________ him, he still influenced me.

I feel ____________ to have such an unusual father. The ____________ I have developed with my dad over the years has enabled me to look back and see how I’ve grown.

Looking back, the memory of doctors, nurses and the conclusion of appendicitis (阑尾炎) was still clear. ______, nothing hurt more than three days with appendicitis. After a series of emergencies, I could merely lie ______ and beg my body to stop hurting.

All the ______ acquired from years of swimming was eaten away. Previously, I could swim miles daily. Now it was a(n) ______ to sit up and I couldn’t swim for almost three months.

When I finally returned to the pool, I struggled with my ______ ability. Race after race, I ______ my goals. Every time I ______ to enter the national competitions, I failed by a tiny amount.

Finally, I came to the last event that could ______ me for nationals. This was my last ______ : now or never. After so many failures, I couldn’t help being furious about recent events.

The race started, and I dived in, throwing the pain, ______ and anger I had experienced recently into the pool. My mind focused, self-limitation was ______ and I devoted all my attention and strength to my moves.

When I saw my time, a wave of ______ swept over me. I eventually ______ self-doubt and won what almost ______ from me. Nationals were waiting for me, and by no means would I let anything ______ my advancement.

Stars guide the way for us in the dark. Some are ______, others are dim, but they all shine together as if they’re_____ the ups and downs of life. Among them, I try to find Hazel’s, the heroine of the novel The Fault in Our Stars, written by U.S. author John Green.

Hazel is a 16-year-old girl who has cancer. In her______group, she wins a boy’s love, who has lost a leg and he also has   ____. They fight pain, fear and death together.______their lives are hard, Hazel has a strong will. She never______, and even silently______the happiness of people around her, behind which, I believe, it is the inner spirit that makes her______.

Hazel isn’t______. She quarrels with her parents, like most teenagers. But most of the time, she’s very______, never letting cancer be an excuse to______her life. She regards cancer as a side effect of death, which everyone will______one day. She accepts the fact that “the world is not a wish-granting factory”, so she______every single moment in life, no matter if it’s______or sweet.

That’s______I admire her. I don’t experience the pain and the challenge that Hazel has faced, but______, I come across many difficulties. When I’m in______, I always wonder what I can do about it. If there’s no more mercy I can beg for, then I try to find______in my heart. Hazel has taught me that we should love and appreciate life as it is, forget today’s______, and live life to its fullest.______, tomorrow is another day.