When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant beating out Miller King, who was the best ________ at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for ________ .

Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from ________. He looked very pale, but he didn’t cry.

That season, I ________ all of Miller’s records while he ________ the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, ________ I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame(责备) for Miller’s ________ .

One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller in trouble going over a fence—which wasn’t ________ to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept help from. But even that challenge he accepted. I ________ him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally ________ on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did ________ .Thank you for doing the job for ________ .”

His words freed me from my bad ________ . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was ________ ahead of me. I was right to have respected him. From that day on, I grew ________ and a little more real.

Few 17-year-old girls know how to weld (焊接)two metal pipes together. I have learned this skill in the past five years as a(n) _____for my father’s personal plumbing (管道装置) business.This summer job often needs to deal with the mess that causes physical and mental ___     ,and, to some extent,   ___   a tough and elegant attitude. It is often difficult to cope with. But I ____

Every morning, I have to put on a pair of men's jeans Most of my peers are   ___ to wear it in public. I   ___ tied my hair when I rushed out of the house, and _____   into the front passenger seat of the plumber's construction vehicle.

When my peers were part-time babysitters or lifeguards, I was helping my father in the dirty bathroom or the _____ basement. Thick dust   ___my nose and mouth, and my hands became black. There is nothing beautiful and neat; every thing in front of you is __

Honestly speaking, I felt_______, discouraged and unable to think hard Pipe work is a tough job, and I sometimes hate it. I asked myself why I had to_____these dust and sweat. I can even find another job, a ______job more like my peers.

__,   just like I hate messy pipes, I also hate being affected by these little   ___ emotions After all, the world is built by people who are willing to get their hands ___. Life is a process of     ___ chaos and learning to clean up, and pipeline work is no ___.

My dad and I not only create chaos, we also create_____. When customers are ____   for our work, I understand that we have brought order to their lives in small places. The physical and mental discomfort of plumbing work is worth it.

A large cat arrived at a farm where many mice lived. None of them dared go outside for fear of being   _________by the cat.

The mice decided to hold a _________ to find a way of stopping themselves from being in _________.One day，when the cat was out，mice of all ages _________ into the meeting room.

"Let's build a big trap，"one mouse _________.When this idea was _________，another said，"What about poisoning（毒死）her？"But _________ knew where to buy the poison. One young mouse，whose mother had become the cat's food，_________ said，"Let's cut her teeth，so she can do no more harm." But the meeting did not accept his _________.

At last，one mouse，__________than the rest，jumped onto a table. Waving a bell，he called for __________，"Be quiet！Let's __________ this bell to the cat's tail，so we'll always know where she is！We'll have __________ to escape，and the slower and weaker mice will hear her coming and be able to __________！"Hearing the words，everyone got __________ and they congratulated him on his good idea.

"We'll tie it so tightly（牢固地）that it will never __________！"

"She' ll never be able to __________ quietly again! The other day, she suddenly appeared right in front of me! Just imagine..."

However, the wise mouse said, "We must __________ who is going to tie it to her tail." There was not a sound in the room. Nobody was __________ enough to put the plan into action. The meeting ended without any decision made.

It's often very __________ to have bright ideas, but putting them into practice is a more difficult matter.