Recently an old friend phoned me to ask about the success I had in my life and how I achieved it. He has _________ goals as me: get in shape, get into music more seriously, and be good at Japanese.

I haven’t completely reached my long-term goals yet in any of these 3 things. He thinks that I’ve made some progress on my journey to _________ these goals and I can give him some advice.

We had a nice talk for an hour on the phone and he seemed pretty encouraged. A week went by and he sent me photos of him learning _________ and music. He also trained with the help of a personal fitness coach. He developed the habit of posting (发布) _________ online all of the progress he was making. He was doing great. Every weekend he would post his new progress and I really enjoyed reading it!

Of course, I’ll have to let him know that making progress isn’t _________. He’ll meet some difficulties on the road. However, I’m letting him _________ the new achievements now and will help him out when that time comes.

I’m thankful for him giving me the chance to serve him and give him _________, and I’m thankful to see that he’s spending the time and money to _________ his life. He has even told me how thankful he is with all the recent _________ in his life.

Even if you haven’t reached your goals, it’s good to __________ how far you’ve gone. Be proud of yourself and know how much you can help others achieve the same.

My name is Gina Smith. Gina is my first name and Smith is my last name. I am ________ English student in No.9 Middle School. I live ________ Beijing now with my family. I want to tell you something about my good ________ at school.

The first friend is Jenny and she is twelve years old. She is also in my class. She likes ________ TV at home on Sunday with her families. It is ________ and fun. Her birthday is ________ May 1st. We have an English Day that day. After that, I want to ________ a birthday gift (礼物) for her. And then, we can play ________ at 6 in the afternoon. It’s our favorite sport and we usually watch NBA games on TV.

The ________ one is Tom. Tom has some good habits. He is very ________. He always gets up (起床) at 7 in the morning and ________ a glass of milk, an egg and some bread for breakfast. Sometimes he has some ________ and chicken for lunch and carrots are Tom’s favorite, because he thinks ________ good for his health. He ________ wants to be a football player. He likes to run once (一次) a week—on Wednesday ________ Friday. Now he often watches football games at the Qatar (卡塔尔) World Cup in his free time.