You never know where life will lead you. When I was a young boy, I once got water up _________ nose. After that I never wanted to get into the water again. I thought swimming was not for me.

One day, I fell off my skateboard and my leg _________ so badly, and the doctors said I could never really skateboard again. They said swimming was the only exercise that would be good for me.

Well, I gave it a try. Every week, I got a little _________ and hated swimming a little less. I worked at it so much _________ one day my high school swimming coach asked me _________ the school team. You can imagine how that _________ me and my family feel as I was so afraid of water before!

Much _________ everyone’s surprise, I won third place in the city finals. Swimming is a big part of my life now. You never know which road life will take you down. Look at me—a _________!

For this reason, I say: your choice shouldn’t be refused. And remember, life is _________ swimming pool. Jump in __________ start swimming! You may find what you can do surprisingly.

I went to see a film yesterday. It was a ________ one and it made me laugh all the way. In ________ theatre, there were so many people inside. The director of the film was Li An. This one was much ________ than the other films he had directed. I was very happy ________ him at the end of the film. All of us were crying and screaming. We asked for his signature (签名).

He made a speech for us, “If you want to make your dreams ________ true, please work hard instead of ________ in your bed and doing nothing. Just do something you are interested in and go on with it for a long time. All this will help you get success.” He was right. No one can be ________ over one night.

When you spend much time chasing your dream, you ________ it. I have already written my novels for 10 years, ________ I am not famous now. After listening to Li’s speech, I know what I should do now. I will keep writing my novels. I will try ________ my dream come true.

One Friday night, a poor young man stood at the gate of the railway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the hat ________ in front of him.

The next day, the young man came to the gate of the railway station again, and put his hat on the ground. But different ________ what he always did in the past days, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. It said, “Last night, a gentleman ________ George Miller put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come soon, Mr Miller. ”

About half ________ hour later, a middle-aged man ran to the young man in a hurry and said, “It’s you! You do come. I know you are an honest man and will certainly come here. ” The young man asked, “Are you Mr. Miller? Did you lose ________?” “A lottery ticket. ” answered the middle-aged man. The young man then ________ it to the man.

Yesterday when the man knew the fact that his lottery ticket was worth ＄500,000, he was so ________ that he threw the ticket together with the money into the young man’s hat!

Someone asked the young man, “You ________ the violin every day to make a living. Why didn’t you keep the ticket and take the prize for yourself?” The young man said, “________ I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I lose ________, I won’t be happy forever. ”