Before I went to high school, I was eager to start my new life. I wanted to get into the ___________ of popular students at school, so I bought a new outfit (套装) to present a good image for myself.

On the first day of school, I didn’t know ___________ to have my first class. I was standing in the hall, looking confused, when a short girl wearing glasses ___________ and asked. “Hi, my name is Judy. Are you ___________? Do you want me to help you find your class?” ___________ she seemed not the kind of girl I wanted to make friends with, I told her my name and ___________ her, making polite conversation the whole way.

When we reached classroom, she said, “It was nice ___________ you, I hope your day goes all right.” I said ___________ and waved good-bye.

In the classroom, I saw a big group of students around a girl wearing blue jeans with holes. She was talking about her adventures in summer. I thought this girl was ___________.When the teacher came and told us to have a rest, I managed to get a ____________ next to her, and said, “Hi, my name is April and I’m new here.” She said, “Hi, I’m Ella.”

Once the class was over, I turned to her and asked, “My next class is art. Could you help me find it?” She said “No” ____________ and walked to her friends, Molly and Cindy. I heard her say, “Did you see that new girl trying to get into our group? Her outfit is so strange.” They all looked at me and ____________.

When I was ready to go home, someone came up and said, “Hi, again. How was your first day?” It was ____________. I told her my day was not good. She said she was ____________ and offered to walk me outside.

Walking with Judy made me realize how ____________ it was to try to only make friends with popular people, and how nice it would be to have a friend like her.

I was a medical student. To collect data for my paper, I started visiting patients at Dr. Sardjito Hospital, where I would review the medical records of patients and then _______ them.

One evening, in a ward, I tried my best to “hunt” for the final _______ patients I needed to complete my study. Holding a patient questionnaire, I walked _______ the last patient called Mr. Brown after I communicated with the other two. There were no _______ or friends with him. Even the bed beside him was empty. He was lying in bed, clearly still _______. I sat down on a chair next to his bed, and I introduced myself in a low voice and asked, “_______ I get some information from you?” He agreed. After I finished, I prepared to _______. Before I stood up, Mr. Brown said, “I haven’t seen you here before, doctor. Are you _______?” “Not really, Sir. It’s just that I don’t come here every day.” I replied. Mr. Brown started talking about his sufferings, and talked about his wife, who was killed in a car accident, and _______ he tried his best to live by himself. All I did was to nod my head as a way of showing my sympathy.

Without noticing it, I had begun holding Mr. Brown’s hand. ________ Mr. Brown stopped talking, “I’m very sorry for keeping ________ here to listen to my problems, but I feel better now. I had no one to pour out my ________ to.” Tears fell from the corner of his eyes. I relied to him gently, “It’s OK, Sir. It’s a part of my duty.” I ________ and said goodbye.

A few days later, when I returned to the ward, I discovered Mr. Brown had left the hospital as his ________ had improved.

Mr. Brown taught me the most important lesson a doctor should learn. Sometimes patients do not need expensive ________. They just need someone with the patience and willingness to lend an ear and spare a little of their time.

The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how hard you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ______ not to take the test.”

Many students jumped up to thank the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the remaining students and said, “Does anybody else want to get a B? This is your last ______.” Two more students decided to go.

Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the ______. There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! ______ have just been given an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.

I ______ had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test that any teacher could and should give. Students who do not have ______ in what they have learned are B students at best (充其量).

The same is true in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ______ both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education or from events in their lives, and have become ______ people.

Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you ______ that you have some limits (限制). ______, there is nothing you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(征服) but ourselves.”