Once a night I felt very tired, so without watching TV, I went to bed _______ than before, and soon fell in dreams.

In my dream, I was in a house and I saw a calendar on the wall, I realized that I had come to the _______ 2035. Then I went _______ of the house and ran around the garden. I heard someone calling my name. I turned around and found a girl robot waving to me. She told me that she would be my tour _______ during the trip. “Follow _______ and I will show you around the garden.” She said.

It was a beautiful garden. Spring was coming, I could _______ it in the air with my nose, the flowers began to come out, trees began to turn _______. I could hear the birds singing. How happy I was!

Suddenly I heard my mother’s voice, “Get up soon, _______ you will be late.” I hated, I didn’t like school. I hoped I could go back to the dream.

I’m a schoolboy, I used to be a “problem _______”. However, after my father’s death a few years ago, my life became much more difficult. My mother couldn’t afford to pay __________ my education, she had to work outside, so she couldn’t stay at home all the time. But she tried her best to look __________ me. I was not interested in studying and I often went into trouble with the police. __________, my mother was very patient and didn’t __________ trying to help me.

One day, I told my teacher I wanted to leave school. Then my mother talked with me for a long time. To my surprise, this conversation changed my life. It was exactly what I needed, I understood __________ my mother had cared about me, she also told me she was watching me and would always take __________ in everything good I did.

Now I have really changed. I work hard and do well in all subjects. It’s very important for parents to be there for their children.

In July, I took my kids on holiday to Los Angeles. A month after our trip, a(n) ________ suddenly came to me. Why couldn’t I have a two-week European holiday alone? I once thought, if it did ever happen, it would be when I was ________. At that time, I wouldn’t have to ________ my kids and I would have enough time.

I drove alone across the US before, but I never travelled to other countries. Their ________ weren’t the same as mine. I was worried that I would be unable to communicate with anyone.

________, I soon realized if I wanted to follow my dreams, I had to walk out of my comfort zone (舒适区). If I let fear get in the way, I’d never get anywhere.

Finally, I tried to do it. When I ________ Europe, it was like I was inside a dream. I couldn’t ________ what I was seeing and what I was experiencing.

The best part was the bus ride to Venice. It was nice to ________ quietly and see people riding their bikes to wherever they needed to go through the window.

Some people might ________ it’s not a big deal. Thousands of people visit Europe every day. But it was more than that to me. It was about having a dream and when it was time for it to come true, I wasn’t ________ to let it happen.

I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people ________ I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a different person.

I think my ________ started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my degree and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever ________ to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first term, I was really ________. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried an experiment. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I ________ to help. That was really a big ________ for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of them are, ________ my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new attitude, however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my ________. Every time I came into her room, she was so ________ because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never ________ her, so I took her place. She let me ________ that making others feel good makes me feel good, too. When she died, I was ________, but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much ________ person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not forget these experiences. They have ________ me to care about other people more than about myself. I like ________ I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.