I was 18 years old when I lost my father in a car accident in July, 2000.At the end of that summer, I had planned to take an {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(importance)exam to the engineering school. I wanted {#blank#}2{#/blank#} study engineering so much and I was very good {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Maths. My best friend Rob was also going to take the same exam in September. We'd like to imagine that {#blank#}4{#/blank#} we both became engineers, and that we could do many projects together. We knew that the whole world was {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(wait) for us. But that was before my father died. Rob called me from time to time to encourage me to study. I had always said "yes", but deep down in my heart. I knew I stopped {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(believe)in myself. On the day of the exam, I didn't attend the exam.

    But later, I regretted(后悔).I thought no one would care about me after my father died. But at least there was still one person：{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(I).I shouldn't have let the chance pass by. I should have tried. I could not change my father's {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(die), but I could change my attitude. Losing a chance without trying is {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(bad)than losing a loved one.

    Since then, I've grasped each chance to everything that I have, and I {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(get)my master degree in engineering in 2008.

    It is Saturday tomorrow, but I am going to school. I am not going for lessons, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(连词)to play football. I am in our school team and we are going to play {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(介词)another school next week. The practice starts at 10 am. We all arrive as early as we can so that we have time to warm up. We are training harder than usual because the other team {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (beat) us last year. This year we want to do better.

    It is more difficult to practice in winter because the days are short and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (冠词)weather is cold, too. It gets dark earlier, so it is important not to be late for after-school {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (practise).

    Our coach is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (please) because we are playing better as a team now. Last year we were sometimes careless when we passed the ball and we {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (lose) to the other team in the final match. What "pity! This year we are training more {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(careful). That means we have a better chance of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (win). The fan club has fewer people this year. We hope to play well so that we have more fans to watch the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(match). It is good to have our fans around. They cheer us on loudly and we feel more confident to win the game.