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[
"abandoned",
"offered",
"required"
]
| But research found that they [MASK] a powerful thirst to succeed. | possessed |
[
"stood",
"stayed",
"fell"
]
| They practiced the piano four hours every day, [MASK] well before school in the morning to practice swimming or running, or spent much time alone (time they could have spent hanging out with friends) working on science projects or painting. | rose |
[
"awake",
"alive",
"alike"
]
| They practiced the piano four hours every day, rose well before school in the morning to practice swimming or running, or spent much time [MASK] (time they could have spent hanging out with friends) working on science projects or painting. | alone |
[
"Teachers",
"Managers",
"Friends"
]
| [MASK] of these extraordinarily thirsty young people helped out, exposing their children to great ideas and influential persons. | Parents |
[
"passing",
"devoting",
"throwing"
]
| Parents of these extraordinarily thirsty young people helped out, [MASK] their children to great ideas and influential persons. | exposing |
[
"ordinary",
"cruel",
"physical"
]
| Many sacrificed to ensure that their children received [MASK] training. | good |
[
"anger",
"worry",
"fortune"
]
| But in the end, it was their children's [MASK] that made the difference. | thirst |
[
"loss",
"salary",
"result"
]
| Your [MASK] in any field you choose, anything you want to be or anything you want to do will depend on your answer to that simple question. | success |
[
"difficult",
"impossible",
"secret"
]
| It can come from inside or outside and can be [MASK] and negative. | positive |
[
"player",
"judge",
"member"
]
| When you say," If I make a hit, we'll win the game and I'll be a [MASK] you challenge yourself to do something and imagine what the reward will be. | hero |
[
"comment",
"salary",
"procedure"
]
| When you say," If I make a hit, we'll win the game and I'll be a hero you challenge yourself to do something and imagine what the [MASK] will be. | reward |
[
"tired",
"confused",
"busy"
]
| You might also say "If I fail in school, I will be [MASK] ." | ashamed |
[
"wisdom",
"practice",
"danger"
]
| Imagining the pain that [MASK] brings is a negative way of motivating yourself. | failure |
[
"mind",
"bottom",
"work"
]
| Sometimes motivation comes from [MASK] Your parents might say," If you do well in school, the whole family will go to Disney World." | outside |
[
"group",
"class",
"school"
]
| Sometimes motivation comes from outside Your parents might say," If you do well in school, the whole [MASK] will go to Disney World." | family |
[
"personal",
"typical",
"similar"
]
| now you have a [MASK] reason to study hard. | powerful |
[
"result",
"image",
"number"
]
| This is the negative [MASK]
The best kind of motivation comes from inside you. | approach |
[
"orders",
"suggestions",
"experiences"
]
| People who have no [MASK] must be told what to do all the time. | goals |
[
"lends",
"brings",
"promises"
]
| When we begin, our master [MASK] us everything. | teaches |
[
"think",
"work",
"listen"
]
| As we progress, the master tells us to [MASK] every day at home- and leaves us on our own! | practice |
[
"disturb",
"visit",
"trust"
]
| The master does not ask in class whether we have practiced and does not [MASK] us if we fail to do so. | punish |
[
"forbids",
"commands",
"permits"
]
| By saying nothing, the master [MASK] us to be grown-up enough to motivate and discipline ourselves. | challenges |
[
"nervous",
"anxious",
"certain"
]
| If we are [MASK] about the arts, we will practice at home and do well in class. | serious |
[
"explain",
"complete",
"report"
]
| Our master will [MASK] this and encourage us to continue. | notice |
[
"sorry",
"famous",
"Grateful"
]
| Soon we will be [MASK] for testing to advance towards the next stage. | ready |
[
"angrily",
"curiously",
"surely"
]
| Not [MASK] , I was nervous, so before getting off the train, I took my phone out of my bag, making sure the address was right. | surprisingly |
[
"and",
"so",
"then"
]
| A short walk later, I reached the subway, [MASK] when I wanted to get money for my ticket, I found that my wallet was gone. | but |
[
"money",
"address",
"pocket"
]
| A short walk later, I reached the subway, but when I wanted to get money for my ticket, I found that my [MASK] was gone. | wallet |
[
"walked",
"ate",
"slept"
]
| Suddenly I realized that I might have lost it when I [MASK] on the train. | phoned |
[
"right",
"wrong",
"yes"
]
| The answer was [MASK] . I was disappointed. | no |
[
"continued",
"attended",
"promised"
]
| I [MASK] to see if any of the passengers had found my wallet. | hurried |
[
"Besides",
"Cheerfully",
"Fortunately"
]
| [MASK] , it seemed that someone had taken it. | Unluckily |
[
"silent",
"happy",
"rude"
]
| I returned to the counter [MASK] . | heartbroken |
[
"should",
"must",
"shall"
]
| Not only [MASK] I miss the interview, but I was trapped into the situation of having no money. | would |
[
"once",
"until",
"before"
]
| I burst into tears [MASK] I explained my situation to Debby. | as |
[
"something",
"that",
"which"
]
| It's [MASK] I have right now." | all |
[
"missed",
"lost",
"died"
]
| After I finished my interview with the $7, I came back to thank her, but she had [MASK] .
I was moved by the woman's kindness. | gone |
[
"better",
"more",
"less"
]
| And just when my day couldn't get [MASK] , I received a call. | worse |
[
"doubt",
"argue",
"bear"
]
| I just want to [MASK] with others that kindness can happen when we least expect it. | share |
[
"like",
"affect",
"admire"
]
| Perhaps you feel you won't [MASK] others
because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than
you. | impress |
[
"idea",
"success",
"purpose"
]
| The [MASK] of doing
well is accepting yourself as you are. | secret |
[
"painful",
"wonderful",
"simple"
]
| When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with [MASK] memories. | private |
[
"works",
"friends",
"neighbors"
]
| Some were painful memories from [MASK] when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure. | childhood |
[
"hid",
"showed",
"noticed"
]
| I [MASK] pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and hatred, as well as things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers. | described |
[
"Until",
"When",
"Since"
]
| [MASK] dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom outside the campus dining hall. | After |
[
"Excited",
"Puzzled",
"Surprised"
]
| [MASK] that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I ran back, but it was gone. | Frightened |
[
"walked",
"searched",
"turned"
]
| Frightened that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I [MASK] back, but it was gone. | ran |
[
"hardly",
"soon",
"seldom"
]
| Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it [MASK] . | again |
[
"looking",
"turning",
"breaking"
]
| A month later, I was 46 [MASK] up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown worn diary, just where I'd left it. | hanging |
[
"new",
"broken",
"similar"
]
| A month later, I was 46 hanging up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown [MASK] diary, just where I'd left it. | worn |
[
"Happily",
"Sadly",
"Excitedly"
]
| [MASK] I read through the pages and found that a stranger had written the following, "God bless you. | Nervously |
[
"friend",
"policeman",
"classmate"
]
| Nervously I read through the pages and found that a [MASK] had written the following, "God bless you. | stranger |
[
"mustn't",
"won't",
"can't"
]
| I'm a lot like you, only I [MASK] keep a diary, and
I'm thankful to know there are others like me. | don't |
[
"sorry",
"curious",
"anxious"
]
| I'm a lot like you, only I don't keep a diary, and
I'm [MASK] to know there are others like me. | thankful |
[
"enjoy",
"remember",
"hate"
]
| I had never thought that any one could know my inner feelings and also [MASK] things
just like the way I did. | feel |
[
"strong",
"pretty",
"clear"
]
| No matter what you are like, whether you're rich or poor, brilliant or [MASK] , attractive or plain,
there are people like you. | average |
[
"insist",
"help",
"balance"
]
| Get rid of your fears of not being good enough, and [MASK] yourself as you are. | accept |
[
"know",
"remember",
"eat"
]
| In the past,people usually believed what newlyborn babies wanted was food and to be kept warm and dry.They thought babies were not able to [MASK] things until they were five or six months old. | learn |
[
"Besides",
"While",
"Therefore"
]
| [MASK] the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first day of life.They say babies are strongly influenced by their environment and one baby will smile if his or her mother does something that the baby likes. | But |
[
"hour",
"month",
"week"
]
| But the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first [MASK] of life.They say babies are strongly influenced by their environment and one baby will smile if his or her mother does something that the baby likes. | day |
[
"accepted",
"disturbed",
"moved"
]
| But the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first day of life.They say babies are strongly [MASK] by their environment and one baby will smile if his or her mother does something that the baby likes. | influenced |
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"cry",
"sing",
"eat"
]
| But the researchers in the United States now believe babies begin learning on their first day of life.They say babies are strongly influenced by their environment and one baby will [MASK] if his or her mother does something that the baby likes. | smile |
[
"annoy",
"love",
"notice"
]
| A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to [MASK] her mother.This is how babies start to learn to connect and communicate with other people.The researchers say this ability to learn exists in a baby even before birth.They also support the idea that newlyborn babies can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they were still developing inside their mothers. | please |
[
"live",
"speak",
"smile"
]
| A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother.This is how babies start to learn to [MASK] and communicate with other people.The researchers say this ability to learn exists in a baby even before birth.They also support the idea that newlyborn babies can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they were still developing inside their mothers. | connect |
[
"disappears",
"informs",
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]
| A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother.This is how babies start to learn to connect and communicate with other people.The researchers say this ability to learn [MASK] in a baby even before birth.They also support the idea that newlyborn babies can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they were still developing inside their mothers. | exists |
[
"infer",
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"instruct"
]
| A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother.This is how babies start to learn to connect and communicate with other people.The researchers say this ability to learn exists in a baby even before birth.They also [MASK] the idea that newlyborn babies can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they were still developing inside their mothers. | support |
[
"realize",
"receive",
"record"
]
| A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother.This is how babies start to learn to connect and communicate with other people.The researchers say this ability to learn exists in a baby even before birth.They also support the idea that newlyborn babies can [MASK] and understand sounds they heard while they were still developing inside their mothers. | recognize |
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"sleeping",
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]
| A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother.This is how babies start to learn to connect and communicate with other people.The researchers say this ability to learn exists in a baby even before birth.They also support the idea that newlyborn babies can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they were still [MASK] inside their mothers. | developing |
[
"helping",
"raising",
"containing"
]
| Recently,an American study [MASK] 112 babies found babies learned better when they were sitting up .The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own,sitting in seats or assisted to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind gesture had what they called a significant effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the brain .One researcher says babies can pay more attention to exploring an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance. | involving |
[
"forced",
"asked",
"mentioned"
]
| Recently,an American study involving 112 babies found babies learned better when they were sitting up .The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own,sitting in seats or [MASK] to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind gesture had what they called a significant effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the brain .One researcher says babies can pay more attention to exploring an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance. | assisted |
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"hobby",
"decoration",
"purpose"
]
| Recently,an American study involving 112 babies found babies learned better when they were sitting up .The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own,sitting in seats or assisted to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind [MASK] had what they called a significant effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the brain .One researcher says babies can pay more attention to exploring an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance. | gesture |
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"negative",
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]
| Recently,an American study involving 112 babies found babies learned better when they were sitting up .The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own,sitting in seats or assisted to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind gesture had what they called a [MASK] effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the brain .One researcher says babies can pay more attention to exploring an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance. | significant |
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"language",
"feeling",
"body"
]
| Recently,an American study involving 112 babies found babies learned better when they were sitting up .The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own,sitting in seats or assisted to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind gesture had what they called a significant effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the [MASK] .One researcher says babies can pay more attention to exploring an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance. | brain |
[
"psychologist",
"mother",
"doctor"
]
| Recently,an American study involving 112 babies found babies learned better when they were sitting up .The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own,sitting in seats or assisted to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind gesture had what they called a significant effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the brain .One [MASK] says babies can pay more attention to exploring an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance. | researcher |
[
"finding",
"feeling",
"discovering"
]
| Recently,an American study involving 112 babies found babies learned better when they were sitting up .The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own,sitting in seats or assisted to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind gesture had what they called a significant effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the brain .One researcher says babies can pay more attention to [MASK] an object if they do not have to be worried about their balance. | exploring |
[
"eager",
"confident",
"curious"
]
| Recently,an American study involving 112 babies found babies learned better when they were sitting up .The babies appeared to learn well whether they were sitting up on their own,sitting in seats or assisted to sit up.The researchers say keeping that kind gesture had what they called a significant effect on the babies' ability to learn about objects.They say the body position may be linked to development in the brain .One researcher says babies can pay more attention to exploring an object if they do not have to be [MASK] about their balance. | worried |
[
"fighting",
"finding",
"deciding"
]
| Our whole family was 36 [MASK] about what to give them as presents. | arguing |
[
"money",
"candies",
"cakes"
]
| They both had asked that we only give them 37 [MASK] and no gifts --they had everything already and just wanted to be with friends and family . | cards |
[
"grandchildren",
"children",
"pets"
]
| They both had asked that we only give them 37 cards and no gifts --they had everything already and just wanted to be with friends and [MASK] . | family |
[
"interesting",
"strange",
"nice"
]
| I couldn't give money, but I wanted to do something 40 [MASK] for them to let them know how proud I am of having them as my grandparents. | special |
[
"fortunate",
"pride",
"happy"
]
| I couldn't give money, but I wanted to do something 40 special for them to let them know how [MASK] I am of having them as my grandparents. | proud |
[
"on",
"by",
"apart"
]
| For this reason I went to my aunt, who they live [MASK] and asked her to give me all the old pictures of them that she could find. | with |
[
"life",
"memories",
"stories"
]
| For this reason I went to my aunt, who they live with and asked her to give me all the old [MASK] of them that she could find. | pictures |
[
"man-made",
"bought",
"prepared"
]
| Then I put together a 44 [MASK] photo album for them, which was 45 filled with lots of loving memories. | hand-made |
[
"carried",
"involved",
"full"
]
| Then I put together a 44 hand-made photo album for them, which was 45 [MASK] with lots of loving memories. | filled |
[
"cards",
"surprises",
"money"
]
| When I gave them the photo album, I told them that I knew they didn't want 46 [MASK] , but I hoped that they would accept just this one. | gifts |
[
"into",
"at",
"up"
]
| As they looked [MASK] it, both of them burst into tears and then 49 shared the book with everyone who was at the party. | through |
[
"laughs",
"smiles",
"cries"
]
| As they looked through it, both of them burst into [MASK] and then 49 shared the book with everyone who was at the party. | tears |
[
"enjoyed",
"passed",
"showed"
]
| As they looked through it, both of them burst into tears and then 49 [MASK] the book with everyone who was at the party. | shared |
[
"praise",
"smile",
"pat"
]
| Later that day, before they left, my grandma gave me a big 50 [MASK] and said, "Thank you for giving us such a wonderful gift. | hug |
[
"still",
"yet",
"simply"
]
| I didn't 51 [MASK] remember some of those pictures! | even |
[
"children",
"family",
"parents"
]
| If you hadn't made the album for us, the photos would still be in that old box, and I wouldn't have been able to share with everyone here just why I love your52 [MASK] so much today." | grandfather |
[
"waste",
"take",
"spend"
]
| It didn't 53 [MASK] me very much --only a little time --but Grandma still show her book off whenever anyone comes to visit and shares the stories behind the pictures. | cost |
[
"carry",
"bring",
"take"
]
| It didn't 53 cost me very much --only a little time --but Grandma still [MASK] her book off whenever anyone comes to visit and shares the stories behind the pictures. | show |
[
"about",
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"in"
]
| It didn't 53 cost me very much --only a little time --but Grandma still show her book off whenever anyone comes to visit and shares the stories [MASK] the pictures. | behind |
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"stood",
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"waved"
]
| When he was driving home one evening on a country road,he saw an old lady on the side of the road.He [MASK] in front of her ear and got out.Even with the smile on his face,she Was worried.He looked poor and hungry.He knew how she
felt.He said,"I am here to help you,madam.Why don't you wait in the ear where it's warm? | stopped |
[
"anxiety",
"surprise",
"sorrow"
]
| When he was driving home one evening on a country road,he saw an old lady on the side of the road.He stopped in front of her ear and got out.Even with the [MASK] on his face,she Was worried.He looked poor and hungry.He knew how she
felt.He said,"I am here to help you,madam.Why don't you wait in the ear where it's warm? | smile |
[
"why",
"what",
"whether"
]
| When he was driving home one evening on a country road,he saw an old lady on the side of the road.He stopped in front of her ear and got out.Even with the smile on his face,she Was worried.He looked poor and hungry.He knew [MASK] she
felt.He said,"I am here to help you,madam.Why don't you wait in the ear where it's warm? | how |
[
"poor",
"round",
"used"
]
| She had a [MASK] tire.Joe crawled under the ear,changed the tire.But he got dirty and
his hands hurt.She could not thank him enough and asked him how much she owed him.He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back,the next time she saw, someone who needed help,she could give that person the assistance they needed. | flat |
[
"excited",
"thirsty",
"satisfied"
]
| She had a flat tire.Joe crawled under the ear,changed the tire.But he got [MASK] and
his hands hurt.She could not thank him enough and asked him how much she owed him.He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back,the next time she saw, someone who needed help,she could give that person the assistance they needed. | dirty |
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