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　　What kind of person becomes an addict? Someone 　　1　　, with a lot of friends; or someone who is 　　2　　 from the rest, with only a few friends, or none at all? The 　　3　　 I am trying to make is that anyone can become an addict．

　　The only way that I 　　4　　 this out was by becoming an addict myself．I used to be a guy who was 　　5　　 in the popular crowd．Right before high school began, I started being 　　6　　 by most of my friends．I had never lived with the 　　7　　 that I had no friends, so I did almost anything to 　　8　　 the two good friends I still had．One of the things I did was 　　9　　 drugs for the first time．This was a big 　　10　　 from the way I lived when I was younger．I was a(n)　　11　　, and the last thing I thought I would get into was drugs．Drugs 　　12　　 me from being the best sports player I could be．

　　I 　　13　　 to smoke drugs after I entered high school because that was what my new "cool" friends were 　　14　　．The next three years were filled with many 　　15　　, I was arrested twice, and lost my license for two years．This made me sad and 　　16　　．

　　I realized I could not live this way; I must stop the 　　17　　 of using drugs．

　　Since then, my 　　18　　 and actions have changed and so has my direction in life．I do see a future in water skiing．　　19　　, I haven't killed my chance in 　　20　　．I know that I must keep a clear head first．Keep Coming Back．It works if you work it．

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　　I take the train into work every morning from a train station near my house．I can get to the station quite 　　1　　 because there’s a short cut(捷径)to the station．But in the summer, it can get quite smelly because of all the 　　2　　．So I always try to 　　3　　 through it．Today I was trying to do so as usual 　　4　　 something made me stop for a moment．I saw the most beautiful 　　5　　 by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white 　　6　　．

　　She was short and 　　7　　 had white hair．She was walking 　　8　　 as each step took some effort．I hadn’t specially noticed her 　　9　　, until she stopped near a rubbish bin．

　　She slowly placed her walking stick 　　10　　 the rubbish bin．Then she leaned(斜倚着)on it with her right hand．She bent down and 　　11　　 the rubbish．She clearly found it 　　12　　 and it took her a while．She 　　13　　 some rubbish with her left hand and slowly straightened herself up again．All the while she used the rubbish bin to 　　14　　 her．She threw the rubbish inside the bin and then 　　15　　 walking．It all took her great effort．

　　There’s so much rubbish and no one ever does 　　16　　 about it．I was moved to 　　17　　 this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it 　　18　　! I haven’t been able to 　　19　　 thinking about that all day．

　　I want to follow her example．I’ve decided to pick up rubbish off the 　　20　　 if I meet from now on．I hope people will do the same as I do．