Do not push yourself too hard

One Friday earlier this school year, all of a sudden it felt like I had pulled a muscle in my back. I knew I was _____. After a few days I stopped eating, which meant I lost ______; the clothes bought two weeks earlier began hanging _____. In addition, I started _____ so less that my eyelids were constantly heavy. My parents got ______. I thought fear wasn’t going to ______my life. Yet, I spent every minute of every day _____ how I was going to get myself out of trouble, and it made me mad.

Then I _____ to accept I was ill. I kept my job working 25 hours a week in a shop; I didn’t ____ any classes. When I was _____, I sucked it up and kept on going. _____ it kills you, it makes you stronger, right?

But now I find myself thinking whether that’s _____ it. I’m taking the classes and writing for the newspaper because it looks _____ on college applications. And I am working 25 hours a week so that, _____ I get into my dream school, I can afford it.

Here I am, already sick from the amount of work. So, what good is a(n) _____ application if I’m dead? What is the ____ of doing this work if I can’t enjoy the results?

____, by writing my story I’m not only _____ that I can’t take it, but I’m telling all the people who are too concerned with the _____ to worry about now. This is my warning: Don’t ______ the high dive if you don’t like the deep end.

1.A. tired B. ill C. sad D. cold

2.A. heart B. chance C. confidence D. weight

3.A. loose B. proper C. regular D. tight

4.A. protecting B. sleeping C. amusing D. observing

5.A. annoyed B. disturbed C. scared D. shocked

6.A. control B. lose C. take D. explore

7.A. noticing B. showing C. answering D. wondering

8.A. refused B. agreed C. determined D. managed

9.A. attend B. choose C. drop D. expect

10.A. leaving B. training C. performing D. hurting

11.A. Since B. If C. Though D. Unless

12.A. unfair B. honest C. worth D. equal

13.A. firm B. good C. curious D. serious

14.A. once B. though C. unless D. whether

15.A. expensive B. impressive C. instructive D. sensitive

16.A. point B. duty C. promise D. action

17.A. In case B. In return C. In fact D. In all

18.A. regretting B. reporting C. desiring D. admitting

19.A. income B. education C. pressure D. future

20.A. cross B. escape C. climb D. avoid

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