题目内容：

Complete the passage by choosing the proper words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. reward       B. ignore      C. unique        D. completed    E. persevering F. solution      G. ride          H. recovery        I. brush         J. challenging

What is your dream? What is the goal that you have set for yourself and are working to achieve? Realizing your dreams is not an easy ___1___.

Last fall I decided to write a new book for my publisher. Writing a book is a __2___ goal, which got off to a terrific start last October. The writing is flowing well. Then I got sick. In fact, I got ill that I needed surgery and the ___3___ was long and exhausting. I did not work from the first week of November until the second week of January. By then I was nervous about meeting the April deadline for submitting the new manuscript to my publisher.

Worried, I asked my author friends for some help, and they gave me this key piece of advice, “Let’s start writing!" they all said. So I did. It was not an immediate ___4___ to my depression, but after a few weeks of ___5___, I got back to normal. Several people in my circle of supporters helped me make some good connections and I got the book ___6___, and to the publisher on time. It was an exciting goal for me to reach, so I took my family to Hawaii as my ___7___.

Sometimes you ___8___ your own dreams because of self-doubt, fear, or external complications. You can think of many different excuses to        ___9___ those dreams aside, but, if you go after your dreams, your world will become more exciting and you will begin to live a more passionate and meaningful life.

So, now, take a minute to write down three goals you want to accomplish this year.