Abraham Lincoln summed up his early years on the frontier in Kentucky and Indiana as "the short and simple history of the poor." Lincoln's earliest recollections (回忆) were of the Kentucky farm where he moved in 1811 with his parents, Thomas and Nancy, and sister, Sarah. On the leased, 30-acre farm, Lincoln's father【C1】________corn and pumpkins on wide fields with rich soil. Stern and often domineering (专横的), Thomas Lincoln put his son to work before he turned 7. Eager to learn, Abraham found few【C2】for schooling in rural Kentucky; instead, he and his sister【C3】ABC schools at irregular intervals—so-called "blab" schools in which students repeated their teacher's oral lessons【C4】. Usually barefoot, Lincoln walked to the one-room schoolhouse, "a little log room about 15 feet square, with a fireplace at one side." In the winter of 1816, when Abraham was 7, the Lincolns moved to a【C5】at Little Pigeon Creek in southern Indiana. "It was a wild region," Lincoln【C6】 , "with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods." Two years later, Nancy Lincoln died in the remote【C7】—the first of Lincoln's many family tragedies. After Nancy's death, domestic duties at the family's one-room cabin【C8】________to 11-year-old Sarah. "Little Abe and his sister Sarah began a depressing life—indeed, one more cheerless and less【C9】________seldom falls to the lot of any child," wrote William Herndon, Lincoln's later law partner and biographer. Through a dismal (凄凉的) winter, the motherless children and their 19-year-old orphan cousin lived in a log cabin without a floor, largely【C10】________from severe weather. In a little more than a year, however, their family circumstances changed dramatically. A) attended B) aloud C) fell D) fueling E) inviting F) immediately G) opportunities H) operations I) planted J) purchased K) recalled L) reach M) settlement N) unprotected O) wilderness

Even though feelings—also known as emotions—are the splashes of colors that make our rather boring daily routine seem compelling, the truth is that most people are emotionally challenged. Some people do not know how to express their feelings. Expressing wrong emotions can leave us drained,【C1】________ , and alone. It can be very easy to get caught up in your【C2】________, especially when you lack the proper way to express them. Most people cannot【C3】________describe a feeling or their emotions, let alone express it healthily. Moreover, so many【C4】are out there about how one should express their mental and emotional thoughts. Some studies say be【C5】 —say it the way you feel. Others say be constructive, thoughtful, mindful, and careful how you react. The truth is that we never take the time to analyze the type of emotions we are feeling before we express them. In other words, we do not【C6】the right energy to the emotions because we have generalized it. For example, there is a deep meaning to emotional sadness. When you are sad, it is【C7】that you are not happy or things are not working the way you【C8】. However, sadness has【C9】 —like disappointment, gloomy, miserable, hopeless, frustrated, or depressed. These are emotions linked to sadness, but we only express being sad for all of them. Yes, I agree that it can be a challenge【C10】________how you feel in the heat of the moment. But if you can show the right emotion, then you will be better for it. A) adequately B) associate C) blunt D) confused E) contradictions F) depth G) deemed H) expected I) expressing J) feelings K) repeatedly L) replicate M) striking N) uncover O) understandable