1. The following summary of the text will be read three times. When it is read for the first time, try to get the general idea. For the second time, fill in No. 1–8 blanks with the exact words and No. 9–11 blanks with the missing information. For the third time, check your answers. Then share your answers with your class.
　　In 1997 Harvard University’s Commencement address was given by the oldest person ever to receive an undergraduate degree from Harvard.The following is what she expressed.
　　One night a few years ago when I did not return home at the 1) time my daughter was extremely worried. She looked all around until she found out that I was on 2) of the Science Center using the 3) to look at the stars.　I became so 4) and engrossed with learning that I literally lost 5) of time. I love the feeling of learning and use the knowledge I have gained to 6) with the world.
　　Many people ask me what 7) I would give students. This is my advice: knowledge is 8) . I was forced to leave school in the 7th grade due to WWI. I took care of a family, worked in a cotton mill, raised my own family, ran a successful family business and yet, 9) . I decided to return to school to gain more respect and confidence. 10) . Education is and should be 11) . I, just like you, fellow students, have come to realize that the journey is the destination.