回顾近代中国历史的时候，我们可以清楚地发现，中国历史上几乎没有任何一个时期可以与这一时期相比较──困惑与希望的交织，污秽与崇高的辉映，黑暗与光明的搏击，构成了中国近代史上波澜壮阔、跌宕起伏而又惊心动魄的历史画卷。请结合所学知识探究下列问题。

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Li Wen is a 16-year-old boy. He works hard and ____  well in school. It is hard to believe that he used to have much ____ in school. His parents moved to the city to look for jobs. ____  they couldn't be at home to 1ook ____ him. From then on. he became less interested in ____to school and missed classes. Then his parents made a ____  to send him to a boarding school. He was shy and had no friends. Life there was difficult for him. One day he told his teacher he wanted to____  the school. His teacher called his parents md advised them to come back and talk with their son in person. Then his parents came back and had a talk with him. This ____changed his life. He realized that his parents would always love him and they would be ____ of everything good that he did. Now he is much____ and more outgoing than he used to be.