Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases given below. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage according to our textbook.
A at the idea of B possibilities C excitement D denial E surrounded
F instead G contemplate H graduating I screaming J find
As I walk down the familiar routes on campus, I 1_____ myself doing a lot of soul-searching and reminiscing. I find myself wanting to start all over again and recapture the fun and 2_____of my college days. I have been panicking 3_____ graduating. I have been going to school for as long as I can remember, and I feel like there is so much more that I want to learn, but 4_____ I have to graduate. The world is enormous and the 5_____ are endless.
For the past four years I have been 6_____ with a safety net. The student status has been a somewhat comforting feeling, giving me an escape from the realities of the world outside.
With less than two weeks left of school, I.m getting a queasy feeling deep down every time I think about the fact that I.m going to be 7_____. For as long as I can remember, I have been a student. I feel like I.m living in 8_____ about graduating.
Every time I get asked about what I.m going to do after college I feel like 9_____ at the top of my lungs. I don.t know what I want to do with the rest of my life. It.s too difficult to even 10_____ the idea that soon I will be waking up in the mornings and not have a class to which I should be going.
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