I was sent to the Coronado National Forest for my first 8-day（7）______.We had to（8）______everything we needed and walk three miles to where we worked.It may not seem like a（9）______way but in 35℃ heat and with a heavy pack，my legs were on fire. My job was to（10）______ a stairway out of rock.This（11）______climbing up and down the side of a mountain inhabited（栖息）by mountain lions，although I should say they were only heard，never（12）______. Three days later，a beautiful stairway came into being.The（13）______ of knowing that my（14）______ will be on that mountainside for years to come is massive. But on the last night we were（15）______ in a thunderstorm.I woke up at midnight to find a swimming pool in my tent.The temperature was close to（16）______.I had to spend the rest of the night trembling in the only（17）______ part of my tent. （18）______，I suffered a lot.But I know whatever I have to face in my life I was there and I（19）______.I think I am much（20）______ for having taken part in the project.（1）

Last year I decided to do some volunteer work.I began to（1）______on the Internet and discovered Volunteer USA.Three months later I（2）______ myself on a plane to Phoenix，Arizona.I was（3）______ at the thought of living with loads of new people for three months.However，within fifteen minutes of（4）______，my worries had gone.Everyone was so（5）______and like-minded that it was very（6）______to feel at home.
    I was sent to the Coronado National Forest for my first 8-day（7）______.We had to（8）______everything we needed and walk three miles to where we worked.It may not seem like a（9）______way but in 35℃ heat and with a heavy pack，my legs were on fire.
    My job was to（10）______ a stairway out of rock.This（11）______climbing up and down the side of a mountain inhabited（栖息）by mountain lions，although I should say they were only heard，never（12）______.
    Three days later，a beautiful stairway came into being.The（13）______ of knowing that my（14）______ will be on that mountainside for years to come is massive.
    But on the last night we were（15）______ in a thunderstorm.I woke up at midnight to find a swimming pool in my tent.The temperature was close to（16）______.I had to spend the rest of the night trembling in the only（17）______ part of my tent.
    （18）______，I suffered a lot.But I know whatever I have to face in my life I was there and I（19）______.I think I am much（20）______ for having taken part in the project.