【推荐1】My dear grandmother passed away 18 years ago. However, I still _______ her every single day. She is such a(n) _______ part of my life. My Mom, Dad, brothers and I lived in her old house for most of my _______. And when I close my eyes and open my heart, I could see her _______ face. I could hear her say “HELLO” in a high _______, as I opened the door after school. And then she would open her _______ to give me a big hug and kiss. And when she _______ me, I could feel the love and joy coming from her _______ into mine.

I thought I _______ everything about my “Nana” but ________ I am still learning more about her even today. Just yesterday a(n) ________ family friend stopped to talk to me at the local post office. She told me what happened once when she ________ my Nana when I was still a little boy. They were ________ around the dining -table, chatting. Our ________ noticed the lovely earrings my Nana was ________. She told Nana how much she liked them and asked if Nana could ________ them to her in her will. Without a second ________ my sweet Nana took them off and gave them to her on the spot.

After our friend left, I stood there for a few minutes in ________. I had never known this and as far as I could tell, Nana never ________ it to anyone. That was just like her. She may have been excited and temperamental (喜怒无常的) at times but she was the person who loved others deeply and she ________ freely. She lives in my heart forever.

【推荐1】I was getting ready for bed when the telephone rang unexpectedly. My mind quickly ran through the _________ of family members, but the voice on the other end of the line was only vaguely familiar. “Lindy, this is Leslie," she said. I didn't know Leslie very well, so I was a little _________ that she would be calling me at 11:30 pm. I was afraid that it would be something really awful to cause her to _________ someone she barely knew. However, she asked me a most _________ question. “Do you have any _________ for a turkey in your freezer?" she asked. “Sure," I responded, feeling quite confused. “I will _________ when I get to your house," Leslie replied.

We quickly _________ blue jeans from our night clothes and prepared to meet her outside so that the _________ wouldn't wake up our four children. Leslie and her husband came in a huge freezer truck. She explained that her husband _________ a small grocery store that had just lost its lease (租约).Before __________ they had to empty all the freezers. She thought it was a __________ to just throw all this food away so she began to go through her list of acquaintances, who she thought might show a(n) __________ to take it. Ours was the last place they planned to stop and anything __________ would have to be dumped.

Still not fully understood what had just occurred, I asked her, “When will you be coming back for all this?" Leslie replied, “It is yours! We have been __________ food since 5 : 00 pm and have exhausted our list of contacts. Thanks a lot for helping us out. ”

It has been a long time since Leslie gave me the call. I admit that I'm still afraid of late night calls, assuming the worst, ________ then I remember that summer night when an acquaintance called me to send me turkeys.

【推荐2】Every summer, my parents, my six-year-old brother and I go to stay in a small house by a lake. I like to________ sandcastles (沙雕城堡) on the beach, or throw stones across the water.

On 15 July this year, I was crawling (爬行) along the shore of the lake on my arms and knees,________stones to throw, when my hand and knee felt________long and hard________in the sand. I pulled it out and saw that it was different from the sticks or rocks I found. One end had a point, and the other had a handle, so I pointed it up to the sky and________, “Daddy, I’ve found a sword”!

I felt like a soldier in ancient times. When Daddy________it to an archaeologist (考古学家), she said it was at least 1,000 years old. _________, they now think it’s 1,500 years old.

This month, the archaeologists finally came to ________the rest of the lake and they found a brooch (胸针) that is as________as my sword, and a coin from the 18th century. Then they________the news and I could finally tell everyone at school. I had to give the sword to the local________. Daddy explained that it’s part of___________and it’s important to share it with others.

Now, ________I go swimming in the lake, I will be looking to see ________I can find. It feels like that lake might be a little bit magic. On that day I felt a little bit magic,________.

【推荐1】When Mrs. Delgado asked her daughter Sonia to bring blueberry muffins (松饼) to a sick neighbor, Sonia ______. But when Sonia ______ who the neighbor was, she was not so sure. The neighbor’s name was Mrs. Craverham, and ______ in the neighborhood said she was the most ______ person who ever lived.

Sonia walked up the path to Mrs. Craverham’s. She did not like the ______ of anyone being sick and alone, but what if the kids were ______? A girl in Sonia’s science class said that Mrs. Craverham had poked (戳) her ______ a stick last Halloween. Sometimes there were loud ______ heard coming from inside. And a boy in Sonia’s math class said Mrs. Craverham had hung him upside down and ______ him yellow when he accidentally ______ a soccer ball into her yard. Anyway, Sonia ______ to be brave.

Finally Sonia knocked on the door. After a few ______, Mrs. Craverham answered the door and ______ with impatience, “Who are you? What are you doing here?”

Sonia said, “My mother heard you were ______. She cooked muffins for you.”

Mrs. Craverham felt ______. “My, that’s sweet. I’m sorry if I ______ impolite, but young people ______ dare each other to come to my door because they think I’m going to do something to them.______ I answer the door, they run off and laugh ______.”

Suddenly, Sonia heard a loud cry. Mrs. Craverham ______ as Sonia jumped. “Oh, that’s just Norbert, my parrot. He’s watched too many violent movies—like you, I think!”

【推荐3】Ten years ago, my mom gave me a fancy blood pressure monitor. I had high blood pressure and she wanted to make sure I was always _______ it. Being in my early twenties, this situation should have _______ me, but it didn’t; I had long been _______ from nameless anxiety and stress. After a decade long _______, my blood pressure could finally be controlled. Through lots of meditation(冥想), exercise, and diets, I’ve slowly _______ from it in the last few years.

I’m happy that I no longer _______ my blood pressure monitor. My mom is _______ and doesn’t need it, but I know she _______ a large amount of money on it when her _______ was not the best. I decided to put it up for ________ online, and a woman ________, saying she wanted to buy it shortly after I posted it. I went to a coffee shop and ________ her, along with her mother. Neither of them were in the best of health.

She carefully took out some ________ from her wallet to pay me, and it ________ me that I could not let her pay me. I had a smile card ________ in my wallet; I slipped it in the bag and told her “Here, just take it.” She was ________ and tried to hand me the money again. I again insisted that she take it. She was ________ and thanked me. I wished them good health and a happy life.

Although I didn’t repay my mom in cash. I am more than ________ that I repaid her by passing on her ________ to someone who may be a stranger but ________ needed it.