【推荐1】When my mother told my father she was pregnant (怀孕的)，the first thing he did was buy a TV. It was 1957 and TVs were _______ technology back then. He thought that with a baby, they’d be going out a lot less and that he would need to find _______at home. That was the first _______ he gave me. But when I think of other gifts my father has given me, the first would be a love of _______ . He is not usually an observer of life, but he can be _______ and insightful (富有洞察力的)．He is always right in the middle of our study．He and my mother gave me a love of words and books. He has been totally deaf in one ear since he was two years old, so we _______ listened to music. In my childhood, storybooks were king-not songs.

The second is _______ all. Even when my sister and I were little, the conversation around the dinner table was _______ but adult-level. Your age didn’t matter. If you voiced an opinion, you had to _______ your case and give evidence. He ____________ everyone the same - child or adult, CEO or cleaner.

The greatest gift to his daughters was that he took interest in our ____________. Most successful women I know had fathers who ____________ their intelligence. My father said my mother was the wisest person he had ever met. They met at a dance in the early 50s, when she was a teacher. Wanting to ____________he told her about Jane Austen’s Emma, but misquoted (错误地引用) the book. My mother ____________ him and he was in love from that moment.

Over the years, my father taught me never to stand still and to ____________ for change. I continue to follow his lead.

【推荐2】Growing up, moments with Mum were painfully short. That’s because we spent most of the year at our boarding school in Singapore, __ only during the holidays. Every year, she would __ expect our reunion.

However, those sweet, cherished moments gradually __ as I grew older and moved further away from home for university. And soon, our __ became tense. Weekly phone calls filled with small talk were too __ to ever develop into real talk, real feelings. The __ led to arguments instead. To me she seemed unable to __ that I was no longer a kid, thus, forcing me to hold back information or even lie frequently. But the more I pulled away, the more I felt __ . Perhaps the journey to the local museum would give us a __ to breathe it back to life.

When we got there, we __ for a joint drawing activity. Secretly I hoped producing something together would help us connect. Later, when a digital screen __ our works, Mum went up to the screen and reached out, __ the fish as if doing so would __ it to life. That momentary glance of my mother’s childlike __ and delight at a new experience revealed the little girl in her, who like me, had lost a vital __ to the trials and responsibilities of adulthood and motherhood.

【推荐1】David is _________ 11-year-old boy and he is crazy about space. He always wonders how space station works. For him, a space camp is_________ than any other camp in the world.

At the age of six, David had_________ first astronaut training experience. He and his parents_________ to a family space camp. They had a taste of what it was like to travel_________ space. Everything was magical. _________ excited David was!

David has been to many space camps over the last five years. Last month, he went to a new space camp. It had a lot of fun training programs_________ he enjoyed all of them there.

There he was often asked_________ he likes space camps so much. “I feel like a real astronaut in the space camp, and I don’t even need_________ the earth.” he said.

These experiences have influenced his life. Now David has made his decision__________ space science in college. He wants to be a space engineer in the future.