【推荐2】Our family enjoyed a beautiful house plant for over thirty years. It had stayed with us through _________ years and good times, pain and joy. I had never thought of _________ it.

However, two weeks ago, we _________ some changes in its leaves, which began to lose color. We watered and looked after it _________, but it just showed no sign of _________. We finally picked a few almost dead leaves and _________ replanting them in another small pot.

What _________ us was that these leaves planted in the new pot grew strong. In order to know the reason why the house plant died, we dug the dead plant out of the pot. Then, it became _________ to us—its roots（根）were in disorder, completely tangling up. Our once-beautiful plant died because it grew out of its environment—it became root-bound（根满盆的）.

People can become root-bound, too. Those who _________ personal growth or development often want to make __________ that can lead to greater achievements or much more happiness. However, they more often find they outgrow their environment and want to __________. Their view becomes larger and they need __________ environment to live in. They need people who will make __________ for their growth. If they cannot be __________, some problems are sure to appear.

So if your new-found growth causes you to abandon the old ways, you may need to __________ you are bigger now.

【推荐3】I was on a train to another city when I started a(n)_______with a young man near to me. From what he said, I_______that he came from a farming family. He was_______enough to give me a window seat, help a co-passenger when he dropped his coffee, etc. These small_______showed he was a good person! 

I was lost in reading a biography(自传)on Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has played a huge role in my life_______I haven’t met him. Reading a_______about him is fun.  

Now my co-passenger_______to see the book, so I handed it to him. From the train window, I_______him reading carefully. Towards the end of the trip, I even saw him_______something about the book and asked me where he could buy it.  

“You can________ it,” I said. “This is the second time that I’ve read it anyway.” 

Actually it was last weekend that I bought it! I loved it so much and how I________to hold on to it myself!________, his kindness taught me that I should do something too. “Wow,” the man said to me. “This is really________. Thank you so much. ” 

“No problem. Don’t worry about it. ”

I got off and walked into the new city with a sense of________. I did not regret giving the book to him as I believed ________each other is a good thing.

【推荐1】In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my ________, it was the same score.

Later that evening, I ________ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our ________ much better than an IQ test. We ________ that Michael’s score must have been a ________and we should treat him ________ as usual.

We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got ________ grades in the school, especially in biology and chemistry, which was a great ________ for the couple.

Michael ________ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than ________. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ________ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the ________ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ________, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ________ we had in him.

Interestingly, Michael then ________ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had ________ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be ________.

Children often do as ________ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, ________ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ________”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

【推荐2】When I entered high school, our teacher instructed us to do some volunteer work to enrich our school life and prepare us for university. ______ hearing this, I ______ to be a volunteer at Yeda Hospital, one of the busiest hospitals in our city. Fortunately, I was accepted! Joy ______ over me.

At around 7:30 am, we were ______ by the hospital staff, and I was chosen to be in charge of self-service ______ machines, which are designed for people to pay their hospital bills instantly.

Volunteering from 7:30 am until 8:30 am in the hospital made me very ______. However, many in the hospital had worried faces, and I seldom ______ a smile. I guessed they might have been ______ taking care of patients. I just concentrated on my ______ task, helping people to cope with the advanced technology.

As time went by, I felt exhausted and ______. Suddenly, I noticed a foreigner standing next to the ______. I offered help with a big smile, and unexpectedly, she thanked me. Initially, I couldn’t understand why my smile was such a big ______ to her until I learned that her husband had been in hospital for quite some time. She said that my smile lit up the hospital and ______ gave her a ray of hope. I didn’t know that a ______ smile could have such magical power.

That moment really touched me. Please don’t be ______ about showing your smile to others, even strangers. Your unintended smile can warm the world.

【推荐3】When things went wrong, Ittleby Fein always had something nice to say.

When Dad forgot about the pizza and it burned, Ittleby said, “Don’t _______. It’ll still taste good. ” And he was right. The pizza edges were dark, _______ the middle wasn’t bad.

Ittleby looked on the _______ side. And everyone, except Hazel, _______ that about him.

Hazel was the _______ student in class. On her first day, Ittleby said, “Nice to meet you, Hazel. I think you’ll like it here. ” Hazel looked at him, “I doubt it. ” Ittleby didn’t know what to do. He’d never _______ anyone like Hazel.

_______ Mr D. said they’d have recess(休息) inside _______ the rain, Hazel said, “Bad things come in threes. No outdoor recess is number one. What will the second thing be? ”

The class didn’t have to _______ long to find out. Greta was carrying a box of paints during art class. She ________, and paint went flying. Hazel turned to Ittleby, “That was the second ________ thing. What will the third be? ”

Ittleby didn’t know what to say. Hazel seemed so ________ about the Rule of Three Bad Things.

Emma came to look at Ittleby’s ________. She picked it up, not realizing she had paint on her fingers. Hazel pointed, “Ittleby’s picture is ruined(破坏)! There’s number three. ” Emma looked ________. “I’m sorry, Ittleby. ” “It’s OK, Emma. If I add wings, the fingerprint(指纹) could look like butterflies, ” said Ittleby.

So Ittleby added wings. Then he said, “Everyone, let’s make a field of butterflies. ”

Everyone put a fingerprint on Ittleby’s paper. Only Hazel didn’t.

“Want to add one? ” Ittleby asked her. Hazel thought about it, and she carefully added wings.

“It looks great. I like it very much, ” said Ittleby. Hazel ________, “You know, I don’t really think there’s a Rule of Three Bad Things. ” Ittleby nodded, “Bad things happen. But good things happen, too. And sometimes, there are good things hiding where you don’t expect them. ”