【推荐2】A boy named Nick dialed 911 this Thanksgiving. He just wanted to give ________ to his local police office. Nick asked the police officers to ________ him and his family for their holiday dinner at their home.

“With all the ________ calls we take on a daily basis, this one was a welcomed happy call that made all of us ________,” said Monica from the police office.

The boy admitted that he’d ________ the number soon. “I had told him to do that for   ________ only.” The boy’s mom, Mary Ann ________.

When two officers ________ Nick’s house to thank him for his ________ offer, she said her young son began crying because he thought he was ________.

“The policemen had to ________ my son, so did I,” Ann said.

“The officers told Nick that it was ________ to know someone that young was still thinking about them over the holiday and that they were very proud of him, ” she ________.

The officers didn’t ________ eating any of the family’s turkey, but they did give the boy a badge（警徽） and let him take ________ inside their police car. While he now knows that the number 911 ________ be used for non-emergencies, Nick also has his ________ set on becoming a policeman when he’s older.

“It just goes to show that policemen aren’t just about ________ people and putting them in prison,” Monica told the local media.

“Nick’s call ________ all of our days, and the officers’ surprise visit gave Nick a sweet Thanksgiving ________ that will stay with him for the rest of his life. It is a special holiday for Nick and us.”

【推荐2】My cousin Andrew is crazy about DIY.

He loves to repair things and decorate his house.But when he finishes，the house always looks _______！

He once tried to put in a brighter light in his bedroom，but he made a mistake.Then his whole house had a power _______．Another time，he wanted to _______ a picture on his bedroom wall，but he hit a pipe and filled the room with water.

Last month，he thought the living room in his house was boring，so he painted it blue.His mum said，“Stop it.”But he kept on painting.Now the living room has _______ blue walls but also a blue ceiling and floor.Even his cat is blue now!

When I wanted a shelf above my bed，he said，“_______！”He then spent five hours making the shelf on the wall.Then I put my books on the shelf.Whoops! They couldn’t stay there because one end of the shelf was much higher than _______！

I _______ some books about DIY for him and I also advised him to take a _______ in DIY.But this just made him angry—he says he already knows _______ about it.So，I am reading all the books myself and   ________ lessons every Saturday.Now I know much more about DIY than my cousin!

【推荐3】When I was about 12, I suddenly developed a great passion (strong feeling) for writing poetry. I gave up all my other hobbies, such as _______ stamps, and spent all my _______   time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible time soon got me _______   trouble at school. If a lesson didn’t interest me, I _______ take out my notebook and start _______   poems in class. Of course I _______ this very cautiously, but it was not _______ I got caught. One day while I was _______ writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to _______ the teacher standing over me, fuming with anger because I was not ____________ attention. He tore the poem up, with a ____________ not to waste time in his lesson.

____________ I felt certain that I had written a good poem , ____________ that evening I wrote it out again from ____________.Not long after, I read ____________ a poetry contest and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long after I had given up ____________, I got a letter informing me that I had won first ____________.Everyone at school was very surprised, ____________ the geography teacher, who ____________ me more carefully than ever. He ____________ that I not write poetry in his class!

【推荐1】The Moment of Truth

“This is Ms. Hill.” Mr. Lopez told the volunteers at the animal shelter. “Ms. Hill is a reporter. She is here to _______a story on the shelter for the newspaper. Emi, I’d like you to be in the photograph. You have _______the most hours this month.”

Emi opened her mouth to murmur something but quickly closed it. Emi asked Carmen, her best friend, to take her _______those days because she had to practices softball. Carmen’s picture should be in the newspaper. _______, Carmen decided not to say anything, because she didn’t want to _______Emi.

Just then a(n) _______sound came from the cat Room. Everyone _______in to see what had happened. A dirty cat named Jack was standing in front of a cage which _______a female cat and her babies. Jack was sounding _______at the mother cat. Protecting her babies, the mother cat ________fiercely.

Mr. Lopez quickly picked Jack up and ________him into his own cage. Afraid for her babies, the mother cat still stood with her fur straight ________. Red-faced, Mr. Lopez checked the volunteer ________on the wall and asked, “Emi, it’s your ________to feed the cats today, right? Did you forget to lock Jack’s cage?” Emi thought that Carmen ________have forgotten to lock Jack’s cage, so she said, “Uh…, I guess I did forget. I’m very sorry.” Carmen couldn’t let her friend take the ________for something she had done. “Mr. Lopez,” she ________. “I’m the one who forgot to lock Jack’s cage.”

Emi told Mr. Lopez the truth and ________taking Carmen’s picture for the newspaper story. Mr. Lopez said with a smile, “I think both of you have learned ________about telling the truth. Why don’t we ________pictures of both of you in the newspaper? By the way, please remember to lock all the animal cages from now on.”

【推荐2】During my junior year of college, I signed up for a volunteer leaching program in Costa Rica. I lived within an inspiringly colorful living quarter which was ______ into a female and male section, along with a kitchen, eating room and conference room. I taught at a school. It was located（位于）within a ______ and every day birds and butterflies flew throughout our school. It was ______ . We were ______ on Costa Rica’s school system, the country, the language and how to ______ a lesson. Additionally, we took part in ______ acclivities lo relax ourselves.

The experience was beneficial to my English writing ______ when I got back to college, I began writing. I wrote so much that a piece of my writing about that experience was ______ in Folio’s Literary Magazine. Because of that, I was more ______ to continue working abroad.

After ______ , I moved to China for a year and worked in schools to teach reading and writing. It was a life-changing ______ of my life. Not only did I ______ my experiences through a weekly blog, but I began a book. Culture differences ______ me and even consumed me in the beginning, but ______ I fell in love with the people, their schools and their history.

Upon ______ to my home, I became a teacher in Trenton, New Jersey. The moment I stepped into the classroom. I could empathize（感同身受）with my ______ . I truly feel volunteering in Costa Rica was where it all ______ and working in China enriched my leaching life. If I could do anything ______ , it might be volunteering or working abroad more before settling down.

The ______ I’ve made through volunteering and working abroad are an English major’s dream and I hope that every English major ______ the chance to study or work abroad.

【推荐3】Nine years ago, I moved to an absolutely new town. ________ as I was, with various new things to explore, I was still lonely. I was desperate to establish ________.

This could explain my enthusiastic “Count me in!” when ________ to participate in a half marathon. Considering my usual 3 miles, I must have been ________—13 miles seemed a(n) ________ task.

However, the initial ________ gradually faded away. I found comfort in burying myself in training. Though taking it slow, one mile, and then two, I gradually made ________. Mile after mile, I managed to step beside my new friends. We talked about our favorite music and ________ funny stories about our children. At about mile 10, the conversations ________. We shared our past and hopes for our future, our fears and regrets. By the time we were running 12-mile legs, it was ________ that I’d made lifelong friends.

________, the day of the race arrived. At the start line, armed with my friends, I already felt like a champion. My time training had ________. I managed to hold a steady pace and kept up with my ________. Finally, we crossed the finish line together.

Although it started as a ________ of building social ties, running not only provided me with friendship, but with a beneficial skill that would ________ me the rest of my life.