【推荐1】It was a cold, rainy day, and I had no desire to drive up for two hours along the winding mountain road to my daughter Carolyn’s house. But she had_______that I come to see something at the top of the mountain. So here I was, _____making the two-hour journey through the thick fog. Nothing could be worth this, I thought as I inched along the ____ highway.

“I’ll stay for lunch, but I’m ______back home straight after that,” I announced when I arrived.

“But I need you to drive me to the garage to_______my car,” Carolyn said. “Could we_____   do that?”

Turning down a narrow track, we parked the car and got out. To my_______, the views before my eyes were ____ words.

From the _____ of the mountain, sloping for several acres across valleys, were rivers of flowers in bloom. A mass of ____ —from the palest ivory to the deepest lemon and then to the most vivid pink—shone like a carpet before us. It looked _____ the sun had spilled gold down the mountainside.

A series of questions ______ my mind. Who______ such beauty? When? How?

As we approached the house that______ in the center of the land, we saw a sign that ____: “Answers to the Questions; I Know You Are ____.”

The first answer was: “One Woman—Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” The second was: “One at a Time.” The third: “______ in 1958.”

As we drove home, I was so moved by what we had seen. The______of it would not let me go. “Imagine,” I said, “if I’d had a vision and worked at it, just a little bit every day, what might I have ______?”

Carolyn looked at me, smiling. “Start tomorrow,” she said. “______ yet, start today.”

【推荐2】I was late for my flight. Sweating and out of breath, I quickly made my way to the _______. After boarding, I greeted my _______: a middle­aged woman sitting at the window, and a little girl sitting on the aisle (过道) seat. I took my place _______ them. I began a conversation with the little girl who was busy _______ her book. I found it _______ that such a young girl would be traveling alone, and I decided to _______ her to make sure she was okay.

Suddenly, the plane began extreme turbulence (颠簸). The pilot told everyone to remain calm, because we met _______ weather.

Several times the plane made sharp downs and turns. Some people began _______, many sitting restlessly (烦躁地) and praying. I was sweating with each increasingly _______ shake of the plane. Meanwhile, the little girl was sitting ________ beside me in her seat. Her coloring book and crayons were put away neatly, and her hands were calmly resting on her legs.

Then, just as suddenly as it had begun, the turbulence ________ soon. The pilot came on a few minutes later to announce that we would be ________ soon. As the plane began its descent (下降), I said to the little girl, “Tell me, dear, how could you remain so calm while all of us adults were so ________?” Looking me in the eye, she said, “My father is the ________, and he’s taking me home.”

Yes. If we recognise the power of ________, we will fear nothing.

【推荐3】It is just past five o’clock on the Chinese New Year’s Eve. The dinner table is already ________ with white china plates and bowls, full of all sorts of dishes. Luo Yan, ________ the cover of a large bowl to breathe in the ________ smell of the soup his wife and mother have prepared. His son, Bofeng, happily takes a ________ of the chicken his grandfather has already ________ for him.

Six-year-old Bofeng has not ________ his grandparents in person for almost a year, and he is full of joy and excitement. ________, the whole family could not be happier to be together. Despite (尽管) the ________ outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while merry ________ rings (环绕) throughout the house. The young couple and their son have settled in the ________ city. Every year, like most Chinese, they travel a long way back for the Spring Festival. It’s ________ for Chinese to get together to enjoy the joy of “three generations under the same roof” on this special day.

After, dinner, the whole family ________ around the television to watch the Spring Festival Gala, while eating snacks and ________ each other excitedly. In the warmth and ________ of the room, Luo Yan talks about his plan for the future. “I hope we won’t have to be separated again,” he says, looking at his ageing parents. “We’ll come back more ________. After all, home is where all family members are together.”

【推荐3】When studying at the university of Pittsburgh, I went home every weekend. “Look, I got a best sportsman’s jacket!” I said. Dad _________ took his eyes off the TV. I had wanted Dad to be _________ me all my life, but that never happened. I shook off my _________ and went back to Pittburgh. A month later, Mom called and said that Dad’s diabetes (糖尿病) had gotten _________. “I’m coming home to help you,” I said.

I _________ a college near home. Every Sunday, I went home and helped Dad. He was not satisfied with everything I did. “It’s not you,” Mom explained. “His _________ makes him feel bad about himself, his anger was _________ his frustration (沮丧).” I was so surprised to hear that. Now I saw his pain went beyond the _________ pain, which made me try harder to _________ him. One day we were watching a __________ game. “I’ll bet you $2 million that Dallas wins,” I said. “You don’t have $2 million,” he __________. After that, every time we watched the game, we made __________ bets. Dad laughed more easily and accepted my help more willingly. Our relationship was __________. The night before I attended the national football league draft (选拔赛), Dad and I were sitting in the living room. “It doesn’t __________ if you make it or not,” he said. “I am proud of you.” Maybe our __________ would never be perfect. But I would never doubt that he loved me.