【推荐1】“I have cancer.” Mom said and held me in a tight hug. I could feel her chest _________ as she tried not to cry but failed.

For all of my twenty-four years, my mom had been _________. Strength and protection had always flowed from her to me. Now I knew it would have to flow _________.

Mom didn’t stay _________ for long. After the shock of breast-cancer, she armed herself with a notebook and a pen and a thousand questions for the doctors. “The not-knowing is the _________.” she said.

The operation was successful. The chemo(化疗) was the _________ part. I went with Mom to every chemo treatment. She rarely _________, though her hair was gone and her toenails and fingernails _________ one by one. She joked that she could _________ money on nail polish and put it toward the doctor bills, even though she never wore nail polish. “Cancer can take my hair, my nails, my health, my very life. But it can’t take my smile.” Mom said.

Mom learned to share her fears with me, and it formed an even deeper __________ between us. Yet I am certain there were fears she didn’t share because she was still __________ me—worries she only shared with Dad. Even in the darkest hours, she would just __________ about the cancer. Mom always said. “When you look your greatest fear in the eye and laugh at it, you take away some of its __________.”

Basically, no matter where you are, the waves of life will always __________ you. What matters most is how you __________ during those moments and what they teach about yourselves along this journey called life.

【推荐2】Nancy is a kindergarten teacher in Mason City. One day Camden, one of the 4-year-old boys in her class, came to her with a _____ about his dad, Derreld.   Nancy's heart _____ seeing this little boy so _____ and upset. She promised Camden that she would do whatever she could to assist. He believed her and knew that she would keep her_____

The moment school was out, Nancy rushed to the___ . She had done all the required tests and __ all the necessary paperwork. Finally, she was given the __ by her doctors, and she was told that she was a __ match.

The day had finally arrived. The doctors that were   ______the procedure were the best transplant surgeons in the hospital. In fact, ____the surgeons had done everything in their power for the procedure to be a success, there were no _____. There was always that chance that it wouldn't work. _____， Derreld's body accepted Nancy's kidney (肾)・

A teacher's ____ is to teach the kids in her class information that will help them for the rest of their school career and life. However, this teacher went____her duty when one of her pupils ______ her.

【推荐1】We used to live in Pennsylvania when I was young. Pennsylvania is full of ________ places! One of those is an old turnpike (收费高速公路) ________ for decades. My dad loves history, and he learned it was open to the public. ________ when I was 14, we took a bike trip to ________ this road!

My dad chose a 16-mile ________ of the road for us to ride. Part of it included an old tunnel called Sideling Hill which is over a mile long! To prepare, we ________ our tires and made sure our lights had batteries. In the morning, we loaded our bikes into the car and ________. As we approached the tunnel, I felt ________ as it was absolutely black inside! But Dad encouraged me. He said he would be beside me. He reminded me to stay ________ and keep my light on!

When we ________ the, tunnel, the sound of our bikes was heard through the darkness. I shone my flashlight around and saw walls in graffiti (涂鸦). And I felt like I was being ________! I was pretty scared, but ________ on following Dad helped me relax. After riding half-way through, I could see light coming from the other end, motivating me to keep going. And I was so delighted to ride out into the ________ afternoon!

Whenever going through ________ in life, I remember this trip. It reminds me that my father is always beside me. He turns on the light of ________ in my heart as well as gives me courage to keep riding through life’s dark tunnels.

【推荐2】When most toddlers can speak small sentences and use about 200 words, my three-year-old Kimber knew only fifty small words. She expressed herself in different ways._________ways! She pointed, climbed, gestured, cried, and even learned baby sign language. But Kimber did not use_________if she could help it. Kimber was tested, and we discovered she had_________delay. Later, we learned this was_________processing and executive function disorders, which made it very_________for her to learn new sounds, letters, and pronunciations._________, Kimber was smart enough to_________that she didn't say words the same way as everyone else. If she couldn’t say words right, she didn’t want to say them at all. And she hated to be_________so she didn't use words ever.

That_________one hot summer day while we were visiting a friend. My friend had a litter of kittens____________to give to good homes. Most of the kittens hid in the closet when my____________toddler approached them, but one little grey one did not____________. Soon, they played together. When it was time to leave, my friend suggested we take Kitty home.____________Kimber had the kitten over her shoulder and its paws were____________her shirt, I agreed. The next morning, I saw the most amazing thing. She was talking! “Good Kitty Lie down.” Kimber said, petting the cat. My eyes were filled with tears as I witnessed the____________. That charming cat inspired Kimber to overcome her own____________and use the words she knew! I sat____________listening to her talking to her new little pet. “Kitty, come here. It's time to play "Seven words in a____________from Kimber's lips were all that I needed to hear. Kitty never went back to my friend. He won his____________in our home. He was the perfect pet to help Kimber through his____________love and acceptance.

I lost my elderly mother a few weeks ago. Actually, my mother had fallen over during the night and had not been able to _______ again. She had woken up the neighbors by banging on the wall. The _______ called an ambulance, which took her _______ to the hospital.

My mother has _______ thought that hospitals are a real horror. She believes that doctors and hospitals give you _______ diseases. My father went to hospital a year ago, and after a few weeks, he _______. The fact that he was also in the final _______ of lung cancer was certainly related, but by my mother’s logic, my father’s death was _______ with the hospital.

When a neighbor _______ me up and told me that my mother had been taken off in an ambulance, the first thing I did was similar, which was to ring Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The paramedics (护理人员) had told my neighbor that my mother would__________be taken there, __________I was told that no one by that name had been__________, so they gave me the numbers of two other West Midland hospitals. Both of them also ________ that they were holding my mother. I rang the ________ and asked them to find her, but the nice officer said he could only do that if she had been reported as a(n) ________ person.

It took six calls to ________ my mother. She had been in Queen Elizabeth Hospital all along, but because their computer system hadn’t been updated overnight, there was no record of her ________ . My mother had spent more than a ________ in the hospital when it turned out there was nothing ________ with her. I managed to get her out within 10 days, but only by agreeing that in the future, she would live downstairs. In return, the hospital said they would ________ for a social worker to visit the house three or four times a day.

Luckily, my mother is safe. Thank all the people who have given their help to us.

【推荐3】I have dreamed of going   to college. I would, when I was ____ , watch TV shows with college students and have lots of fun with them. It looked like a great experience of going to parties, ____ with friends and letting the good times pass. When I entered high school, ____,   I   started   learning the   real ____ of   college to   get   a good   education and a   well- paid job. Therefore, with a passion for success in life, I expressed my ____ about attending   university to my parents. They were very happy I’d chosen the path, but were ____ because   they couldn’t ____ the cost. Upset and stressed, I started looking for ways to pay myself.

My ____ for money began online. I went to every free scholarship( 奖学金) search engine and spent up to five hours each day looking for scholarships I could ____. It was hard, but I knew it would ____ When I’d found almost all the scholarships needed, I sorted them        by deadline, which gave me a way to prioritize( 排 序 ) my schedule. After ____ everything, it was time to fill out the applications. Despite the amounts, ranging from＄ 100 to ＄ 40,000, I took each scholarship ____ because together they would fund my goal. With this in my mind, the hardest part began: writing the   essays. To ____ my writing, I asked friends, relatives and teachers to ____ over my   work.   Now I’ve won ____ college for free. scholarships and can ____

The scholarship search truly made me a ____ person. I learned the importance of setting   a(n) ____ and accomplishing it. ____ I did have to read several rejection letters, those   made me stronger. I’m grateful I had the opportunity to learn more about myself, which would and will ____ me to success regardless of difficulties in my way.