【推荐1】Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a _____ in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often ______ to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t ____​​​​​​​to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went hungry. After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was _______what to do when Mr. Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own ______ .

It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a ___in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored _______in an old garage(车库). When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and _____ plenty of money.

Jack ______working hard. After one year he ______ in repaying the ￡100.

By the time Jack was 30 years old he had ______his first million, and he wanted to______ this achievement by doing something “grand”. ______ all his money it was possible to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the heart of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the________buildings in the country.

Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” ______￡500 million, _______Jack still can’t get used to ___ the good life. He can often ______drinking with the locals at the local pub（酒吧）.

“I remember being very ______as a child, but never 4____ as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

In the recent interview, Evelyn Glennie who was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland, recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to allow the _________ of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began _________ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my _________. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the _________ and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never _________ me.”

“My _________ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I _________ to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can _________ the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my _________. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every __________ that I have.”

“I was __________ to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had __________ this before and some teachers __________ my admission. Based on my performance, I was __________ admitted and went on to __________ with the academy’s highest honours.”

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I __________ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since __________ had been written specially for solo percussionists.

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. __________ the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t __________ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be __________ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart, they will lead you to the place you want to go.”

【推荐1】When my children were teenagers, I ___________ a fridge magnet with what was said to be a First Nation or Native American prayer. I ___________ it on the door of our refrigerator in full view. I found the words to be thought ___________ and hoped they would teach my children to have more patience and be more ___________ of others.

Although my children are ___________ now, with homes of their own, I’ve kept the magnet on our_______ door for the past twenty-five years. During that time, I’ve often found that the _______ has helped me see situations from a different perspective.

For example, a number of years ago, I was on my way to a farewell function with several colleagues. As we were leaving the office, we _______ our other colleague, Wendy, who had previously planned to attend the event with us. I asked Wendy if she wanted us to wait for her, and she responded in a fairly rude manner,_______ our invitation. One of my other colleagues was quite ________ and clearly angry over Wendy’s behavior.“I don’t know why you even bothered to ________ her,” she said. ________on how tired Wendy appeared as she rushed away from us, I commented that perhaps we should just give Wendy a________ and forgive her for being rude at the last minute. She was ________ having a bad day, and it wasn’t worth holding a grudge (怨恨) against her if we weren’t aware of what ________her unusual behavior.

A week later, I learned that when we came across Wendy, she was returning to the office from a medical appointment ________ she was told she had pancreatic cancer. She died a year later. Wendy wasn’t being rude to us; she had just received a very ________ diagnosis.

Whether it’s a family member who let me down, a friend who __________ a confidence, or a difficult colleague, the quote on my fridge ________ me. Although it’s not always easy to forgive, I’ve been able to ________ a lot of grudge over the years by focusing on my mantra.

【推荐2】In 1991, I went to visit my grandma in an old folks’ home. At the time, she was 89, and I was 28. I felt a bit _______, because the place was full of people at the last stage of their life. I didn’t know how to _______ that.

When I saw Grandma, they were having a _______ in the hall. After she introduced me, a woman in a wheelchair beside told me how much she _______ dancing. So I asked her to dance and she _______ accepted my invitation with a big smile. I _______ her to the open area, and I lifted her arm up and spun her wheelchair around, and we laughed a lot. When I wheeled her back, I _______ a lot of little old ladies smiling at me. So I _______ with them and we snowballed the party into a great dancing ball.

Of course, I danced with Grandma. While dancing, I asked how she dealt with _______. She said: “Just accept the number of candles on the cake. Life won’t stay the same. So accept the ________ and make every day count. There’s a ________ that golden years are a time to celebrate accomplishments and ________ gained from experience.” Then I realized how ________ it was for me to see the old as they saw themselves. They weren’t thinking that much about growing older. ________, they lived at the moment and ________ that room like stars.

【推荐3】At the age of 13, I began volunteering at the New England Science Center. For the first year, the idea of working in a museum was __________ kept me excited about putting in hours every week.

However, during my second summer, I discovered what had captured my heart. It was not the polar bears in the outdoor wildlife center,  __________ the train rides around the grounds. It was the people. The staff of the museum, the other volunteers __________ whom I worked, and the people who would be visiting the museum were so unique.

As I became a more __________ and trusted volunteer, I gained __________ responsibilities. I helped in a number of areas, and finally concluded that my favorite __________ was at the visitor information desk. Here I would __________ everyone warmly who came to the museum, whether a visitor or an employee. I would talk to visitors, some of whom were members of the museum, __________ who were vacationing in the area. I would give __________ to the camp groups on the proper museum conduct. I saw __________ shinning children who were begging to ride the train, or who were excited about seeing the exhibits. Their smiles __________ themselves on my memory.

The people there were all very special, and, since most were older,  __________ time with them taught me a lot. Since I __________ experience, the people at the museum gave me __________ guidance. I was so lucky to make friends with them whom I would love and __________ forever.

Today, five years __________, I still treasure my years of volunteering at the museum. Many of these people have moved on to different jobs. __________, I can still walk into the center and know that I am surrounded by people who __________ me.By volunteering at the New England Science Center, not only have I __________ a number of new friends, I have also learned that helping others and gaining people's respect is of great __________ to be successful.