【推荐1】One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by sending newspapers door to door in a town, was so hungry that he decided to beg for a _______ at the next house.

However, he _______ his courage when a lovely young woman opened the door. _______ a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked _______ so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “_______ do I thank you?”

“You _______,” she replied. “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”_______ these words, Howard Kelly left that house.

_______ later the woman became badly ill and was _______ sent to a hospital in a big city. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous, was __________ in. When he heard the name of the __________ where she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Dressed in his doctor’s clothes, Kelly went into her room and__________ her at once. From that day on, he gave __________ attention to her, and __________ to do his best to save her life.

At last the woman was saved. Dr. Kelly asked the office to pass the final bill to him. He looked at it and then __________ something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was__________ to open it because she was sure that it would take the __________ of her life to pay for it off. Finally she looked, and the __________ on the side of the bill __________ her attention. She read these words:

“Paid in full with a glass of __________, Dr. Howard Kelly.”

Tears of joy filled her eyes.

【推荐2】Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to _______ our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or _______. It’s our decision: from which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in _______or down in desperation?

I believe in the upward look. I choose to _______the positive and skip right over the negative.

An optimistic attitude is not a luxury(奢侈品); it’s a(n) _______. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. _______, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations _______themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy(预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.

Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “ How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) _______question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This _______me completely by surprise. A little ________confidently, I told him that I had ________felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.

By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little ________. About a block away, I ________over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was every all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I ________some rare disease?

On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling ________again, I figured out what had happened.   The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful ________, and the light reflecting ________the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis(肝炎)! I wondered how many other folks had ________the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total ________change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I

The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.

【推荐3】According to the power company, a truck hit a power pole or something. And that has_________ the power to 500 or so residents in our area. They should be able to ________ it within a few hours, they say. But now, the power is out.

When I was a boy, a power cut was an adventure. We would light _________ and eat ice cream, based on the     _______ that without power to run the freezer it was going to melt anyway. My dad always used power cuts as an ________ to talk about the good old days when he did his homework by fireplace light.

These days a power cut is more like an ________ than an adventure, but there isn’t a lot we can’t do _________modern technology. No lights? No problem-my cellphone has a flashlight app. In the middle of watching a good movie? You can probably _________ where you left it off through that movie service you have downloaded on your tablet. Can’t __________? Use your cellphone to get a pizza ___________. A nice slice of warm pizza will go _________ with all that ice cream you have to eat.

Of course, technology can only take you so far in a real crisis. Honestly, we’d be in pretty _________ shape if this power cut went on for several days. And if it is the middle of a cold winter, I don’t have any way to provide       _____ . I have three flashlights, but _________ I don’t have any batteries for those flashlights, of course, they are not useful.

Thankfully, the ________ is going to be restored to us soon. I’m _________ this little reminder of the________of the Boy Scout axiom(格言): Be __________. Tomorrow I’m going to get some candles to go with all those       _____ , and some batteries to go in those flashlights. What about you? Is there something you can do on this bright, sunny day today to prepare yourself and your family for the ____________ unpleasant possibilities of tomorrow?

【推荐1】It was summer vacation.Our son,Jack,felt free.He____ride his bike,play his drums,or do nothing at all.I let him enjoy this I'm-on-vacation feeling for several days.

But soon,I noticed that____he was enjoying sitting around,weeds were____in the garden,dirty clothes lying here and there and paint coming off in the old farmhouse.So I said to Jack,"I would like you to____at least two hours a day during summer vacation."

"What?"Jack asked,____."We need your help and we'll____you,"I went on.The boy got quite____and cried, "I'm only a kid!""You'll____have plenty of time to play.Two hours a day isn't too much to____of a 12-year-old."I pointed out.

____,the work became part of Jack's daily routine.Halfway through the summer,the $1 and $5 bills began to ____in his drawer.One day he came to me."Mum,do you have any more work I can do today?"he asked."____?"I was surprised."I____if I work extra,I might be able to buy a new____by the end of the summer,"he explained.

Over the next several weeks,Jack____more and more his free time doing jobs for me.Although August was so hot,there was a light on his face as he worked with his____in his mind.

One day I went out to____his progress and praised him for the nice job he was doing the old farmhouse____ a beautiful view at the hand of Jack."Yeah,this place is starting to look good after all."He said____,as sweat dripped from his dirty face.

____unexpected did happen to Jack.His work had given him something much more precious than that new drum.

【推荐2】John graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to __ for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was ___ everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them ____, John was very satisfied with his performances and was very ___ that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager’s phone ___, he picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to John, “Sorry, I want to get some important __ now. Please give me the book with the red ____ on that desk? ”John looked around and found 3 books on the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him _____. Holding the book, the manager __ the phone and said, “ Sorry, we cannot give the job to you. ”John was __ and wondered why. The manager said, “There are three ___. First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn’t ask me which one I needed and you took one ___ . Third, I was answering the call. You should ___ to the desk to save time. These ___ showed you are not a careful person.” Therefore, John didn’t get the job.

We can learn a (n)___ from John’s experience. Some people don’t ____ the details in our life. But it is the details that ____ . Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even ____ our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the ___ of quantity and quality. We should keep it in mind that ____ comes first, without which quantity is of no importance.

【推荐3】Last night my husband and I were walking in a nearby parking lot, when we saw a man bent over on the ground, crushing (碾碎) something with a(n) _________. He was so focused on his task that he didn’t _________ at anyone passing by. We kept noticing him and wondered what he could be doing.

_________, we decided to go up and ask him. He was crushing pieces of leftover bread that he had collected to prepare food for the birds that come there early morning. The large pieces of bread would be _________ for the birds to eat, so he crushed them into powder. Every night, after coming home from his job, he goes around the villas (乡间别墅), _________ leftover bread. He then eats a _________ meal and comes here, and spends the next 1-2 _________ carefully crushing each piece and makes a neat pile for the birds. What puzzled us more was that he was _________ that we were even taking an interest in this, since for him it wasn’t a big deal.

When we asked him what _________ him to do this act of service, he said, “It’s just something small I do, so that the leftover bread doesn’t go into the rubbish and the birds get food.” We __________ his story with the hope that it would remind us to be aware of leftovers too and that it might inspire someone to start something similar in their own area.

【推荐1】One day,Walter Elias was walking through an apple orchard (果园）when he discovered an owl (猫头鹰）in a

“ What a wonderful pet this funny creature would make,” he thought to himself. So he reached up and __ it by the leg. __ ,the owl went crazy and tried to __ . Equally terrified, Walter threw it to the __ and stomped (踩踏）it to death. When the struggle ended, he __ the broken bird and cried. Feeling terrible, he ran away from the orchard, but later ___to bury the owl. For months he dreamed of this bird he had wanted for a __ but in terror had killed. __ years later did he share this secret.

Perhaps it was this __that helped make Walter the person he became. Never could he bring that owl back to life but he made all the __ of the forest come alive through his drawings and the wonderful entertainment center __ after himself.

His full name? Walter Elias Disney, a name __ to the whole world.

Have you ever failed or done something that you later felt __ about or experienced a ( n)       ___that gave your self-concept a beating? When we fail or feel as though we have failed, we __ to think we are losers. It isn’t so. Walter Disney turned his __ childhood dream into a beautiful one, which __ became a reality. We can do the same, too. __ we don’t fear to fail, we will succeed someday!

【推荐2】“Do I really want to go through with this?” Have you ever asked yourself that question? Sometimes in life, there are moments when you ______ if you will be able to handle the responsibilities ahead of you.

For me, these ____ come daily, whether it’s taking a test or working. But one Saturday afternoon, my family and I were _____around when my dad pulled into a small mall. Little did I realize we were going to a______ store where a new member would be ______ to our family.

As my dad parked our car, I figured we would just take a ______ look and then leave. After a while, my dad called us over. He was standing next to my mom, looking at several cats.

I began to think, “Are we ______ a cat?”

My dad asked, “ So guys, you like any of these?”

My brother said “Yes!” before I could open my _______.

When I pictured feeding the cat, cleaning it and giving it water, all of these responsibility felt ______to me. Would I be able to handle it? After all, I would have to live a more adult-like ______ if I got a cat.

Later on, after ______ that we should get a cat, I thought about this new phase of my life. I realized that the _______ I make can affect my future.

Looking back, I find that I have been able to _____ the responsibility of owning a cat. Some tasks may be ______ , but that doesn’t mean they can’t be accomplished. You ____ need to do your best in order to push past them.

【推荐3】Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people are ________ in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experienced ill fortune. I ________ notices in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to contact me.

Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my ________. Over the years I interviewed them, watched their lives and had them ________ various experiments.

I carried out a simple ________ to discover whether their differences in luck was due to differences in their ability to ________ opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper and asked them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. I had ________ placed a large message halfway through the newspaper saying “Tell the experimenter you have seen this and win $50.”

This ________ took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but the unlucky people tended to ________ it and the lucky people tended to spot it.

Unlucky people are generally more ________ than lucky people, and this anxiety affects their ability to notice the ________. As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to gatherings focused on finding their perfect partner and miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers ________ to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs.

Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there ________ just what they are looking for. My research eventually showed that lucky people create good fortune via four ________. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition (直觉), create self-fulfilling prophesies (预官) via positive expectations, and adopt a “never say die” attitude that ________ bad luck into good.