【推荐1】When I tell others I wrote a book with my dad, they usually say, “It must be nice to think of the legacy (遗产) you created with someone who means so _______ to you.” Working with a family member was a beautiful idea, and we _______ something we’re proud of, but still ‘ _______ ’ is not the word either of us uses to _______ the process.

“It was more conflict than _______,” my dad likes to say and I agree. For example, I wanted the book to focus on positive habits. _______, my dad fell the book should include chapters _______ with things like _______ time with family. He also said the book was about more than just good _______. It should encourage people to enjoy healthy life styles. ________, I saw it his way.

We both found the writing ________ was more difficult than ________ of us had expected, but far more worth rewarding. For almost three years, we ________ once o twice a week at my parent’s house and talked daily plan and outline each chapter. After these meetings, one of us would write a rough ________ that the other would build on.

My dad is smart, funny, critical and caring. He has a strong ________ for the truth. For this book, he researched each topic with an enthusiasm I'd never seen from him, and he insisted that we constantly question and critically ________ every piece of information— even our own conclusions.

When we ________ the project my dad declared actually the only thing he minded was the sweet memory not whether our cooperation could ________ a more popular book. As for me, besides a better writing experience, I discovered the great ________ from my dad, and shared with him not only our ________ but also our strengths.

【推荐2】While I was twelve, my family moved to a new home on the top of mountain. It was a _______house, but life was a little tough there. We could only get _______from a nearby spring and the only _______of heat was a wood stove in the kitchen. My Dad had become _______with a back injury so it was up to me and my brother to chop wood for the stove and _______home five-gallon containers of drinking water every day. I _______both chores and avoided them whenever I could. For the first few years there, my brother did most of the _______.

When he left home for the army, _______it was up to me to _______these chores. At first I ________a lot, but after a while I found that I didn’t ________doing them at all. Maybe I became ________or maybe I was becoming a little less spoiled. All I ________was that it felt good to be able to help Mom and Dad. It made me feel alive, ________, and closer to my parents even while ________was (were) dropping from my face.

Though many years have passed, I still ________those boyhood chores. It isn’t the work that matters. It is the way you ________when you do the work that matters. In this life we are all going to have ________work of one kind or another. It can bring us misery or ________. When we do our work with all our ________it becomes a gift that we give to ourselves and others.

【推荐2】I was fourteen years old and thought I had already known all the important things in life. I remember being more than a little________at the homework my geography teacher, Mr. Ream, had given the class. We had to________to someone we knew who had been in a war as a soldier and write about their experiences.

I ________it was totally meaningless. What did that have to do with________? I wanted to know. I still had an unpleasant attitude toward it________I put my notebook down on the table in front of my stepfather. I________that he'd been in the war, so I decided to make it________for myself and not to look any further from home for my________.

He asked me what I________, and I said I had to interview him about his experiences in the war________a class. I'm sure his body must have stiffened（变僵硬）, but at that time I was too blind to________it. He asked me to sit down and then we got________. I'll never forget his response to the first question I________asked, "Have you ever killed anyone?"

His answer of "yes" was the________that made me begin to take the talk seriously. I still____his eyes when he told me the horror of what he'd________and what he'd done during the war. I had never expected that kind of________from anyone, but I know that's________what he gave me.

The things he told me taught me a lot. They also showed me I had a lot left to________in this life. I gained new love and________for this man who is now my father.

【推荐3】A cold wind blew and leaves danced around an old man crouched（蹲）in a doorway. His coat offered little_______and he shivered（颤抖）constantly,_______his hand in the hope of a coin or two. Around him, people hurried by, not_______ him.

Just then, a coin fell close to his _______. He picked it up. It was enough for a cup of tea and something to eat. His mouth _______.

He pushed open the door of a tea room and warmth _______over him. Hungrily, he eyed the_______ behind the counter（柜台）.

“A cup of tea please, he said." And a piece of bread too._______ , and as quickly as possible if it's no _______.”

“Takeaway?” the woman asked, but it sounded like an order. "Yes, "he ________ .Then he looked back towards the ________.

There stood a small girl. Even through the window he could see the ________ circles under her eyes and the grey color of her skin.

“That's one pound," the woman said __________ . The old man nodded his head and __________ the money. He looked back again to the window and the little girl, shivering in the cold. Then he __________ to the girl.

“You look cold. Here,” he said, offering out the paper bag. "You __________ this more than me.”

The girl eyed the bag, seemed __________ and grabbed （攫取）it. "Thanks, "she said and ran off. He watched her __________ into the darkness of the night and__________ .

A cold wind blew and leaves danced around an old man crouched in a doorway. His stomach made a low sound with __________ .Around him, people hurried by,…