【推荐1】"Smile! "I shouted, flashing a bright yellow poster at a crowd of people in Seattle.

We were 3,000 miles away from home on a Random Acts of Kindness and Volunteerism road trip. Our _______ was to try out our new "Smile! "signs and see how much kindness and joy we could _______.

We weren't sure how people would _______our signs. It's so easy to walk past a busy crowd, lost in your own world, _______ to make eye contact with strangers and feeling _______while surrounded by hundreds of people. I _______raised up a sign and shouted, "Hi there!" to a young couple. They looked over, _________, then read my sign and broke into smiles. They even nudged（轻推）a person beside them, gesturing to our sign so their friend could _______, too.

This might _______, I thought.

Before long, our signs were wildly ________. Tourists wanted photos with us. Strangers stopped to ask us about our ________, and we told them the story of our Acts of Kindness road trip. The famous fish vendors（小贩）changed their ________from, "FISH! FRESH FISH!" to "HEY! SMILE, EVERYONE!"

Sometimes I'd see a（n） ________face and feel nervous to show my sign, but I tried not to judge. I'd ________be rewarded with a big grin（咧嘴笑）, as suddenly a frowning elderly woman turned into my ________old grandmother.

Some people ________if they could have a "Smile!" sign to take with them. One bus driver put a sign in his window: a bicyclist that ________one of our signs emailed us several years later to say he still uses it whenever he races.

The signs are more than a (n) ________to smile -they' re an excuse to connect with ________and to remember we' re not alone. This world is full of ________people we just don't know yet.

【推荐2】I'll tell a story that happened when I was ten years old. I was at my friend Jenny's house after ______ one day, and we were doing our homework. While I was there, a friend of Jenny's mom came to ______. I don't remember her name or ______ what her face looked like. I just ______ her hands, her voice and the lesson I ______ from her.

I can't forget that she ______ her hand to introduce herself. It was so ______， I thought, rich fine skin; then I heard her saying, “Oh, no, that is not ______ you shake hands. Let me teach you.” ______ that, I just remembered her voice explaining the ______ of a good handshake of expressing a good sense of self­confidence, of looking the other person in the eye, and of making a ______ atmosphere (氛围). Hearing her friendly ______， I first understood what being respected meant.

I was grateful to her for ______ time teaching me about one of the important things in life. I was grateful for her not looking down on me ______ I was 10 and didn't know much. I also felt respected by the way she ______ me. It felt good to be talked to as a(n) ______， rather than a 10­year­old child. I was also grateful that she said, “If ______ doesn't realise something, you should show him or her the ______ direction; don't be afraid to ______ your knowledge.”

I think of her every time I meet someone ______， and I'm so grateful for her little lesson.

【推荐3】Grandma   had   the coin for as long as I can remember.   Every time I went over   to her house, she told me the story of the coin：

It was the day after the ship had ______ in New York City. My grandmother and grandfather had come from Poland on that ship. They came to______ for a new life in the United States, ______ from the poverty and war in their native land.

They were walking to their new ______ from their factory jobs when they saw a   small glint (闪光) on the sidewalk. My grandmother bent over to ______ it more closely. It turned out to be a dark and dirty quarter. My grandmother ______ it up and said，“This coin is a good omen, a ______ of good fortune to come.” They took the coin to their little apartment and ______ it to make it shine.   The next day my grandmother got a(n) ______ job at a jewelry store.

As the years passed, my grandparents______good times and bad. My father and uncles were born,   my   grandfather   was ______from the factory, but got a job at a big machinery company. There, my grandparents finally found the good ______ my grandmother had ______.

When my grandfather died three years ago,   my grandmother ______ in to live with my family. This is when she ______the coin to me. Every day she told me this story. After a few months I could ______ tell the story in my sleep, ______ still she told me the story every day, stressing the importance of ______ on the coin. Last week she died. According to her ______， I got the coin. I think I was fortunate enough because I got the thing that ______ the most to my grandmother, and I will cherish it forever.

【推荐1】As a general rule，all forms of activities lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常规) basis.As a matter of fact，we can see this _______ at work in people of all _______．For example，on Christmas morning，children are excited about playing with their new toys.But their _______ soon wears off and by January those same toys can be found put away in the basement.The world is full of _______ stamp albums and unfinished models，each standing as a monument(纪念碑) to someone's _______ interest.When parents bring home a pet，their child _______ bathes it and brushes its fur.Within a short time，however，the _______ of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents.Adolescents(青少年) enter high school with great excitement but are soon looking forward to _______．The same is true of the young adults going to college.And then，how many _______，who now complain about the long drives to work，__________ drove for hours at a time when they first __________ their driver's licenses? Before people retire，they usually plan to do a lot of __________ things，which they never had time to do while working.But __________ after retirement，the golfing，the fishing，the reading and all of the other pastimes(消遣) become as boring as the jobs they __________.And，like the child in January，they go searching for new __________．

【推荐2】In life, we will succeed and fail often for reasons that are entirely out of our _________. We can work harder than anyone else in the office and still not be _________. We can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply, and they may not love us _________.

The bottom line is that life is not _________.

That is a bitter _________ to swallow for many of us. As a result, some people _________ after being hit by even one unfair blow from life. But if we let life’s unfairness _________ us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings that life has _________ for us.

My first _________ marriage felt very unfair to me. No matter how hard I had tried to be a good wife, I could not make the relationship __________. I could have been __________ by that experience. But I believed that I could be __________ married one day __________ I always wanted to experience traditional family life. And then, I met this kind, thoughtful, generous man.

What I’ve learned over the years is that we can do all the things that __________ a good outcome, but get bad things in return instead.

When we are __________ with life’s seeming unfairness, our __________ needs to jump in. When life doesn’t go __________ plan, we have to let go of the outcome that we have been __________ and keep trying, and doing the right thing. __________ that life is neither fair nor straightforward. And by knowing that if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them for our __________.

【推荐3】Boxing is a popular sport that many people seem to be fascinated by. Newspapers, magazines and sports programmes on TV frequently ________ boxing matches. Professional boxers earn a lot of money, and successful boxers are ________ as big heroes.

It seems to me that some people, especially men, find it ________ because it is an aggressive sport. When they watch a boxing match, they can ________ the winning boxer, and this gives them the feeling of being a ________ themselves. It is a fact that many people have feelings of aggression from time to time, but they cannot show their ________ in their everyday lives. Watching a boxing match gives them an outlet for this aggression.

However, there is a ________ side to boxing. It can be a very dangerous sport. Although boxers wear gloves during the fights, and amateur boxers ________ have to wear helmets, there have frequently been accidents in both professional and amateur boxing, sometimes with ________ consequences. Boxers have suffered from head injuries, and occasionally, fighters have even been killed as a result of being knocked out in the ________. Furthermore, studies have shown that there are often long-term effects of boxing, in the form of serious brain ________, even if a boxer has never been knocked out.

I am personally not at all in ________ of aggressive sports like boxing. I think it would be better if less time was ________ to aggressive sports on TV, and we welcomed more men and women from non-aggressive sports as our heroes and heroines in our society. I believe that the world is aggressive enough already! Of course, people like ________ sports, and so do I, but I think that ________ other people in an aggressive way is not something that should be regarded as a sport.