【推荐2】Mack was watching a soccer match on TV. He was ________ for getting such a soccer uniform (队服) and told his mother about it. The days were passing by without ________ from his mother. Although he was disappointed, he never ________ his idea.

Mack kept considering how to achieve it soon. He found his mother ________ with her work. An idea struck his mind. He could ________ one of his trousers while his mother was busy. But he was ________. What if his mother saw it and scolded (责备) him? Finally, he made up his mind to paint.

One day, his mother was busy as usual. After work, she went home and stared in great ________ when she discovered a painting on a pair of trousers. Mack felt nervous for his mother’s sudden ________. “I can’t ________ the uniform, but I can paint it on my trousers,” he said to his mother. “Then I will have my soccer uniform to ________ my dream.” He was afraid to face his mother. But his ________ was praiseworthy. He added, “Mom. I think you will ________ me for the work.” Pleased to hear the pleasant words, she appreciated him for his work and ignored the mistake. She didn’t ________ the uniform in the form of painting.

“Now, it will remain as your memorable work out of your thirst for football. ________, you have made your efforts. The ________ will add to your willpower to achieve your goal. But I hope you will be more sensible another time,” she conveyed.

【推荐3】There I stood with tears in my eyes.I looked at a face which was so_______that I might mistake it for my own.I stared_______ her in disbelief. It felt like a dream.I hugged her; she was real.

Adopted at a very young age, I_______surrounded by people I loved as family._______, the faces weren’t like mine. They were people that loved me.As I got older, the curiosity to learn more about myself took hold and didn’t_______.Who was I? Where did I come from?

At the age of 21, I was given the chance to_______it out thanks to my adoptive parent’s the process of_______.They accompanied me to the adoption agency.Then the staff_______the process of finding my birth mother. But the process was_______and I didn’t expect there would be many complex procedures. And the agency also had caution to move the procedures to ensure both parties’ privacy especially__________my birth mother didn’t choose to meet me.

Months later the agency told me that my birth mother was found and that she __________to meet me.We were excited.My parents said my birth mother made great sacrifice as she gave me away,__________allowed them to support the family. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been possible on their own. I was __________what my birth mother might be doing and what she might look like. I created a(n) __________in my head.

After a long process, the moment finally came―we reunited.

She said she had made a(n) __________decision, when watching me leave with only the hope that another family could provide what she couldn’t. She said she hesitated for long but knew she was right. I knew she loved me very much.

【推荐2】I grew up in Trenton, a west Tennessee town of only 5 thousand people. I have _________ memories of those first eighteen years, and many people in Trenton influenced my life in very _________ ways. My football coach, Walter Kilzer, taught me the _________ of hard work. My history teacher, Fred Culp, taught me that a sense of humor was one of life’s greatest _________.

But my father was my hero. He taught me many things, but at the _________ of the list, he taught me to treat people with love and _________. I remember one particular example of him _________ this “life lesson” as if it were yesterday. Dad owned a furniture store, and I used to _________ the furniture after school to earn my allowance. One afternoon I _________ my Dad talking to all the customers as they came in. At the end of the day, just as Dad was __________, the rubbish collector came in.

I was __________ to go home, and I thought it __________ that Dad wouldn’t spend much time with him, but I was __________. Dad greeted him with a big hug and talked with him for nearly half an hour. I kept looking at the __________, and when the man left, I asked, “Dad, why did you spend so much time with a rubbish collector?” Dad looked at me __________ and said, “Son, I tell you lots of thing __________ if you remember nothing else, remember this: treat every human being just the way that you would __________ to be treated. If you live the Golden Rule, everything in life will __________ work out well and your life will be happy and __________.”

Many years have passed, but my father’s words are still __________ with me.

【推荐2】My cousin is nine years old, a little bit fat and doesn’t do well at school. _________ the youngest in the family, she is heavily teased (逗弄), and thus has _________ some resistance and distrust towards adults, who usually don’t expect much of her.

Yesterday we went to an art exhibition together. There were _________ from kids with disabilities. My little girl has keen (敏锐的) eyes, for the paintings she _________ most were also the best in the show. She voluntarily helped to arrange the chairs and table for a sharing stage and cheerfully _________ me to get my bag from another room. She also _________ paintings painted by herself to her new friends there. These things don’t happen _________ at home as she’s usually glued to her iPad.

After that, we went to a second-hand store together. I bought a _________ written by a mom telling her journey with her disabled son. On the bus back home, I _________ introduced the book to my cousin, and I was very __________ that she was truly interested. She kept __________ me to tell more stories about this friend in the book who __________ with small things in life. Even when we strayed from the subject, she insisted on __________ more about this boy. This is the first time I’ve seen her so __________ in a topic. Usually when she talks to me she shares events at school and at home without a clear __________. I’m very touched that the life of a(n) __________ boy has found its way into this little girl’s heart.

I’m very __________ for the trip, for the beauty that my cousin showed to me, and for the time we __________ together. I hope that I can keep seeing clearly the __________ things in her, so that whenever the not-so-kind world puts her down, I can remind her how __________ wonderful she has always been.

【推荐3】One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods from door to door found that he only had one cent left. He was hungry so he decided to ________ for a meal at the next house.

However, he lost his courage ________ a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of 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 ________, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”

“You don’t owe me anything,” she ________. “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a ________.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger_________, but it also increased his faith in human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.

Years later the young woman became ill seriously. The local doctors were baffled (为难). They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be called ________ to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now ________, was called in for the consultation (会诊). When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light ________ his eyes. Immediately, he ________ and went down through the hospital hall into her room.

________ in his doctor’s gown (长袍) he went in to see her. He ________ her at once. He went back to the consultation room and ________ to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave ________ attention to her case.

After a long ________, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly ________ the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval (批准). He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was afraid to open it because she was ________ that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her ________. She read these words...

“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly

Tears of joy ________ her eyes as she whispered, “love has spread through hearts and hands.”