【推荐1】Yesterday, our teacher asked us when a man could be referred to as an old man. David stood up and said people with wrinkles could be called old people. However, Mary didn’t _______, for some people may gain wrinkles at an earlier age owing to their tough work. Then Lily expressed her idea that those reaching their 60s or more could be called old people. This time, Emily expressed her _______ that some old people may still be energetic and trying to pursue their dreams, which makes them appear young. The class was over and we still didn’t reach any _______, so the teacher asked us to think about it after class.

The _______has made me think about the saying of J. Barrymore that a man isn’t old as long as he is _______ something.

My grandma is such a woman who pursues her dream _______ when she’s 70 now. She has _______her dream of being a painter since she was a little child. _______, because her family was poor, she had to _______ her dream and stepped into the society to raise money so as to support her family. Though she has ________ abandoned her dream, she could hardly find any time to realize it because of the tough work. ________, chance came when she retired from her work. ________she had all-white hair and lots of wrinkles, she began taking her painting lessons. At first, I ________her idea of attending school at so old an age, but after seeing her paint happily and enjoyably, I ________ feeling it a good choice. She seems energetic and looks fine.

So if we have our dreams and seek for them, we aren’t old. It’s when we don’t know what we want and let ________ be the center point of our lives that we can finally be regarded as the old.

【推荐2】The sun was shining brightly over our heads and sweat (汗水) was pouring off our backs and faces. We stood still without ______ any noise, all hot and tired. But everyone kept standing as straight as trees.

It was ______ most high schools give to new Senior One students — military training (军训). We spent four days in a closed environment. ______ we couldn’t go home at night and the training was ______ and difficult, our humorous young drillmaster (教官) with a funny accent (口音) was a real ______ of our days. We laughed ______ his jokes, sat in rows singing different songs and listened to him telling true stories about his life. He gave us the feeling that ______ and sweat were not the only things that we received from military training.

After this journey, we were more ______ than we had imagined and we were much braver than we had expected. Girls who looked sick rested for a little while, then ______ came back to the team. Boys who were being punished ______ to the playground at once and began to run. Sweat flowed down our faces ______ we thought about how to shout ______ than other classes.

Military training taught us perseverance (坚持不懈) and determination (决心). On the last day of our training, the confidence could be ______ in our faces. We shouted so loud that our ______ could be heard across the heavens. With eyes like burning torches (火炬), we walked into the future. Now the sun is ______ at all of us.

【推荐3】The Change of Bossy (好指挥人的) Lily

I am a helpful person. However, my classmates used to call me “Bossy Lily”.

One day, the class shouted again, “Bossy Lily, bossy Lily!” My teacher, Ms. Flora sent me to sit in the _______ for a while to quiet the class. I didn’t understand why the class got _______ when I tried to show Mike how to handle the record player. I was only trying to _______. I also couldn’t understand why the teacher had sent me to the corner. I was taught to always help my _______ if they didn’t know something. I thought the class was _______ in their judgment of me. I thought the teacher was wrong in _______ with them.

When everyone was excused for break, Ms. Flora kept me in. I _______ I was in serious trouble, but I still didn’t understand how my _______ could have caused the teacher to react like this.

“Why am I here and not at break?” I asked Ms. Flora. The teacher didn’t say a word. _______, she placed a word puzzle in front of me. Surprised as I was, I got out my pencil and ________ to solve it. It was ________, with many words I didn’t understand. I raised my hand for help, but Ms. Flora ________ me. I ________ with the word puzzle until I was about to give up. But I was not a quitter, so I stayed with the challenge. Soon I had solved the problem ________my own. I was so proud I did the puzzle by myself that I raised my hand high to get Ms. Flora’s ________. Ms. Flora picked up the finished puzzle and ________.

“I’m glad that you learned this important ________ from me.” I was ________. She hadn’t done anything. Now she was taking the credit for my hard work!

“Now perhaps you have learned to let other students make discoveries ________. After all, that is the fun of ________.”

In that moment, I decided that I would never do anything that would cause them to call me “Bossy Lily” ever again.

【推荐1】I will always appreciate my father and his faith.

As I held my father’s hands one night, I couldn’t help but notice their calluses(老茧）and roughness. His hands tell the story of his life as a ______, including all his struggles.

One ______, I remember, a drought (旱灾）hit Ontario, turning it into a burning desert. On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last ______ from the grocery store. Fifty dozen was all we needed, which ______ took twenty minutes. That morning, however, the process didn’t go quickly. After forty minutes of ______walking in the field, we ______ needed twenty dozen. I was completely frustrated and angry. ______ the basket heavily, I declared, “If the store wants its last twenty dozen, they can pick it themselves!” Dad laughed. “Just think, my little girl, only ______ dozen left for each of ______ and then we’re done.” Such is Dad----whatever problem he ______, he never gives up.______, the disastrous effects of the drought were felt all over our county. It was a challenging time for everyone, ______ Dad remained optimistic. He ______ to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plate. Only then did I truly begin to ______ Dad and his faith that guided us through the hard times.

Dad is also a living example of real ______. From dawn to dusk, he works countless hours to ______ our family. He always puts our happiness ______ his own, and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games ______ his exhaustion(疲劳) after long days. His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic and ______ others first.

Dad，the life ______ I have learned from you will stay with me forever. You are my father, teacher, friend and, most importantly, my hero.

【推荐2】Snowy was a beautiful little horse. Since she was born she has wanted to be a show jumping horse. Every day she would _________ her mum to allow her to _________. Finally, her mum decided that she was_________enough and they went into the jumping arena (竞技场).

Snowy was very_________, but when she saw how_________the jumps were, she started shaking. “I can’t jump that high. It’s a good idea that we_________ ”, she said. Her mum said, “I wouldn’t expect you to _________that high. There’s a log (原木) on the ground. Why don’t you start jumping over that?” Snowy gathered (积聚) her _________, walked to the log and then _________ to jump over it.

“I did it!” she shouted happily. Soon Snowy developed good__________in jumping over logs.__________, her mum said, “You can’t just jump over logs __________you want to be a show jumper. __________the low jump over there.”

Again, Snowy was __________ , but she tried it and found she could do it. As time went on, Snowy progressed to taller jumps, until finally she __________ the arena and looked at the tallest jumps.

Over the past few weeks, something had __________. These jumps seemed much less __________ to Snowy. She jumped over them easily. Her mum looked with __________ at her and said, “This is what happens when you start __________and build your way up.”

So never be afraid of __________ in life, but start small and keep trying. Then you’ll be able to do anything.