【推荐1】On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Oggs heard what every parent feared: Their newborn wasn’t going to _______ . Their twins — a girl and a boy — were born two minutes apart. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no _______. His heartbeat was nearly gone and the baby had just _______ to live.

“I saw him breathing weakly, which, however, the doctor said was no use, but that was _______ a sign of life. I wanted him to _______ , and I wasn’t going to give up easily,” Kate said. She _______ the boy named Jamie from his hospital blanket first. Then she asked David to take his shirt off and _______ them in bed. The first-time parents hoped the skin-to-skin _______ would get his condition better. Kate said, “We explained he had loving parents and a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to _______ him.” Then it was not long before something ________ happened. Jamie moved and then he started breathing evenly. Finally, he ________ for his father’s finger. The couple’s almost ________ boy had made it.

“We’re the ________ people in the world,” David told today eight years later. The Oggs only recently told the kids the story of their ________ “ Emily bust into tears,” Kate said. “She kept ________ Jamie. This whole experience makes us value them more.”

【推荐3】For hours after their boat sank, Ken Henderson and Ed Coen trod (踩) water in the Gulf of Mexico, talking about life and death while_______to survive. For more than 30 hours, it worked.

Then Henderson was forced to make a decision that would_______his life, but not his best friend's. “I'm going to go for help or you're not going to make it” Henderson told Coen, just before cutting the strap (带子) that_______them in the deep, cold waters. “I understand,” Coen responded, giving Henderson a_______ set of instructions. “Kiss the babies for me.”

Days after the_______trip ended in tragedy, Henderson told the tale to the press.

They had been fishing for a few hours when suddenly Coen _______the boat was filled with water. Henderson got the engine roaring- only to have the salt water that had leaked in _______it straight away. Coen jumped to the right, his sunglasses and cap _______. The two grabbed extra life jackets and other floating items, including a half-full bottle of cola.

“The water was so cold and it took your breath away,” Henderson said. They immediately began to_______.

The pair prepared for a long wait. And they talked.

“We discussed things and discussed life. We discussed families. We just tried to keep ________,” Henderson said.

Eventually Coen started hallucinating (产生幻觉). Henderson tried to keep Coen's arms and legs________ But as morning came, Coen's situation________. So Henderson decided to cut the strap.

He ________for two hours, tired, frustrated and depressed. Then he saw an oil rig(钻塔) in the,________. He swam, seeing ice and crystal trees in the water. He minded himself ________there were no trees.

His legs were so weak that he could ________lift them, and Henderson slowly pulled himself up the rig's ladder. It was over 50 miles from where they had gone in the water.

All he could think of was Coen. Convinced his friend would________, he told the coastguard where they had________.

Two hours later, a fisherman found a body in life jacket.

Later, in the hospital, Henderson saw his________. He apologized and asked for forgiveness. He ________to realise his wishes and look after his girls.

“I felt like a part of me had died out there,” Henderson said.

【推荐1】I wrote my first novel when I was 22. It was a mess. I didn’t know how to properly organize dialogues and structure a plot (情节). Those were all ______. I planned to work out later. I gave the book to my father to read, and he left me a voice mail in a few days saying that it was ______ and that I was going to sell it for $300,000.

______, I didn’t ______ an offer from any publisher in New York. If there were a literary prize for Most Rejections (拒绝), I would have won it. I was ______: of course, but I knew better than to give up—writing wasn’t an easy job, and if this book wasn’t my ______ in, maybe the next one would be. I got back to work.

But this scenario (剧情) happened again: I wrote books...and then the books wouldn’t ______. Still, my father’s faith in me never wavered (动摇), even if I worked a lot of other jobs. Some of the jobs, like being a bookseller, were great and ______ to my writing life. Some, like selling overpriced jeans to 12-year-olds, were only insofar as they were material for future ______. And they were—because it finally ______. I sold a book! I was going to make it big!

I completely agree with the motivation speaker and author John Maxwell’s words: “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities but in their strong ______ to reach their goal.” Life’s not_______. It never was, it isn’t now, and it won’t ever be. But do not fall into the trap of feeling you are a(n) ______. You are not. Get over it and ______ with it. And yes, most things are more ______ when you break a sweat to get them.

【推荐2】Can you remember the first time you received a generous act? I can’t, but I clearly remember the first time I understood the meaning of generosity.

I was in Grade Four. Fred was a boy in my class who lived in difficult conditions. His parents couldn’t _________ to buy him all the stationery (文具) that he needed, and one of the basic items he _________ was colored pencils. So every time we needed to use colored pencils, Fred would _________ some of mine.

Knowing this, my mother said it must have been hard for him to always _________ others. Instead of driving home, she drove _________ to the closest stationery shop and had me _________ some for Fred.

The next day I was sent to school with these things and was told to give them to Fred in _________; I shouldn’t cause Fred to feel _________, but should just give them to him and tell him to keep them. Receiving these, Fred looked _________ at first, then happy and proud. He had his own stationery!

To me, it’s okay to let Fred use my pencils. __________, my mom realized what a difference it would make for Fred to have his own. Generosity __________ an opportunity to do something within your capability. Besides, it’s never limited to __________ things. Thinking creatively and sharing wisdom to help others find __________ are also acts of generosity. Give someone your time and __________ by listening mindfully. More importantly, it isn’t doing something to be seen; it is giving with no __________ of anything in return.

【推荐3】I became a magician by accident. When I was nine I learned how to make a coin _______. At first the magic wasn't any good; it was just a bad_________ I spent hours each day _______ in the bathroom, running through the secret _______ in front of the mirror

One day I made the coin disappear on the playground. What a miracle(奇迹)! Dozens of people were _______ . I showed the coin to everyone. Then it disappeared. The kids _______ and laughed. It was great. Everyone went _______.

The teacher on duty crossed the playground to _______ more about it. Mrs. Tanner was a(n) _______ woman who controlled her class with an appetite(欲望)for ________ students She marched toward me and ________ to know what was going on.

The coin disappeared for her too. “Do it again,” she said angrily, and I did. My hands were ________, but when I looked up, everything had ________. I would remember the look on her face — the look of wide-eyed, open-mouthed ________.

I kept seeing my teacher's face — the strict look ________ into great wonder and joy ________. The kids' too. They had been ________ immediately from an indifferent(冷漠的)pack of creatures into real people. When the ________ of worry or pain had gone, the faces that shone without it were ________.

Magicians get to see people at their very best, and in this transformation we can see what can only be described as real, actual ________.

【推荐1】Lisa Condie is a woman in her sixties. She runs a business in Italy. Why did she _________a business there? Here is her _________.

At 56, Lisa Condie had two _________for a trip to Europe. However, she had no one to go _________because she broke up with her boyfriend, which _________her plan for a romantic (浪漫的) trip. Lisa wondered if her fifties were just about staying on her own and being _________. She was no longer a wife _________her husband died early. And her kids had all _________and left her. She had no idea what to do with the _________of her life.

Condie spent a few sad days in Rome alone, not ____________Italian or knowing her way around. However, by the end of her trip, she cried at the thought of ____________the magical place. Being alone in Italy had helped her realize that she was ____________strong, smart, and in control of her life. She decided right then that she would one day ____________and live there.

Two years later, Condie is now living out her ____________. She lives in Florence and runs a tour company for women ____________Italy — A Better Way To Travel in Italy. So far, her business has been ____________. "I can show them life doesn't have to be over at some point of life. It can ____________anytime you like. You can have ____________again. I do think there's a magic in women ____________women," she said. "I feel everybody has a dream that can bring them back to life. As women, we often support other people's dreams, but we ____________need to realize our own dreams."

【推荐3】I was doing some last­minute Christmas shopping in a toy store.A nicely dressed little girl was_______the teddy bears beside her father_______she saw a little boy walk in and stop in front of the Pokemon toys.His jacket was obviously too small.He had money in his hand._______,it looked no more than five dollars at most.He was with his father as well,and_______picking up the Pokemon video games.Each time he showed one to his father,his father_______his head,“No”.

Rather_______,the boy gave up the video games and chose a book of stickers_______.After they walked away,the little girl ran over to the Pokemon video games.She_______picked up one lying on top of the others,and raced down toward the checkout.I picked up my purchases and_______the girl and her father.

Then,much to the little girl’s________,the little boy and his father got in line________her and me.After the video game was paid for and bagged,the little girl________it back to the cashier(收银员)and________something to her.The cashier smiled and put the________under the counter(柜台). I was putting things in my bag when the little boy came up to the cashier.The cashier said,“________, you’re my hundredth customer today,and you win a prize! ”and she handed the boy the Pokemon game.The boy could only________in disbelief.It was,he said,________what he had wanted! The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway,and I saw the biggest and________smile on that little girl I have ever seen in my life.

I suddenly understood that the world is not________into the strong who care and the________who are cared for.We must each in turn care and be cared.

8.

A．nervously

B．excitedly

C．bravely

D．hopefully