【推荐1】The Nigerian boy is only 11 years old, but so far Kareem Olamilekan has displayed his unbelievable super-realistic drawings in many museums around the world.

Kareem started _______ his artistic talents when he was around six years old, by practicing with his favorite cartoon _______. His biggest turning point _______ two years later, when he visited the Ayowole Art School. Teachers at the academy _______ his extraordinary gift and asked him to join. Now, Adeniyi Adewole, the _______ of the school, says Kareem is one of his best students.

Kareem’s success was not _______ available. Coming from a poor family, he often _______ to buy basic artistic supplies. “I would _______ buy myself some paper every time Mom sent me shopping for food _______ I have nothing to draw on,” Kareem said. His family had no electricity, ________ him to depend on a flashlight when he wanted to draw at night. Despite the difficulties, the boy still ________ his passion for drawing, and he is now able to draw detailed photo-like drawings.

Adeniyi always encourages the boy to think ________. “You can go farther than beyond our expectations. Don’t think yourself only as a roadside artist ________ for others’ recognition. Believe you can have a (an) ________ like Michelangelo and Da Vinci,” Adewole said. The young artist’s ________ are anything but small. “I want to see myself among the great artists in museums,” Kareem said.

【推荐2】Dolphins. That’s how I got into trouble. My family were eating dinner when I _________ it up. I mentioned a friend posting overly inspirational quotes accompanied by photos of rainbows, sunsets, heart-shaped clouds, you _________ it. “Now she’s moved on to dolphins, I wonder if killer whales are _________ .” Everyone in my family _________ , except my 17-year-old daughter, Maggie. “You’re snarky (爱挖苦的), Mom. You make fun of everything.” I wanted to argue, but Maggie gave me the teenage _________ shoulder.

All night I thought about what Maggie had said. Was she _________ ? Was I too snarky? Actually, I wasn’t a _________ person. But around people I was comfortable with, I did tend to _________ things.

So for this New Year’s Resolution, I _________ I’d stop being snarky. The first few days, I wasn’t expressing the snark, but the __________ kept running in my head. I, however, controlled them. Gradually, I managed not only to stop being snarky, but to be __________ to others.

Several days later, I was in the regular supermarket. The check-out clerk was a sour woman who rarely said anything apart from the __________ “welcome”. Noticing she seemed sad, I didn’t give the __________ in my usual way. Instead, I just __________ for her. I did something I’d never done before. I smiled at her. She smiled back. I left the store feeling __________ somehow.

【推荐1】Two weeks ago, Alex’s parent were told there was nothing mere doctors could do to save their five-year-old son. He didn’t have long to live.

Alex’s parents wanted to make his remaining time a_________ as possible. They asked him if there was anything that he still wished to_________. His response: Halloween. Specifically, he wanted to see _________ . As a toddler, Alex had gone to a ghostly house, and he desperately wanted to go back. His doctors _________Alex and his family net to go traveling, urging them to remain close to home.

That’s when Paula, a close friend of Alea’s tamily._________a plan. She decided she would build a haunted house in Alex’s backyard. She _________ it in the local community group, asking neighbor to_________in costume.

The post was soon_________ with comments from strangers. “Almost _________ my inbox exploded,” Paula said. “People were just asking how they could help and__________their Halloween displays.”

On the day of the event—Sept 14—Paula __________ 300 people to attend, at most. But as the evening progressed, “probably close to 1, 000 people came,” she said.   “It was surprising and amazing.” said Alex’s father, “We never thought something like that. It was__________” “Alex, for his part, was very happy.” his father said. “He loved it.” Alex’s father said during the most __________ point in his life, he and his family are feeling__________for all of the support. “We’re very blessed to live in a(n)__________ like this.” he said.

【推荐3】Jenny Johnson felt so lucky being a city girl and living near a riding stable (马场). She had always ______ horses. Her favorite one there was called Star because the horse had a star on his head.

One afternoon, Jenny found her father sitting on the sofa, looking very ______.

“What’s wrong, Dad?” she asked.

“Nothing, honey. Your mom and I were just making some plans.”

“Plans for what?” she asked. “Well, sweet heart,” her father said. “We’ll start a ______ life together. You see, we are moving to a small town in Michigan in about three ______. I’m going to have my own business.”

“But that’s so far away from...”Jenny said.

“From your ______--true,” her father cut her off. “But you can have your new friends.”

“But ... what about Star?”

“There will be other horses, Jenny.”

Since it was already ______, Jenny said no more. In the following weeks, she never went near the riding stable because she thought she was ______ to see Star. It was quite a shock (震惊) when she ______ got there to find the horse gone. Soon it was the big day - the Johnson family moved out of their house and Jenny never ______, just ahead. When the family arrived at their new home, Jenny couldn’t believe her ______. There were many trees around the house and a little dog was waiting at the door. Jenny’s room was so large. She looked through her window and saw two cats in the backyard. So many ______!

Then she noticed a barn (畜棚)! ______ she walked towards the barn, she heard a sound. She listened again, and ______ ran as fast as she could in the direction of that sound.

Star! She ______ to see her parents standing right behind her. “Mom, Dad,” she shouted excitedly. “My Star, he’s here! You brought him here, didn’t you?”

“You are right, Jenny. Now ______ new life will really be complete.”