【推荐1】In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory _______ course about 20 years ago.

The professor _______ the lecture hall, place upon his desk a large jar(广口瓶) filled with dried beans, and invited the students to _______ how many beans the jar contained. After _______ shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the _______ answer, and went on saying, “You have just _______ an important lesson about science. That is: Never _______ your own senses.”

Twenty years later, the _______ could guess what the professor had in mind. He _______ himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting __________ into an unknown world invisible to the __________, which can be discovered only through scientific __________. But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even __________ the invitation. She was just __________ to understand the world. And she __________ that her firsthand experience could be the __________. The professor, however, said that it was __________. He was taking away her only __________ for knowing and was providing her with no substitute(代替品). “I remember feeling small and __________.” The woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I __________ the course that afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since.”

【推荐2】Last May I bought some sweet potatoes for food. Several days later, a tuber (块茎) left in the kitchen was sprouting (发芽). I _________ the tuber into a pot hoping that it might take root and produce something that could be put on the dinner table.

_________ , the tuber did take root and began to grow. In the following months I _________   it when necessary and it grew very well. One day. I decided to harvest. I pulled out the plant, which took some _________ and began to dig with my fingers to see if there was any tuber in the pot.

When my fingers could almost touch the _________ of the pot, I took the root and pulled it carefully, for the potato could break easily. As almost no earth was left, I tried to pull but I failed to lift it up. In _________ . I pushed the pot over and found the root was outside the pot! It had grown through one of the holes in the bottom of the pot.

Then and there I changed my opinion of this plant, for the seemingly weak plant gained the _________ of me.

Very carefully I emptied all the soil out of the pot, _________ the root might be harmed or broken. Holding the root. I was deep in thought. The root outside the pot looked like a _________ and strong finger of an old farmer who had fought his way to make a living. The end of the root was dark gray and __________ . Obviously, the peel must have been removed during its struggle with the __________ of the heavy pot. It struck me that the tuber, though seriously __________ , had struggled hard and it seemed that it had never __________ . Such is a sweet potato, an ordinary-looking plant with __________ characteristics. It managed to grow where I thought it was almost impossible to __________ .

【推荐3】It was a hot summer day. The sun was shining brightly and all I could think of was _________ down with a scoop of my favorite ice cream. I decided to make a quick _________ to the newly opened ice cream store close by for a mid-day_________.

As soon as I arrived there, I _________ my ice cream in a fancy cone and asked the server to _________ two tubs of chocolate ice cream for folks at home. While waiting for my take-out, I was halfway through my icy treat and was enjoying the view of the two colorfully _________ ice cream flavors, sitting pretty one next to the other. Now that my to-go order was _________, I headed to the payment counter to settle the bill. Surprisingly, the cashier had forgotten to _________ my ice cream, _________ only for the two tubs.

The next few __________ passed by as I __________ between doing what was easy — clearing the bill and moving out, and doing what was right __________ the error. I knew if I didn’t bring the error in the bill to his __________, my ice cream would be charged against his __________. That moment, my decision was made and I went and told him what he had __________. He looked at me in __________ and thanked me profusely for telling the error. Had it not been for my __________ telling the error, he would have been __________. The smile of relief on his face made me smile, too.

I came out of the ice cream parlor feeling really __________ about myself. I knew that day how wonderful it feels to do what is right __________ what is easy.

【推荐2】My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from Chicago to spend a week with my husband in Florida. We were ________ about the trip because we hadn’t seen him for five months, and my daughter ________ her Dad terribly.

As usual , the plane was totally ________. Because we did not get our boarding passes until we ________ at the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together and were ________ by the aisle (过道). I asked two passengers in my row if they would switch places with Kallie and me, ________we could be together. They ________, saying they thought they should stay in their assigned seats. Meanwhile, a mother and her three children were in a ________ several rows ahead of us. There had been a mistake in their boarding passes, and ________ the whole family had been split up. The passengers in her row________ refused to move elsewhere. She was very ________ about the younger boy sitting with strangers. She was in tears, yet nobody ________ to help her. There were a troop of Boy Scouts(童子军) on ________. Suddenly the Scout leader stood up and said, “Ma’am, I think we can help you.” He then________ five minutes rearranging his group so that enough space was   ________ for the family. The boys followed his directions cheerfully and without ________, and the mother’s relief was obvious.

Seeing that, Kallie began to panic at the _______of not being next to me. I told her that there was nothing I could do. ________, the man sitting next to the Scoutmaster, ________to me and asked, “Would you and your daughter like our seats?” ________ to his and the Scoutmaster’s. We traded seats and continued our trip, very much relieved to be together and watch the scenery from Kallie’s window sea.

After that, I have been calling my kids to join Boy Scouts because I believe it is the sharing and love that matters.

【推荐3】In 2014, the Varkey Foundation established the Global Teacher Prize. It is to reawaken the world's _______ and importance of teachers.

This year's Prize _______ to Disale, a primary school teacher from India. Shortly after the _______ in London, Disale announced that he intended to _______ half of the prize money with the other nine co -finalists. He wanted them to _______ and lighten the lives of more students.

Back in 2007, Disale had to enroll （加入） in a teacher-training program _______ after being refused by an engineering university of his choice. However, he soon realized the impact educators could make on _______ lives. After graduating, he accepted a _______ in a tiny village. The school building was far from satisfactory. What's worse, the villagers _______education, especially for girls. Even the courses were not written in the native language, Kannada.

Disale stepped up to the ________ by first learning Kannada himself and then translating all the textbooks into the native language. He even organized after-school "Edutainment" activities to awaken the students' ________

His ________ have paid off and extended （延伸）beyond his tiny village. Today, his tiny school has ________ 100 percent attendance from girls. His project, Let's Cross the Borders, is designed to build ________ between young people in conflict zones.

Given his commitment, it is ________ that he has received the prize.

【推荐1】Mr.Robinson had to travel somewhere on business,and as he was in a hurry,he decided to go by ________.He liked sitting________ a window when he was flying,so he got onto the plane,he looked for a window seat.He ________ all of them taken except one.There was a young man________ beside it,and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window.Anyhow,he went towards it.

When he________ it,however,he saw that there was a notice on it,written________ large letters,________ “This seat is kept for proper balance.Thank you.”Mr.Robinson had never seen such a notice before ,but he thought the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in its room________ made it necessary to have the passengers probably balance.So he walked on and found________ empty seat,not beside the window________.Two or three other people________ to sit in the window seat next to the young man，but they also read the notice and went on.

Then when the plane was nearly________,a very beautiful girl________ into the plane.The young man,who was watching the passengers coming in,________ took the notice________ the seat beside him,and by this means,he succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip.

【推荐3】When an infectious disease broke out and supermarket shelves were ________, Daniel and Nancy decided they no longer wanted to ________ others for food. The couple decided to start a year-long ________ where they wouldn’t buy a single thing to eat. ________, they would grow, raise or catch everything.

Daniel said, “It is something that we have wanted to do. When the disease ________, it gave us that extra ________. At that time we were both ________, and that gave us   even more motivation to see if we could ________ ourselves.” The pair built a house for chickens and ducks and studied online about where they would get all the things they needed. Daniel adds, “We had to learn so many new things like how to grow mushrooms and ________ salt from the ocean.”

“Now after five months, they both feel well but Daniel ________ the first few weeks were difficult as their bodies adjusted to ________ coffee, wine and sugar all on the same day,” he says. “After three weeks our desires for them ________ and now we feel great.” Now February has come to a(n) ________. As they survive winter, they feel ________ about continuing with this way of living, with their challenge ________ ending in August.