【推荐2】My life experienced ups and downs. I was never interested in being a_______but things changed. When computers became my companion,I _______ I should start learning about them. I was _______ by this thought that I decided to get a degree in IT

Coming from a middle-class family, the huge tuition was a great _______.   My English was poor. And most _______, the courses seemed to be wonders when I had the first glance. But I never _______, and it was my father who pushed me to pursue the _______ I wanted.

I decided to _______ this university which promised its students to help them gain the knowledge _______. During my first month it was difficult to ________ the accent of the Americans. I walked two miles day to the university ________ I could use the travelling money to buy a meal. I started looking for ________and I got an offer to work as a student assistant. As the days passed by, it got ________ when more and more students couldn't understand the subjects and concepts.

I took it as a challenge and never thought about the fact that I didn't have ________ to buy food or I was new to this programming degree. I believed ________ hard work and that’s my strength. And I had many chances to learn the computer in person. Right now I am ________ with a degree and an employment asking me to start right after my graduation

For anyone who feels ________ or thinks you can never achieve anything, you need to believe in yourself and start ________ on your dreams. Hard work always ________ off. To be successful, you need to start from somewhere and always question yourself about how far you would go to ________ your goal.

【推荐1】While traveling, you might have stayed at a hotel or a family member’s house. But have you ever thought about staying in a stranger’s ______?

This might sound______, but it’s actually a trend that’s becoming popular around the world, including China.

Lodging rental (借宿出租) companies like Airbnb are helping people look for cheap ways to ______. This website allows people to rent out their ______rooms or apartments as an alternative to ______in over 190 countries.

Created by young American men Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk, Airbnb is a good example of a ______economy. Through the Internet, people share ______such as cars, apartments and ______their expertise.

______post information about the location, prices, descriptions and pictures. Guests can go to the ______and find their favorite place to stay. Users ______their opinions on their stay so that people know whether a place is good or not.

A man in New York named Jonathan Powley even rents out his ______for $22 (140 yuan) per night through Airbnb. This is no ______car. Powley took out the car seats and changed the ______to look more welcoming. He keeps it clean and puts flowers in it every day. He provides snacks and tells travelers where they can go and shower.

But Airbnb does have some ______. Sometimes you end up living with a stranger or it is not as ______as it looked like online. ______, hosts sometimes get mad when they get home and it’s a complete ______.

In China, Airbnb operates in five ______including Beijing and Shanghai. The country has seen a major ______in Airbnb users in the past year.

【推荐1】Volunteering gives you an opportunity to change people's lives, including your own. It gives you the _________of playing a role in someone else's life, _______people who may not be able to help themselves. Why not______ a little time helping others, because in the end, what goes around comes around.

I think one of the most _______values I have gained through my_______at St. Clarets Hospital is the importance of service. Service_____making a difference in the lives of others. I believe that through volunteering at the hospital, I can ______this value. Each time I end my volunteer _____, I feel better and as if I have done something ______. This feeling has fueled me to_______volunteering. In the past years I have been ___ about my situation, and was discouraged because I felt I might not make a big ______ due to my young age.

However, I am relieved of this because I feel that through the hospital volunteer ______I can try to do my ______ and help others. Because of my involvement at St. Clarets Hospital, I have come to include service as a(n)   ______ part of my life. I feel an obligation to do my best to help others and ________to society in any way I can.

I know that my experience as a St. Clare's Hospital volunteer has been a wonderful opportunity to ____ as a person, and I have made use of this to the best of my _______. Without my volunteer experience, I may have been a(n)   _____ different person, lacking these skills. I have gained valuable skills, as well as learned

【推荐2】On June 17, my daughter gave me a new wallet as a Father’s Day present. It was a perfect gift considering that my purse that had been used for nearly a decade was much_______. I took the opportunity as well to_______some cards, notes, or small pieces of paper in it that were no longer needed. As I_______out the old wallet, I was amazed at how much it held. Carefully I went through its_______piece by piece and moved them to their new home. As I was looking at them, I_______the organ donor card that I had signed nine years ago. _______, it hadn’t yet been called into use. Still, it felt good knowing that_______something should happen to me, I would be able to give another person a second chance of life.

As I_______the card into my new wallet, I started thinking about all the_______things we can donate to help others today. We can donate our time, our talents or our wisdom. We can________our kindness. We can________our light into the darkness. We can donate every bit of love and joy inside of us. And the greatest thing of all is that when we do, we________that we have even more to share than when we started.

Maybe you wish to________an organ donor card so you can give something after you die. But don’t be afraid to give something now while you are still________. Be a donor. Make your entire life a gift to others. Donate all your________things to make this world better and brighter place.

【推荐3】I love music. From the time I was a preschooler, I remember ______ my father play jazz on the piano and my family sing with ______. As I grew up and took piano lessons, I became very ______ of classical music. In the early 60s the Beatles was ______ and I was attracted to “pop” and “rock” music.

As time went on, I ______ to like almost every type of music, from opera to new age. Music did ______ for me. It helped me in every mood and ______ me up. My husband and I can go to a Broadway musical, or an opera. What is it that ______ us to music? Why do we have iPods today with thousands of songs? It’s ______ music is a part of the earth and our nature.

Music is for every ______. It is thought that babies hear ______ before they are born. Mothers sing lullabies (摇篮曲) to their babies and are able to put them to ______. When ________, pre-school children listen to music. It is also thought that it helps them ______ the beginnings of mathematics. It has been used in ______ settings as a way to comfort and help cure victims of stress syndrome(综合症). It also helps people keep ______, when music is played and sung during a memorial.

While we ______ music every day, we don’t think about all of this. ______, we listen to music regularly because it is a (n) ______ part of our earth’s rhythms. So, the next time you listen to music, think of it as a ______ that you share at any time and can have with you always.