【推荐1】It was a rewarding experience for me in my 3rd year of high school. During that period of time, I got sick and missed a few days. When I ______, I was greeted with two essays due, three days of math and history homework, plus several tests. _____ I went home from school that day exhausted, I had to stay up really late to finish them all.

The next day at school, I got a rude awakening: I’d totally forgotten to prepare for the____ on Romeo and Juliet, which I’d take over my lunch hour! Worse still, I had _____the in-class discussion and all the notes. When lunch came, I went to the English room to face my certain doom(厄运). All I could do was try to _____ on the questions I didn’t know.

As it turned out, I didn’t know the majority of the questions. I was just about to give ____ when my pencil accidentally fell and broke. Standing by the blackboard sharpening my pencil, I looked   down and there in full view lay the answer sheet for the test! What good fortune! I can kiss good-bye to all my _____ of failing the test! My heart started beating, and my brain _____, Yes! Read over the answers—quickly! This was quickly followed by another voice, No! You’ll get caught! My mind was turning back and forth, Yes! No! Yes! No! …This went on for ten of the longest seconds in my entire life.

Finally, I decided to finish the test on my own, without______! I was satisfied with my decision but pretty _____ I had failed the test.

The next day when I walked into the English room, my great joy of having been an_____ boy changed into a wave of doom as I saw my test paper lying face down on my desk. I knew what awaited me. I stared at it a few seconds before I got up the nerve to turn it over.

You can only imagine my ____   when I learned that I had passed the test! I have never in my whole life been so happy to see my _____, a C.

My mom says the victories that take the most courage are won within. Now I know______ what she means. Now not only can my conscience(良心) rest easy, but I don’t have to worry about getting caught and meeting a sad ______ like Romeo and Juliet.

【推荐2】There was an old couple who had been married for 40 years. They loved each other deeply and went on dates together. Every time they went out for supper, the husband would order pie for dessert, which became their_________. Although the wife always_________ to order any, she would _________ the first bite of his pie every time.

But then the husband began to _________ a type of disease. He started to slowly _________ who his wife was. It _________ progressed to the point where he didn’t recognize his wife at all and became troubled by living with a stranger.

He moved out of the house and into a nursing home. She was _________. However, she thought of good _________to help him recover. She would visit him with items (物品) that he loved before, but he never knew who she was. Even seeing pictures of them together from their past _________ him.

One of the doctors __________ the wife to start taking him on a few dates like before, so that the husband could gain a new kind of familiarity with her. The wife __________ his suggestion. So she took him to a __________ they had been going to their whole lives and had dinner. Afterwards he ordered pie, and without thinking she stole the first bite of it. The husband looked angry, and was ready to leave. But __________he stopped and seemed shocked, and then started crying.

Everything had come back. His wife’s __________ made him get back to who he was. Tears came to his eyes once more. They moved back together and __________ their lives again.

【推荐3】When most toddlers can speak small sentences and use about 200 words, my three-year-old Kimber knew only fifty small words. She expressed herself in different ways._________ways! She pointed, climbed, gestured, cried, and even learned baby sign language. But Kimber did not use_________if she could help it. Kimber was tested, and we discovered she had_________delay. Later, we learned this was_________processing and executive function disorders, which made it very_________for her to learn new sounds, letters, and pronunciations._________, Kimber was smart enough to_________that she didn't say words the same way as everyone else. If she couldn’t say words right, she didn’t want to say them at all. And she hated to be_________so she didn't use words ever.

That_________one hot summer day while we were visiting a friend. My friend had a litter of kittens____________to give to good homes. Most of the kittens hid in the closet when my____________toddler approached them, but one little grey one did not____________. Soon, they played together. When it was time to leave, my friend suggested we take Kitty home.____________Kimber had the kitten over her shoulder and its paws were____________her shirt, I agreed. The next morning, I saw the most amazing thing. She was talking! “Good Kitty Lie down.” Kimber said, petting the cat. My eyes were filled with tears as I witnessed the____________. That charming cat inspired Kimber to overcome her own____________and use the words she knew! I sat____________listening to her talking to her new little pet. “Kitty, come here. It's time to play "Seven words in a____________from Kimber's lips were all that I needed to hear. Kitty never went back to my friend. He won his____________in our home. He was the perfect pet to help Kimber through his____________love and acceptance.

【推荐1】On a Friday evening in December, two weeks before Christmas, I lost my job. When my daughter, Kristil, then 12, and I planned to get our Christmas tree, I listened to my voicemail: “We’re sorry but your work ________ has ended today.” My heart sank. As a single parent, my anxiety ________.

The next day as we searched for the tree, I ________ to be cheerful as I eyed each price tag (标签).

“Is everything OK?” Kristil asked. “You seem worried.”

“I got some bad news yesterday,” I told her. “I lost my job.”

I eagerly wanted to ________ a job as my bank account became smaller. I felt as if the world was closing in on me.

One afternoon, I dropped Kristil in a wealthy community for a birthday party. I watched as she went in, ________ with all the nice things we couldn’t afford. I drove home ________. Back at home, I glanced out the window. It had been snowing ________ all morning. I noticed a slim woman trying to open her car door ________ the wind. As she got out, I realized it was my old professor, Sister Esther Heffernan. I’d first met her 10 years earlier when I was her student at Edgewood College. Kristil was 3 at that time, and I sometimes took her to class. Such was Sister Esther, a(n)_______ professor. When I was busy with lessons, she would ________ coloring books to occupy Kristil.

“Well, I called last week but couldn’t get through. ________. I thought I would come by.” Sister Esther said. “I have gifts for you and Kristil.”

I made her a cup of tea, and we talked. Being in Sister Esther’s ________ gave me hope that things would be all right. I opened her card as she ________. Hundred-dollar bills fell onto the table. I took a deep breath ________, tears of gratitude streaming down my face. Sister Esther had given me $1,000.

On Christmas Eve, I ________ watched as Kristil opened her gifts. In 2020, at age 91, Sister Esther died, but the love she gave during her life lives on in the hearts of many. I am lucky to be one of them.

【推荐2】From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the students’ union. I always _______ my school leaders for having responsibility for all of us. I dreamed of being a leader. Years flew by, and soon I was able to take part in the elections. I _______ I would win, but the reality was that I didn’t have a chance. Girls across the school _______ knew me. I just did not have what it _______ to win a school election. _______ I cried in my room that evening, I suddenly took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop dreaming.

What were the points that would work in my favour? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. I would not allow my plain face to _______ me back from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I began my election _______ a whole year in advance.

I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, so I decided that I could make these _______ work up to my advantage. In order to learn how to _______ a great election speech, I also ________ a course on effective public speaking.

The day after the next year’s election, when the head teacher ________ I won the second highest number of votes, the students ________. Suddenly, I realized that I had ________ much more than I had dreamed of. I had won acceptance and love from my schoolmates and they knew me as somebody who would ________ them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and ________ their day.

【推荐3】At weekends I went to the local library to borrow books as usual. On my way there I would pass by a large nursing home. That day as I walked toward the library, I saw an old woman ________ there all by herself.

I was curious and compassionate (同情的) for her. So, I decided to go to talk to her instead of just ________. The old woman was very ________ to share her life with me. She told me about her family and that her father was an activist. She cheerfully told me about the wonderful ________ she had taken when she was exploring in Africa and the ________ moments she had with her friends. She smiled while ________ her best times. We sat there for about an hour.

It was so nice for her to talk to someone after such a long time that she had been ________ alone. The last person she had had a(n) ________ with was a nurse but she had found another ________ and left. It made me feel ________ that some old people are easily affected by the social ________. And sometimes this can have a serious impact on their ________. We should try our best to spare some time to ________ the elderly, whether they are our grandparents, neighbors or ________ a random elderly person. The elderly woman was highly ________ and I learned so much from her in less than an hour.