【推荐1】Our church has a way of assisting those who have financial difficulties without making the receiver feel shame or guilt by dropping money into an offering box with only the name of the receiver on the envelope. The envelopes are then distributed to those members without them knowing the _________ of the giver.

There came a time when my husband and I were among those _________. We did not talk about our financial difficulty with anyone. The only reason our _________ knew was because we had to cut back on many things._________, we hoped they were not aware of the extent of our need. We did not want to _________ them with a problem they were too young to do anything to solve.

Our situation wasn’t improving, and just as we reached the point of _________, our church gave us a gift envelope left in the offering box. We were ___________ to receive a big sum of money, enough to help us _________ that desperate time. We couldn’t help but wonder who had given such a generous gift.

A year later, our seventeen-year-old son was applying for a student loan so he could _________ university. It was then that we discovered that his savings account was almost __________.

His father and I were very disturbed by this. From the time he was nine years old, he had worked very hard for his small __________. I asked him repeatedly to tell me where the money had gone. At first he would not tell me, but I would not let the matter __________.

Finally, in tears, and with much __________, my son admitted that the year before he had put his savings in the offering box for his father and me. I stood there __________, tears filling my eyes. It had taken my son years to save that money. He had given it to us __________—without telling us what he had done.

【推荐2】Gaokao takes place in June in China every year. It is considered to be the ________ point of a student’s life. One previous gaokao taker, Xiao Xin, is a good example, but in a way that you might not ________.

Xiao had dreamed of studying traffic and transportation at a famous university. But he didn’t score high enough in gaokao and was ________ to study electrical engineering instead. _________, Xiao finally accepted it, which — not realizing at that time — opened a new door for his future.

During his studies, Xiao developed an interest in the electrical engineering ________ and became excellent. After graduation, he ________ his first job in Pakistan, where a major pilot project was in progress. But he soon met a ________: the language.

As the Chinese saying goes, those who refuse to take the ________ path will succeed. So Xiao decided to ________ his English as he did in high school. Then, he ________ learned Pakisan’s national language for better communication. “The job was also about people-to-people ________.” he said.

With such effort, Xiao and his team completed the electric energy project in less than three years. Now. the new power plant helps people get electricity ________ without further power cuts.

For Xiao, the job has brought him a great sense of fulfillment (满足)

“Over the years, I have always felt ________. Not everyone has the opportunity to work out how to make a project grow out of ________. Never lose heart even if you suffer a failure in gaokao because it’s not ________.” Xiao said.

【推荐1】Ten minutes to go and I could close up the shop. There were still a few ______who couldn’t decide what to buy， who______this perfume and then that one. I had a fake(假的)smile______on my face as I waited for them to make up their minds. They______without buying anything.It was ten minutes past 5:00.They had______my time.

Sometimes I wondered if this was really what______was about. ______ from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,I caught just a glimpse of the sunrise on my way to work. Going home after a day’s work isn’t much______.At home, a family was waiting for my______ While preparing dinner, I did the washing. After dinner, I washed the dishes.

Both my body and soul were______.I can’t go on like this. It’s my own______that I don’t make time for myself. Even on weekends, I get up early to clean the house ______ , while the family sleeps in. I needed______ time for myself, time to recharge my batteries. I was determined to make a______.

A family meeting was the first step, during which everyone came up with ideas for how they could help me ______my goal to have at least one hour per day. Finally, we agreed on taking turns to cook, do the laundry and ______after dinner. Now, the plan is working______.I am impressed by how______my family is to make life easier for me. Now, I don’t mind if customers.are lingering(逗留)when it’s time to______the door. My smile is no longer fake.I have lost that______bit of weight that was bothering me.

【推荐2】My husband and I have six children and things have been tight financially.

He is a brick mason (泥瓦匠) and as a barter deal (易货交易) he agreed to ____ a sign base for a man who owns a sign company ____ a puppy.

The job was at the front of a cemetery (墓地). As we were ___ beside a busy road we noticed a well­dressed man walking to us. I looked ___ him and saw his car was parked on the roadside. When he ____ us he asked if we had any ____ he could have.

My husband reached into the back of the truck and handed him a can with a gallon or two of gas and told him it should be enough to get him to the ____ gas station.

The man ____ my husband and walked back to his car. About twenty minutes _____ and we finished our work. We ____ ten more minutes and the man still hadn't _____ with our gas can.

I started to feel ______ that he hadn't brought the can back. We _____ decided that the man must have needed the can more than we did and left. While driving down the road we saw the man pass us ______ we turned around and saw he had pulled into the cemetery. He gave my husband a full gas can along with a gift card for $25. What a big ______！