【推荐1】In fifth grade, my backpack was stolen from my dad’s car. There was my binder(活页夹) in it, where all my school stuff was________in it, and it had notebooks in which I had stories that I had been________for quite a while. And when my dad had come and woken me up to tell me that his car was________ and my backpack was stolen, I________for about half an hour.

Then I decided to go to school with________nothing. My 5th grade ________, Miss Taylor, was really sweet and________to me and understanding. She gave me a/an________binder that she had and she got out a piece of ________, and set about writing my________‘Zoe’ in a cool font(字体). She was really good at fonts. She then________it to me.

Later that same day, Miss Taylor had gotten a________from the office and when she had gotten off the phone, she________me like this: “Zoe, a miracle has happened! Someone ________your backpack!”, I rushed to the ________, and got my binder.

When I opened it, I saw all my stuff including a(n)________. On the back of the envelope was “I'm sorry all your stuff got stolen, but I hope this________” and I opened the envelope and it had a ________worth $20 in it. The person that found all the stuff had put in the envelope so that I could________more school stuff! Seeing it, I was very________to the person.

【推荐1】It was my twenty-eighth birthday, and I was seriously upset. I was a newly divorced mom, raising two small children on my own. Feeling ________ myself had become comfortable for me.

The evening before my birthday, my six-year-old son Nick said, “Tomorrow’s your birthday, Mommy! I can’t wait!” Unable to return his ________, I kissed his cheeks and hoped he could ________ it the next day.

The next morning, I heard voices in our living room-Nick was ________ his baby sister Maya, saying “make Mommy smile today”。 It suddenly ________ me I’d been so ________ in my sadness I hadn’t realized how it was affecting my children. Sensing my ________, my little boy was doing his best to ________ something about it.

I marched into the living room to hug my children-and was ________ in my tracks. There sat Nick on the floor, Maya on her blanket next to him, and in front of them was a pile of presents. I looked wide-eyed and open-mouthed at them, then back at my son. “Happy Birthday!” he cried. “I ________ you, Mommy, didn’t I?”

I knelt (跪) down next to him and asked how he’d ________ to get me the presents. He reminded me of our ________ to the Dollar Tree store, and I ________   remembered him telling me he was going to spend the pocket money he’d been saving for ages. I had almost ________ him for spending everything he had so carefully saved. I would never have imagined that he was preparing gifts for me.

Watching the presents, I suddenly saw the beauty in my life. The sadness ________ from my heart. I hugged my son and daughter and told them how lucky I was to have them in my life.

【推荐2】In our daily life, if you feel sick or uncomfortable, you might _________   a doctor But what to do if you don't quite know _________   you fit into this world and you're tired of   carrying that _______ alone?

I answered _______ questions on life puzzles at the entrance to the Boston City subway at 55 th and 9th. A group of strangers had _______ because they were carrying around some _______, meaningful questions that had _______ gone unanswered, like why can't I be happier in my life?"

And then I _______ him, a little boy, who would be my_________ questioner of the day. He was about 6 years old and held his mother's hand ____________ he craned （伸长脖子）his neck to stare at us. His mother stopped, but the boy ____________. "It's OK," I offered. Do you have a question?" The boy smiled at his mother, then ____________ her hand to walk over towards us. He looked me ____________ in the eye and said: "How do I know I'm real?"

____________ I was back in graduate school. Should I talk about the French philosopher Rene Descartes to prove our ____________with the phrase "I think, therefore I am"? Or, ____________ English philosopher G. E. Moore and his famous "here is one hand, here is the other," to ____________ that the outside world really exists? But then the answer came to me. I remembered that the most important part of ____________ was feeding our sense of wonder. "Close your eyes," I said. He did. "Well, did you ____________?" He smiled and shook his head, then opened his eyes. "Congratulations, you're real.

He smiled ____________ and walked over to his mother, who looked back at us and also smiled.

【推荐3】After a long day at school, I walked home with my heavy schoolbag. Sleepy and ________, I threw my things on the couch and hurriedly took something from the ________ to eat. I passed by the living room and wished I could watch TV, but I knew my________ would take me the whole night. I took my schoolbag and went ________ to my room. I tried to understand chemistry and ________ sleepiness at the same time I tried to keep my eyes ________ and I wanted something to cheer me up.

Later, I________ the sound of the front door opening. And I waited for it — the sound of my mom singing. Though she sang off-key (跑调), it made me ________ that she was here. I ran down to ________ her. We hugged each other and talked for a while. I like it when my mom was happy. Her________ seemed to flow down to me and I got the power to ________ the stress again.

Sometimes, I wonder ________ my mom can still be positive after coming back from work. Every weekday, she wakes up ________ in the morning to go to work and spends all hour on the bus before getting downtown. At a ________ factory, she works standing for the whole day and draws patterns for clothes over and over. After work，my mom often gets stuck in ________ for two hours on her way back home. When I ________ my school life with her work life, I should not be the one to complain. At least I have some interesting things to do at school, ________ if my mom makes one mistake at work, she will lose her job. I appreciate that my mom has a positive attitude and lives her life with a joyful heart, ________ encourages me to do my work well, ________ there may be difficulties. Seeing her happy makes feel ________, too.

【推荐1】My parents and I lived upstairs over my aged and sick grandmother. All of us_______ her as carefully as possible. Grandmother was gradually going blind. However, her mind was_______.

I often think of the fall when Grandmother got the_______ to "be useful again" to help earn extremely-needed dollars. At that time, her niece had rented one of lunch stands on the fairgrounds in our town during the week-long fair, _______food for the hungry crowds coming to the fair, together with the niece's daughter.

Though Grandmother's relatives would have little time to _______ during the day, they would need a place to sleep in. Grandmother stumbled (蹒跚而行) _______ around at home, thinking of all the help she could offer.

Under her guidance, the woodshed of the stand had been made into a relatively_______ sleeping room. A curtain was put up at the one small window. Simple beds with quilt were _______ carefully. A blanket would warm their feet and the cold floor on the early mornings.

Shortly after that, the best day came! The two women got everything _______ early befor the lunch time, finding that their simple sandwiches for lunch sold like hotcakes. The fair employees themselves bought their breakfasts here, keeping the two women overly ________.

Nearly ________ as grandmother may have been, she could do her ________. Grandmother stated delightedly, “That was the best week I’ve had in years!”

The lesson that memory brings back to me is that we all ________ a chance to be "useful" or________. No matter what our situation is, there's usually a way to ________!

【推荐2】What could driving a nice car and pointing a camera at the Milky Way have in common? More than you might imagine. Race car driver Bubba Wallace and photographer Batak Tefreshi journeyed together to remote Gooseberry Mesa for a(n) _________ aimed at capturing the night sky.

Gooseberry Mesa, far from population centers, is _________ from the nighttime light pollution making it perfect for star photographers. Nature night environments such as this are _________.

Camping, hiking, and shooting stars in mountainous Mesa highlight the _________ between photography and racing. Bubba _________, “Once you fire up the _________ there’s no turning back — I know I’ll be in that seal for more than three hours.” Batak agrees, “I have the same feeling as soon as I touch the wheel of my camera — I’m ready to continue through the entire night.” For Bubba, developing _________ allowed him to mature as a driver and is equally essential to his photography.

Seizing the moment is crucial loo. “Every minute things are _________ — the Earth’s shadow, the moonlight, the rise of stars.” Batak explains. “If you lose the moment, it’s gone forever.” Bubba finds the physical and _________ demands of racing as crucial when travelling in Utah’s __________ landscapes under freezing temperatures.

Think incoming clouds, wind, or mist will __________ your chance at a perfect shot? According to Batak. “With wide-angle nightscapes every __________ weather condition can be an opportunity. Our photos show oranges and blues around the moon you wouldn’t see under a clear sky.”

The team discovered shared __________ that go beyond photography. “We’ve both passionate about bringing cultures together and using our work to __________ boundaries,” says Batak. “The night sky has a __________ power. The sky connects the whole world under one umbrella.”