【推荐1】A young man was getting ready to graduate from college, for many months he had _______a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and _______his father could well _______it, he told him that was all he wanted.

On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how _______he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. _______but slightly disappointed, the young man _______the box and fond a lovely book, _______, he raised his voice at his father and said. ”_______all your money you give me a book?” And rushed out of the hose _______the book in the study.

He did not contact（联系）his father for a whole year ______________one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father. He ______________he had to go back home and see his father.

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to______________the hospital. He saw on the desk the______________new book ,just as he had left it one______________ago. He opened it and began to______________the pages. Suddenly, a car key ______________from an envelope taped behind the book , which had a lag（标签）with dealer’s name, the ______________dealer who had the sports car he had ______________on the tag was the ______________of his graduation, and the ______________PAID IN FULL.

【推荐2】It was midnight, and I was on my knees, burying head in my hands. I struggled to _________ the sobs that threatened to wake my two tiny children. The call came just hours ago — I got the job. After five interviews and three presentations, I received a generous _________, one that needed my answer by tomorrow.

To others, the decision was _________— live the dream, with its security. But to me, taking the job would _________ compromise my heart.

Exhausted, I _________ to my feet, and made my way upstairs to check on my children, finding each curled up in a _________ sleep. I heard their breathing, soft and even I became one with the moment. And in that breathtaking silence, I heard a voice: _________ your heart. The words echoed through my soul.

The decision, indeed, was simple. I would _________ somebody else’s dream job and keep my own. I felt a great weight lift off my shoulders. I pursued my options for working for myself. I started to write and edit, _________ pages of scripts. I stretched myself and discovered that I could learn anything if I __________ some time to it.

To be sure, I lost a number of business opportunities. But I was available to __________ the simple moments with my children. On sunny days, we’d __________ to the zoo with my backpack of work projects. Each night, when I tucked my kids into bed, my __________ was full. Over time, as my kids grew, my business did, too.

Now I have no regrets. I am __________ for the life that I have, a cherished closeness with my now adult children and a variety of fulfilling, passion-filled work. I’m glad I trusted my inner__________.

【推荐1】As a child, I lived on a college campus with my parents. Their students often visited and did jigsaw puzzles (拼图) with me, for which I quickly discovered my_______.I would sit alone for hours_________building a puzzle. My college “friends” would be_________next time they came.

Soon I_______ up from 500-piece puzzles to my highest _______:a 3,000-piece one. I was so_______at the thought of tearing it apart that I moved the finished puzzle_______ onto a large board and kept it as it was until we moved away and I _______ playing with puzzles.

Recently I can't help but_______my old days, when I could spend hours looking at small, oddly shaped cardboard pieces and ________them into appropriately spaced positions, enjoying myself.

I now live in a world of divided________, constantly jumping from one form of entertainment to another.________，I dislike it when I open my phone to send a quick text, but only to find myself, an hour later, clicking on countless YouTube videos that leave no impression on me. I miss being someone who didn't________ to be bombed with so many flashy external stimuli to be ________ .

I think a puzzle or two would force me to be another version of myself, a less impatient one. When I get home this summer, I'll________ the box of old toys somewhere in our basement. Maybe I'll find what I'm looking for.

【推荐3】One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods ________ she realized that she was lost.

Sitting on a rock and ________ what to do, she began crying. After a while, she ________ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. ________ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and ________ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the ________. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a ________.

The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy sensed that his mistress（女主人）was in ______. He jumped through a window, ______ the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a ______ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He ______ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking(吠叫) ________ into the air, the dog ________ through the woods until he found the ________. But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his ________, he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He ________ over some bushes and saw the little stream (小溪)，where the girl was ________.

When she opened her eyes and ________ her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you ________ me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of ________. That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of steak.

【推荐1】One businessman was in debt and couldn’t figure out a way out of it when an old man appeared before him.

“Is something bothering you?” he said. After listening to the _______businessman, the old man said: “ I think I can help you.” He wrote him a _______, saying: “Take this money. We will meet here _______in one year, and you will be able to _______it to me at that time.” Then, he turned around and disappeared just as_______as he appeared.

The businessman saw the check in his hands for an amount of 500 thousand dollars, _______by John Rockefeller, one of the _______people in the world at that time! But instead of using the money, he put the check into his safe. The thought about its _______gave him strength to find a solution to save his business.

_______the return of his courage, he concluded profitable deals. Months ________and he got out of ________and started to earn money again. Exactly one year ________, he returned to the park with the same check. At the ________time the old man appeared again. But ________the businessman wanted to return the check and share his story of ________, a nurse ran up and grabbed the old man.

“I’m so glad, I caught him!” She exclaimed. “I hope he wasn’t ________ you. He always runs away from the house and ________he is John Rockefeller.”

The businessman was puzzled, and suddenly he understood that it’s not the money, ________or imaginary, that turned his life up. It was his new ________and belief that gave him strength to   ________ everything that he had now.

【推荐2】I was sitting on a medical table. Beside me was a woman in scrubs (手术服) talking about the ______ weather recently. I ______ all the other people laying back on their medical tables too. Each one of us had a ______ in our arms with a long tube running down from it ______ a plastic bag below. Each one of us had come to ______ blood to help others, make the world a better place, and perhaps even ______ a life.

It was the local blood drive and I had driven 12 miles across ______ roads to get there. I tried never to ______ one even in the wintertime. ______ all the time and effort it took, I felt ______ to be able to give this gift back to others. I had been ______ with so much in this life: a loving family, ______ friends, adorable pets, a comfy home, and enough money to ______ my needs. The gifts I had been given felt wonderful, ______ the one thing that brought me more ______ than anything else was giving something back. The more you ______ , the more you get in ______.

There are so many ______ you can give in this life too: a smile, a few dollars, a caring letter or e-mail, and even a pint of blood. Each one of them is ______ and precious. May you fill your life with giving then. May you fill your life with ______.