【推荐1】It was raining heavily. I was driving to go to the fitness centre and I was ______ at Fort Campbell, where traffic was moving slowly. I was probably going to be late and growing more and more ______.

The pace slowed almost to a standstill as I ______ Memorial Grove, the site built to honor the soldiers who ______ in the Gander airplane crash. A small American flag had been ______ in the ground next to each soldier’s memorial plaque (纪念牌匾), because it was close to Memorial Day.

My ______ at that time was getting past the traffic jam, getting out of the rain and getting to the fitness centre on time. ______, just as the traffic was getting started again, the car in front of me stopped. A soldier ______ in the pouring rain and ran over toward the Memorial Grove.

I couldn’t ______ it! This stupid man was ______ everyone. I ______ sounding the horn (喇叭), with the purpose of ______ the same worry and anger for him.

He was getting totally ______. He ran up to one of the memorial plaques, ______ the small American flag that had fallen to the ground and set it straight again. After that, he came to attention, took a(n) ______ salute (敬礼), ran back to his car and drove off.

I’ll never forget that incident. That soldier ______ me more about duty, honor, and respect. That simple salute—the act of ______ his fallen brother moved me. All the army values were in one ______.

I thank heavens for ______ like that. I will remember all those who gave up their ______ for our freedom as well as the soldier who honored them in the heavy rain.

【推荐1】Do you think you have what it takes to be a successful scientist? A successful scientist is generally a good observer. He makes full _________ of the facts he observes. He doesn’t accept ideas which are not _________ on obvious facts, and therefore _________ to accept authority (权威) as the only reason for the truth. He always checks ideas _________ and makes experiments to prove them.

The rise of modern science may be considered to _________ as far back as the time of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher of Oxford, who lived between the years 1214 and 1293. He was probably the first in the Middle Ages to _________ that we should learn science by _________ and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself _________ many important truths.

Galileo (1564—1642), however, who lived more than 300 years later, was the greatest of several great men in Italy, France, Germany, and England, _________ began to show how many important __________ could be discovered by observation by degrees. Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more __________ towards the earth than small ones, __________ Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the __________ of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, let two __________ stones fall and proved Aristotle was wrong. It is Galileo’s __________ of going direct to nature, and proving our __________ and theories by experiment, that has __________ all the discoveries of modern science.

What __________ those people good scientists? From the example of Galileo, we know clearly that ________ scientists are those whose observations have __________ better results.

【推荐2】Last year, I attended a class and discussed the topic of “paper books or e-books” with my classmates. The discussion was lively, but was left _______ because of several pros and cons (利弊) of both types of books and the personal _______ of different students.

According to an article from LA Times, a study discovered that 92% of 300 college students in America and other three countries _______ paper books. Many participants reported they had headaches for long screen time and are easily _______ when siding colorful pages.

I _______ that the 92 percentage is true, not just because it is the result of a study. Paper books can _______ another perspective (感受) to you reading experience through the _______ smell of the book, the feel of the _______ between your fingertips and the sense of progress being made throughout your reading.

However, pleasure comes at a _______. Physical books aren’t cheap ________ much room. As a person who moves often and loves written words, it can be a big ________ to move my mini library from one place to another, not to mention the money to buy those books. ________, besides taking up less space, e-books are more ________ than traditional books. Yet those ________ didn’t keep my interest for long. Nothing ________ the comforting feeling of curling up (蜷缩) with a hot cup of tea and a book.

【推荐3】A typical lion tamer (驯兽师) in people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip (鞭子) and a chair. The whip get all of the attention, but it’s mostly for show. In reality, it’s the_______that does the important work. When a lion tamer_______a chair in front of the lion’s face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus_______, the lion becomes confused and is_______about what to do next. The lion chooses to_______and wait, when faced with so many options,_______attacking the man holding the chair.

How often do you_______yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have something you want to   _______ — only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?

This_______me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which________is best, the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information. The end result is that we’re focused on the   ________things or that we feel like we can’t focus,________we take less action，make less progress, and stay the same when we could be________.

It doesn’t have to be that way. Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face,________this: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel________is one of the habits of successful people.