【推荐1】In our backyard there is a big pond with lots of trees and bushes. Both my grandparents were fond of our so-called garden.

One morning our new neighbor, an aggressively ambitious businessman, saw my grandfather _______two rare deodar tree saplings on both sides of our gate._______he said he had planted the same tree saplings in his garden. My grandfather gave his plants _______   adequate amount of water and didn't give them full _______, while our neighbor interested in better _______looked after them too well. His plants were much_______and greener.

Normally in summer, we have fierce thunderstorms. _______ the extreme damage, these storms also bring a welcome sudden_______ from the terribly hot climate. After a thunderstorm, we came out to _______ the damage to our garden and saw the neighbor in his garden, too, but looked__________as his plants had been uprooted. Ours were standing__________ on the ground. Surprised to see this, he came up to us and said with embarrassment," My trees __________ from the roots while yours didn't. Why?”

My grandfather said, "You gave your plants more attention, water and manure(肥料），__________ they didn't need to work for anything. I gave mine just an adequate amount, letting their roots do the__________; thus their roots went deeper and became stronger. "Our neighbor nodded in__________ Hearing the words, I realized that anything easily given can be taken away much more easily and we will not understand the hard work it takes to earn those things.

【推荐2】A few years ago, I was leaving the dog kennel(养狗场) where I worked only to find a baby goat at the end of the driveway. The kennel’s owners are known animal rescuers, and I _________ someone abandoned him over the fence. The kid was_________ nervous but stood perfectly still as I approached.

I’m an animal _________ and I’ve brought home dogs, cats, horses, chickens, and fish, but never a goat. The tiny kid was too_________ to resist. I named him Quincy, and with the help of some experienced friends, bottle-fed him in my bathroom.

Quincy proved to be quite_________. When he was about a week old, I _______ my fingers on the bathroom floor and said, “Lie down.” I was _________ when he dropped down. I was even more amazed when he did it three times___________.

A quick study, Quincy learned to lie down, bow, and turn in a circle in no time. I love to train animals and often take my dogs to shows where they can _________ their tricks. Quincy did his first show when he was just six weeks old. He knew only a few __________ then, but he did them   ____________ and never misbehaved or got nervous in front of the crowd.

Now he has a whole list: he’ll shake hooves(蹄), come when____________, wave, smile for the camera, and more. Quincy and my dogs perform regularly at schools, nursing homes, and charity events. Quincy can even “____________” his tricks off cue cards, which always earns the most____________.

It’s hard to believe that the goat kid nobody wanted__________ to be one of the smartest and most good-natured animals I’ve ever had. He’s by far the sharpest of my bunch—just don’t tell the dogs!

【推荐3】When I was eight years old, Mother told me to put my coat on because we were going to go someplace _______. Usually, that meant we were going to see someone important or _______ I would at least get a new toy. I asked which one it would be that day, and she told me that I would be getting something _______ than a toy. She said I would get “access (通向) to a world of toys.”

I had no idea _______ she was being so mysterious (神秘的) that day. _______, I had no real idea what she meant. “Access to a world of toys?” Did that mean we were buying a toy store?

But we did not _______ at any toy store. Nor did we finally see anyone we knew. _______, Mother _______ her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like _______ out of the past. It didn’t have a modern look at all. And as we exited the car, I ________ had no idea what this place was.

We took stone steps up to the entrance. Only then did I figure out what this place was, because there was a sign that ________ “Marcy Public Library.” We pushed the door open, and Mother led me to the reception desk. “I’d like to get ________ a library card,” she told the man ________ the desk. He asked her to fill out a form and smiled at me. “What kind of books do you like?” he asked. I was too shy to ________ then. I simply smiled back and shrugged my shoulders. “Well, you’ll figure it out ________.” He said.

I do not remember what I checked out that first day, but I know that in the years that ________ I read everything I could find ________ at that old library. I read through all the Nancy Drew books before advancing to Judy Blume, then the ________: Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Shakespeare. Then I read books on history, books of poetry, and books about art. The library opened up a world that I ________ knew existed.

So Mother was ________ . Getting a library card was like getting access to a world of toys.

【推荐2】Sally Petreyko, aged 76, had been hospitalized alone for several weeks. After she was discharged (准许离开) from the hospital, her first destination was to a________ store. It was crowded and she________ there for quite some time.

Having________ what she needed and ready to check out, something________ happened. She was told that her FlexCard was not being________ because of expiration (过期).Without any extra money,she then put all the items back to where they had belonged to,feeling________ . At that time,Joe,a store employee, ________ what was going on, came over to Sally. Sally________ her problems, trying to hold back her tears.

Joe kept________Sally down, “Take it easy. Things are not as bad as you might imagine.”Then out of nowhere, he pulled out his money without________, saying “Just pay it”. Sally looked at him in ________. Accompanied by Joe, Sally came to the cashier again, paying $ 198. Sally was________ that she would have food in her refrigerator for the next few weeks________this kind act. “It’s not often that you________ a person like Joe, but when you do, all you can say is ‘Thank you.’ The man deserved (值得) public________as a reward, so I________it to the local media,” Sally said.

In fact, Joe________ to be interviewed at first, but he________ agreed to encourage people to help others. He said, “It doesn’t have to be $198, and it could be a cup of coffee. Anything that can help some one out________ their day. People can also take________ in helping others.”

【推荐1】I was walking home from school one day and it happened to be a particularly cold and windy day. It was_________ and I was crazy enough to forget my hats and scarf. You can imagine my cheeks were rosy_________ and my hands were as numb as they can be.

All of a sudden, an old lady_________ up beside me and asked if I would like a ride _________. I said it was OK and her_________ smile melted (融化) away the thought that I should never talk to_________! We had an amazing chat and she was just_________ a good woman. She told me her_________ and she dropped me off.

I didn’t see her or talk to her for about a month and one night as I_________ her kind gesture, I decided to return the favor. So, I made a lot of____________ and walked down to her house with my friend. At first I was a bit____________ she wouldn’t remember me or think that I was a bad man who poisoned cookies but luckily, I was____________ wrong. She was so happy, and she hugged me and kissed me and seemed so____________ that someone would do something like that!

When I got home my mom told me that she____________ and told my mom on the phone that she____________ because she was so touched. She said she would never____________ the kindness that was given to her! That filled me with such____________! There really is nothing else joyful like helping____________ and making someone’s day____________!

Let us never____________ the joy we get by giving others a hand!

【推荐3】I have always been hardworking in school. And I enjoyed gaining new understanding about study. One way was making _______.

Math has always been my favorite subject. During each math class, while _______, I waited for my golden opportunities to show myself, which were _______. When they came, I would raise   my hand. Answering them _______ made me feel I was recognized by my classmates and teacher. The only problem was that I wanted to be _______ －to be right every time.

As it turned out, living up to this standard was impossible. In one class, I stood up confidently but gave a _______ answer. Even though I knew this was certainly not my first mistake in life, something   _______   had come at that moment. I thought that my classmates might think I was_______. The beautiful castle that I had built up _______ after my mistake.

In the following classes, I was in low spirits and became silent. Even if I may have known the answer, I was   __________ to take the risk of damaging my selfconfidence any more. Noticing my __________, my math teacher talked with me and learned my problem. She told me that mistakes are an important part of learning __________ they can point out our weaknesses and help us __________. I should set up the principle of   making mistakes.

From that experience, I realized that even though I thought I was right about most things, I was wrong in my ________. School is not a place to________   but a place to learn. What I now know is that by holding fast to humility (谦虚) and learning to grow from my mistakes, I can truly learn in a way I could never in the past.