【推荐2】When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument (争议) with a boy named Tom in my class. I can’t _______ what it was about, but I have never forgotten the _______ I learnt that day.

I was _______ that I was right and he was wrong, but he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. Our teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson and _______a good idea. She _______ both of us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on _______. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object (物体). I could _______see that it was black. She asked the boy what colour the object was. “White” he answered in a _______ voice.

I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, _______ it was obviously black! Another ________ started between my classmate and me, this time about the colour of the object.   

The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed ________, and now she asked me what the colour of the object was. I had to answer, “White.” It was then ________ I realised I was wrong. In fact, it was an object with two _________coloured sides, and from his side it was white. Only from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must ________yourself in the other person’s shoes and look at the ________ through their eyes in order to truly understand their views.

【推荐1】Why would someone climb straight up a steep (陡峭的) rock face without a rope or safety equipment? According to Alex Honnold, who is known internationally for free soloing, it’s no big _______! But many people in the climbing group disagree. In fact, free soloing is so _______ that less than one percent of climbers ever _______ it.

Honnold grew up in California _______ a climbing culture and started climbing at 10. He _______ going to a climbing gym six days a week for three hours a day. Honnold was a straight-A student in school. But climbing was his main _______, and free soloing quickly became his favorite style. _______ he began climbing, he has made over a thousand climbs. He is _______ by many to be the best climber in the world. _______ climber John Long says over half of the famous free solo climbers are dead. According to him, Honnold’s greatest achievement is that he’s still ________.

Honnold climbs by fitting his fingers into the cracks of the rock face. With most of his ________ supported by his fingers alone, he ________ himself up. What’s more, his ability to stay focused is as ________ as his strength.

Other climbers agree that the fear of climbing without a(n) ________ is a huge challenge to overcome. Everyone knows that a single ________ would probably be a deadly one.

One of his greatest achievements ________ in California’s Yosemite National Park. He became the first free solo climber to ________ the 2,000-foot northwest face of Half Dome. This and other climbs have made him famous, but along with ________ comes lots of criticism. Many blame him for taking too many ________. Honnold responds by saying, “I don’t think I’ll do this forever. But I don’t think I’ll stop ________ the risk. I’ll stop because I lose the love for it.” For now he’s continuing to follow his passion and climbing to new heights.

【推荐2】Wayne Gretzky was about five when he first saw Gordie Howe, a Canadian professional ice hockey (曲棍球) player, on television. He immediately became a   ___ of the Detroit Red Wings star. “I was really ____.” he said. “Not everybody gets to meet his hero and ____ when you meet them it isn’t as good as you think it’s going to be. I got so lucky that the guy I ____ happened to be so special.”

Howe joined the Red Wings in 1946 and spent most of his long career in Detroit. He won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s top ____ on six occasions and also ____ the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player six times.

“He was a(n) ____ guy.” Gretzky said. “He never asked for anything from anybody, ____ he would do anything for anyone.” Gretzky added that it wouldn’t   ___ whether you were a server in a restaurant or the Prime Minister; Howe ____everyone the same. “He had a way to be able to ____ to anybody and put everybody at ease.” he said. “He was just a really ____ person.”

“When I was 10 he told me, ‘Make sure you ____ your backhand.’” Gretzky said. “So I always had a great ____ in and scored many goals with my backhand. A   ___ we had as players was that our backhand was ____ and solid (坚固的) and I think that’s the one thing I really ____ from him.”

“Howe said to me when I turned pro and signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association at 17, ‘You worked hard to get to the professional ___, but nowadays you’ve got to work much harder. So many guys who have turned pro sort of ____ about that.’ That was the one thing he told me that ____ stuck in my brain.”

【推荐3】Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.

It was a need that he first ______ back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrens burg. To get an ______, he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His dad couldn’t afford the ______ at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done ______ his farm - work routines. He withdrew from many school activities because he didn’t have the time or the ______. He tried for the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too ______. During this period Dale was slowly ______ an inferiority complex（自卑感）,which his mother knew could ______ him from achieving his real potential. She suggested that Dale join the debating team, believing that ______ in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.

Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts finally made it. This proved to be a______ point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the ______ he needed. By the time Dale was senior, he had won every top honor in speech. Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they, ______, were winning contests.

Out of this early struggle to ______ his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability ______ an idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And, ______ it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do -- and so could others.

【推荐1】Kids love percussion instruments (打击乐器). In truth, becoming a percussionist requires a great deal of __________ and practice. It was believed that one more thing was vital—a good sense of hearing. Dame Evelyn Glennie, __________, has proven that isn't always true.

At age 8, Glennie began taking piano lessons, and she also began losing her hearing. She was totally deaf when she joined her school orchestra (管弦乐队) at 12. The moment Glennie saw the __________ in the percussion section, she knew that was where she __________. At 15, She __________ the Royal Academy of Music in London for a solo percussionist. However, never hearing of it, they were unsure about accepting her. Ever __________, she persuaded them to take her.

Since Glennie made her first professional __________ in 1985, she has gained fame as the world's first fulltime solo percussionist and won many awards.

When asked how she __________ the music, she says, "I use all my __________, especially sight, feeling and touch." Paying close attention to the __________ and relying on feeling the music, she performs in bare feet on a wooden platform, which __________ her to feel vibrations (震动) from the instruments through the floor. She is in __________ motion as she moves from one instrument to the next.

She has become a(n) __________ wherever she performs. As a writer observed, "She was able to __________ disabilities aren't barriers. They're __________ to thinking differently."

【推荐3】I missed my four years at university, although I lived a _________life financially. I was full of _________and was determined to complete a double major in music and English literature.

Apart from a few textbooks a year, I had to _________at least two books a week for my classes, which really cost a lot. My tight _________ provided a roof over my head, in the form of an off-campus small old room. It was not in shape. I was so thrilled, however, to be living my dream and working on my college education. The tough condition could _________ affect me.

I spent almost all of my waking hours after classes _________ the piano and writing papers in the small and cold room. And I also _________part-time jobs in order to cover the cost of basics. To keep warm in the cold, rainy winter, I bought a pair of leather shoes. But soon I _________ them and they started to leak because of my frequent walking and running. I wore heavy socks and wrapped the boots with plastic bags to prevent _________getting in during the rainy seasons.

At the end of my senior year, I was full of __________because I was graduating. But it was also the time to rent graduation dress, book a sitting with the photographer and pay for my diploma. All of these __________seemed like mountains before me. I felt __________. There was no way for me to manage it.

As I was walking back to my room one night, I met one of my professors. When he commented on how excited I must be, I blurted out (脱口而出) my __________He said, “But didn’t you hear that news? You got a big award because of your excellent music composing. That’s a $5,000 cheque in your mailbox! You’re always __________in your study, which I think is why you won the first place in the competition of music composition. ” Later, I rushed to my mailbox! My hands shook as I unfolded the envelope which contained the cheque that could help me __________what were troubling me.