【推荐1】For many, just taking part in a single marathon is the achievement of a lifetime. But for Julie Weiss, it has become a ________ routine. She has run 52 marathons — once a week — for the past year in memory of her dad who ________ just 35 days after he was ________ with pancreatic cancer (胰腺癌). When Julie Weiss lost her father in 2010, she was ________ to find the research for pancreatic cancer is so short of fund. “It made me feel ________.” she said, “I knew I had to do something.”

So this marathon queen, ________ she calls herself, did what she did best — she went running. Having completed 25 marathons during the ________ two years, Julie now vowed (发誓) to run 52 marathons in 52 weeks in ________ of her father. After asking people to ________ money for each marathon, she ________ a website, marathon goddess.com, to collect money for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PANCAN), a nonprofit organization. Julie began her incredible ________ with a marathon in Rome and then entered a race every ________ in some city across North America. ________ leaving work at 5p.m. on Friday she would be ready to begin the next race, before she ________ home to California on Sunday. Julie finished her 1362.4-mile journey in March 2013,________ more than $200,000 in the process for PANCAN.

While running, she stuck to a strict training schedule. “My body is getting used to this. I’ m changing my diet, becoming more healthy and learning to run more ________.” she said. When her muscles began to ________, she kept her ________ in mind. “When you do what you love, for those you love, that is where the ________ happen. Together we can make a(n) ________, and pave the way for a happy, healthy, cancer free life.” She said.

【推荐3】Some ten years ago, I was studying in a middle school in London. One day, Mrs. Clara gave a math _________ to our class. When the papers were _________, she found that twelve boys had made _________ the same mistakes in the test.

There is _________ new about cheating in _________. Perhaps that was why Mrs. Clara didn’t _________ say one word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to _________ after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs. Clara asked no questions, and she didn’t _________ us, either. Instead, she wrote the _________ words on the blackboard: On your way home you find some __________ and you’re completely sure that you will never be found out. Later someone comes to ask you if you have __________ some money he lost. What will you do?

She then ordered us to write down the __________, and asked us to take our whole lives to try to find out our own __________ to it.

I don’t know about the other eleven __________. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most __________ single thing of my life. __________, I have been asking this question to myself when I have to make a __________.

Because of this, Mrs. Clara has become the most __________ teacher for me in my whole life. I often think of this: if Mrs. Clara had blamed us as many other __________ often did, would I go on __________ every day?

【推荐1】Early in my teaching career, I heard countless excuses—most of them amusing—for why students didn’t have their homework. “The dog ate it” was one of them. As time passed, I grew _______ of hearing “I don’t have my homework because...” So I quit accepting any excuse.

When I was _______ to another school, I took my straightforward attitude with me. “No excuses, no extensions!” I warned my eighth graders on the first day. When a student didn’t have the homework, I never asked why. _______, I sighed loudly, shook my head in disgust and recorded a zero.

One afternoon, shortly after the _______ bell rang, Anthony _______ me. “Could I talk to you a minute?” he asked shyly. “I know what you said about our homework, but I don’t want you to think I’m a slacker (懒虫) because I come to school _______ mine so often.”

Anthony looked up at me, and I could see that his lower lip was shaking. “It’s just that...well, my dad moved out, and my mom works at night, so I have to look after my little brothers. Sometimes they cry a lot, which makes it hard to _________.”

I put my hand on Anthony’s thin shoulder. “Why are you just now telling me…” I stopped in mid-sentence. I knew why. So I _______ the question. “Would it help if you stayed here after school and worked on it?”

He swallowed hard and _______.

The next day, I announced to all my students that I’d be offering an after-school study hall. Anthony was the first to ________. Several days later, Terrell joined him, __________ by twins Sandy and Randy. Before long, I had a room full of eighth graders to work on their lessons. I never asked why any of them were there, but I soon had a large __________ of “I don’t have my homework because...” stories. All were very __________. None were amusing.

The things I learned weren’t taught in college. I discovered not all kids come from homes that are safe and __________. Not all kids have a quiet bedroom with a desk and study light. Some don’t have a home where a parent is even around. And even some kids do go to bed __________. Most importantly, I learned that “I’ll listen” works better than “No excuses”.

【推荐2】Recently I had an experience of eating dinner at a “dark restaurant”, where people eat in complete _______. Diners eat their whole meal in total blackness and have to _______ the waiters’ guidance if they need to go to the bathroom. I wanted to understand the experience of being _______. Then I found out eating was a really _______ activity.

It was a special meal. Because we couldn’t see where anything was, my friend and I knocked down glasses and _______ food. Even though my senses of taste and _______ became more sensitive (敏感的), I had to eat more slowly, trying to _______ what I was eating. _______ water was undoubtedly difficult, and I even kept drinking from my friend’s glass.

After failing to _______ any food with a fork for five minutes, I decided to use my __________. I reached down, expecting rice and vegetables, but instead I stuck my hand into a bowl of warm, thick soup. “Ahh…!” “it’s best to use a __________ for this soup,” the waiter said into my ear. It was __________ but much too late. Even using a spoon, most of the soup ended up on my shirt. I felt __________ even though no one could see me.

Our waiter advised us to lift the plates and bowls close to our faces. Only in this way was I able to eat something.__________, when I left the restaurant, I still felt __________. Anyway, through this special dining, I was much more aware of the challenges that blind people face.

【推荐1】Back in 1959.when I was 13, I attended a school in Brooklyn.Because of the Sabbath on Friday, we had an early______from school.Most of the students would go to local parks to play basketball or baseball.I always______myself instead in a small public library,______for hours before sundown, the beginning of the Sabbath.

There was a kind of______ in that library that led me to worlds that I thought I'd never see.I was______to the Green Mountain Boys, to Isaac Asimov robots, to the swashbuckling novels of Thomas B.Costain and to a whole list of______ of the mind.I found a paradise(乐园) of silence where I could______ my inner self and find the treasures of other worlds.

However after watching the______generation of teens.______in the troubled waters of technology, I had little confidence in the______of the book.I felt sure that the physical object would be a thing of the past which the Twitter(推特)world had already:______, limiting the imagination of this______to the few characters that they could ______ in the shortest period.

But on a Saturday in August, I was shocked into the______ that my fears might be unnecessary .

Stony Brook University ______a competition for teens representing local public libraries.The participation of my granddaughter, Kayla, brought it to my ______.

In the Student Activities Center, hundreds of young people came in character costumes,______ready to respond to a multitude of questions about books they had read.They had spent the summer in______.

Imagine, a(n)______summer reading when they could have lazed with their smart phones and followed the president into the Twitter universe.Instead, they followed their imaginations and______themselves to the books .Perhaps there is hope for the world.

【推荐2】There was a time when Whitney didn’t have a lot of friends. She was a bit shy and reserved. She never really wanted to be _______, but she did want to have someone to _______secrets and laughs with. All through high school, she just got “light” friendships _______she didn’t find a lot of comfort.

When it came time to go to college, Whitney was quite _______. She was to be _______with someone she didn’t know in the same dormitory and living in a town 300 miles away from home. She had no _______how she was going to make friends in this new _______.

The first week of classes, _______happened that changed Whitney’s life forever. In her English composition class, she was asked to share a little about _______. She told everyone all of the ordinary details that students share in such situations. The final question for each student was always the same: “What is your ________for this class?” Now most of the students ________it was to get a good grade, pass the exam or something similar, but for some ________, Whitney said something entirely ________. She said that her goal was to make just one good ________.

While most of the students sat in silence, one student came to Whitney, ________his hand and introduced himself. He asked if she would be his friend. The whole room was silent, all eyes ________on Whitney who was amazed, and the hand was extended just ________her. She smiled and extended her hand, so a friendship was ________. It was a friendship that ________all through college.

Whitney learnt the power of asking for what she wanted, being honest and ________action.