【推荐2】Julie was at a crossroads. She had just graduated from university     1    was ready to begin life as an independent adult. She had already received some great job     2    (offer) from several major companies and was very    3    (excite)about the opportunities. While    4    (clean) out her dormitory room on her last day at university, she     5    (receive) an unexpected phone call. The    6    (call) greeted her in careful English and then introduced himself as representing     7    international association. He had met Julie a few weeks ago at a job fair(招聘会)and     8    (impress) with her spoken English. The only difficulty was     9    his company was in the country of Colombia. Julie was     10    (curiously)to find out more, so after talking with her parents that evening, she booked a flight to South America.

When I was in the middle school, I founded a student club    1     (name) “green planet” inspired by Chai Jing’s documentary Under the Dome. At first people knew this club. As a result, we had only 15 members. And I     2     (laugh) at for being crazy. However, I didn’t lose heart and I insisted. Every day, we club y members broadcast weather reports and PM 2.5 levels. We then published articles and pictures of the serious     3     (pollute) of the city on the school website. Meanwhile, my club also shares suggestions     4     how to live a low carbon life on the school board, for example: take public transportation or car pool to school; do     5     (little) shopping and so on.

    6     time went by, more are what students showed great interest in our club. And luckily, I persuaded my headmaster to join us. After what seemed ages of waiting, the club was finally accepted by the majority of students in my school. An increasing number of students supported     7     (ours).

Since then, we’re worked together     8     (promote) our club. And up to now, 85% of the students     9     (join) us and enjoyed the simple but eco-friendly life.

Such is Joy,     10     responsible and persistent girl.

A group of our friends from church were planning a picnic, and it sounded like fun.I was a   single-mother with four    1     (child) then, so time was a bit tight for me.What did have that we could contribute     2    the picnic?Then a thought struck.I could make a cherry pie! A friend had given me two canned cherries     3    would make a very nice pie filling,so I worked at once .When   the cooking was done and served,it looked so good and the smell was     4     (wonder).

At the picnic,Stu,my then new boyfriend ,was the first     5     (take)a   bite of my pie.I saw a     6     (puzzle) look go across his face.Then he    7     (begin) to spit out cherry stones.It had not     8     (occur) to me that someone would can cherries without getting the stones out first.    9     embarrassing! Well, he married me anyway. And the cherry pie has been    10     inside joke for the past 48 years.

【推荐2】Tom is a boy with physical     1    (disable) and he can’t walk as     2     normal boy. In order to offer him more convenience, his mother bought him a robot     3     name is Jimmy yesterday. Jimmy accompanies Tom every day after his parents leave for work,     4    (take) care of him. Tom suffers from a rare disease. He can’t stand     5     . Instead, he has to sit on an armchair all the day. Jimmy show sympathy to Tom and tries his best to make him happy. Some days ago, he took Tom to the park. He tried to protect him from being harmed. He gave Tom encouragement to have a try to walk. So Tom     6    .   But to Jimmy’s disappointment, Tom fell on the ground, causing some other boys nearby to make fun     7     him. “Don’t laugh at the disabled!” Jimmy turned     8    , warning those boys. They felt sorry and ran away immediately. The next day, Jimmy took Tom to the park once again. This time, Tom was     9     to the circumstance and didn’t feel clumsy (笨拙的) any longer. He gets back his own confidence     10     he is still a disabled boy.

Some teens dream of a new car or over-the-top party for their sweet 16, but one grandfather spent years     1     (make) a more thoughtful gift     2     his granddaughter.

When Rose was two, her grandpa started taking notes every time they spent time together. He kept     3     habit until she was five, filling up three notebooks over the three years.

On Rose’s 16th birthday, her grandfather decided she was old enough to     4     (full) appreciate the meaning behind the notebooks, and gave     5     (they) to her as a present. When Rose realized     6     the gift was, she was in total shock.

The notebooks told of specific (确切的) things Rose     7     (do) or said. Her grandpa recorded his     8     (memory) of their laughing and playing games. “To my delight, today for my birthday, my grandpa gave me three notebooks with stories of each time he hung out with me from the age of 2 to 5. I was so moved as to be     9     (speech).”

“Throughout the stories he would repeatedly add how much he loves and cares for me,” says Rose.