【推荐1】I remember the first time I saw a skateboarder(滑板运动员)roll past me when I was 14 in the early 90s. The skater moved in such a _________ and cool way. He _________ through the crowds in the same way that water finds its natural _________ . I can still _________ with complete clarity the sound of the tail of the skateboard snapping against the road as the skateboarder popped an ollie(豚跳, 滑板的一种动作)up onto the pavement. It was the _________ thing I’d ever seen. Why walk to school when you could skate? After serious saving and a _________ for early birthday funds, I _________ myself in the skate shop and got my first skateboard!

What I didn’t know then was that this first _________ was the beginning of a voyage that would never _________ . Information and experiences were exchanged and ____________ with friends. And only through dedication and perseverance did my ability and confidence ____________ .

And as my skateboarding years rolled by, my friends and I ____________ further into the unknown architectural skate spots around the globe. ____________ with fellow skateboarders get past borders because the sport brings with it a bond of sincerity. You know ____________ good times await. You’re a global conqueror aboard four wheels and seven layers of Canadian plywood.

I’m now 36, and, as I continue to age, my adventures as a skateboarder will ____________ . Skateboarding is an extension of play and fun. I shall never tire.

【推荐2】When I was young I wanted to be a model, so I convinced my parents to take me for an audition (试演)．I was_______by the judges and told I had potential. They said that for only $900 I could _______ a weekend event that dozens of the most well-known _______agencies would attend. At 13, my _______of fame and fortune clouded all judgment and I begged my parents to let me go. We have never been rich, but they saw my _______and agreed．

I _______ being signed by some famous model companies. For months, any boredom or _______I faced was pushed aside because I knew I would soon have the chance to be a real model. I thought I would grace the _______of famous magazines!

Of course, I wasn't signed, but what _______ most was being told that if I grew to 1.75 meters I could be a ________．I prayed for a growth spurt （冲刺）________ I could not imagine giving up my dream. I made a（n）________ with a local modeling agency and the agent demanded ＄500 for classes, and ＄300 for other expenses. My parents only agreed after hours and hours of my________.

The agency sent me out on a few auditions, but with every day I didn't receive a call, I grew more ________. The final straw came in September after I had decided to ________commercial modeling. There was an open call in New York City. We spent hours driving and another few hours waiting, only to be told that I was too__________．I was extremely upset．

Years later, I ________that the trip to New York was good as it made me notice I didn't ________ love modeling, just the idea of it. I wanted to be________ and I was naively （天真地） determined to reach an ________goal. The experience has made me stronger and that will help me later in my life.

【推荐1】I’m a big fan of pop music and I enjoy listening to music quite a lot. Although people can listen to _________ music on their music players when they are travelling, working or studying, music festivals and _________ are becoming more and more _________. I think it is because they offer two main _________.

The first one is that the sound is much _________ at live concerts where the music and voices come _________ from the musicians. This makes it a much more emotional (有感染力的) _________ because you have direct contact with the _________ and you react (回应) to them and they react to you.

The second advantage is the atmosphere (气氛). _________ listening to a recording __________ on your personal music player, at a concert you are __________ with a huge crowd of people and __________ the music together. This means it is a __________ as well as an artistic experience.

The main __________ is that you cannot listen to live music __________ you want like you canon a personal music player. Besides, the noise from the audience sometimes damages the quality of the sound.

【推荐2】Nowadays young people in the UK hardly ever go to music shops.In fact,there aren't many music shops _______on British high streets and small independent music shops have almost completely disappeared.You could be forgiven(谅解）for _______that British youngsters are no longer interested in music. _______ ,music is still an important part of life for most British people.In a recent survey young people had to imagine what they would _______if they lived on a desert island and 90 percent of those who _______chose music first.

The main difference between attitudes to music now and in the past is that lots of young people would _______the idea of paying for music nowadays."Music is free,"they say,"and you can get it from the Internet."So illegal downloading of music is _______according to the survey,saying that an average teenager has 800 illegally down loaded songs on his or her MP3 player.Another research has shown that many teenagers listen to music_______on their computer hard drive,which contains over 8,000 songs_______

So,what does this mean for the bands(乐队）that make their money from the________ of their music?In the past bands could make some money from T shirts,CDs and posters but now they need to be more creative now.Some of the big names in British music are________some interesting ways to make money.For example,you can choose a Gorillaz lamp if you want to brighten up your bedroom.You can ________dry your Coldplay cups with a Supergrass branded tea towel while listening to music.

If you are thinking of   ________your own band you have to go to your audience to make yourself known.This means on social networking sites such as Facebook and My space where a lot of teens can be found in the evening.It is more difficult for bands that are just starting out in the music business to make money but easier for them to find________.UKbands is a site devoted to new music,where it gives bands a chance to________their music across the web.So dig out your guitar and maybe you could be an Internet star.

【推荐3】Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the music arts are________ at the bottom of the list. Too often, music is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education which should be first emphasized. This view is________. In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students.

Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it ________ their thinking and values, as well as the social________ it came from. Rock music________ a lifestyle just as surely as does a Schubert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American________ it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity（身份，同一性）as a society.

Music provides a kind of feeling cannot be________ any other way________ can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotional meaning of the same phenomenon（现象）. We need every possible way to discover and________ to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all.

The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human being "talk" to each other. They are the________ of civilization（ 文 明 ）through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes. The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be________ others. When we do not give children________ to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we________ from them the meanings that music expresses.

Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The________ do. Music is an important way we express the meaning and value of peace and love.

So music education is far more________ than people seems to realize.

【推荐1】Shreyaa Venkat’s desire for helping others started as soon as she could walk. Her parents, ____volunteers themselves, brought her along to attend their various voluntary projects. By fifth grade, she’d developed such ____ for volunteering that she started setting up her own service ____ NEST4US in her area.

“There was a homeless man holding a sign saying ‘____. Need Food’,” she remembers. “So I ____ him my lunch and he was extremely ____. It was so easy because it only took me thirty ____, and it really helped him.” Hunger is just one of the many ____ realities of living. But this small act ____ her to find a way to get food to the people in ____.

It’s too easy for people living on the margins (边缘) of society to feel like they are invisible (隐形的) and no one ____ them. Venkat knew what they needed was not ____ food. So she took action and ____ lots of volunteers to write ____ of love, encouragement and optimism, which are then ____ to the donations. Recently a homeless man has kept every note he’d____, saying, “They really help me ____ up and know people are concerned about me.”

In her 17 years on the earth, Venkat has done more to help the people living on the planet than many adults who are two, three, and four times her ____. The non-profit organization she ____ has helped serve over 12,000 homeless people by ____ food and other supplies.

【推荐2】The Bridge We Were Meant to Cross

My brother and I were driving home together, buried in a conversation. For lack of attention, my brother took a _______ turn towards a bridge and we had no way to turn back.

_______, he paid the bridge toll (费用) and _______. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the needless _______ of $ 4.

We eventually reached an exit and, as we took it, my brother _______ a black Mustang pulled over to the side of the road. A young guy was standing nearby trying to phone someone. I was busy _______ which way we went next but my brother pulled over and asked the guy if he needed any help. And he did. He had a _______ tire and needed a wrench (扳手) to get it _______.

My brother gave him a wrench, then _______ to help him change the flat. We started getting to know the young man who was from a rough neighborhood nearby. He said that this had been a ______________ week for him: earlier he had gotten into a minor car accident, and now this flat on his way home from work. But he called us “A ______________ of fresh air”, and kept thanking us because he would have been ______________ if we hadn’t ______________. After we had finished the job, he thanked us again and ______________ $ 20 and tried to give it to us. “No,” I said. “We were ______________ supposed to even get on that bridge. We took a wrong turn. But now we know why we did it. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into a(n) ______________ to serve.”

What I loved most was watching my brother throughout this ______________. He was able to turn his ______________ for the mistake into positive energy. He was able to see a chance to help (which I totally missed!) even in an otherwise ______________ situation, which can only come from a ______________ mind and an open heart.