【推荐1】An old woman was sitting behind her son, Rahul, who was very busy with some of his office work. Just then, a squirrel (松鼠) came and sat on the window of the house. The mother asked her son what that was. Her son ________ that it was a squirrel. About half an hour ________, his mother again asked what that was. He again told her it was a squirrel.

For the ________ time when his mother asked the same question, he said to her in a very ________ voice with impatience, "Can't you ________ it's a squirrel? Why are you asking me the same question again and again?" The mother felt very bad and her heart was ________ sorrow. And she just stood up and said ________ to him and made him ________.

She then sat next to him and ________ a story about a 5-year-old boy. That boy was very cute and sweet. One day, a bird came and ________ on the window of the house. That boy asked his mother what that was. He was asking that question about fifteen ________, but all the time his mother answered him very ________, and kissed her ________ on his face every time.

That boy is Rahul who now is well educated with a ________ job. Rahul can be me, you or many people in this world, who don't ________ their mothers lovingly enough.

【推荐2】In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my ________, it was the same score.

Later that evening, I ________ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our ________ much better than an IQ test. We ________ that Michael’s score must have been a ________and we should treat him ________ as usual.

We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got ________ grades in the school, especially in biology and chemistry, which was a great ________ for the couple.

Michael ________ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than ________. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ________ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the ________ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ________, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ________ we had in him.

Interestingly, Michael then ________ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had ________ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be ________.

Children often do as ________ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, ________ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ________”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

【推荐1】People often ask me what my biggest regret is, but the truth is that I've never regretted anything. Sure, I've had _____but that's not the same thing. I _____finishing second in a judo (柔道) competition when I was sixteen. I was______because I had been training incredibly hard and had______myself I’d win. If I had won, 1 could have _____my city and, who knows, I might _____have gone to the Olympics already. But it didn't happen, and well, I’m______glad I’m not a professional sportsman --if I had to train for ten hours a day, I wouldn't have______for anything else. Perhaps if I had won that competition, I’d be______than I am now but I probably wouldn’t be any happier.

Another disappointment was when I did badly in my school-leaving exams. I didn’t get into the university I______to go to so I had to wait a whole______to try again. During that time, I got a______in a shop, which was a(n)______experience, and I also did an intensive______course. Then I spent three months traveling around Europe. So it meant that when I finally did go to university, I had much more experience about life and work and a better idea of what I wanted. I______if I hadn’t done all those things, I wouldn’t have done so well at university. Also, if I didn’t learn to speak Spanish, l’d never have met Carmen, my fiancée(未婚夫) on my journey.

So now, no regrets. The trick is, if things don't work out, you just have to _____the situation. My final university______is coming soon. If I get the grades I want, I’ll probably______and have my master degree. If I don't get the grades, I’ll have to get a job. But whatever happens, I know______I’ve tried my best, I won’t______anything.

【推荐2】I glanced at the magazine covers while paying for some goods. Then I _________ Taraji P. Henson confidently on the cover of a magazine. The caption(标题)_________ “All I can be is me.” Considering that I run a non-profit organization _________ positive perception(认识) of the body and helping people to accept their bodies, I’m _________ about the fact that it took me so long to know it.

I used to make _________ to my mom that she looked young for her age; her skin didn’t have lots of winkles(皱纹)and she had few age spots. But that day I suddenly realized with a _________ eye that I had been _________ forcing a young value system on my mom. So I apologized for telling her that, and she accepted with a smile.

I want my mom to grow old and enjoy everything during the process. It’s an honor to grow older. _________, we lose sight of this when we are _________ with countless perfect pictures of aging women and anti-aging fever. The phenomenon(现象)shows a larger cultural problem that the perfected and forever youthful appearance has become the norm(标准)—or __________ the popular norm.

Now I value the __________ older women have acquired through their life experiences. I believe we need to praise them for what they’ve __________ in life. I want to see older women __________ as themselves with loose skin, grey hair, and everything else that comes.

Wanting to be __________ to others isn’t a bad want, but our culture’s addiction to staying young has ruined an entire age group of women. To restate the magazine’s __________, let women actually be themselves.

【推荐3】When I was 13 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a _______. It was the early autumn of my _______ year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. _______, no one knew who I was. I was very _______, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart _______. I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to _________ me.

Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily _______. At that moment, a boy _______ the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me and, _______ a word, smiled.

Suddenly, I ________the touch of something bright and friendly. ________ made me feel happy and warm.

That smile ________my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became ________ to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t ________ smiling at me!

It doesn’t ________ because all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

【推荐1】I’d worked four months at a university when we had a going-away party for Sandy, who was moving to London. When I got to work the next day, I was _______ to see Sandy there. “Aren’t you supposed to be in London?” I asked. She _______ me and said, “I’m Helen.”

I then found out that I have a rare disease face blindness. This _______ sent me to the doctor. I didn’t think much about it. _______ , I’m a successful adult —who cares if my _______ isn’t quite like everyone else’s? Then, I met Dr Smith. “Your ability to learn new faces is among the worst,” he said. “As for cures, nothing so far has been very _______ .” At last, I fled in tears.

I was _______ until Dad gave me some important advice. “Everyone just wants to talk about themselves,” he said. “Just ask questions.” This _______ transformed my life. When walking on campus, if someone looked my way, I _______ . If they smiled, I stopped to chat. Soon I became an expert at talking to ________ .

This year, I celebrated my birthday with over 60 friends, many of whom I wasn’t able to ________ . I was fine with that. ________ , I can take courses to treat my illness, but I’d rather spend that time on something I ________ , like looking at birds. I get such a ________ identifying them.

________ my face blindness, I’ve learnt to see the world.

【推荐2】When studying at the University of Pittsburgh, I went home to Virginia to see my family one weekend. “Look, I got a best sportsman’s jacket!” I said. Dad ______ took his eyes off the TV. I had wanted Dad to ______ me all my life, but nothing ever seemed ______ enough. I got rid of my ______ and went back to Pittsburgh. A month later, Mom called and said that Dad’s diabetes (糖尿病) had gotten worse. “I’m coming home,” I said. “You’re going to need help.”

I moved to a/an ______ near home. Every Sunday, with all schoolwork finished, I went home and helped Dad. To my sadness, he ______ everything I did. “It’s not you,” Mom explained to me. “What ______ him makes him feel bad about himself. His anger was masking his frustration (挫败).” I was so ______ to hear that. Now I saw his pain went beyond the ______ pain, and that made me try harder to ______ him.

One day we were watching a football game. “I’ll bet you $2 million that Dallas wins,” I said: Dad looked at me. “You don’t have $2 million,” he ______. After that, every time we watched the game, we made the same bets. Dad laughed more easily and accepted my help more ______. Our relationship was ______.

That spring, a week before the National Football League draft (选拔), we had a party at our house. After everyone had gone, Dad and I were sitting in the living room. He caught my eye. “Whether you make it or not doesn’t ______,” he said. “I’m proud of you.” Maybe our relationship would never be perfect, but I would never ______ that he wanted the best for me.

【推荐3】Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of five with her family. While _____ her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had an interest in medicine. At 18 she married and _____ a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a _____. Her husband supported her decision.

_____, Canadian medical schools did not accept women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study medicine at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to _____ her medical degree.

Upon graduation, Charlotte _____ to Montreal and set up a private _____. Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a busy doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte _____ herself operating on damaged limbs and setting _____ bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.

But Charlotte had been practising without a licence. She had ______ a doctor’s licence in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was ______. The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all­male board, wanted her to complete her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to ______ her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appealed to the Manitoba Legislature to ______ a licence to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte ______ to practise without a licence until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.

In 1993,77 years after her ______, a medical licence was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman”．