【推荐1】Everyone wants a blue ribbon(丝带). Blue is the best. Even kindergarteners(幼儿园小孩) ___ that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a ____ .

During the spring of my kindergarten year, our class had a field trip in a nearby park. We planned to have a race. ___ , it was not an ordinary race. It was called the three-legged race. Our feet were tied together. One __ boy got me for a partner. He almost always won, but I __ that, with me, he didn’t have a chance. Obviously he didn’t ___ that at first.

The gun sounded, and we were off to the other side. ___ were falling around us, but we stayed on our feet. Only one other pair even had a ____ . Then only feet from the finish line, I fell down. We were __ enough that my partner could have __ dragged me across the finish line and ____ . But he didn’t. Instead, he stopped and helped me up, just as the other couple __ the finish line. I still remember that moment, and I still __ that little red ribbon.

When we graduated many years later, I stood on that stage and gave the valedictory address (告别演说)to that ___ group of students, none of whom even remembered that moment anymore. So, I told them about that little boy who had made a __ that helping a friend up was more ___ than winning a blue ribbon. I keep that ribbon __ it is a reminder that you don’t have to be a winner in the eyes of the world, to be a winner to those closest to you. The world may __ you a failure or a success, but those closest to you will know the __ . That’s important to remember as we travel through this __ .

【推荐3】The other day, I truly saw a love at my work place that brought me to tears.

I work as a _________at a hotel. That night this elderly white and wealthy couple_________the restaurant My co-worker_________them. We usually arrange_________by ourselves, but because we were very_________that night, we helped each other out. At one point the elderly couple gave me a_________to come over.

The husband began_________and started stuttering（结巴）to the degree that I5ve never heard before. It was very clear that he had a_________disorder. I could tell that the wife had_________her husband extensively（广泛地）what she wanted, as a way for him to__________ordering. It took a while for him to order.__________, she was sitting there and looked so__________although her husband had stuttered.

__________the whole thing just did something to me. It was beautiful and just made me realize that a huge part of love is to accept,__________and support others. She could have made the order and made things a lot__________ for her husband and avoid the__________from other tables, but she didn't. Instead she supported him and was proud to see him__________it. Another thing I__________was that life is difficult for all of us. I thought these__________people had everything going for them and I'm sure they do, but it just reminded me that all of us have our own__________.

【推荐1】Travelling alone can be a little frightening. However, this time is ______. Last week, I had a holiday from work, but all my friends were occupied and none of them had the same ______ as mine. Such as it was, I still booked a train ride to Toronto and __ a bed in a hotel for one week.

One week by myself? Would I be lonely? Would I be ______? Quite the opposite! In fact, there are many ______ that come from travelling alone. Firstly, I was able to do whatever I wanted. I enjoyed spending hours in museums that might have seemed ______ to some of my friends. I walked all around the ______, which some people may have found too exhausting. Instead of ______ someone else to remember ______ or to suggest activities to do, I discovered my independence and ______ map-reading skills that I didn’t know I had. I could ______ and go to sleep when I wanted. Being in the safe environment of a hotel with like-minded ______ also gives a great opportunity to meet new people from all over the world, which can help conquer ______.

I found that there were also some disadvantages of travelling alone ______ the benefits. I missed having someone to talk to and to ______ ideas off. Experiences are often more enjoyable if they are ______, and part of the fun of travelling is the ______ that you have with your friends or families afterwards.______, eating in a restaurant or cooking in the hotel alone is less fun.

I am very ______ of myself for travelling alone and I had a fantastic time in Toronto, I would rather be by myself than with someone who is lazy and ______ to deal with in the future!

【推荐2】Memory likes to play tricks on us. Sometimes it ________   us to places we once loved but haven‟t seen in years.

It was an early morning. I was sleeping when something _______ me up. It was my grandson Henry bouncing （蹦跳） his way down to the kitchen to “cook breakfast”.

I suddenly thought about cookies, the perfections my grandmother made. They were as _____   as a baby‟s smile. We‟d _______   them in butter and jam made with blackberries I picked myself.

That‟s _____   life was like on my grandmother‟s farm — ______   berries, milking cows...

What more could a child ever want? I loved it. I _______ loved those cookies.

I learned a lot from my grandmother. How to read. How to sit in a swing at the end of a day and just be _______ with everything.

But I never learned how to make cookies her way. I‟ve made them _______ various cookbooks. They‟re not bad, but not half as good as ______ were. My kids would wolf them down. They weren‟t _______ about the cookies, but they loved butter and jam.

I rolled out of bed and went downstairs to ______ my grandchild and made some cookies. They weren‟t great cookies, but they were good enough. We covered them in butter and jam. Henry ate two and kept _______ my cookies with greedy smile ______   I gave him half. Maybe someday he‟ll say they were the best cookies ever.

The ______ we leave with our children and grandchildren—like the cookies we make—are never made with ___. They‟re just made with _____ Love makes everything better, even

【推荐3】The following is a beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai, a senior executive at a big IT company.

At a _______, a cockroach (蟑螂) suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started _______ out of fear. With a panic-stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands _______ trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her _______ was contagious (传染的), as everyone in her group also got _______. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but it _______ on another lady in the group.

Now, it was the _______ of the other lady in the group to _______ the drama. The waiter rushed forward to their _______. In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood ________, calmed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and ________ it out of the restaurant.

Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, I picked up a few thoughts and started wondering whether the cockroach was responsible for their behavior. If so, then why was the waiter not ________? He handled it near to perfection, without any ________. It was not the cockroach, but the ________ of the ladies to handle the disturbances caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies. I ________ that in daily life it is not the disturbances that disturb us, but our inability to handle the disturbances that disturbs us.