【推荐1】Once my dad and I had a very big ______ in a late evening when my mother was away. We were both very angry and said something ______, and in the end I said, “I'm leaving.”

And he said with ______ , “Good. The sooner, the better. ”

I____a few things in the suitcase and closed the ______ behind me, but I didn't know where to go. After walking aimlessly, I stopped at a local ______ . A few ______ later, my phone rang. It was my mom calling. She said, “Mary. Where are you? Dad said he ______ you.”

“How can he say that? I've been away for nearly half an hour, ______ he didn't call.” I said with annoyance. My anger returned and I remembered all the ______ words he'd shouted to me. “Listen, mom. You can tell Dad that I'm _____. Tomorrow I'll ______ you.” I said and hung up.

I walked around the supermarket, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for my things, it had been much later than I used to be out alone. When I ______ the supermarket, I________ a large piece of white paper. On the piece of white paper were these words, “Please come home! I ______ you and I'm worried about you!”

Then a car pulled up beside me. Hanging out of the window was my dad. Beside him, smiling gently, sat my ______ . And that's when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I ______ . Despite my best efforts to run away from ______ , my father ______ managed to track me down. I couldn't leave now—with him ______ there with caring eyes.

【推荐2】Sheela’s 93-year-old grandpa suffers from Alzheimer’s and has lost his memory. He’s unable to _________ her name and her relationship with him and constantly asks the same _________ questions.

But the music provides a(n) _________ for the two—a shared moment of pleasure. Though Sheela demonstrates rare musical skills, yet she didn’t expect music had such great magic as to _________ Grandpa with severe Alzheimer’s disease.

That afternoon, Sheela was asked to _________ Grandpa owing to her mother’s absence. But absolutely _________ by Grandpa, Sheela felt bored. Pacing _________, she saw a piano in a corner that remained _________ for years. Sheela opened it and began to play a piece by Chopin. Attracted by the fantastic music, Grandpa got out of his bedroom and slowly _________ the piano, his eyes shining brilliantly and a pleased smile climbing from his mouth. He seemed to be completely absorbed in the beautiful __________.

After she finished, Grandpa even gave her the __________ up on her performance. Sheel a was moved to tears by Grandpa’s __________. Grandpa then made his way to his armchair, closed his eyes in peace and fell asleep soon. The moment was all too brief but quite __________.

Sheela shared the experience online and urged people to __________ the present: “Make space for love and treasure the present moment with your loved ones.” Now Sheela has her eye on what does __________ !

【推荐3】On our first anniversary, Jack bought a bottle of Casaque, an expensive cologne (古龙香水) for me.“We agreed to save the money for your postgraduate education，” I said somewhat half­heartedly as I took it out from a beautifully­wrapped packet.“I am unable not to give something_____to the world's most beautiful bride, honey！” I held it to my_____， and smelled the most pleasant flavor I could ever_____. Looking down at my_____blue jeans and ugly, ragged tennis shoes, I wondered if I could ever be worthy of it. But I would_____. I used only a little of it every time_____Jack graduated and our life was financially easier. It's a_____of the foolish love of a young husband.

Then one day three­year­old Jim was sitting on the floor_____the empty cologne bottle. His lips wet, he was making a(n)_____face. He drank my______cologne！“Jack, come quick.” I cried，“Can cologne______my baby? Jim drank the rest of it！”“It's mostly just alcohol, honey，” Jack______me. Little Jim was fine, and my concern for my child was______. I now felt______to see the empty cologne bottle.

A few weeks later, Jack bought another bottle of my beloved cologne. I______it as much as I had done to the earlier one.______， it became three­quarters empty.I thought it best to buy another______. But the shop assistant told me that there wasn't even a maker of that brand any more.

Now I only use my special cologne on very important occasions, because there will be______to replace it when these last few precious______are gone. But from the bottom of my heart, it's not three­quarters empty but still one­quarter full. Perhaps if I'm very careful, I can______using it for the rest of my life.

【推荐1】Over a hundred years ago, in a Scottish seaside inn, a group of fishermen were relaxing after a long day _________. As a serving maid was walking _________ the fishermen’s table with a pot of tea, one of the men made a sweeping _________ to describe the size of the fish he had caught. His hand had a collision with the teapot and sent it _________ against the whitewashed wall, where its contents left a(n) _________ brown spot. Standing nearby, the innkeeper surveyed the damage. “That stain (污点) will never come off,” he said in discomfort. “The whole wall will have to be _________.”

“Perhaps not.” All eyes _________ the stranger who had just spoken. “What do you mean?” asked the innkeeper. “Let me work with the _________,” said the stranger, standing up from his table in the corner. “If my work _________ your approval, you won’t need to repaint the wall.”

The stranger __________ a box and went to the wall. Opening the box, he withdrew pencils, __________, and various colours. He began to draw lines around the stain and fill it in here and there with different colours. __________ a picture began to appear. The stain of __________ had been turned into the picture of a deer with a magnificent pair of antlers. At the bottom of the picture, the man __________ his name. Then he paid for his __________ and left.

The innkeeper was __________ when he examined the wall. “Do you know who that man was?” he said in amazement. “The signature __________ ‘E.H. Landseer!’” Indeed, they had been visited by the __________ painter of wildlife, Sir Edwin Landseer. God wants to take the stains and disappointments of our life and not __________ erase them, but rather turn them into a thing of __________.

【推荐2】Two weeks ago my grandfather passed away. It really put me into deep ________ because my grandfather held a ________ position in my life. For me, my grandpa was not only a ________ family member but a tutor (导师) who encouraged me to work hard and ________ well.

I’ll never forget the first time I read a long piece of his writing. It was when I ________ for Princeton and he offered to write to the university on my behalf. He wrote in beautiful ________ and used poetic language, unafraid of sounding too “flowery”. I read the ________ out loud so I could hear the rhyming sounds.

My grandfather ________ hard work. Every time he came to visit us in New York, he would ________ my brothers and me for our good performance, which made me feel ________. I knew he had worked hard to ________ the big family during the Great Depression. He was awarded many military ________ for winning many battles in the Navy in World War II.

At the funeral, a friend of my grandfather walked to me and said that my grandfather had told him about a small book I had written. After it came out, I sent it to my grandfather ________ received no reply. This man told me that my book hit my grandfather’s heart and brought tears to his eyes. My grandfather said he was so ________ of me.

Now I feel even more deserved to write well because I know my grandfather ________ it. I know he lives in my heart forever.