【推荐1】While traveling from New Zealand to Newcastle in the UK, I arrived in London to have my plane transfer (转机). But unfortunately, the flight to Newcastle had been _______ due to weather conditions.

The airline was _______ — offering me a choice between a night in a hotel or a six-hour bus ride to my destination. With no _______ as to whether a flight to Newcastle would happen in the next two days, I _______ the bus ride.

I _______ all my baggage in the luggage compartment (行李箱) of the bus , _______ I would need nothing on the way. A young lady sitting beside me could see how _______ I was and asked me if anyone would be meeting me on my _______.

I realized that I had left my cell phone in my bag and had no _______ to get in touch with my relatives. They would be ________ me at the airport about five hour before the ________ got to Newcastle, not ________ what had happened. Without hesitation, the young lady ________me the use of her cell- phone.

When the bus made a rest stop, she asked me if I was getting out. I ________ that I couldn’t as I still had sandals (凉鞋) on, and ________ feet weren’t ideal for the cold weather. When she got back on with a________, she’d bought me some tea and a packet of sweets to eat.

When we ________arrived in Newcastle, the lady ________ that someone was there to meet me. I asked her to wait a moment while I got my________ to repay her, but when I looked up she had ________. I was unable to even say thanks to her.

【推荐2】Around twenty years ago I was living in New York. ______   I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree (硕士学位), I could not find ______ work.

I was ______   a school bus to make ends meet and ______ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had ______   five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not ______   the job. “Why has my life become so ______ ?” I thought painfully.

As I pulled the bus over to ______   a little girl, she handed me an earring ______   I should keep it ______   somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.

At first I got angry. Then it ______   me – I had been giving all of my ______   to what was going wrong with my ______   rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a ______ of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to ______   more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for ______   from a lady who was a director at a large ______ . She asked me if I would ______   a one-day speech on stress management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.

My ______   there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know it was because I changed my way of ______   that I completely changed my life.

【推荐3】Hiking with some friends provided an opportunity to relax ourselves. Cold with a mixture of sun and snow_______a quicker step on the mountain. On the way, we_________a large troop of boy scouts and their families heading down as well. The majority of the troop was quickly well ahead and out of_______.

Left behind were a boy and his mother who seemed uneasy. We slowed our_______to talk with them before we _______passed them. They caught up again when my friend _______to tie her shoe. The boy at that moment fell down. My friend attempted to _______him as he rolled down the path.

Helped up, the boy was_______, crying in his mother’s arms. He said that his knee hurt and I could see the_______spreading across the mother’s face. I asked if I could help, with my friend explaining that I was a nurse. After a quick ________ I could tell that more than anything he was ________,his mom as well.________he stayed sitting, wrapped in his non’s arms. Asking if they needed anything before we continued on, I turned to go leaving the________sitting on a rock.

I only took a few steps forward before________ that there was more that could be done .I________ to my friends for slowing them down, then turned and asked the boy and his mother if they wanted me to wait and hike down with them when they were ________.I could see the relief wash over the mother’s face as she said “yes” and________stood to continue on.

The New England autumn had left the path ________with beautiful slippery leaves. So we went slowly, ensuring________footsteps. I realized that I was being gifted with more time to take in the________of the woods, conversation with friends and connections.

【推荐1】Be a Good One

"Whatever you are,” said Abraham Lincoln, "be a good one." He _______ it with his own life. And in the present age.，his words _______ an improvement.

Composer Frederick Loewe was not always _______. He learned the piano from the great masters of Europe and achieved huge success as a（n） _______ and composer in his early years. But when he immigrated to the United States, he _______ as a piano genius. For a while he tried other types of _______ including looking for gold and boxing. _______ he never gave up his dream and continued to play the _______ and write music.

During those _______ years, he could not always ______________ to make payments on his piano. One day, bent over the keyboard he heard nothing but the music that he ______________ with such rare inspiration. When he finished and looked upon, he was ______________ to find that he had the audience of three men who were seated on the ______________.

They said nothing and made no movement toward the piano. ______________, they stood from the floor and dug into their pockets, collected together enough ______________ for the payment, placed it on the piano and walked out, empty handed. Moved by the     ______________ of his music, these men recognized excellence and ______________ to it.

Whatever you are, be a ______________ one. If what you do is worth doing, if you believe that who you are is of value, then you can't afford to be ______________ with mediocrity （平庸之才）.When you choose the path of excellence through this life, you will bring it to your best and ______________ the best it can offer in return. And you will know what it is to be satisfied.

【推荐2】Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working _______a special painting for a church at that time, _______ the church painting was not _______ well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of his second ________. This is the woman who _______ be seen in the Mona Lisa.

All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s _______ and it satisfied the husband. Da Vinci used _______ and light in a clever_______ in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and _______. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry (几何形状) in the Mona Lisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and ________ shapes like________. Even her ________ can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the ________ is sitting on a balcony, and ________ can be seen behind her because Da Vinci loved to study rocks, and these can also be seen________ in his other paintings. The woman is sitting with her knees ________ the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are ________ together in front of her. This way of ________ is now used by many ________ when they are ________. The Mona Lisa is a remarkable master.

【推荐3】The famous composer, Albert Roussel didn’t have a good start in this career. However, he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a_________. Roussel’s parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his_________. As a little boy, he fell in love with music and_________ himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept,_________ which there were a lot of related books.

Three years later, Roussel’s grandfather died, and his mother’s sister decided to_________ him. Her husband was a kind man and_________ for young Roussel’s music lessons. One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second_________ to his life-the sea. Then he studied to be a naval cadet(海军学员), but still took time to study_________.

In the French Navy, he and two friends found time to_________ a band, playing the works of Beethoven and other__________. Roussel also began composing. On Christmas Day 1892, he had his first chance to__________ as a composer, which turned out to be a success.

That success__________ Roussel to write a wedding march(婚礼进行曲), and one of his navy friends__________to show it to the famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Roussel’s friend__________ with the manuscript(手稿), he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to__________ his naval career and devote his life to music.

Not long__________, at the age of 25, Roussel decided to__________ Edouard Colonnes advice. He gave his heart and soul to his composing and__________ a major force in the twentieth century s French music. Because of Edouard Colonnes inspiring__________, Roussel devoted his life to music, but Roussel’s__________ friend later admitted that he had made it up. He said he had never ever shown Roussel’s manuscript to the famous conductor.