【推荐2】In Lauderdale lives a young girl, Mary Lou. She is a(n)______bird-watcher at a very young age. In fact, she’s so______about birds that she has already written a children’s book about them. It’s______for a 13-year-old girl in school.

It all started when her family moved to a new neighborhood. Mary would feel very______at times with few kids living on her street. Becoming a bird-watcher helped her______the new neighbourhood and feel more at home.

She became deeply attracted to bird-watching in Grade Six when she had to write a book for a school project. She decided to write something she knew—the mockingbird. The homework was just the______of Mary’s great writing adventure.

Every morning Mary takes her binoculars (望远镜) and heads out to______birds. To watch birds, one must not make a lot of______. If a watcher makes any sudden movements ,the birds will probably become______and fly away.

Mary usually uses her binoculars to______different types of birds. Sometimes she just sits in the wildlife areas,   ______the various birds as they come to eat and drink at the nearby lake. Mary is quite a(n)______on types of birds, but she can’t always name every bird she sees. So she thinks there are always new lessons and the sky is full of______.

When Mary was writing her bird book for children, she studied hard by searching the Internet, She also______ some of the birds for the book herself with her color pencils. Finally, after nine months of______, the book was finished.

【推荐3】My brother and I were driving home together and started talking. Because of this distraction, my brother took a wrong ________.

Unfortunately, the mistake took us toward a bridge and we had no way of turning back. My brother had to ________ to cross. He was clearly ________ by the mistake and the needless waste of $ 4.

As we drove forward, my brother noticed a beat-up (破旧的) black Mustang (福特野马汽车) ________ to the side of the road. A young guy was standing nearby trying to phone someone. I was busy trying to figure out which way we went next but my brother stopped and asked the guy if he needed any help. And he did. He had a(an) ________ tire.

My brother helped him change the flat. We started getting to ________ the young man who was from a rough (危险的) neighborhood nearby. He said that this has been a bad week for him; ________ 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 really would have been ________ if we hadn’t come along. After we had finished the job, he thanked us again and pulled out $20 to try to give it to us. “No,” I said. “We were never supposed to even get on that bridge. We took a wrong turn. But now we know ________ we did. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into an opportunity to ________.”

What I ________ most was watching my brother throughout this process. He was able to turn his annoyance over the mistake into ________ energy. He was able to see a ________ to help (which I totally missed!) even in an otherwise negative situation, which can only come from a calm mind and an open heart. That was the ________ we were meant to cross.

【推荐2】Derby is a cute little disabled dog with his front legs in an unnatural shape. This makes getting around for the little guy pretty _______. He jumped around with his back legs, having constant _______ and foot infections(感染). When seeing the _______ shared by Derby’s adoptive parents on the animal rescue website, Tara Anderson couldn’t _______ the opportunity to help him out. So, she did what many of us would have wanted to do. She brought Derby home to _______ him.

Tara, who works for a 3D printing company, decided to use her _______ to help this little dog. With the help of her team, Tara successfully created prosthetic(假肢的) front legs for this lucky dog! The gift was _______ designed to allow Derby to run and play like any other dog, without _______ into the ground. The wheel-like design was such a _______!

Derby, who is now living with his adoptive parents, __________ the prosthetics immediately after receiving the special gift. His adoptive parents said it was “__________” to see him running for the first time.

Tara and her team designed the first set of prosthetics to be shorter so that it would be __________ to Derby. As he __________ the new legs, though, they will continue to improve the prosthetics to give Derby the best __________. Nothing is going to __________ Derby now. He is already well on his way to run and play like a normal dog.

【推荐1】There are many kinds of friends. Some are always with you, but don’t understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only _________ friends leave footprints.

I shall always recall the autumn and the girl with the _________. I know she will always be my best friend. It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves _________ in the cool wind. In such a season, I liked walking _________ in the leaves, listening to the sound of them. Autumn is a harvest season. However, life is uninteresting. The free days always get me _________. But one day, the sound of a violin _________ into my ears like a stream (小溪) flowing in the mountains. A young girl, standing in the wind, was _________ in playing her violin. I had _________ seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Absorbed in the music, I didn’t know that I had been standing there for so long but my existence did not seem to _________ her.

Every day she played the violin and I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became __________. Although we didn’t know each other, I thought we were already good __________. I believe she also liked me.

One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly __________. To my surprise, the girl came over to me. “You must like violin,” she said. “Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked. Suddenly, a(n) __________ expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual. “I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that __________ me,” she said.

“In fact, it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn,” I answered, “Let’s be friends.” The girl smiled, and so did I.

I never heard her play again in my life. But I will always remember the fine figure of the girl. She is like a dream — so short, so bright, like a shooting star __________ so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful.

【推荐3】It’s often the simple things in life that make the most significant impact on us. It was late one afternoon in mid-September. My three-month-old son was napping in his _________. As I wandered through our living room, I _________ to look out of my balcony window. Puddles(水坑)had _________ on the ground and the rain had slowed.

Down below _________ a boy of about four. Filled with a mixture of _________ and happiness, he stomped (踩) through the puddle, mud and water flying. He walked, stomped, splashed through that puddle _________, happily enjoying what mother nature had left for him.

Not more than ten feet away stood his mother. She didn’t scold him. _________, she watched with a pleasant smile on her face. She showed no_________ for a little mud and for the laundry she would later have to do. As for me, it was a (n)_________ moment that changed the way I will forever view my role as a mother.

The little boy probably will __________ each afternoon that his mother takes him outside, as he __________. He may not remember each little thing that happens each time his mother lets him __________ his world. But he will remember that his mother __________ him and he will know that she helps him to learn and grow in a pleasant and fun environment.

Maybe we can all learn from the innocence of __________ that views a rainstorm not as something to run through or to avoid, but something meant to explore, to __________ and to love.