【推荐1】When I woke up on the first day at senior high, there was only one thing on my mind: what to _________. A billion thoughts _________ through my brain. After all, it was important for me to _________ the people who I would spend the next four years with.

After searching through my closet (衣橱), I _________ came out in a dress from Target. The soft cotton was _________, and the design was fun. Yes, this was the one. An hour later, I felt powerful as I _________ toward Room 1136. But as I entered class, my _________ dropped to the floor.

Sitting at the desk was Mrs Hutfilz, my English teacher, sporting exactly the same _________ as me. I kept my head _________ and tiptoed (踮着脚) to my seat. Even after I made my introduction speech before the class, I still bent my head until Mrs Hutfilz stood up,__________ adding that we shared the same style. Although this was the moment I had been __________ of from the moment I walked in, all my anxiety surprisingly melted away. My smile __________ as I laughed with the students. After class, I stayed behind and talked to Mrs Hutfilz, making a humorous and real connection.

Four years later,__________ on the minutes I spent feeling embarrassed were really worth it. My first period of high school certainly made the day __________ in the best way, and taught me that Mrs Hutfilz has an awesome sense of __________!

【推荐2】I just marked my first Mid-Autumn Festival celebration in China._______a week after arriving for my graduate studies, I was kind of homesick—memories of past _______ back in Serbia with family and friends exchanging scenes in my mind. On the morning of Friday, September 13rd, the _______ on the campus was very cheerful. Chinese students explained to us the importance of the day as gifts of mooncakes were _______ . Then came the night. The full moon appeared: huge, _______ball high above the campus, and eyes looked at it with _______. Unlike previous nights, a cool breeze swept through the campus.With Serbian music playing on my headphones, I danced my way, _______ in the wind, and forgetting myself for a moment.

As I _______ back into my room, I was fascinated by the festival’s idea. My _______ mind pushed me online where I came across the poem Prelude (前奏) to Water Melody, by the well-known Chinese writer Su Dongpo. This poem concisely(精确地) seized what I was ________ . The message and the tone both resonated (共鸣) with my feelings. Writing to his family, Su wondered what time it was back at home. ________ the time differences between China and Serbia, I was constantly trying to ________ what time it was back at home.

Eventually, Su asked his family to join him in ________ the timeless perfection of a full moon in a ________ night.What a way to finish! I, too, was hoping that all was well with my family. Despite the distance and ________ that comes with not seeing or hearing from a loved one, we were all flourishing (繁盛的) under the watch of the ________ moon.

And while we may go away from home, as happens from time to time; the family remains the most important ________ to our productive existence. As the Chinese used the holiday to ________ with the loved ones, the Serbian community also got together, shared a meal and walked on the streets under the neon (霓虹灯) lights.

As I write this, a day after the Festival, I cannot help but look forward to the next. Thank my Chinese friends, whose________ made me and a crowd of other foreign students experience an ________Mid-Autumn Festival.

A Father's Love

Daddy just didn’t know how to show love. It was Mom who_______ the family together. He just went to work every day and came home; she’d have a list of things we’d done wrong and he’d scold us about them.

Once when I stole a candy bar, he_______ me take it back and tell the man I stole it and that I’d pay for it. But it was Mom who _______ I was just a kid.

I broke my leg once on the playground and it was Mom who held me in her arms all the way to the _______ Dad pulled the car _______ up to the door of the emergency room and when they asked him to move it saying the space was _________ for emergency vehicles. He shouted, “What do you think this is? A tour bus?”

At my birthday parties, Dad always seemed sort of _______. He just _______ himself in blowing up balloons, setting up tables, and running errands. It was Mom who carried the cake with the candles on it for me to blow out.

When I look through picture albums, people always ask, “What does your Dad look like?” “Who knows? He was always running around with the camera taking everyone else’s picture. I _______ have a thousand pictures of Mom and me smiling together.”

I remember when Mom told him to teach me how to ride a bicycle. I told him not to __________, but he said it was time________. I fell and Mom ran to pick me up, but he ________ her off. I was so ________ that I shouted at him, got right back on the bike and rode it myself. He didn’t even feel embarrassed and just ________

When I went to college, Mom did all the writing. He just sent checks and a little note about how ________ his lawn looked________ I wasn’t playing football on it.

Whenever I ________ home, he acted like he wanted to talk, ________ he always said, “I’ll get your mother.” When I got married, it was Mom who cried. He just blew his nose ________ and left the room. All my life he said, “Where are you going? What time are you coming home? No, you cannot go.”

Daddy just didn’t know how to show love, unless…

Is it possible he showed it and didn’t ________ it?

【推荐2】One day a man was traveling on a train. All of a sudden he felt very_________and got off at the next station to look for water. No sooner had he reached a (n)_________when he heard the train whistle (鸣汽笛). He ran back but_________the train.

He waited and waited for another one to come. It was getting_________, and he decided to spend the night at the station. The next morning he asked about the next_________. He was told that there would not be another one until the next day. He decided to find a place to_________for the night. He went to a nearby_________to ask for a room, but they were full.

At last he reached a small house belonging to a local villager. He asked the owner of the house whether he could stay for a day. The owner readily_________. That day the owner_________him food and gave him a room and did not ask or expect anything__________.

At 7 pm that night the man heard a knock on the door. When the owner__________the door, there was a man dressed in colorful, fancy clothing. He entered the room and demand that the villager pay his debts immediately. The man realised that his host was in desperate need of money. The next morning he left a (n)__________on the table in the room and left.

When the villager found the envelope, he was__________. He looked inside and found a note with his name on it. The note read, “Yesterday you helped me when I was in need, and you asked for nothing in return. I would like to show you how__________I am.” Much to the villager’s__________money fell from the envelope. He smiled and sighed with relief.