【推荐1】When I was 25 years old, I had a big dream in my mind and lots of things in my backpack. I wanted to travel around Africa with my _______. So I left my hometown with great confidence and _______ in Cape Town on a one-way ticket, not really sure what to do next._______, before my trip actually started, I met a kind, old Nigerian man. He gave me the best travel_______ I ever received: “Be like a student on your way around the world.”

It sounds _______, but it really changed my mind about travelling. He helped me _______ that travel is about learning and observing different _______. “It’s far too easy to go into a new country for you and believe your ways are better. But if you study, ask questions, and _______ to learn from the locals, you’ll have far richer _______, ” he promised me.

On other trips since I was on my tour way to Cancun, I didn’t know the man so I was just a________. I only stayed there for a week to see the sights and places of interest and then left. The culture didn’t ________ me. I left the cities and towns without really ________ anyone or anything. Those people and things ________ in those very places to which I had paid a visit.

This time, I promised myself that I would be a ________ student traveller. After seven months of ________ travelling from Cape Town to Cairo, I returned home. Having a student-like attitude helped me learn a lot. This trip satisfied me more than any other trip ever did to me.

【推荐2】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 with. 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3】Travelers to new cities are often told to start their trip with a bus tour. It is said that they can then get a full view of the places that _______ them. Nonsense! What you see from the _______ of a moving bus is ______ and completely removed from the real sights, sounds, and  _______ outside. Be adventurous! The best _______ to experience any place is on foot and with absolutely no travel plan._______ go wherever your feet and your interests_______ you. You finally will get to the ______ sites as you are on the bus tour―the museums, the monuments, the city hall --- but you will have seen much more. You will have _______ the present life of the city.

“But what if I get lost?” people might ask. No one ever gets _______ lost in a major city.

At first, you can find your way back to a(n) ______ location. If it ______ you to be “lost”, just find a taxi and go back to where you started. However,_______ things can happen if you get lost. You can _____ at a sidewalk café to sit and relax. You can ask the local people at the next table about the directions. And _______ they don’t speak your language, your trip becomes more memorable because of the ______. Here are a few more ways to get most out of your travel.

Know before you do. _____  a few hours before your trip learning about the history and culture of your destination. This will help you understand what you’re seeing.

Move around like a local. Use the subways and buses of the city you’re ________ You’ll not only save money, but you’ll also learn how people really live.

Check the bulletin boards (布告牌). Sometimes you can find advertisements for free concerts and______ fun activities on bulletin boards around universities.

So next time you see a poster advertising an introductory _______ tour, save your money. Instead, wander on your own. I promise you a time you’ll remember with great pleasure.

【推荐1】I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched _________ as she ran circles around the other kids and _________ jump shots over their heads. The boys always tried to _________ her, but never could.

I began to notice her at other times, on that same blacktop (柏油路), playing alone—sometimes until dark. One day, I _________ her why she practiced so much. Without a moment of _________, she said: “The only way I can go to college is that I get a _________. I like basketball. If I’m _________ enough, I can get one.”

She was _________. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. But one time in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, her _________ cradled (抱着) in her arms. __________, I asked what was wrong. “I am just too short,” came a soft __________. The coach told her that, at about 165 cm, she would probably never get to play for a top-ranked team—much less __________ a scholarship.

She was __________. I asked her to talk to her dad about it. Her father told her that those coaches were wrong—they just did not __________ the power of a dream. Nothing could stop her, except one thing: her own __________. He told her, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t __________.”

The next year, when she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was __________ by a college recruiter (招生人员). She indeed obtained a scholarship to a women’s basketball team. She finally got what she had __________ and worked toward for all those years. And that little girl ended up having more __________ time than any other woman in the __________ of the university.

【推荐2】One Monday, a teacher cheerfully asked his students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend was not good at all; he had a lot of trouble. Then he asked the teacher ________he always seemed to be so ________. The teacher answered, “Every morning when you get up, you have a ________ about how you want to live your life that day, and I ________ to be cheerful.”

He told the students a story, “ One day a few weeks ago I drove 17miles to the school as ________. I drove out of the freeway and came onto College Drive. I only had to drive ________ quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to ________ it again, but failed. So I took my ________ and walked down the road to the college. As soon as I got there I ________ for tow truck(拖车) to meet me at my car after________. One of my colleagues asked me what had happened.” This is my ________ day,” I replied , smiling. “your car ________ down and that day was your lucky day?” the student who had a bad weekend was ________ and asked. “What do you mean?”

“I ________ 17 miles away from here,” the teacher replied, “my car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. But it didn’t. ________ , it broken down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking ________ from here. I was able to teach my class, and I was ________ able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class.”

The student sat there with his eyes opened ________. The teacher looked at the sixty faces of his students. ________ it was very early in the morning, no one seemed to be ________ . Clearly they were moved by the story and then he smiled and said, “This is the end of my story.”

【推荐3】When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment. On a Friday night I_____at dinner table, “My teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our valentines (情人节) on Monday”.

Mother said, “We’ll see,” and she continued eating.

What did “We’ll see” mean? I had to have that box_____my second grade Valentine’s Day would be a disaster. Maybe they didn’t love me enough to help me with my_____.

All Saturday I waited_____and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I_____an enquiry（询问）about the box might_____anger or loud voice, for in my house children only asked once. More than that_____trouble.

Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen. The table was covered with colorful_____of different kinds. A (n)_____shoebox rested on top of it._____flooded through me when Daddy said, “Let’s get started_____your project.”

In the next hour my father_____the shoebox into impressive valentine box. Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts_____to what I considered all the right places. He sang while he worked. When he finished, he was so delighted that a_____smile spread over his face. “What do you think of that?” he asked.I answered him with a hug.

But inside,_____danced all the way to my heart. It was the first time that my father devoted so much_____to me, for his world consisted of work only.

The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time_____.

On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to_____. The love that filled it meant more to me than all the valentines inside. The valentine box became a symbol of his love that_____through decades of other Valentine’s Days. He gave me other gifts through the years, but none_____compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old, empty shoebox.