【推荐1】We did homework in the kitchen while my mom cooked. Usually, I complained about my classmates treating me _______ . “She didn't even save me a seat.” or "He _______ my pencil."

One afternoon during my emotion-release time, my mom turned to me and said _______ , "If everyone around you is being a stupid person, then it is you who is behaving like the most stupid one of all." I was _______ and argued that it was the faults of other kids. I felt so _______ that I didn't think I could ever forgive my mother.

But a week later, after a _______ day when my classmates refused to play with me, I decided to see if Mom was right in action. It was a（n） _______ with my own behavior.

That Monday at school, I no longer _______ everyone there to change their behavior to fit me. _______ , I tried to change myself. Properly managing my emotion ________ everything. I no longer felt like I was a victim（受害者）, but a victor. I ________ my classmates.

Tolerance（宽容）in our own ________ helps us recognize and ________ the imperfections（缺点）in others. Now I ________ my mom`s words in this way, "If everyone around you is ________ , chances are that you are the kindest of all.”

【推荐2】A teacher let her class play a game. The teacher _______ each child to bring a bag _______ a few potatoes. Each potato will be _______ a name of the person that the child _______, so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his/her bag will _______ the number of people the child hates.

Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others had up to _______ potatoes. The teacher then told the children to _______ the bag wherever they go for a _______.

_______ the days went by, the children started to ________ because of the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten (腐烂) potatoes. And the students with five potatoes also had to carry______________bags.

After a week, the teacher asked, “How did you feel?” The children started complaining about the ________ they had to ________. When they had to carry the heavy and ________ potatoes everywhere they went.

Then the teacher said, “This is the ________ where you carry your hate for somebody__________your heart. The smell of hate will ________ your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot ________ the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine ________ it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your __________.

【推荐3】“When I grow up, I want to be a mountain climber,” Jack, my four-year-old son, announce. My husband, Jack and I are now _______ Cradle Mountain. Here the sky is clear and the plants are green. We don’t know how our kid will progress, but we’re _______ to give it a go.

Usually some parents, me included, would ______ that bushwalking would present a great opportunity for disaster. However, we couldn’t be more _______. We are swallowed up(吞没) by the _______ of the nature.

My husband and I _______ glances(眼色) as Jack runs ahead of us. He keeps a confident and steady(稳的) _______ , staying three or four meters ahead of us. Who is this kid _______ us through the bush? This can’t be the same boy who won’t play outside _______ someone keeps him company(陪伴).

“Hey, look at this!” Jack cries, pointing at a _______ in a tree. “Who lives here? It may be a snake’s _______.” His dad and I _______ and look on, nodding and predicting(预测) who might call the tree home. Before reaching a _______, Jack is off again, keeping a distance between himself and us.

I think about how I have often felt _______ as a parent. Frequently I find myself _______ to cross the tricky(棘手的) pass of boyhood: “Why won’t this child _______? Why won’t he do as he is told? Why is he so _______?” Yet, here we find ourselves in the wilderness, and the boy is showing us the _______. The world is unfolding before him, and he is crossing it with _______ and natural curiosity, and as his parents, we are only _______ on his journey, following in his size 12 footsteps.

【推荐2】Asia has long tradition of tea-drinking. And China is no ___________.

However, lately more and more Chinese people are turning to a different drink. Coffee has become a/an _________ popular choice of Chinese people living abroad and in the country's __________ cities. In big cities such as Beijing, coffee shops seem to be on nearly every major street corner. These _________ are not just selling drinks from Starbucks, the world-famous coffee company. Coffee businesses from South Korea and Britain are also _________ in China.

Many young Chinese people drink coffee ________ -- when meeting with friends. Yang Lin lives in the U.S. but comes from an area in China ________ for growing tea. She used to _________ drink tea while in China. But now, she says, she drinks both and for different reasons.

Yang Lin says she was a tea drinker when she was back in China. But she likes coffee and tea ________ now. Drinking coffee for her is a social event. She and her co-workers like to sit in a café and talk over a cup of coffee. Tea, she says, is more about family _________. She grew up in Fujian province -- an area known for its tea. Ms. Yang says that as a child, her family would _________ together in the evening and talk about the day's events over a steaming pot of tea. So now, _________ the smell of Fujian tea brings back these __________ family memories.

________ a person in China drinks about five cups of coffee a year. This information comes from the China Coffee Association Beijing. That amount is far below the world average of 240 cups a year. But the association says the amount of coffee that Chinese drink is ________ by about 15 percent every year.

【推荐1】A Race Against Death

It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.

On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch________a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious(传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be________if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. However, the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.

How could the medicine get to Nome？ The town`s________ was full of ice, so it couldn't come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the snowy roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn`t exist yet.

________January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were________. Nome`s town officials came up with a(n) plan. They would have the medicine sent by________ from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled(狗拉雪橇) drivers—known as “mushers”—would carry it to Nome in a relay(接力).

The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night.________he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon`s face was black from the extreme cold.

On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to________a frozen body of water called Norton Sound .It was the most________part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would________,and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.

A huge snowstorm hit on February 1.Amusher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his________.He had to leave the trail (雪橇痕迹) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to find the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog, Balto put his nose to the ground,________to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to________. He had found the trail

At 5:30 a.m. on February 2, Kaasen and his dogs________in Nome. Within minutes, Dr.Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.

Nome had been________.

【推荐2】We had a terrible snowstorm over the weekend. The city was brought to a(n) _______ until crew（技术人员团队）and snow moving equipment could open up streets. I live in a(n) _______. My neighbors and I had parked in a(n) _______ parking lot. I hadn’t been able to go anywhere since last Friday, because my car, and everyone else’s car were buried（埋）in snow.

The snow moving equipment was able to _______ by Wednesday afternoon and clear a path down the aisles（通道）between the rows of cars. We had to shovel（铲）out our own cars, though. I have a little red _______ shovel, and it took me one and a half hours to clear off my car.

I headed back into my apartment feeling pretty great _______ being free again. My neighbour was at her doorway, so I stopped and _______. She said she was in poor health and she needed to get out, but she hadn’t been able to shovel out her car yet. She thought the snow moving crew would come back and finish the job for her. I said that they _______ would, but I knew they wouldn’t. We live in a big city, and removal crew don’t have time to shovel out individual cars.

So, last night after _______, I headed secretly out with my little red plastic shovel, ________ her car, and shoveled the snow away from around it. It only took ________ because her car is smaller than mine.

I had to take pain killers last night so I could sleep. Five months ago, I broke my ________ and pulled muscles in my back. I have ________ well and regained my mobility, but shoveling snow for two and a half hours put too much burden on my shoulders.

It was all good this morning, ________. Even better, when I looked out my window, I could see ________ in the snow where my neighbour had been able to just jump in her car this morning and drive away.

【推荐3】When I moved into an empty dorm for the first time two years ago, I was certain of a few things. Firstly, I realized that I didn’t ______ anybody at the school. Secondly, I knew that I wanted to work hard at my lessons and ______ something useful. And thirdly, I wanted to have a good time with new classmates, without my parents around.

The first ______ frightened me in the beginning. But that ______ quickly disappeared. It was the other two goals ______ ended up being my difficulties. I knew that it was ______ to devote enough time to class and to social efforts. But I wanted to ______ in both.I knew this would be a ______ , but I didn’t realize how much until classes began.

I got on well with the other girls who lived in my dorm. ______ , instead of finishing my homework ______ it was due, I went upstairs and had ice cream with my neighbour. I always finished it the next day between classes. I knew ______ wasn’t very good and the grade I ______ showed my lack of effort.

I was ______ that I needed to find some sort of balance.

So I created a schedule that would ______ my time up between going to class, doing homework, and relaxing. It seemed like a good idea, ______ I was only able to ______ it for a few days. It seemed that a schedule gave me too much pressure.

So I tried another ______. Each week I made a list of everything I had to get done during that week. Then, under the list of things I had to get done, I______ a list of things I could do if I had time.

This is the method I have used since then. I’m glad that I’ve learned to ______ things and it has ______ prepare me for what is to come after graduation.