【推荐1】Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience: the iPad.

Instead of looking at nature, I _________ my email. Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading _________ newspapers each morning. And that was the problem: I was acting as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my _________ wasn’t.

So this year I made up my mind to try something _________ : getting away from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since I’m not good at self-control. But I was _________ . I started by _________ the iPad to my wife. Then, a stroke of luck came: The mobile phone’s _________ at our cabin (小木屋) was worse than that in the past. I was _________ , forced to carry out my plan. Largely cut off from email and my favourite newspaper websites, I had little way to _________ to the world. I had no __________ but to do what I had planned to do all along: read books.

With determination and the strong support of my wife, I succeeded in my struggle against the Internet. I finally __________ that it was me, of course, not the iPad, that was the __________ .

I knew I had __________ when we passed a cafe and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “Don’t need it,” I said. __________ , as we return to work, a test begins: Can I continue when I’m back at work? I don’t plan to __________ my iPad completely. But I hope to resist the temptation(诱惑)to use it every five minutes.

【推荐2】Washington is home to lots of trees and lots of fireplaces and wood-burning _________ too. But what if you lived there and couldn't cut wood or wasn't able to pay someone to do it? Luckily, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons are happy to _________ an axe (斧头). They cut truckloads of wood, and then _________ it to those in need. "I want to help people who are _________ cardboard because they've got nothing else," Shane explained to heraldnet com.

"The idea _________ as a father-son bonding (建立关系) project," he told msn. com. "I had to cut wood with my dad. He just loved doing it." says Shane. He wanted to pass down that feeling, so he and the twins spent the summer of 2018 cutting wood. The _________ was a great wall of wood piled up around their house.

It was too much for the McDaniels themselves to use, and when the weather turned _________ that November, Shane started thinking of others. He _________ on Facebook, "If you are in need of firewood and can't afford it, please tell me! Please _________ me and my boys to make sure no one goes cold in our neighbourhood."

The __________ was immediate. One man offered to donate a wood-burning furnace(火炉). Others raced over to Shane's house, __________ more wood to the pile.

Single mom Katelyn Ticer and her four-year-old daughter __________ burning wood as their only way of heat, so it was a relief to __________ a truckload of firewood from the McDaniels. She told msn. com, "So much __________ is off my shoulders. I couldn't be more __________."

【推荐3】My first visit to London was one and a half years ago. It was a wonderful _________

I stayed in the city for three weeks, and it_________ a good impression on me.

I visited the Tower Bridge and the famous Elizabeth Tower, _________I dreamed of seeing in the past. And I went on a tourist_________on the River Thames and saw two coasts.

I_________to the Tower of London, and I want to say that it is a very interesting _________ place. I found out that a long time ago, it was a prison. Later it_________a castle for the royal family. Or maybe it is not; I’m not_________. But later they left this place and lived in Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace.

In London, you can also _________ nature. There are many ____________such as Regent’s Park, Hyde Park, Green Park,St Jame’s Park, and Holland Park. These parks are wonderful green,____________places where you can____________ and escape the noise of the city.

Trafalgar Square is a popular ____________ for students and other young people. You will find lots of ____________there. If you have time, you can feed them and they will be very ____________. You can buy special food for them, but be____________! Tons of birds are going to ____________ you if you feed them.

The museums in London also impressed me ____________. I found them interesting because you can ____________ about the history of England. I had a wonderful time in London.l really liked it____________it is a city that is rich in history.

【推荐1】Whenever I felt disappointed I often thought of what my mother had said to me，“Everything happens for the best. If you _______，one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for  that previous _______．”As  it _______, mother was right.

【推荐3】This year has been a busy year of travel for me，and the end of the year is no exception. I __ an early morning flight that had me up at 4：30am to get to the airport．The thought of such an early flight made me ____ , but then I started to think about the chain of people who would make that early journey ____ for me; my Lift driver, check-in agent, security staff, gate agents, flight crew,etc. They all do their jobs at an early hour ____ I can get to my destination safely.

When the trip ____ , I realized I had a(n) ____ ; I could be annoyed about having to take an early flight and hold this ____ with me.Or, I could choose to be ____ for this modern machine of safe air travel and the people who made it possible．Just thinking about the   ___ choice got my mind working about ____ I could show my gratitude：what if I got a little gift for every ____ I encountered on my journey?

Then I started to think about what kind of gift would be ____. Because it was a trip，they had to be ____ enough to fit in my luggage.____ , I decided a Starbucks gift card would be portable and a universally appreciated item that would ____ them to get a coffee, tea or snack．

For the first time in years I actually ____ getting up at 4：30am! I ended up giving gift cards to my Lift driver，airport security agent，two gate agents, and four flight attendants, ___   of whom said thank you and smiled while ____ their duties．And,   ___ arriving fired and upset, after only four hours of sleep and a long ____，I was energetic and happy to share my story.

【推荐1】For a long time, a boy wondered why his deskmate was always the first in the class, whereas he could only rank the 2lst. He asked his mom, “Am I more stupid than others? How come I always _______?” Mom was aware that her son’s self-respect had been damaged by the_______ system.

She was intended to say that intelligence_______ and her son’s friend really was smarter. Thank goodness she_______ the intention to say it.

After entering high school, her son tried as hard as he could, but her son’s friend still _______ him. But she was_______ of her boy for his hard. She decided to take him on a trip to the_______. On the trip, she at last_______ an answer for him.

Today her son no longer_______ rankings. He is now the top student in the top university he ________. Invited to speak to his old high school, he mentioned a valuable childhood ________:Once, on a trip to the sea, my mom said to me: ‘Do you see the seabirds________ food out there?’ When a wave comes near, the little birds rise quickly. The “clumsy” seagulls (海鸥) are far less ________ and have to struggle to get away from the________. But these “clumsy” birds prove to have the biggest, strongest wings, which allow them to travel the ________ and leave the little birds behind. Son, I felt you are one of those seagulls.”

【推荐3】China's Great Wall, Australia's remote Outback, Italy's ancient ruins, Jane Sun, CEO of CTip, Asia's largest online travel agency, connects people with the best destinations the world has to offer. She believes cultural experiences can_________ divides and conflicts, strengthen industries and create peace.

Actually she herself is a living breathing advertisement for how travel can_________a life. But her journey was much longer and more_________ than her recent completion of the Shanghai marathon.

While_________Peking University, Sun was invited to a program in the University of Florida, where she_________managed to further her study, majoring in accounting. Compared to her fellow students, Sun's life_________was rapid. She bicycled 6 miles to campus each morning, taking the earliest classes_________ so she could spend the rest of the day, and Saturdays, working to pay her education fees.

_________Sun recalls her UF days fondly. “I learned a lot from my experience in the USA,” says Sun.

Many discussions I had at UF still _________ my style of leadership today.____________, I have developed an appreciation for hearing other persons different ____________ over a certain issue.”

“I try to put myself in other people's shoes”, Sun says, “In a global market, you have to have a very good understanding of different peoples and____________ different cultures.”

Feeling it her duty-to help the next generation, Sun ____________ a scholarship to other students in need. Her tips for them include, “be open-minded,” give 100 percent effort to whatever you want to____________That’s the exact attitude she holds to life.

Now as a mother of two daughters, she shoulders the____________as CEO of what is now a $25 billion company.

“Some people ask me why I work so hard, but I feel mothers are best role____________for children,” Sun says. “I show them that to work is actually to____________ yourselves, but if you double your efforts at work and being a mother. it is doubly____________.”

As for her future____________Sun is preparing for the day when virtual reality, advanced vehicles and even space travel will change the travel industry.

One thing that won't change: the____________of travel to build bridge.