【推荐2】A few weeks ago, I surfed the Internet and came across a book called The Debt to pleasure. At first sight, I_________, immediately, to own it. Its structure was novel and it had won wide _________among readers.

But before I could_________ the Buy Now button, a tiny inner voice _________the library, the library, which was simply three blocks from my apartment. I searched the catalog （目录）of the library and sure enough, " _________" now. However, by the time the book was borrowed, I couldn't say with _________that I would love it. This worn, yellow-papered object was just so _________. However promising our first _________was, my initial desire _________sank. When the book was __________, I walked to the library and __________it into the Returns box. Once reshelved, it would __________for others. I sighed and walked off. It had never __________me from the very beginning.

One thing I should mention：I did end up loving The Debt to Pleasure, I loved it so much that I finally ordered a copy of my own. The library book does __________me the cost of a paperback, but it just delivers a __________satisfaction, one that can't promise permanent ownership. Live your life fully, for our lives are only lent to us and can't be owned forever.

【推荐3】When I was young, I was a terrible student. I didn’t ________ talking with my grandmother on the phone, because she would ask me about school and about what I was reading.

Each Christmas, I would get a package from Grandmother. “Another ________. Just like every year!” I would think and then put it aside. I would ________all my latest toys on Christmas morning and for days and even weeks after.________, I would open Grandmother’s gift. I would read the book and sometimes ________ the text, but I didn’t find this interesting.

Although I was not interested in ________, I had great patience with younger children. Seeing how I ________her kid with homework, my neighbor said I should become a teacher when I grew up.

During my second term in college, I ________ in my Children’s Literature class. Our teacher________ a list of classic children’s books. It was then that I wanted to ________. I raced home and ran to the basement (地下室). There on the dusty shelf sat the most amazing collection of children’s books any teacher could ________ to have. My grandmother didn’t ________ me what my little girl mind wanted, but what she knew I ________ — a gift for the soul that would last a lifetime.

I ________ to water the seed my grandmother planted so long ago. I graduated from college, received my master’s degree and became a ________ , trying my best to plant those tiny seeds in all my students.

【推荐3】Five years ago, I was a trail ride leader at a holiday farm in Victoria. My favourite horse was a warmblooded called Holly, a chestnut mare. Aged seven, she was graceful, _______ and well-trained; the only _______ with Holly was her vivid imagination. I was constantly surprised by Holly’ s ability to be _______ by rabbits, the wind or even shadows — sometimes her own shadow!

One day, as we headed back from a ride on the beach, Holly and I were _______ the way over the hilly area. When we got to one particularly long, steep hill, Holly began to twitch (抽动) her ears and step in place. So, when she _______ to sniff (嗅) and give all the _______ that she believed the ‘horse-eating monsters’ were close, I became a little worried.

At the bottom of the hill as we rounded a corner, Holly _______ with attention, and so I followed her gaze (凝视)to the path ahead. There, sunning itself in the middle of the track, was a brown _______. This time it was my _______ to get scared; I was on a nervous horse, leading a group of eight inexperienced pre-teen riders. Unexpectedly, Holly was firmly ________, ears forward. With the snake in her sight, she was no longer worried.

I have heard that horses have a better sense of ________ than dogs. I hadn’t seen it ________ before that moment. ________, while we waited in reality for just a second or two — but for what felt like a century — the snake awoke and glided calmly off into the bush.

Holly then ________, leading the horses with caution and care. She had been watchful of danger and had been ________ for the safety of us all. Following in the footsteps or their lead mare, not one of the other horses showed any fear.

【推荐1】I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5:15 in the afternoon and I was driving along the road to _________my daughter from school to swim. I had finished work at about 4 o’clock and then stopped off at a shop to get some _________ to eat after our swim.

I was driving along a high road on my way to the school. Over my road was another road for cars coming to the other way. I was _________so I put the bag of apples on the seat beside me and started to eat one.

Suddenly I saw the cars in front of me start to move from side to side. Then my car started to _________!I didn’t know what was happening.

Perhaps _________ had gone wrong with my car. I drove even slower. Then the road above started to fall down. I _________the car and at the same moment the road fell onto the cars in front of me.

I found myself in the _________. I could see nothing. The bottom parts of both my legs and my feet were _________badly and I couldn’t move them. Below me I could hear _________and a lot of noise. Then I remembered what had happened. I had been in a(n) __________.

For about two hours nobody came. __________ I could reach the bag of apples, so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I __________someone climbing towards me. I __________“I’m here!” “How are you doing?” he asked. “Not too bad,” I said, “but my feet and legs feel __________they’re broken.”

“We’ll have you out of there just as soon as we can,” he said.

They didn’t get me out __________ the next morning. I had been in my car for fourteen hours.

【推荐3】Two years ago, when I turned sixty, I began to think of my life at the age of ninety. If I were at that age, I would still want to stay in shape to enjoy life, getting a lot of _______. Then I decided to _______ a senior fitness center.

I called a nearby center, “Do you have aerobics (有氧运动) classes _______ for seniors?” “Sure. Come! We start at 10 am,” the receptionist (接待员) replied and _______ . The next morning, I went there. One part of me doubted that the class was too _______. The other part feared it was too hard for me to _______.

When I came into the room, a woman _______ me, “Oh, you’re new. Welcome to have a try.” Then the music started. The hour-long workout woke up the muscles I didn’t often _______ in daily walks, suiting me fine. I became a _______ there. My classmates ranged in age from fifty to ninety. Most did the exercises in their own way, doing as much or little as they could. ________ no one kept score. Soon I learned physical well-being wasn’t the only ________ there. During breaks, people ________ happily. Whenever some people were ________ we asked around. Were they busy? Were they in hospital? Moreover, we signed cards for those who were ill.

Although I ________ to be in good shape now as I’ve hoped, I’m still grateful for things more valuable from the class-close friendships and new social _______.