【推荐1】It was a sunny winter day. I had gone down the tower when a blind man _________ toward me. He kept close to the wall, touching it lightly with _________ arm. I stood still and looked at him _________ toward the ticket office. “What does a blind man want to climb up the _________ for?” I wondered, “Not the view certainly, perhaps he wants to jump.” Thinking of this _________ reason, I thought I should follow him. He went up _________ and stopped at times. I _________ him a few steps behind. _________ he got to the first corner of the bell tower, I approached him. “Excuse me,” I said as politely as I could, “but I am very _________ to know why you came up.”

“You’d never __________.” he said.

“Tell me, then.”

He smiled. “Perhaps climbing up the tower, you have noticed—and yet, not being blind, perhaps you won’t – how the sun __________ into the tower through the windows here and there, so one can __________ the cool steps suddenly become quite warm, even in __________. But behind the wall there is shade. There is no place so good as this for feeling the contrast (对比) __________ light and darkness. __________ I’m blind, I also want to feel the happiness __________ by the sunlight. In fact, it isn’t my first time to be here.” He said and seemed as __________ as a child.

I had never thought that even a __________ man could have his way to enjoy the beautiful life. But we often paid no attention to its __________ because we never lost it. We went down the tower __________ and I left him. From then on, I began to treasure what life has given me.

【推荐2】My son Lucas was intelligent and good - looking, but he possessed the disturbing negative attitude. Despite my ______, I couldn’t convince him to choose to count his blessings.

I decided to do something, so I bought a lot of books, and read every ______. If the Internet had been ______ then, I would have Googled for weeks to find the information I needed to ______ his negativity. With the help of great resources, I developed my ______.

The day came when I was ready to put my new ______ to work. Lucas came home from school and as usual began to tick off his list of the ______ things that had happened at school. I listened ______, making my eye contact and ______ with empathy (共情) before I asked, “What good things happened today, Lucas?” His response was what I ______, “Nothing.”

“Something good had to happen. You were there for six hours,” I ______. Then I waited. At last, he ______, “I did get to dust the erasers. With Brandon.”

“You mean you did it with your best friend? You’re one lucky child, if you ask me!”

“Yeah, I guess I am.” Lucas ______ with his head back and his shoulders squared.

This began a daily ______ for us. Lucas came to understand the ______ of a positive perspective, but the path to get there seemed to ______ him at times. Then I would encourage him to see things ______, and he would get back on the track of choosing to see the ______ and losing the negative attitude. It was a ______, but he was making headway. I was convinced my hard work was ______.

【推荐3】Years ago when my husband and I were dating, I bought two coffee cups. It is the kind of cup that has your name on it and a ____ of what your name foretells. People used to make fun of our coffee cups but that’s okay. I didn’t purchase them to ____ anyone though they are crackled (有裂痕的) and almost no longer ____.

In 2008, I had a long ____ with breast cancer. Pretending to be ____, I moved on with a smile. Only those very ____ to me my family, really knew I was afraid beneath the ____.

One morning, my husband Doug ____ my coffee as he did every morning in my “Terri” cup. The cup could no longer take the heat. It finally cracked. I thought this was a ____ to me. I lost it. I began to cry.

“Doug, this means something! I am broken! ____ I can’t be fixed?” I said, He just hugged me and ____ me down. And then he quickly went outside. He ____ with some glue. He took that cup telling me that he was going to ____ it and that I would be ____ and cancer was not going to “break” me.

Doug fixed that cup with such ____ and care. The cup is not the same as before but it ____ sits in our cupboard.

Later, I was ____ changed; a little cracked but not completely ____. I will never forget that day my husband tried to ____ my favorite coffee cup. It was a turning ____ for me. And that cup, like Doug, will stay with me as long as I live.

【推荐1】If Confucius (孔子) were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of ________. He’d need a fan or a ________ to help him put them out.

While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, ________ people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even ________ the birthdays of their own ________.

But this doesn’t ________ that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a ________ that foreigners must cross if they want to ________ a deeper understanding of China.

In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have ________ huge popularity in Western universities. ________, the Chinese government has ________ Confucius Institutes in more than 80 ________. These schools teach both Chinese ________ and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually ________ Chinese art, history and philosophy (哲学). Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the ________ of Western philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to ________ Chinese. So they will be ________ for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about ________ to understand their Chinese customers. So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive.

Today China ________ the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

As for the old thinker, he will not be forgotten by people in the West, even if his ________ is.

【推荐2】A product successful at home does not always guarantee that it will do well abroad. More than one company has failed to consider that, ________ the price is reasonable, local consumers will often only be________ a product if it is modified to fit their local ________ .

It is clearly necessary to take account of local ________ .Something that tastes good in one part of the world does not taste so good in others. A large number of ________ food companies have discovered how important it is to ________ their products to suit local markets.The US soup producers Campbell, ________ , found that their tomato soup was ________ too sweet for Europe and Japan. ________ , European food manufacturers have had ________ selling their soups in the US, where consumers felt that they were too salty.

International fast food restaurant chains were some of the first companies to realize the ________ of changing their products in order to ________ local consumers. A hamburger chain sells shrimp cake sandwiches in its Japanese restaurants. Another ________ squid in Japan and chorizo in Mexico, In the UK, Kentucky Fried Chicken sells thick British-style “chips” instead of fries. While McDonald's ________ a generally standardized menu worldwide, this is adapted for its foreign ________ . For example, it has sold ________ in Germany but wine in France, and has added mutton pies to its Australian ________ .

Businesses hoping to sell their products ________ can learn an important lesson from these companies: It is essential to ________ the market to discover local tastes and preferences, as this is the only way to be sure a product will be as ________ and successful in new markets as it has been at home.