【推荐1】When our teacher asked us to say what career we will do in the future, we all seemed to be greatly surprised. We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be _______. “Yes. Each of you will have to _______ someone in your field and give an oral report.”

Finally, I picked journalism. This _______ I had to go to interview a true newspaper reporter. I sat down in front of him _______ able to speak. “Did you bring a pencil or pen or some _______?” I shook my head.

At last I thought he _______ I was anxious and I got my first big tip as a _______: “Never go anywhere without a pen and paper.” Later I gave my oral report totally from _______ in class. I got an A on the project.

Years later, I was looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _______ my goal at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t ________ me. They just reminded ________ competitive the field was. But journalism did something to me and was in my ________. It gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was ________.

For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career. I get ________ all the time: “How did you pick journalism?” “Well, you see, there was a teacher...” I just wish I could ________ her.

【推荐3】A job vacancy (空缺) for a professor was advertised by University of Sanford. Hundreds of people applied for the position, but only fifteen applicants got the opportunity to be interviewed, of whom Sear was a lucky one. Located in a small town, the university had only one hotel around. When Sear arrived there, he found only a twin room was available. So he had to share it with a young man named Adam.

The next day the president of the university and a group of experts gave an interview to all the fifteen _______. They couldn’t _______ whom to choose between Sear and Adam. So they required the two interviewees to make a speech the following day. Sear took it seriously and prepared for it _______ until late into the night. Adam, on the other hand, _______ himself in the night club. The next morning, after the president _______ that the speech would be made in the alphabetical order of _______ names, Adam walked to the front _______ and began his speech fluently. To Sear’s _______, Adam was _______ exactly the same speech draft that he had carefully prepared. He didn’t find his draft was ________ by Adam until then. Next, it was Sear’s turn to give a speech. He was so nervous that the speech paused occasionally and was in ________ English.

After what seemed like a century, the president and experts came back from their discussion. The president said, “We have decided to ________ Sear.” Everyone was surprised. The president continued, “Adam did give a wonderful ________, but don’t forget that he was just reading his speech. Sear, ________, could repeat Adam’s every single word from ________. What we need is just such a talent!”

【推荐3】On the last day of last September, my sister sent me a message: "The 1196 weather service will come to an end. So, if you want to listen, today is the last ________.”

For 20 years, a caller could dial 1196, select an area and then hear the weather forecast. read by a computer-spliced (电脑合成的) version of my father's ________ . This was 20th-century service that continued into the 21st century . Dad has bee dead for 19 years , so it would be________by the weather app soon.

I had ________ listened to the weather service, hearing it only not long after Dad died. Dad made most of the ________—thousands of words and phrases—after he had cancer. I often followed him to the radio station in my spare time. He would sit in a soundproof (隔音的) room, _______ his list of words with headphones on. He pronounced each word in three variations (变化). He________ the job and it reminded him of his previous work as a radio journalist. The familiar headphones and the precise pronunciation all took him back to his working life. And he was ________ of his voice. It sounded strong still and held its fine timbre (音色) ________ he was in poor health.

The whole recording was really a large project with many sessions. In the end, Dad was too ________ to go to the recording room. ________, the sound engineer came to my parents' house to ________ the last parts. Birds could be heard singing in these parts. I wondered then if these unexpected sounds would ________ some   picky callers to the weather service.

Finally, I ________the number for the last time. A well-spoken robot, ________ in my father’s voice, made me ache. It was another goodbye, so long after the last goodbye.

【推荐1】As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she _________ out at the audience, _________ to see her mother. These two, Albert and Doris Fleming, had driven all the way from California more than 2, 000 miles away, to see their _________ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.

The music _________ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music _________ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much _________ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the _________ seconds before skating onto the ice was gone. She was feeling the movement of the _________ and letting it carry her. She skated _________, then did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was finished.

The crowd loved it and cheered as she __________ off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other __________. It was the remark that always came after a free-skating performance. But what should the __________ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy __________ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting __________ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were announced. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Pasadena, __________.

【推荐2】I could feel the excitement rising in me as I held the beautifully wrapped present in my hands. Unable to _______ my curiosity any longer, I ripped it open, surprised to see a brand-new laptop. I was _______ with it for scoring straight “A”s for my examinations. I had always _______ my friends who were exchanging news about “chat rooms”, “instant messaging” and “emailing”, all of which I knew nothing about. Now I was going to _______ .

It started out _______ enough. I was just searching for some information online when I _______ a social networking site. Soon I became _______ to my new-found electronic friend, began to spend more time on YouTube, and even became enslaved by Facebook and Twitter. Never in my _______ dreams had I thought about the day when I was so focused on the glowing screen before me. As time passed, it even came to a _______ where I chose to lock myself in my room, refusing to engage in family discussions. Soon, my sleep was __________ to only scattered (分散的) naps, and my study suffered.

It was about this time that my parents started their __________ . I was asked to reduce my use of the Internet. Hard as I tried, I was unable to pull myself away, unable to __________ my chat sessions and concentrate on my lessons. I was __________ for just another click and another look at my message board. Then one day, my father took away my laptop. I complained but to no avail (无济于事).

Over time, I realized that Dad and Mom had always wanted the best for me. That was when I decided to __________ my Internet addiction. Quitting was harder than I had expected. But with dogged __________ , I knew that I would turn over a new leaf.