【推荐1】A mother in east China went to celebrate her son's birthday at school—but her son's________took her by surprise. The loving mother decided to surprise her son by________up in a cartoon bear clothes and bringing him a/an________during class.

To her astonishment, the boy immediately________her mother by her hands and ran to give her a big________. The heart-warming video filmed on Monday________the mother in a blue bear________walking towards her son's classroom with a birthday cake________her hand.

After________the cake to the teacher, she goes into the classroom to celebrate his birthday with the________children. "Look who's here!" the teacher________to the boy.

The boy________around and said, "Teacher, this is my mum!" The teacher asked, "How do you know?" "Her________!" the boy replied with great________.

The________mother then showed her________by removing the big head of the bear and the happy boy jumped into her arms. "I didn't________him to spot me at all," the mother, Liu, told video news site Pear. "I was so________that I cried!"

Many net users were moved by the video, which has been________more than 4.6 million times on social media. "You wouldn't be able to spot your mother by her hands if you didn't truly love her!" one user said. "This is so heart-warming. Your child actually loves you________you think!"

【推荐2】It started with a dogwood (山茱萸) tree. I was in Ohio when my mother died on a cold day in February, and everything was _________. A few weeks into my sadness, my uncle _________ planting a tree in her memory. He had _________ my parents decades before during a California spring. They drove down a neighbourhood street lined with blooming dogwood trees and ever since, the sight of a dogwood _________ him of my mom.

We planted the dogwood in my garden. It was as _________ as my mother’s arms. Planting a living thing to _________ her short and hard life _________ my heart. This tree would be a symbol of her, something I could _________ despite all I’d lost.

As a young adult, I was never good at cultivation (栽培) —opportunities, relationships, flowers. Because of distance and poor health, my _________ with my mom never got the chance to blossom like I’d __________. But my mom’s dogwood grew. Its __________ pushed into the hard soil; its white blossoms exploded like stars every June. This tree gave me __________ that life goes on in spite of the past.

Soon I began buying other __________, and they suddenly grew well under my __________. And I grew, too, learning how to __________ them. So many lessons that my mother must have known but didn’t have time to ________ , I applied to my own life.

I believe this is my mother’s __________ she gave to me after __________—the ability to make flowers appear out of dirt. It is her reminder to find the good in whatever I’m handed, and a(n) __________ that wherever she is, it is beautiful.

Though she has been gone for more than 14 years,I can still find her in my __________.

【推荐3】There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t   ______ him ever saying the words “I _______you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “No” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a _________Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad—he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and _______every penny I could and________I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to________it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only________you five dollars.” I offered with a smile. “I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a ________to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house, _______it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a(n) ________day. As I dropped my dad off, I_______him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his _____ from the truck (车尾箱) of my car. Watching his sun weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were ________lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher (水泥修整工).

In that instant, it_________to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete (混凝土) to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out, however hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him _____   about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “ _____” us for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to     _____me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my ______. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”

His _______ met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he_______ his throat and said, “Oh, and… me, too.”

【推荐1】Finally, the farm where I’d grown up with my parents came into my sight. I picked up my _______and almost ran. There was a feel of “home”, a _______I really needed right then.

Suddenly a(n)_______sweet smell of lilacs in bloom (丁香花开) made me slow down. I _______ pulled a bunch (花枝) to my face and enjoyed the sweetness, as I had always done in my childhood.

Warm memories _______my mind until I got home. There, Mum and Dad _______me with a tight hug.

I_______announced, “It’s spring! The lilacs are in bloom!”

“Lilacs in blossom or not, it isn’t spring until winter is gone,” Dad_______. “We’ll still get a bit of cold weather.”

But I still_______that pleasure the lilacs had brought to me. Immediately, I recalled the card from Mum-one that had________me through my dark days. Printed on the card were a flower coming from the crack of rock and the________words, “In the middle of winter, I found within me an everlasting________.”At the bottom of the card, Mum added, “Spring is your favorite time of year. As always, it’s ________.”

These are words Mum, who always sees the________side of our life, lives by. Even during winter, she finds spring. I love her sense of joy and her willingness to________it.