【推荐1】Born to be likeable, my older sister grew up with lots of friends, parties and attention. I wanted the _________ my sister had. I _________ her for years and never came close, so I _________ kids my own age for role models. Jen, the girl I always sat next to in school, put her head to one side when she asked for favors. “Okay,” I thought. “I’ll try her _________.” I put my head to one side and asked my teacher for a pass to the bathroom. She looked at me, _________, and said, “Don’t you _________ well?”

That led to my _________ to try being cool instead of being popular. I’d do anything to escape my _________ of social status. My big _________ came when a new girl named Tiffany came to my class. She was cute, trendy, and best of all, she __________ me. Our friendship lasted four weeks, just long enough for me to learn that Tiffany took European vacations and went skiing in Aspen. __________, I’d never been outside of Illinois or on skis. Tiffany was way too much for me. I crawled back into my familiar state of __________.

One day, my mom said to me, “You’ll never be anything your heart won’t let you be. Start looking inside, __________ out.” It took me a while to get what those __________ meant. But once I __________ trying to be like other people, life got a whole lot easier. I’m even growing up to be someone I really like.

【推荐1】With his bald head, thin body, wire glasses, Mohandas Gandhi seemed like a kind grandfather. Within this quiet man, however, was a ________ will.

Gandhi was born into a large Hindu family on October 2, 1869. His father often ________ disagreements between the local people and the British, who ________ India. From his father, Gandhi learned to respect others and their beliefs.

In 1888, he sailed to England, where he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law ________. There, Gandhi was treated ________ because of his skin color, but he was still ________ to work for the equal rights of Indians.

He returned to India in 1915, ready to put to work the ________ of nonviolent protest he developed in South Africa. He ________ Indians to no longer buy British goods or work for the British in any way. His acts ________ him in jail several times. However, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give in and India won its independence in 1947. Nevertheless, the country was ________. The Muslim people formed the new country of Pakistan. There was still much fighting. Gandhi worked ________ and achieved a number of ________ peace agreements.

On January 30, 1948, Gandhi was shot dead by a young Hindu man who didn’t ________ Gandhi’s work to make peace with Muslims. Gandhi’s death ________ people everywhere. However, this small man continued to change the world, ________ great leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela.

【推荐3】Praying for Bea

I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night with Bea on my mind. I could not seem to _________ her name or her face from my thoughts so I decided to pray for her. I had no idea why but I knew that I should pray.

Bea had been my son’s _________ writing teacher three years earlier. We were just acquaintances (相识). I didn’t understand why I had such a strong _________ to pray for her.

The next morning, I had my usual Bible study group to _________. It was at the church where my son had attended kindergarten.

When I arrived early and entered the meeting room, a friend called out to me to see this woman who had to decide whether or not to _________ a heart transplant. She needed it badly, but her husband had just _________ and she worried about who would raise her four young boys if she didn’t _________ it through the transplant.

The woman was Bea. In shock, I told my friend, “I have been _________ for her all night.”

I had no idea that Bea had been on the waiting list for a heart transplant at UCLA, looking out a window at Bea sitting in her car making that _________.

I have often wondered since that night how many other people might also have had the same wake-up call to pray for Bea.

Bea decided to get the __________. She told me later that she had asked God if He could please make that transplant last for ten years so that she could raise the boys before it __________

God answered her prayers and the new transplanted heart __________ eleven years. This brought the ages of her sons to eighteen through twenty-eight years of age. They were well past the age of needing to be __________.

Bea received yet a second heart transplant and is __________ doing very well, enjoying her family and her grandkids. And the __________ is that we ended up becoming good friends!