【推荐1】I think I’m one of the luckiest people in the world because of the time I’m able to spend with young people who are not afraid to show their excitement and zest for life. _______ , I would prefer a person with passion and enthusiasm to a person with _______ and talent any day of the week. You can teach and develop skills, _______ you cannot develop a love of life and an optimistic attitude. These are _______ of a person and appear at all times during work or play. Furthermore, they are traits that one is born with and they will never _______ them.

As a _______ and an Independent Education and Career Planning Advisor, I _______ too many children and young adults who are on a road to despair unless someone can find a way to change their attitude towards _______ and indeed life itself!

_______ , society has turned out too many children and young that are unwilling to put much __________ or thought into their work. Whenever I come across such people— __________ or old, I’m reminded of a boy who went with his mother on a blueberry picking hike into the __________ . The boy filled his __________ mostly with moss(苔藓) and then covered the moss with a thin layer of blueberries so that it looked __________ . But the next morning, he found the blueberry pie which his mother __________ for him was moss.

So __________, whether you are in school or __________, if you have enthusiasm and if you are__________ to put in consistent effort along with passion, you will receive the __________ . If, on the other hand, you are __________ and prefer to take short-cuts, you should not expect to achieve the same results.

【推荐2】I have a degree in business. But it was my father's_______for me to seek to attain a business _______He thought that having a business major would_______me more available choices and make me more_______in entering a global labor market. I_______his advice. However, even though my college experiences were_______,I had no interest in any_______0f commerce, let alone having a long-term career as a businesswoman.

After I_______，I worked as a marketing planner at a computer company. My_______and working environment were great; yet I________didn't feel happy doing something that held little ________for me. After two months of working there, I made up my mind to________and decided to do what I love, namely________history.I have now been doing this job for over twenty years.I am ________of being with my students.

If you are in a________Where you don't love what you are learning or doing, please ask yourself what you are really________about, and what you truly want for your life. Don't________to get yourself a quick answer. Take some time to think about what career could bring________to you.

I like this motto "Success is not the key to happiness.________happiness is the key to success."

Happiness________the inside of you, not from the outside. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

【推荐3】Thomas Crum, living in a toy school, was a boy made from plasticine (橡皮泥). He _________ showed respect for others. Thomas always went round the classroom _________ his drum, and the fact that he was annoying others didn’t _______ him in the least.

His classmates had had enough of this. Coco Wiseman, a very clever boy made of lego (乐高积木), ______ some special earplugs (耳塞)to block out the annoying sounds. Upon seeing that, Thomas immediately got very _______ with Coco Wiseman. They had a fight, by chance, the inventor ______ falling from the table to the floor into pieces.

Though it was a(n) ________, everyone was unhappy with Thomas. ________ wanted anything more to do with him. But a few days later, a cuckoo clock was put in the _______, just next to the shelf Thomas slept on. The cuckoo clock was ________ making noise “tick-tock” and every hour the cuckoo came out to do its “cuckoo cuckoo!”

Thomas couldn’t get any rest at all. ________, the others, with their special earplugs, were fine.

Thomas started to _________ just how much he had annoyed everyone with his drum, and how __________ it had been to fight with Coco Wiseman. __________ to become the best-behaved (表现最好的), most respectful boy, he spent days and nights ________ Coco Wiseman in secret.

Everyone got a big ______ when Coco Wiseman finally came back to life, and they __________ Thomas for bringing their friend back. Thomas, _______, asked them to pardon him for his lack of ________ for others. Soon Coco Wiseman also made a pair of earplugs for him, so Thomas could also get enough _______ now and learn to show respect for others.

【推荐3】After the earthquake hit Japan on March 11, many touching stories happened around me.

I had to walk home since all the _______ had stopped after the quake. On my way home I _______ an old lady at the bakery shop, giving out free bread, which made my heart _______. A middle-aged man was holding a sign that said, “Please use our toilet.” He was _______ his house for people to go to the restroom.

My friend wanted to _______ others. He stood in the cold with a sign “If you are okay with a motorcycle, I will _______ you to your house.” Then I saw him take one gentleman far away home!

The next day I drove to fill my car with gas. There was a _______ of gas and many gasoline stations were either closed or had very _______ lines. I got worried, behind 15 cars. Finally, when it was my _______, the man smiled and said, “Due to this situation, we are only giving $ 30 worth of gas per person. Is that all right?” “Of course, I’m just glad that we are all able to ________,” I said.

I saw a man at the evacuation(疏散) centre ________ when people brought food to him, the first time in three days that food had been brought to their centre. However, after he wiped the tears, his next ________ surprised me. “I am very ________ that we are provided with food. But people in the city next to us haven’t ________ any food at all. Please go to that centre as well.” And when hearing that, I realised there is a bright future on the other side of this ________.

【推荐1】I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor (拖拉机) to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.

One morning I ______ a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its ______, so I jumped out of the tractor to tend to it while Don stayed in his seat.

Lamb and mother ______, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so ______ because I had put the handbrake (手刹) on when I jumped out. ______ Don had somehow made the vehicle move.

My heart froze in my chest as I ______ the tractor heading towards the motorway. I ran desperately(不顾一切地) but failed to ______. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The ______ thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me.

Heart in mouth, I reached the fence and looked over. The tractor was ______ against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the ______ road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I ______ the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently ______, and rushed back to me.

The police ______ and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn’t quite believe my ______ —it turned out no one got badly hurt, but the result could have been ______. Don was given a special meal that night—I didn’t want him thinking I was angry with him!

【推荐2】In 2011, a law was born. A kind of ladybug (瓢虫) became the state insect of North Dakota. When the governor (州长) ________ the bill (法案) into law, four kids stood behind him! 

Jaden, Logan, Megan and Isabel were in first grade ________ their idea for a law was born. Megan and Logan were farm kids and they had been ________ with the ladybug already. They knew that farmers had difficulty in controlling crop-eating pests called aphids (蚜虫) and that ladybugs tended to ________ on aphids. The more ladybugs were around, the fewer ________ the farmers had to use. 

They decided that this ladybug should be their state insect. This ladybug was of great ________ to the crops on the farm and deserved a place of honor. But they had no idea how to ________ a law. So they asked help from their teacher, who happened to ________ their local state representative. When they all met, he told the kids they would have to present facts and reasons to ________ lawmakers that North Dakota was in need of the ladybug as the state insect. 

The students spent much of that first-grade spring ________ ladybugs. There was no doubt that their research was hard work, ________, they fell in love with it. “Even if we hadn’t achieved what we wanted,” says Jaden, “even if the bill hadn’t been passed, I think it was really ________ a lot.” 

In the fall of their second-grade year, they were invited to speak to a committee. In excitement, Megan wrote ________ for the group to sing, they contacted more experts for support, and they practiced their presentation a lot! They showed up at the state building in ladybug costumes and presented their case. ________, the bill was passed! 

The students want everyone to know that kids can make a ________ “Whether you are 8 or 80,” says Isabel, “you have a voice in your community.”

【推荐3】For many people, barbecues are a chance to enjoy a meal with family and friends. For Stan Hays, barbecuing is a passion (酷爱的事物) that he puts to the ______ at weekend competitions.

______, when disaster strikes, Hays uses his skills to ______ people in need. Since 2011, his nonprofit Operation BBQ Relief has prepared more than 1.75 million meals for _______. How amazing it is! The ______ effort began in May 2011, when a terrible tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, about two-and-a-half hours from Hays home. His wife urged him to _______. So, he sent a ______to his barbecue buddies (伙计) and headed down with his portable (便携) smoker. “We ______we’d be there three to four days, serving maybe 5,000 meals,“ Hays said. ”But the need was there, and the ______ kept coming in.”

Hays believes that the food they prepare keeps disaster survivors ______ both physically and mentally. “Barbecue is ______ food,” Hays said. “If you just ______ your house or a loved one just left you, and you get a ______ meal that reminds you of the warmth you felt in your family backyard BBQs and makes you ______ the bad things in your life, it is ______ for me. We not only are giving them something nutritious, but we are giving them a state of being _______.”

“For me, the ______ thing is people coming together. Seeing the people working and _______the effect the meals are producing— it can’t help but bring a smile to your face, maybe a ______to your eye. At the end of the day, you’ve done something that’s made a ______,” said Hays.