【推荐1】My dad passed away in November last year. And it took me several months to feel “_________” in the world again. I didn’t realize it at the time, but in retrospect (回想), the _________ described below was a(n)_________ part of that process.

I was on a two-week tour of northern Italy, during which I visited the violin _________ in the city hall of Cremona, where priceless old violins are _________. Each day, some of these violins are _________ and played as a way of keeping them in their finest condition. I was _________ to hear the fantastic violin “ⅡCremonese” _________ by Antonio Stradivari, a master of instrument making. As I sat in that simple hall, surrounded by the ancient paintings and stones, I was _________ in the strains (旋律) of the violin.

My dad also ____________ music and he had served in Italy during World War Ⅱ. So I felt he had been with me during my whole Italian journey—and from Venice to Verona, I would catch myself wondering if he had looked at the ____________ beautiful hills or squares sixty-five years before.

But it was at that moment in Cremona that I ____________ his presence most powerfully, and that his ____________ and mine were intertwined (交织在一起) in the ____________ of the violin. And I ____________ that people, from newly-made ____________ to life-long family, ____________ come and go in the composition of our lives, but that once they have appeared, they never really ____________. They are just like those ____________. Every day, in one form or another, we take them out and play them, if just for a while. We honor them and keep them ____________—as they do us, intertwined.

【推荐1】I was said to be the worst student in my class and my family thought I was hopeless. I had to _________ sixth grade. At that time a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to our school.

One day after class, she _________ that I was staying alone during the lunch break. She came to me and began to talk to me. It was just a normal conversation. After that day, she gave me particular _________ and it made me feel special. I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling that someone believed me. So my _________ started to improve in her subject.

Months later, she moved into a house near my _________. We would walk home together after school. Her constant support helped me, _________ in my studies. I knew she would check my grades both in her subject and the other subjects. So I tried my best and finally _________ second in my class.

Then, after sixth grade, she started to drift apart (逐渐疏远) _________ still kept a constant check on me. By the time I was in seventh grade, we hardly spoke. But by then I had become the _________ in my class. When I left school, I lost _________with her. As she never answered the _________ when I called her.

Then I graduated and went to a good university. One fine day, our paths _________ again. I met her at a wedding. I could not _________asking her, “Why did you stop talking to me?”

“You are a clever boy. I wanted you to be a tree _________ on your own roots, not depending on others. Now here you are and I feel _________ of you. You are your inspiration and do not need to look for a shoulder,” she said. I could not say anything, but I smiled. I’ll always thank her.

【推荐2】Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought _______. It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹).

This farmhouse had been _______ too long. It needed a family. Zigfried’s _______ made a noise. He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), grabbed a _______ from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.

Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse _______ the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried _______ when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he _______ into the room where grain was stored and was quite _______ as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he _______ a hot breath about his ear. His heart beat _______, and without thinking he started to run and luckily _______ the cat’s paws (爪子).

The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a __________ family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to __________ with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came __________ the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.

Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!

The house came __________ the next few days. Zigfried __________ every single hour of them. __________, the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a __________ smile at the door of his home, he heard the __________of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The __________ froze on his face; his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”

【推荐3】Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a ____ place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They ____ various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was______that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more ____ to her than mountain of gold. The books are in every language — new books, ancient books, ____ a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.

She had asked the government for______to move the books to a _____place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands. _____, she brought books home every night,______her car late after work. Her friends came to _____her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant   ___ to hide some books. All through the_____ , Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, _____them over the seven-foot wall and _____them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war______. Then nine days laters, a fire burned the______to the ground.

One day, the bombing stopped and the_____ left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be ____ again while the city was _____. So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs (郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and ____ peace and a new library.

【推荐1】Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success _________ fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the _________ in our lives.

When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no _________ of knowing that his life was to change _________. The class experiment that day was to show how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling (冒泡) to the surface. Some-how, the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat _________ held something more volatile (易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container _________, leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.

When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents _________ to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had happened to their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as _________. He learned braille (盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a（n）_________ public speaker.

Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from __________ for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to __________ his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue __________ it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the __________ Wilson made to preventing the preventable.

Wilson received several international __________ for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a vision. He proved that it's not what happens to us that __________ our lives-it's what we make of what happens.

【推荐2】When 25-year-old Hayden first walked by the Be the Match booth on her way to Auburn University in 2015, she immediately felt the need to _____as a bone marrow(骨髓) donor. Little did she know the selfless _____ would actually save Skye Savren-McCormick, a 1-year-old with a rare form of childhood leukemia, from_____nearly a year later. Flash forward to 2018, and Hayden _____a sweet offer to Skye, who’s now 3 years old, by asking her to be the _____ in her wedding.

Although Hayden was well _____that getting Skye’s family to make the trip down to Alabama from California was easier _____than done, she was determined to give it a _____.

"I knew that was a far-fetched (牵强的)idea, _____I wanted them to know how honored I would be and that they’re that _____ to my heart because I’ve felt a special _____ with her since the transplant date," she said. "They told me they would be honored, but they weren’t sure if Skye would be able to _____ due to her immune system but that they were not saying ‘no’ and would let me know."

____, once April rolled around, Skye was no longer on _____and that meant one thing: the Savren-McCormick clan could watch Hayden say "I _____" on June 9.

"I met Skye and her family face-to-face on Friday night before rehearsal," _____ Hayden. "I cannot describe the emotions that______my mind when I got to hug her and her family_____. I had a rehearsal outfit as a gift for her, and watching her pull the tissue paper out of the bag and helping her open it made me _____. Skye’s mom, Talia, asked her who I was and she said ‘Hay Hay’ — I could have cried a(n) _____ of tears hearing those words in her sweet voice."

【推荐3】Barton was far too accustomed to the business. Everyone sympathized with him because of the long hours, minimum wage, and ill-mannered customers. Although struggling to pay his rent, he still went all out to make those lucky enough to sit at his tables ______.

One day, he was exhausted when he arrived to work, but he went about his daily duties, putting on a brave face as customers ______ about the food or questioned the bill. Usually as he prepared to ______ for the night, a couple of customers would sit down and order drinks. Most of the crew had left by closing time, but Barton stayed to serve. Eventually, the ______ round was ordered and he gave them the ______. The minimum tip was suggested on the receipt. “Tomorrow will be better,” murmured he.

But ______ wasn’t on his side. Evening approaching, a group of ______ stepped in. Thankfully, they were polite and respectful. Their cheerful behavior began to rub off on him. ______, he did his best to make their dining experience a pleasant one.

Once they finished their dishes, he placed the bill on the table, ______ with some candies. They placed their notes on the receipt and left smiling. When he returned to clear the table, he was ______. The teenagers only left a tip of $3, but their total bill was more than $100. He’d gone above and beyond serving the tasty dishes. How would they be so rude?

Later that week, he struggled to ______ the awkward memories. He arrived at work and expected it to be like any other day, but there was something left behind the desk for him—a two—page handwritten ______ from the teenagers with $18 attached, in which they explained they were ______ of the tipping practice due to it being their first time out alone. Everything suddenly ______.

Barton was so touched by their gesture that he ______ a picture of the letter sharing their admirable efforts. Web visitors voiced their opinions, and the reaction was more than positive.