【推荐1】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】That day, I followed my Beijing daily routine of coming home from Tsinghua University. I was______enough to experience a friendly casual meeting. When entering the______I heard “Wait! Wait!". As I held the lift doors open, a woman______rushed in and thanked me. When I _____in Chinese, she was surprised. After chatting, she______to help me with my Chinese, and then we______names and numbers.

As 1 told my flatmates about the experience, they didn't hesitate to express their_____. From the western point of view, experiences like these are dangerous.______，to be “more Chinese”, I stayed in touch with my lift friend.

The following week she______me to go for milk tea with her and her______. I thought that the girl would________the opportunity to practice English. However, most of our _____was in Chinese! They even went to great length to help me practice______my Chinese is only middle level. Our next_______was when we gathered together to make dumplings. They made me______completely at ease in their home.

After these______meet-ups I have spent lots of time with the family, and I feel that they have become my own______abroad. Fortunately, I didn't let our western point of view act as a______. This experience has made my stay in China______. I feel like this simple difference in______is something we in the west can learn from Chinese culture.

【推荐1】It was at a lively coming-back-to-school celebration in Rockwall, Texas. Cheerleader Tyra Winters was _________ waving at the crowds from one of the floats (花车) as it slowly _________ its way down the street. All of a sudden, a _________ came from the crowds. Looking down, Winters saw a two-year-old boy on the sidewalk struggling for air, while his _________ mother was begging for help.

“I _________ a little bright red face,” Winters later told KTVT. “There was no coughing. There was no _________.”

The boy had been licking a piece of candy when it slid down his throat and _________ his windpipe. No one seemed to know how to _________, except for Winters, a senior with dreams of _________ a doctor. She had learned the __________ related to first aid.

Knowing that __________ was running out, she jumped off the float and ran to the __________. By the time she got to him, his face had turned purple. She took the boy from his mother, held him face down on her knee and gave him three hard pushes on the __________.

Soon, the boy coughed up the piece of candy, and began breathing again. Without another __________, Winters handed him back to his mother and ran back to her float. It all happened so __________ that the mother never had time to thank the teenager.

“She didn’t __________ to,” says Winters. “I knew what she was __________. I saw her tears. I saw her face.”

“I don’t really have any words. I just stood there __________,” says the boy’s mother. “The words that you would say to anyone who does something for you are ‘__________’. But they don’t seem __________ enough.”

【推荐3】He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were after her, but nobody paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee She was surprised, but she went along.

As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too _________ to say anything and she felt uncomfortable. _________ he asked the waiter, “Could you please give me some salt? I’d like to put it in my coffee.” Everyone tuned to him and he turned red. _________, she asked, “Why put salt in the coffee?” He _________, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I could feel its taste salty like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I think of my childhood and my hometown. I miss it and my parents, who are _________ there.”

She was deeply touched. A man who can _________ that he’s homesick must love his home and _________ his family. She talked too, about her faraway hometown, her childhood, her family. That was the star to their love story. They continued to _________. She found that he met all her _________. He was tolerant, kind, warm and careful. She would have missed the catch if not for the salty coffee!

So they married and lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt, the way he liked it.

After 40 years, he __________ and left her a letter which said: My dearest, please __________ my life-long lie. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous that I asked for salt instead of sugar. It was hard for me to ask for a(n) __________ so just went ahead. I never thought that we would be a perfect match. Many times, I tried to tell you the truth, but I was afraid that it would __________ everything.

Sweetheart, I don’t really like salty coffee. But as it __________ so much to you, I’ve learnt to enjoy it. Having you with me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, even if it __________ that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.