【推荐1】It was 1980, and I was in third grade. In the classroom the teacher, Ms Brown was _______   aloud to us from Island of the Blue Dolphins. And we had just come to a part of the book where the main _______ was training a wild dog. I was listening, caught up in the wonder of all.

Not far away from me, there seated a boy who always frightened or _______ others, so I was _______ of this boy. While Ms Brown was reading, I looked over at him, for he was someone I was in the _______ of keeping an eye on. I _______ that he was listening too, that he was attracted by the _______, that he was leaning forward in his seat and listening with all his heart. I _______ at him, open-mouthed. I was struck with a sudden knowledge that this boy was in fact just _______ me. He was a kid who liked a story. The boy must ________ my eyes on him, because he turned. Then something amazing happened. He smiled at me. ________, I smiled back, unafraid. We were two ________ smiling at each other.

Why have I never forgotten this small moment? Why do I still ________ every detail(细节) of it? I think it’s because that moment shows so beautifully the ________ of reading out loud.

It shows us into a safe room, where everyone involved, the reader and the listener, can have that chance to ________ each other. We humans long not just for the story, not just for the flow of language, but for the connection that comes when words are read aloud.

【推荐2】"Deep reading"—as opposed to the often superficial reading we do on the Web—is an endangered practice, one we ought to take steps to preserve as we would a historic building or a significant work of art. Its________would jeopardize（危及）the intellectual and emotional development of generations growing up online, as well as the perpetuation of a critical part of our________: the novels, poems and other kinds of literature that can be________only by readers whose brains, quite literally, have been trained to apprehend them.

Recent research in cognitive science, psychology and neuroscience has demonstrated that deep reading—slow, immersive, rich in sensory detail and emotional and moral complexity—is a distinctive experience, different in kind from the mere decoding of words. Although deep reading does not, strictly speaking,________a conventional book, the built-in limits of the printed page are uniquely conducive to the deep reading experience. A book's lack of hyperlinks, for example,________the reader from making decisions—Should I click on this link or not?—allowing her to remain fully immersed（使沉浸于）in the narrative.

That immersion is supported by the way the brain handles language rich in detail, allusion and metaphor: by creating a mental representation that draws on the same brain regions that would be________if the scene were unfolding in real life. The emotional situations and moral dilemmas that are the stuff of literature are also________exercise for the brain, propelling us inside the heads of________characters and even, studies suggest, increasing our real-life capacity for empathy（认同）.

None of this is likely to happen when we're________through website. Although we call the activity by the same name, the deep reading of books and the________-driven reading we do on the Web are very different, both in the ________they produce and in the capacities they develop. A growing body of evidence suggests that online reading may be less________and less satisfying, even for the "digital________" for whom it is so familiar. Last month, for example, Britain's National Literacy Trust________the results of a study of 34,910 young people aged 8 to 16. Researchers reported that 39% of children and teens read daily using electronic devices, but only 28% read________materials every day. Those who read only on screen were three times less likely to say they enjoy reading very much and a third less likely to have a favorite book. The study also found that young people who read daily only on screen were nearly two times less likely to be above-average readers than those who read daily in print or both in print and on screen.

【推荐3】I was always a reader. As a kid, I walked to the library several times a week and _________up late reading with a flashlight. I checked out so many books and returned them so _________ that the librarian once roared, “Don’t take home so many books _________ you’re not going to read them all.”

“But I did read them all,” I said.

I was an English major at university and went on to get a masters in literature When I created my online dating _________, I made my screen name(网名) – “missbibiliophile59595. Filling out the “favorite books” section, I let my taste in literature _________ for me: One Hundred Years of Solitude, A Moveable Feast, White Teeth, How to Read the Air.

_________, I realized it had been more than two years since I had read most of those _________. I had stopped reading gradually. I tried to _________my bookish persona (人设) .I joined book clubs that I never attended. I requested a library book everyone was reading, only to return it _________.

I still __________ the idea of reading. __________ I found a bookstore, I would linger__________   the shelves for hours as if __________ up with old friends, picking out books I had read and buying new ones. But it was __________ to me: I was becoming a person I did not know.

David was my first online __________. His profile (简介) said he liked to read, so I asked him about his last book. His face __________ and his fingers danced. David read much more than I did, about a book or two a week. We seemed a (n) __________ couple: me, a five-foot-three black woman__________   to a Caribbean mother, and him, a six foot-four white guy from Ohio. But as we got to know each other, our __________ faith and mutual love of books __________ our gaps.

【推荐1】Back from the grocery store, I saw small pieces of paper scattered (散落) on the ground. “Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and _________ a few pieces.” I _________, picking them up. Moments later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I _________, “Who is throwing garbage?” No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper _________ floating down from upstairs. Looking up, I saw my seven-year-old son, Paul.

“Stop making a mess.” “It’s not a mess. They’re _________” “Sorry, what did you say?” I hadn’t heard him clearly.

He didn’t answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and _________ answers a question, especially when he’s _________ attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. “Where are my other butterflies?” he asked, looking around. Every time Paul _________ five or more words together, my heart says a prayer of _________. But lately he seems to ____________ that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are __________ of the effort.

Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to __________ them from the garbage, dusted them off and handed them to my young artist. “Want to see them fly again?” he asked with a shy smile. “Oh yes!

They’re beautiful.” I whispered. He ran back __________ to float his masterpieces down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.

That day Paul reminded me to look up at __________ instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces do I miss because I’m too caught up in my housework to take time to __________ what’s right in front of me? Life is not what happens to us. It’s how we look at it. Now, I look up.

【推荐3】There was a king who loved art very much. One day a(n) ________ came and said, “Please let me ________ a picture on a wall.” The king ________ have a big new hall built. So he ________ the artist to work on one of the walls.

At the same time, another artist came and asked to work on the ________ wall. He promised he would make the same picture as the first artist’s ________ looking at the first artist’s work. The ________ artist asked to have a thick curtain put up between the two walls ________ neither of them could see each other.

The following day they began to work. The first artist brought in a(n)________ supply of paint, oil, water and so on. The second one came with a ________ and a bucket (桶).

A month later, the first artist’s work was completed, and the second artist said, “My wall is ________ too!”

The king went to ________ the first artist’s painting. He was ________ it and gave the artist a large amount of money. He then asked people to open the curtain.

________! Each line was ________ the same as that on the opposite wall.

The king was quite satisfied and gave him double money. However, he ________ how the second man had made it.

“I just wiped the wall with the cloth,” the man ________ briefly.

The wall ________ white marble (大理石). He made it shine like a mirror. The reflection (倒影) of the first painting ________ up on it!

The ________ is a reflection of you too. If you are sad, the world will be sad. If you are happy, the world will be happy.