【推荐1】Following the daily routine, I felt a little bit tired after the school. I sat at the very ________ of the crowded bus with my mind wandering. Sitting there makes me ________ out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

Renee, the ________, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of ________.

I tried to mind my manners and ________ listen, but usually can’t resist thinking about my day. On this day, ________, her conversation was worth listening to.

“My mother’s sick,” she said to no one in particular, I could see the ________ and fear in her eyes. “ What’s wrong with her? ” I asked. With great sorrows clouding her eyes and her trembling voice, she answered, “ Heart trouble.” Her eyes ________ as she continued. “ I have already lost my dad, so I don’t think I can stand losing her.”

I had no idea of responding. I was shocked. My heart ached for her. And this reminded me of the great ________ that my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, and ________   is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to ________ that.

Suddenly I realized Renee wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns, too. I suddenly felt I was very ________. I realized I had only thought of people as far as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Renee ________ she was a bus driver. I had ________ her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant.

For all I know, I’m just another person in someone else’s world, and may not be that important. I should not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, to see and appointments to keep. ________ people is an art.

【推荐2】In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23­-year­-oldson, Daniel. In a few hours he would be flying to France to _________ a different life. It was a transitional (过渡的) time in Daniel’s life. I wanted to _________ him some words of significance. But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the _________ time I had let such moments pass.

When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten. He asked, “What is it going to be like, Dad? Can I do it?” Then he walked _________ the steps of the bus and disappeared inside. The bus drove away and I said nothing. A decade later, a similar _________ played itself out. I drove him to college. As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him _________ and confidence as he started this new stage of life. Again, words _________ me.

Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those _________ opportunities. How many times have I let such moments _________? I don’t find a quiet moment to tell him what he has __________ to me. Or what he might __________ to face in the years ahead. Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything.

What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him? __________ as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter. My father and I loved each other. Yet I always __________ never hearing him put his __________ into words. Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten. Why is it so __________ to tell a son something from the heart?

My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly. “Daniel,” I said, “if I could have picked, I would have picked you.” That’s all I could say. He hugged me. For a moment, the world __________, and there were just Daniel and me. He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn’t understand what he was saying. All I was __________ of was the stubble (短须) on his chin as his face pressed __________mine. What I had said to Daniel was __________. It was nothing. And yet, it was __________.

【推荐3】The Glover kids in Newburgh, New York, want to make a little extra money themselves before the school opens. So, earlier this week, they set up a lemonade stand on the side of the road. _______ was good during the rush hour, at which point some police officers stopped and _______ Whitney Glover, the mother of the young businessmen, that some _______ person had called to complain(投诉)about kids’selling lemonade.

Now, in most stories, that’s when the police _______the stand, telling kids to take a food handling course,and get a _______ from the related department...Then the children go home completely _______ for their business is broken. But not in this _______. The police officers said the kids weren’t doing anything wrong _______causing traffic jams, and that their motivation(积极性)should be _________.The kids also promised to make ________ to their schedule to avoid traffic problems. After ________ for a photo with the kids, they left.

Whitney posted the picture on social media with explanatory words. The __________ story has gained a great deal of local ________ and the lemonade business is now booming.

Dozens of customers have ________ for lemonade. “Every single time you buy a glass, children look amazed by the __________ from time and efforts to coins in their hands,”Whitney said.

【推荐1】Once my dad and I had a very big ______ in a late evening when my mother was away. We were both very angry and said something ______, and in the end I said, “I'm leaving.”

And he said with ______ , “Good. The sooner, the better. ”

I____a few things in the suitcase and closed the ______ behind me, but I didn't know where to go. After walking aimlessly, I stopped at a local ______ . A few ______ later, my phone rang. It was my mom calling. She said, “Mary. Where are you? Dad said he ______ you.”

“How can he say that? I've been away for nearly half an hour, ______ he didn't call.” I said with annoyance. My anger returned and I remembered all the ______ words he'd shouted to me. “Listen, mom. You can tell Dad that I'm _____. Tomorrow I'll ______ you.” I said and hung up.

I walked around the supermarket, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for my things, it had been much later than I used to be out alone. When I ______ the supermarket, I________ a large piece of white paper. On the piece of white paper were these words, “Please come home! I ______ you and I'm worried about you!”

Then a car pulled up beside me. Hanging out of the window was my dad. Beside him, smiling gently, sat my ______ . And that's when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I ______ . Despite my best efforts to run away from ______ , my father ______ managed to track me down. I couldn't leave now—with him ______ there with caring eyes.

【推荐2】Dad’s comb was jade green. He bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would smile, hand me the comb and say, “Be a good girl and help Daddy_______ it,   OK?”

I was more than happy to do it. At age five this ordinary task brought me such _______. I would excitedly turn the tap on, then brush the comb with a used toothbrush as _______ as I could. Satisfied that I’d done a good job, I would _______ return the comb to Dad. He would smile at me and put it on top of his _______.

About two years later, Dad_______his sales job and started his own wholesale business. I started primary school. That was when things started to change. He didn’t come home as much as he used to. And when he did come home, it was always late and I’d already be in bed. Gradually, I started to get _______. I stopped waiting for him to come home and going downstairs to _______ him. Today, I’m no longer a kid. I’ve graduated from college and got a job. Dad’s business has got back on track. Things are better now. Yet the _______ silence between Dad and me stayed.

Two days before my birthday last year, I didn’t expect my father to come home ________. As usual, I helped him carry his bags into his________. When I turned to leave, he asked me to help him brush the comb. After I passed the ________ comb back to him, he stared at it and________. But this time, I noticed something ________ . My dad has ________. He has wrinkles (皱纹)next to his eyes when he smiles, ________ his smile is still as heart- warming as before. The smile of a ________ who just wants a good life for his family. Dad carefully placed his comb on top of his wallet just like before.

After so many years, he still ________ his personal items in the same way. I guess some things never ________. And for that, I’m ________.