【推荐1】I never planned to be a teacher in my school life. I studied law at college. I thought I would teach a couple of years and then get a(n) _______ job. I would leave when I didn’t _______ my job any more. Thirty years later, that day has _______ come.

So, why do I stay? I stay because I laugh and _______ every day. The children are funny, insightful, and honest. If my shoes don’t match my clothes, they _______ me. If my argument doesn’t _______, they inform me. They have also taught me many different things.

I stay because every single day is _______. Some days, my lessons are great, and I have students who are _______ in their work. Some days, my _______ aren’t satisfying, and I need to start over again. Each year also offers a new beginning. If my approach last year didn’t work so well, I’d urge myself to take the ________ to rework it the next year.

I stay because I love to see my children have ________ something. I stay because I love to see my children write ________; I love the feeling of reading a well-argued essay.

In the last 30 years, I’ve learned that all students want to succeed and that no student doesn’t care about ________ an exam. We genuinely want to ________ the kids to grow into the best students and the great people that they can be.

I stay because what I’ve learned in 30 years is that I do have a “real” job. It’s the one that leads to other jobs. My job is one of the ones that ________ most.

【推荐2】Kinsey French has taught children with Down syndrome (唐氏综合征) for the past three years. The teacher of _______ education at the Christian Academy’s Providence School, developed a(n) close _______ with her students in her first year. That was _______ when it came to her wedding day, she invited the class to _______ her wedding party as flower girls and ring bearers. “They were like a _______ to me,” Kinsey told WLKY about the students, _______ from seven to eleven years old. “So I knew I couldn't have this important day _______ them, my lovely ‘kids’.”

Kinsey’s now-husband, Josh, was _______ too — in fact, knowing how much it would mean to her, he _______ proposed (求婚) to her in front of the class. The wedding went ____________ on the Internet after photographer Lang Thomas Leichhart ____________ on his Facebook photos of Kinsey in her wedding dress, ____________ by her students. The scene of their being together was so moving that I was brought to ____________ many times during the day,” he told CNN. “You can tell how ____________ she is to these kids.”

And while the children loved ____________ their wedding responsibilities and posing for photos, they said that their____________ of the night was the dancing. For Kinsey, it was making ____________ that would last a lifetime. “It was so exciting,” she told WLKY.

“It was ____________ for Josh and me just to have them as a ____________ of the day, and have them come and ____________ with us.”

【推荐3】Mrs. Barrow, room 501, room 501, I repeated to myself as I scanned the hallways looking for the room number. It was my first day of fifth grade and I was really _______.

I came to the end of the hall and found an open door. Stepping into the room, I suddenly felt out of _______. I tried to act normal, but Mrs. Barrow saw right through me.

“Good morning, Courtni. You may _______ your seat.” I looked about the room and took an empty seat near a girl named Wendy Barber. As the year slowly _______, Wendy and I became good friends. I felt no closeness to Mrs. Barrow, _______. I saw her as “just another teacher.”

Then my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. About a month later, Grandma slipped into a coma (昏迷) and died. _______ her was unbearable for me. I missed some school because I was so sad.

At the funeral, I was sitting there feeling sorry for myself when I _______ and saw Mrs. Barrow standing there. She sat down next to me and held my hand. She comforted me by _______ me that now Grandma had no more pain or suffering. It had never occurred to me that it was _______ for my grandma this way. All I thought about was how bad it was for me.

After the funeral, we went to my aunt’s house to see the flowers that had been sent. My mom ________me a pretty ivy plant in a pin pot. The ________ card read:

I’m sorry about your grandmother. Never forget, I love you. You are like one of my children.

With love,

Mrs. Barrow

I took the plant home and put it in my grandma’s old room. I am in eighth grade now and I still have that plant. I ________ thought a teacher could care that much about her students; now I know. I say this with all my heart: ________ who is lucky enough to have a teacher like Mrs. Barrow in their life is privileged (荣幸的) ________ words. She may not know it, but she means more to me than she’ll ever know. I can only hope this gives her inspiration and ________ to her a tiny portion of what she has done for me.

【推荐2】One day an informed man went to consult the wise man, “I am knowledgeable. Why can’t I have a(n) _______to succeed?” “You’re smart, but you just tried everything a little,not deep enough,so how can you make it?” the wise man answered _______

Having heard this,the man _______ practicing the piano which he had great interest in. _______, he played the piano very well, and participated in contests, but still didn’t get what he wanted.He went to_______ the wise man, “I have mastered the piano, but failed again. You didn’t tell me the _______ for success!”

The wise man _______ his head and said, “You were really going deep into one thing but you didn’t _______ the chance. Actually, I watched your _______.For the first time, you were not confident; for the second time, you ________ courage. How can you________ me?”

After hearing the wise man’s words,the man trained hard for more years. He ________his self-confidence, took courage and participated in the contest again. He played extremely well, but ________ the referee’s injustice,he missed out on the top spot.

________,the man said to the wise man, “I’ve tried my best this time,but it seems that I was born to be ________.” The wise man told him with a smile,” In fact, you’ve almost succeeded.”

You only need a final leap.” “A final leap?” His eyes opened wide.” “Yes. It is________ you’ve got the ticket for success-frustration. Now that you’ve got it, the success is a________ that setbacks will give you.” This time, that man________   the words in mind. As ________, he succeeded.

Do not, for one failure, give up the purpose that you are ________to achieve.

【推荐3】I remember looking out the blurred (模糊的) icy window saw my son imprinting his little________in the clean, white snow. I decided to step out to feel the________, cold air. The freezing rain made the tree branches sparkle like glass and blurred the windows from being________by ice. A few minutes going by, his red jacket slowly disappeared in the________. Not knowing why he wanted to go out in this weather, I let him out________. I wanted him to experience his________, along with feeling playing in the snow,________I didn't let him out often.

Yes, I'm a________overprotective mom. I decided to________and allow my son to live his own life. He had friends to________him but I still worried about him. What if he________and fell? What if he was bleeding? Oh God, why did I let him go out without me? I lay on the couch thinking of all the endless________that something wrong happened. Why was I so________? I hope my son wasn't like that. After an hour passed by, my son finally came home, perfectly safe and________. Hardly anyone touched a hair on my little boy's head He was the type to ________his food and toys, and just be super friendly; it was my favorite part about him. He was just the cutest, caring boy ever.

【推荐2】When my first book was published, I couldn’t wait to make it to readers. The book signing was _____ in a beautiful bookstore. I had imagined hundreds of customers would _____ waiting for me to sign copies for them. _____, it didn’t happen like that. Despite the nice sign outside, not a single _____ entered. As the minutes passed, I was _____ anxious.

For the past four years, I had lived on a strict _____. I woke up at 5:30 a.m. every day and had two hours of writing before work. I often prayed (祈望) my readers would finally be _____. At this moment, sitting here alone, I _____ if my entire life was just a big joke. Just before the store’s closing time, _____, I began to get myself ready to leave.

Just when I couldn’t feel any ______, a middle-aged couple walked in. I managed to ______ my bad emotions and introduced myself and my book. While listening, they nodded in ______ from time to time. Then the wife told me, “We’ll take the book.” My heart beat fast with ______. “We lost our son five months ago,” she said with watery eyes. “Maybe your book will help us ______ it.”

Two weeks later, I received a thank-you letter from the couple. My prayer of my words touching just one person was ______. Thanks to them, I kept moving ahead to writing.

【推荐3】Spring was in the air, but this year it felt different. Like many families, Sandy and John, who were ordered to stay at home because of the COVID-19, were running _________ on groceries. Then Sandy, 72, found a typed note _________ up in her morning paper.

“My name is Greg Dailey. I deliver your newspaper every morning,” the _________ read. “I understand during these times it is difficult for some to get out of their houses to get everyday _________. I would like to offer my services for free to whoever needs groceries.” It included his phone number. She was doubtful, but she _________ anyway, Sandy said, “I called Greg, and he delivered $302 of groceries to the front of my garage the very next day without _________ me a penny.”

Dailey, 50, is a self-described “shy guy”. But when he noticed that an older customer didn’t want to walk down to the sidewalk to pick up her morning newspaper _________ the coronavirus pandemic, it made him think there must be plenty of people around who were _________ to leave their home—even for groceries.

Some grocery stores deliver, but it takes days or weeks. Customers have to figure out how to _________ their orders online, which can be ____________, and then there are delivery fees to pay.

Dailey sat down at his computer and typed out a(n) ____________ to shop for all 800 of his newspaper customers and ____________ else in his delivery area that might need help.

A few days ago, he received another thank-you note from a longtime subscriber, “You were there when I stayed at home ____________. You’re the ____________ thing to an angel I’ve ever seen.”

“Do you know what that does to your heart? I just ____________,” Dailey said.