【推荐1】My husband and I are taking a trip back to my childhood home, deep in the Kansas countryside. As far as I knew, no one lived in it after we hurriedly _________ to another city so my father could take a job there.

The old two-storey farmhouse mixes in a cloudy late-autumn sky. After stepping through the old door, I wait for my _________ to adjust(适应) to the darkness . Flowered wallpaper still _________ to the broken walls. Mother loved _________ , inside and out. When there was less _________ to put on the table during hard times, she balanced it out with fresh flowers.

The _________ makes sounds with each step. This is a risky business, but it’s my last chance to say ________to the place my brother and I _________ . It was a happy time. Our _______ worked, played together and loved one another.

In the __________, I recall Mother’s Home Comfort stove (火炉) and the heavy oak table that filled the centre of the room. That’s where we __________ and talked as a family.

________, I jump up at the sound of a car horn（喇叭). My husband is getting ________. “Goodbye, old house. Thanks for staying here and __________me,” I say as I move slowly to the door. I wish I could __________ something with me, but there’s nothing left. Then my foot __________ something in a pile of rubbish. I put my hand into the dirt and my __________ close over a piece of metal.

When I __________ what it is, tears run down my cheeks. Mother __________ a few cents from the egg money each month to save up for a belt buckle(扣环) for my father’s birthday. Father __________ it when we moved. Holding the buckle with words --- My Family’s Love to my chest, I run back down the road with my lost treasure.

【推荐2】A child wrote a heartbreaking composition about cellphones. When the child’s parents read it, they were _________ to tears. In the composition, the child _________ his complaint in a very moving way.

The child’s mom _________ to be his teacher and she asked her students to write a composition on what they would like to be in this modern world. She was grading their compositions when _________ she came to a stop.

The mother could not _________ what she was reading. Her husband noticed her _________ and asked her what was wrong. And she told him a child wrote he would like to be a _________, but his reasons were so _________. He felt his parents paid more attention to their cellphones than they did to him. He explained that as soon as his _________ came home from work he went __________ to his phone instead of paying attention to him. Reading this, the child’s mom was __________ in tears, but her husband was even more __________ when she told him that it was their son who wrote it.

Stories like this always remind me to be more __________ about the time I give to my cellphone. Too much use of it has __________ my life. So I will start __________ my phone when I am spending time with those I love.

【推荐3】One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been _______ me to play chess with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly _______. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could _______ my moves, because she _______ to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I knew she had strict bedtime, but I thought she ought to be able to _______ some of this strictness. I said to her, “Come on, you can _______ late for once. We’re having fun.” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she _______ her fingers on the chessboard. Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No”, I replied, “If you’re going to play it well, you’re going to play it _______.” And so we continued for another ten minutes, _______ suddenly my daughter burst into tears, and ________.

Clearly I had made a(n)________. I had started the evening wanting to have a(n)________ time with my daughter but had allowed my desire to win to become more ________ than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win ________ me much. As a parent, I ________ that it got in my way. So I had to change.

【推荐2】Nowadays, it’s more and more usual for us to see people walk their dogs leisurely (悠闲地) in the street and some people even hold the dogs like a little baby. Indeed, pets give people fun and ______, and bring us pleasure, hope and energy. They have ______ emotions, and they never look down upon the poor and never curry favor with the rick In my opinion, it’s ______ and helpful for people to keep a pet.

People care so much about pets mainly because they ______ to find someone to pour out their hearts, their fears and their ______ to. Pets make it ______. They are the best choice to ______ these lonely people, and to make them happy. There are some reports showing that keeping a pet is ______ to one’s mental health. Also those ______ a pet proved to be less likely to have high blood pressure and heart disease. In addition, a pet, especially a dog, can make a house ______, since it can help guard the house.

However, some people just don’t ______, and they criticize that pets ______ the lives and health of other people. For instance, pets might be annoying in public places and they don’t follow rules like people do.______, they may bring infectious diseases, which can make us ill or even cause ______. Some crazy animals we keep as pets can become dangerous and ______ people.

Though these are potential ______, we can find ways out. Pets’______ is dependent on their masters.______ properly trained, they will be obedient and polite. They won’t do things people find so ______ or hurt people. As for diseases, we can get ______ vaccinated (接种), and be careful not to get too close to them.

Therefore, raising a pet is not so crazy at all. We can make friends with our pets. Raising pets can help us have a meaningful life, become more confident, and live a better life.

【推荐3】It was a dark night. Thick ______ had made me sure that there was no starlight or moonlight to greet me as I walked out. ______, I kept the porch (门廊) light off because I didn’t want to be ______ by small insects on this sticky summer evening. I stood there for a while letting my eyes get used to the ______ of light. It was then, though, that I saw one flash of light at the far end of the grassland was ______ by another and then another. I smiled. I ______ them at once as my firefly (萤火虫) buddies who always appeared at this time of the year.

I got so much ______ watching them first as a child and then as an adult. They never became ______ and they always filled me with delight. I never ______ them and put them in a jar as some kids did because I was afraid I might hurt these ______ of light. Their time on this earth was so ______ that I tried to enjoy them each night they were here. It always ______ me when they disappeared in the fall and it always made my heart sing when they ______ again the next summer.

I think I enjoy these little fireflies so much because we’re ______ to them in lots of ways. Our time here is brief too, but we still do our best to give out light and knowing that others will be shining long after we are gone is a (n) ______ to us. Let’s share our light and love while we are here then.

【推荐2】Ida Nelson was relaxing and enjoying herself at home. At this moment she _________ a series of long low sounds from an airplane, which was circling the nearby airport in the village.

It was 11:30 at night and, as she told the reporter, “Any time a plane flies over that late, you know something is _________.”

Nelson ran to the window, and saw the problem: The airport’s runway lights were out.

At once, Nelson jumped into her ATV (沙滩车), and drove it to the airport, where she _________ a local pilot trying to turn on the lights.

She ran to help _________. “Usually, if you push the button 10 or 15 times, the lights will just light up,” Nelson said. But it didn’t work this time. Meanwhile, they learned of the plane’s _________: It was a medevac (医疗救护直升机), there to send a seriously ill local girl to the hospital 280 miles away.

Nelson decided to drive her ATV to the end of the runway and shine the headlights for the plane to follow. Great idea, _________ it wasn’t enough. More light was needed, so a neighbor called nearly every home in the village.

Within ten minutes, twenty cars arrived. Following _________ from the medevac pilot, the cars lined up on one side of the runway.

The medevac was guided by the headlights and landed _________. The young patient was loaded onto the aircraft, and the plane _________ at once.

In a world filled with uncertainty, the little community’s __________ action was a big deal. Not so much for Nelson. As she told the reporter, coming together “is kind of a normal deal.”

【推荐3】Five years ago, a friend asked me to look after his cat while he went on holiday, and I realized the idea had potential on a bigger scale. So I moved to London and decided to _______ cat sitting (猫咪代养).

For me, cat sitting is about _______ two groups of people who need what the other can offer. I get to stay in people’s _______ without rent while they’re on holiday. The owners get _______ cat sitting. It also means that there is someone to keep an eye on their homes while they are away. It seems a fairer _______ than just watering plants or walking dogs — I’m more of a cat person.

I have always loved cats, and their gentle temper makes them ideal _______ for someone working from home. Cats have such different personalities, so it’s not surprising that I _______ more with some than others. An owner once told me not to _______ her cat to sit on me, as it had happened only once. But just four days later, the cat came over and sat on my lap. I sent her a photo!

Cat sitting helps me with my _______ anxiety disorder, too. I want to be around people, but sometimes I can’t. Sometimes, this anxiety even ________ me from leaving the house. But since becoming a cat sitter my mental health has ________. Having my own ________ gives me the power to plan my day. I can recharge when I need to and can go out and meet people when I want. The cats have ________ helped.

Now I have stayed in 25 houses, ________ 30 cats and saved more than 10,000 pounds that would have gone on ________. One day I want to save up for a flat so I can have a cat of my own.