【推荐1】Optimism and pessimism(消极) are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to ________ our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or ________. It’s our decision: from which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in ________ or down in desperation?

I believe in the upward look. I choose to ________ the positive and skip right over the negative.

An optimistic attitude is not a luxury(奢侈品); it’s a(n) ________. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. ________, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations ________ themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.

Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) ________ question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This ________ me completely by surprise. A little ________ confidently, I told him that I had ________ felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.

By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little ________. About a block away, I ________ over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I ________ some rare disease?

On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling ________ again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful ________, and the light reflecting ________ the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis(肝炎)! I wondered how many other folks had ________ the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total ________ change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single ________ observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.

The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.

【推荐2】I’m now the cook and owner of a restaurant. Nothing in my early years led me to _______ my life would connect to food and cooking deeply. My family did eat together often: we had a _______ that my grandmother cooked the weekly big meal on weekends, but food was hardly the _______ of my family’s story. After I entered college. I was still _______ about what I wanted to do. I was “supposed” to _______ my family, getting a degree in medicine at graduate school or something similar.

When accepting the job assisting cooks after finishing college, I just _______ to pay my rent. That didn’t _______ any big life plans. However, as I worked longer, the food world showed me amazing _______.

Too little salt, and a dish is _______ to be “tastelss”. A bit lemon juice helps prevent cut apples and peaches from turning brown and ________ their appealing colors. The lesson that small things matter reminds me to never ________ tiny stuff in all parts of life.

Also, working with food teaches me to really taste, smell and touch. I learn to observe my ________, watching ways birds land, the growth of trees along roads… and ________ wonders in everyday life. ________, I head down my own path, which is ________ from going to medical school as my parents did, but gives my life purpose and direction.

【推荐3】Finally, the farm where I’d grown up with my parents came into my sight. I picked up my _______ and almost ran. There was a feel of “home”, a _______ I really needed right then.

Suddenly a (n) _______ sweet smell of lilacs (丁香) in bloom made me slow down. I _______ pulled a bunch to my face and enjoyed the sweetness, as I had always done in my childhood. Warm memories _______ my mind until I got home. There, Mum and Dad _______ me with a tight hug.

I _______ pronounced, “It’s spring! The lilacs are in bloom!”

“Lilacs in blossom or not, it isn’t spring until winter is gone,” Dad _______, “We’ll still get a bit of cold weather.”

But I still _______ that pleasure the lilacs had brought to me. Immediately, I recalled the card from Mum—one that had __________ me through my dark days. Printed on the card were a flower coming from the crack of rock and the __________ words, “In the middle of winter, I found in heart an everlasting __________.” At the bottom of the card, Mum added, “Spring is your favorite time of year. As always, it’s __________.”

These are words Mum, who always sees the __________ side of our life, lives by. Even during winter, she finds spring. I love her sense of joy and her willingness to __________ it.

【推荐1】With the development of society and the continuous improvement of China’s economic strength, people’s lifestyle has gradually changed.

Many Chinese people used to_________ each other with “Have you had your meal?” to show their friendliness. Recently, a new greeting has become_________ in many Chinese cities, namely “Have you_________ weight?” 

Chen Xin, a manager of a media company in Hangzhou, has_________ his friends after successfully getting _________. “Following instructions from my nutritionist, I went on a _________ and lost 10 kg,” Chen said with a(n) _________ smile.  

In recent years, food delivery services have been growing fast and have entered almost every corner of Chinese cities. Also, Chinese people can _________ buy food from all over the world. Meanwhile, people are paying more and more attention to their _________. More people are becoming ____________ with various terms, such as “low-calorie”, “sugar-free” and so on.  

“I used to eat a lot of unhealthy food, which brought me much____________,”Chen said. “Now my health indicators (指标) are becoming ____________, and I can feel that my body is in good ____________ again.” 

Chen is not alone. Many Chinese are troubled with “diseases of affluence(富裕)”, including obesity and high blood pressure, as the quality of life has been greatly ____________ over the past decades. Most people need to worry about if they have a healthy diet, ____________ if they have enough food.

【推荐2】Teaching your children healthy eating is important so they have a good relationship with food. Children who_________too much of the wrong types of foods are at_________risk of health conditions like fatness, heart disease and cancer. With all the ads for junk food, it can be hard to keep your child eating healthily._________, there are ways you can employ to_________children achieve this goal.

Serve your child mainly_________snacks, such as fruit and vegetables or wholegrain biscuits and cheese. Keep healthy snacks accessible by placing them on low shelves in the fridge so your children can_________them when hungry.

If you don't_________your child to eat a particular food, keep it out of the house. She/He can't eat food that isn't_________. Make less unhealthy food—something you eat_________.This will limit the__________of junk food your child can eat.

Don't use junk food as a trading tool.__________children with junk food or using it to please children to get them to eat healthier foods__________makes this food more appealing and healthier foods less attractive, so__________non-food rewards.

Children learn by__________what you do. In my opinion, if you don't want your child to eat too much junk food, model healthy eating and__________eating a lot of junk food yourself. Allow children to help pick out new, healthy foods for snacks.

【推荐3】You are what you eat , so maybe it's time you started eating wisely. Experts at the first Chinese Students Nutrition and Health Festival in Kunming did a survey last week ______young people's bad eating habit: watching television ______ having meals or snacks. Doing this means you don't pay ______ to your food, forget how full you are, and so overeat. It can also ______ digestion diseases. One way to ______ this is only to eat in certain areas of your home.

It is not good to have snacks instead of ______. Many students think that eating small snacks can help ______. But it often results in overeating and health problems related ______ a shortage of vegetables, carbohydrates (碳水化合物) and vitamins. Snacking only works ______ it is well planned and if it ______ healthy foods such as nuts, vegetables. ______ rather than water is very bad, too. Gas which can cause ______ problems. Water is important in making your brain cells and every ______ in your body work properly. For your body to ______ fat , it needs at least eight glasses of ______water a day. Liquids like soda and coffee actually will ______ water from your body. Refusing to drink milk is another unhealthy habit. Milk is the best natural food—it ______ you with protein, which makes your bones strong and teeth healthy.

Choosing meat and certain vegetables over others. Different foods provide different kinds of ______. If you don't have a balanced diet, this can result in a weaker body. Children love bright-colored foods. Some food manufacturers (制造厂，生产商) add extra pigments (色素) to ______ kids. But these are in fact ______. Eating throat pills as if they were sweets is an unhealthy eating habit, too.

【推荐1】Beer is the founder of United Hatzalah, a volunteer-run organization in Israel, devoted to saving lives. Every year many people die from waiting for an ambulance (救护车) to arrive because the ambulance got ______ in traffic or was simply too far away. Trying to solve this problem by using motorcycles, Beer ______ a team of volunteers from all ______ and stages of life and trained them to respond to emergencies. He then gave each of them a motorcycle equipped with medical ______. Then the volunteers went ______ to their daily lives.

United Hatzalah has a call center staffed ______ by volunteers. When someone calls to tell them of an emergency, they answer it in three seconds or less. Then Beer’s technology calculates (计算) which volunteer is closest to the ______. As soon as that volunteer is notified he or she ______ everything and rushes over.

When a volunteer arrives, he or she ______ CPR (心肺复苏) if necessary, and uses the medical equipment in the motorcycle to help the ill or ______. The goal is ______: Keep the patient alive until the regular ambulance arrives. According to Beer, an ambulance’s average response time is 12 to 15 minutes, while United Hatzalah volunteers ______ in three minutes.

United Hatzalah’s medical care is ______ for patients because it’s run mostly by volunteers, and donations cover the ______ of supplies and staff. It clearly shows the ______ of individuals willing to use their abilities to help others.

【推荐2】Many books have been written about “the art of giving”. And we also know that it’s hard to give people a gift,______a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and______.

As is often the case, some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts______some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too______. For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very________.

Gift giving is different in different______. Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone______, because many people have enough things and don’t want______gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember a______. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to_______too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.

To make things______, some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however,_______money can make people uncomfortable. “When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they’re being lazy,” says John Wilson. “In England, we have a saying: It’s the thought that______. When someone gives me money, I feel they don’t think it about at all. I prefer to receive a gift______has some thought behind it.”

Different people have very different thoughts______this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?

【推荐3】Music is often divided into several categories, or groups. Some of the categories are classical music, traditional music, rock music, and jazz.

The first ________, classical music, ________ orchestral music that originated in Europe a few hundred years ago. Most of the original ________ music was composed in Italy, Germany, Austria, or Russia. Beethoven and Bach were two famous ________ of classical music. Classical music is usually ________ by a variety of ________ instruments such as the violin and by a variety of wind instruments such as the flute.

The second type of music is traditional music. Traditional music is the music ________ came from a ______ culture. Every culture has its own unique ________ of traditional music and its own ________ instruments for playing its traditional music.

________ kind of music is rock music. Rock is generally a kind of ________ music, played with a strong ________. Rock musicians often use ________ instruments, such as electric guitars and electric pianos. Rock music probably ________ in Europe about 30 or 40 years ago. Rock music became very ________ especially among young people.

The fourth kind of music is jazz. Jazz probably ________ from Africa originally.

These are the four ________ types of music. Certainly there are ________ categories of music. In addition, many kinds of music are ________ of classical and traditional music, or classical music and jazz or rock music and jazz, and so on.