【推荐1】My husband, our children and I have had wonderful camping experiences over the past ten years.

Some of our memories are ______, especially from the early years when our children were little. Once, we camped along Chalk Creek. I was worried that our 15-month-old boy would ______ the creek (小溪). I ______ a rope around his waist to keep him near to our spot. That ______ about ten minutes. He was uncomfortable, and his ______ let the whole campground know it. So instead of tying him up, I just kept a ______ eye on him. It worked — he didn’t ______ in the creek. My three-year-old, however, did.

Another time, we rented a ______ in Vallecito Lake. The sky was ______ when we headed off, but storms move in fast in the mountains, and this one quickly interrupted our ______ morning trip. The wind picked up and thunder rolled. My husband stopped fishing to start the ______. Nothing. He tried again. No luck. We were stuck in the middle of the ______with a dead motor. As we all sat there helplessly, a fisherman pulled up, ______ us a rope and towed (拖) us back. We were safe.

Now, every year when my husband pulls our camper out of the garage, we are filled with a ______ of excitement, wondering what camping fun and adventure we will ______ next.

【推荐2】The French Punishment

One day, Jim played basketball in the living room after school. When he was playing in high spirits, his basketball _________ a vase off the shelf by accident and the mouth of it knocked off a large piece. What made him more _________ was that the vase was rare and valuable. To cover the great _________ he caused, he glued the pieces together and put the vase back to its place.

While cleaning the vase after work, his mother _________ the change on it. At dinnertime, she asked Jim if he _________ the vase. Being afraid of punishment, Jim said a wild cat jumped in from the window and knocked the vase off the shelf. His mother was quite clear that he was _________, for all the windows were closed before she went to work. However, before the frightened boy and the other family members, his mother just remained _________ and said it was her carelessness not to have the window closed.

Before going to bed, Jim’s mother asked him to go to the study. He felt he couldn’t _________ the punishment.

When he entered the study in fear, his mother’s face appeared no sense of _________ Instead, she took a chocolate box out of the drawer and ______________ one piece to him. “Jim, this chocolate is a reward for you, for you ______________ a cat that could open the window, with your imagination.” Then, she put another chocolate in his hand. “This chocolate is a reward for your topping ______________ to restore(修复). You restored with glue, the cracks were fitted almost perfectly. ______________ remember, to restore a vase needs more powerful glue and higher ______________ skill. Tomorrow, let’s bring the vase to the artists to see ______________ they’ll make it as it was.” With that, his mother took the third chocolate, “The ______________ chocolate stands for my deep apology(歉意) to you. ______________ your mother, I shouldn’t have put a vase in a place where it could so ______________ fall down, especially when there is a boy fond of sports.”

“But, Mum, I ...” His mother ______________ him and said. “My chocolate box has been empty, so our talk is over, too. Now, go to bed!” Then she left for her own bedroom.

The following days were the same as before. The only ______________ was that Jim never told a lie since then.

【推荐3】When I was young, my mother could not even _________a 50-cent chocolate bar for me. However, instead of focusing on poorness, my mother selflessly _________ me to fight for success so that I could lead a(an)_________ life. She worked long hours every night to support the family. _________ she would find time to play with my sister, Emily, and me. Although I did not have two parents, I was loved and _________ just as much.

Not all of life’s milestones were easy. Some even left _________ taste when my mother married a man in Maryland. The first few months were great: baseball, dinners together and movies. It felt like we were the _________ all-American family. Then things _________. Screaming matches between my stepfather and my mother ruined dinners, and he exchanged movie tickets for wine.

We spent five years living in a family setting that had tuned into a _________ zone. To our great relief, they finally __________ and we settled in Texas, where Mom is still working hard for a better life. Now, as I write this article with some dark chocolate at hand, I realize my family and I are at the __________ point of our lives. I have succeeded both in my __________ and personality. I have been __________ my hunger for knowledge and I am to __________ from high school, not making a bitter product of my environment, for I know hard times in life are also learning experiences. __________, like candy, can be the sweetest treat of all.

【推荐1】I come from a broken family that many would consider dysfunctional(失衡）at the very least: marriage, divorce,etc.After we grew up，my three siblings and I could go years_______speaking. And that is where this story _______

My sister Jeanne and I were born only 14 months_______.but by the time we were teenagers We had lost _______.   By age 19,I had moved away from our home in Wisconsin to live on my   father's horse farm in Virginia.We lived separate and our connection somehow ended.

Fast-forward about five years,I was 24 and on _______ with my fiance(未婚天）to New York City,a place I had never been to.

During a day of sightseeing,we were crossing a very _______ street loaded with people.I had laughed at something my fiance said,and I _______   heard my name yelled from somewhere around   me:"Cheryl! "I _______ in my steps in the middle of the road.Tears_______ in my eyes.I knew without a ____________that it was my sister Jeanne.I yelled back before even turning to look."Jeanne? It was her.

I later asked how she'd known it was me---she ____________ saw me!She said it was my ____________I wouldn't say my laugh is all that   ____________,but I guess to a family member it's infectious.It ____________your heart and resonates(共鸣）in your mind.

Since that time,my sister and I have never been____________.We both moved back to Wisconsin. We____________daily.Many years have passed,and we are now in our 50s.But our meeting ____________wasn't just a sign.I see it as more of a ____________ , a reminder not to lose touch with loved ones.It is too easy to remain ____________.After our sister-to-sister ____________,I don't plan to let that happen again.

【推荐2】The first day at school has left a deep _______ on me.I’ll never forget it.

As soon as I rushed into the classroom，the bell rang.A young beautiful woman came in，but she was _______，no smile on her face.“You are not permitted to _______ me in the course of class unless...”She was speaking when I heard a _______ “Lily，Lily” from outside the door.My grandmother was standing there with a pair of socks in her hand.I didn’t realize I was bare feet _______ then.I wanted to _______ them，but I dared not do that.I shook my hand，_______“Don’t wait here any longer.Leave quickly.”As I did so，I still _______ my eyes on my teacher.I really didn’t want her to take _______ of me，but she did.She went out to get the socks.When she gave them to me，she looked at me for a while.My face suddenly turned ________ and my heart ________ faster.I began to put the socks on.Unfortunately I was so nervous that my ________ hands couldn’t get them onto my feet easily.Just then I heard my name called.I ________ from my seat quickly.“Can you ________the numbers from one to one hundred？” the teacher asked.I nodded.________ her surprise，I did very well.Finally she said，“Be ________，please.Study hard.” I looked ________ her to find a smile on her face.I felt ________ at last.

The first day at school has stayed in my ________ as something embarrassing but ________.

【推荐3】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1】The school where Rachel teaches serves free meals to its students. Before her adoring students left for their new year vacation, they ______ her with lots of gifts. But one gift from a girl, in particular, ______ her heart.

This girl wanted to get Rachel something so ______, but had nothing to give. So rather than offer nothing, she ______her free breakfast cereal (混合麦片) at school.

She took the ______ to pick every dried grape, the favorite part of her breakfast, out of her cereal and ______ them as an unusual new year present for her teacher.

Rachel posted the ______ story on Facebook, hoping to help people gain some ______ for what they have in their lives- because even when this youngster had nothing to offer, she was still willing to ______ her favorite dried grapes. Inspired by the kind gesture, many people contacted the school headmaster to make ______ “It makes me so proud of my kids that they have touched your hearts along with mine. ”

Rachel said. “Your ______ in offering gifts to both the students and me and your donations to our school have not gone _______. We are all deeply moved. ”

“My wish for all of you is to remember this kind and simple ______ of love from one of my school babies and carry it with you and continue to ______ love and kindness to everyone you meet-not just during this ______ season. ”

【推荐2】When the 28-year-old farmer Ureta met 17-year-old Graciela in his hometown Pampa, they fell in love. Two years later, they ____ and settled down (定居)on the farm where Ureta had been brought up.

Graciela had many big ____ for the farm in her mind. One day when she was on a ____over Pampa, Graciela suddenly ____that another farm looked like a milking pail (桶). Graciela thought her family could create something even more ____on their own farm-a huge forest ____ like her favorite musical instrument-the guitar.

But Ureta didn't take his wife's ____seriously, saying, "We'll talk about it later. "   Later ____ came. In 1977, Graciela died suddenly of brain cancer at the _____ age of 25 while carrying their fifth child. After his wife's death, Mr. Ureta _____ not satisfying her wish. A few years later, Ureta decided that the best way to honor his wife would be to ____ the big work of art.

After the local government ____ to help with the project, Ureta and his children took it on their own. One by one, they ____ about 7,000 trees into the "shape of a guitar". It took a few seasons for the trees to take roots(生根),but Ureta's ____ paid off.

Watching the forest grow over the years gave Graciela's children______ "It was the closest thing possible to having my mother alive," Maria Julia, Ureta's second daughter, said.

【推荐3】My family lived about a mile from the Bertram Woods Library.Throughout my childhood, my mother drove me there several times a week.

Our visits were never _______enough for me.I loved wandering around the shelves,_______ the spines(书脊） of the books until something happened to _______ my eye.

I might have spent the rest of my life_______ libraries the way I viewed, say, the amusement park I went to as a kid.But then the _______ feeling came back into my life unexpectedly.

One day after we moved to Los Angeles in 2011, my son wanted to interview a_______ for his school assignment.So we went to the closest library.

As we drove over to meet the librarian, I experienced a(n) _______ of this similar journey in my past - another,parent and child on their way to the library.The _______didn't look anything like the Bertram Woods, but when we _______ inside, a shock of recognition ________me.Decades had passed, but I really felt as if I had ________to that time and place, walking into the library with my mother.________had changed.There was the same soft sound of pencil on paper, and the ________of people at the tables in the center of the room.The wooden checkout counters, the librarians’ desks, the bulletin board, were all the same.

It wasn’t that time ________in the library.It was as if it had been captured here, or collected.A library, for me, is a gathering pool of ________and of the people who come to find them.

10.

A．stuck

B．disappointed

C．defeated

D．struck