【推荐1】My son was ten at the time and we were on a late night family car trip to Cleveland for the get-together the next day. I was taking my _______ at the wheel while my husband and my little daughter _______.My son, full of energy, was wide awake in the back seat. I _______ to stay awake, too, and I didn’t want to _______ the radio, so I asked him to talk to me to help keep me _______.“Sure, Mom,” he said, “what do you want to _______?” I told him I’d talk about anything he wanted to talk _______.“How about frogs?” he asked. I said that would be _______,and for the next hour or so we talked about the _______ between frogs and toads(蟾蜍),and ________—basketball and soccer. He was quite ________ when we talked about Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson and how they got to be so famous. Now and then he would ________,but we’d continue to talk as I drove down the ________ road. 

About an hour and a half later, when I finally________,the bright lights woke everyone, and the magic of our discussion ________.But I knew I had taken the first step toward changing a bad listening habit with someone I love very much.

【推荐3】I’m Mike. I graduated from Sunshine Senoir high school last June, and I’m now _________ in a college in Beijing. This autumn, I will _________ my second year.

In the summer one year ago, I remember being extremely excited yet nervous, as I was about to begin my college _________. I was also quite _________ at the idea of being away from home for so long for the first time in my life. As I said goodbye to my parents at the high-speed railway station, I felt a mix of _________ and upset. I was travelling to a different city by myself, with a suitcase beside me, and the _________ to have an unforgettable college experience.

At school, there might be _________ times. What if I don’t make any friends? What if my classes get stressful? How will I do my laundry? Yes, I’ve been there too, and _________ these questions. Don’t worry, you’ll make friends. Just learn to _________ the right people.

Classes will, most __________, become intense, especially towards midterms and exams. But it’s all right, we all can __________. You will have a lot of people around you who can help.

It’s __________ to worry about things like these. You’ll slowly __________ that you’ll take on these __________ as you go, and that they won’t be as terrible as you had __________.

【推荐3】Pam Bales,an experienced hiker,stepped onto snow-covered Jewell Trail. The hike up the lower part of Jewell was_______. But less than an hour later，the weather was showing its teeth. Bales began to________ calling it a day. Then she noticed something: a single set of ______ in the snow ahead of her. She'd been______unclear tracks all day and hadn't given them much________,because so many people climb Jewell Trail. But these,as a volunteer of the Valley Search and Rescue Team,she______，had been made by a pair of sneakers,which was surely not for this kind of trail. Strong wind screamed， and______was just hours away. ______Bales continued to follow the tracks,she'd add______to the journey. But the tracks ahead meant someone might be _______ She could not let this go. She silently scolded the absent hiker for______ normal safety rules and struggled to walk carefully in the direction of the tracks.

After about tracks to 30 yards, she rounded a corner and saw a man sitting motionless. He wore tennis sneakers and a light jacket. She checked him for any sign of ______ . There was none. Bales had been trained in search and rescue and knew that he was hypothermic （ 体温过低的 ） and would______ soon if he didn't get out of there. The man said he had lost his way and was extremely________. Bales brought a pair of soft-shell pants， a winter hat， and a jacket from her pack. She helped the man ______the warm， dry layers onto his body and offered him some hot cocoa.______he stood. She offered continuous encouragement—“ Keep going! You're doing great." Just before 6 p. m.,they arrived at the trailhead very______. Her climb up to the spot where she_______the man had taken about four hours. Two hours had passed since then.

A week later， the president of Bales' rescue group received a letter in the mail. It read： “ On Sunday October 17,1 went up my trail,Jewell. Weather was to be bad. But without thinking too much I was dressed to go quickly. Next thing I knew this lady was talking to me,changing my clothes， making me warmer. She just kept______me. Finally, I learned her name was Pam. The entire time she treated me with compassion （同情心），confidence,and one hundred percent commitment..."

In the nine years since she saved John,Bales has become something of a hiking legend （传奇人物）. It's a( n)______she never sought or wanted,but one she certainly has earned.