【推荐1】Last summer, I was suffering from too much stress. I’d just graduated from a/an_________doctoral program and was exhausted from the years of research, study and writing. I took a_________to celebrate, but the academic intensity had become a_________. Sitting on the beautiful lawn of the hotel on Mackinac Island, I just felt like I should be studying or working_________.

Generally seeing natural beauty would have_________me, but I couldn’t slow down. I couldn’t help looking at my cell phone_________in case I missed something important. “Enough.” I murmured. I needed to unwind, but why couldn’t I?

A dragonfly(蜻蜓)buzzed around me. With each_________, this creature’s wings_________color—blue one moment, green the next. Dragonflies usually fascinated me with their quick movements that_________me of acrobats(杂技演员)in the wind, but I wasn’t in the__________that day. What I needed then was appreciating, not movement. Suddenly, the dragonfly came to rest on a blade(叶片)of grass in front of me.

I watched that dragonfly carefully for many minutes. So did the dragonfly. “It’s not a matter of relaxing,” it seemed to say. “Life is so short. Be here in the__________and let the mood take care of itself.” Suddenly, I__________this beautiful creature, who only had months to live, was “instructing” me about the__________of life and felt much relaxed. The dragonfly seemed__________that its message had been delivered. It sprang from the grass and flew away. I didn’t see it again. But I would never forget what it taught me: Be here and__________yourself.

【推荐2】One small mistake changed Sonia's life. Now she is _________ and tries not to miss any opportunities that come to her way.

One day, Sonia walked _________ a little boy, who wanted to buy crayons, but he couldn't _________them. He looked sad when he saw the money in Sonia's hand. _________ she didn't realize he was in _________ of help at all. Sonia ignored him and _________ on her way home.

After reaching home, she told everything to her brother Gur. Gur told Sonia that God had given you a(n) _________ to help a boy, but you _________ it. There's possibility that God was _________ you; maybe today would have become your big day of your life. Hearing Gur's words, Sonia __________ back to the shop to find the boy but time never

__________ for anyone. Sonia got disappointed and returned home, continuously __________ at herself. Why didn't it come into her mind what Gur had__________? "Chances are everywhere. All you need to do is to grab them because they don't always __________." said Gur. Now what Sonia has missed is a chance that she can only __________.

On that day Sonia learnt that biggest __________ in her life. Actually not only Sonia, but many of us ignore the chance of helping in __________ ways because we always run after bigger ones. However, big opportunities do come but not every day. Therefore,__________ small ones so that you can't miss big ones. Sonia also __________ to wait for big opportunities, but now she knows that with small opportunities she can make big __________ in her life.

【推荐3】My six-year-old daughter Amara and I ducked into a shop to hide from the rain. I hadn’t ________ to take a trip to this place. But I figured we’d see what they had ________ we were there. I took my daughter’s hand and ________ around. Suddenly there was a ________ on my hand and my attention was being directed to the shoe section. I ________ her hand and she reached out to touch a pair of shiny black shoes.

“Buy me?”

“Oh, Sweetie, they are tap shoes. You aren’t learning tap dance.”

“Buy me?” she ________.

“Well, let’s try them on.” She ________ and removed her rain boots, and easily slid the new shoes on. A perfect ________. When she stood up she heard”click”. She took a step. Click, Click. ________ recognition dawned (领悟), as she made the ________ between the shoes and her moving feet. Click, Click, Click.

“Buy me?” with ________ look in her eyes.

“Okay, take them off and put them in the bag.”

The sun had come back out as we stepped out from our little side ________. When we were near the car, Amara reached for the bag. I gave it to her, wondering what treasure she was looking for. The ________, of course.

I helped her wear them. Our next stop was the grocery store and these shoes were made to make noise, ________ on my little girl’s feet. This could be ________… Click, Click, Click — people turned to look. Click, Click, Click. I could feel the ________ stares of the proper people who would never allow their daughters to wear tap shoes to the grocery store. I held up my head with ________. The click, click, click was ________ to my ears.

When Amara was a baby, we were told she would never walk or talk. It has taken us a lot of hard work and patience ________ she only asked for the shoes, and the click, click, click means she can ________. It doesn’t matter what others think. They don’t walk in your shoes.

【推荐1】My name is Jane Eyre and my parents died when I was a baby. For ten years I lived a(n) _______ life with my aunt and cousins who treated me unfairly. My cousins laughed at me and my aunt never showed me any _______ . The only person who cared about me was the maid, Bessie. One day my cousin John shouted at me: “You should go and beg, not live with _______ folks like us!” After fighting with him I was locked in a room, where I _______ for hours crying.

Things _______ the same until a tall gentleman called Mr. Brockchurst came to visit. My aunt told me that I was going to a school owned by the gentleman. “Train her to be _______ and humble(谦卑的),” said Aunt. Two days later I _______ my home.

At first my _______ at Lowood School was hard. The food was bad and I was often cold but I made _______ and enjoyed studying. But after an illness killed several students, new owners ________ the school and my life improved. Six years later I ________ a teacher and was very happy. But eventually I felt that I should explore more of the world and found a job as a private teacher in a ________ .

Before I left Lowood, I was ________ by Bessie, who told me that seven years ago my father’s brother had come looking for me but left again to go abroad. “He looked like quite a gentleman,” said Bessie. I ________ if he would ever look for me again.

My new life ________ at Thornfield Hall, a large country house, ________ a little girl called Adele. She was the adopted daughter of the owner of the house, Mr. Rochester. He ________ stayed at Thornfield, ________ my time was mainly spent with Adele and the servants. My life was quite ________ now although there was something ________ about my new home. Often I heard odd sounds come from the top floor of the house.

【推荐2】Isn’t it incredible when a last- minute decision changes someone’s life in a major way?

On the day after Thanksgiving, Allison Scott and her boyfriend, Alfred Valdivia,________to head up to Big Bear Lake in California for a last- minute camping trip. The couple packed up for the trip, never once imagining that they were actually________on a rescue mission for a man they’d never met.

Allison and Alfred picked a camping site between Big Bear Lake and Angelus Oaks. They were relaxing when, ________, a low-flying plane caught their________. As the plane went by, they heard a man’s voice calling out for help somewhere nearby.________, they tracked the sound, and at the bottom of a hill, a man named Eric was_________ .

“We ended up finding him,” Allison________. “He had a stick with a water bottle on it trying to ________. He couldn’t walk, since his feet were extremely________and infected.”

Eric told the couple it was a “Thanksgiving________” that they’d discovered him. He’d left from his home two weeks earlier without________his family or friends. He didn’t own a cell-phone, either. He’d managed to________the past 14 days eating only half a jar of salsa.

Eric’s story is a great________ to everyone: Always tell someone where you’re going and when to expect you back if you’re going on a(n)________! And always bring more________than you think you’ll need.

【推荐1】Standing in front of the bike shop, Dave stared at the shiny red bicycle in the window. He could _______ himself riding the bike in Saturday’s race and winning the first-place medal and prize money. “With that bike, I could even beat Adam,” Dave thought.

He rode on and stopped at Peck’s clothing store. The coat he planned to buy his mother for her birthday was still on sale. Dave knew she would _______ buy it for herself. She worked hard just to make _______ meet. But the prize money would be enough for him to buy that coat and surprise her.

Dave looked at his old bike. Two years ago, he found some old bicycles at the _______ and used the parts to make one bike. He called it his recycled bike. “I’ll never _______ the race on this old bike,” Dave sighed.

As Dave passed the junkyard, he noticed a newer-looking bike tire. He started _______ the huge junk pile. Finally, he found what he was looking for. “These two tires and the handgrips (手把) are just _______ for my bike.”

Arriving home, Dave put the used tires and the handgrips on his _______ bike, and oiled the chained. He stood back and admired the _______ he had made. “I might win that race after all,” he said to himself.

The next morning, when Dave and his mom got to the park, about thirty kids had already __________. Dave headed for the start line __________ Mom found a seat at the finish line.

Bang! The riders rushed off. Dave __________ Adam, who was in the lead. He __________ to pass one rider after another and was approaching Adam. Leaning forward, Dave pedaled harder and faster. __________ he sped by Adam and crossed the finish line.

As the announcer awarded Dave the medal and the check for fifty dollars, he asked, “What are you going to do with the prize money, Dave?”

“It’s a __________ ,” Dave said and waved to his mom.

【推荐3】It was 2002. It was suggested that I should learn to drive, so my father decided to teach me. Easier said than done. The driving plan was quietly ________ after I almost crashed his car into a stone wall. My next ________ was in 2006. This time, the ________ was a very nice friend. But after three sessions, he ________. “I can’t teach you,” he said. “You have no ________ at all.” To be honest, that was ________ to me. Actually, I thought I was afraid of many things—thunderstorms, forest fires, bears, but these were not the ________ kind for driving.

Nine years later, I had a life partner — Graeme Gibson — and a baby. One day, Graeme got his ________ seriously bitten when he helped ________ a dog trapped in the wire fence. Even so, he had to drive himself to the hospital ________ thanks to my inability to drive.

This accident ________ me and awoke my desire for learning. “That’s it,” I said, “I’m learning to drive.” I must qualify myself to ________ and protect my family. This time, I ________ a professional instructor. Despite various   ________, I got my license finally. I was pleased with myself: it seemed I now had the appropriate kind of fears. Learning to drive makes me a more grown-up and ________ adult.