【推荐3】Every day, a few minutes before 4 p.m., Jake, my cute dog, used to stare at me, pushing me to get his dinner. Now Jake is _______, and the disappearance of the comforting pace he brought to my days is like a _______ of my loss. Though friends _______me by telling me I saved him, I know clearly when I met him at an adoption event, he had already been saved, just not settled.

The real story is that Jake saved me. Before Jake, I was separated from the world. I _______ into myself. Then I started _______ this lovely creature around. Jake never _______. He smelled everything. If I tried to move him along, he’d _______ his feet in protest. Once I let go of the idea that our walks were about getting somewhere, my internal ticking _______. I started to notice the rhythm of the neighborhood. I’d _______hellos with passers-by. I started making small talks with my neighbor, who I’d lived across the hall from for seven years with ________ a word. Eventually, we developed a real friendship.

I was told Jake was 2 when I ________ him. In truth, said the vet, he was between 4 and 6. Whatever had happened in his life left him ________ and had ________ his trust in humans. I met him too late to save him; the damage was done. Trusting me was a matter of ________. But he came to trust me and his trust developed into something else — that this ________ little dog learned to be loved, same as me.

【推荐1】When your dream is to become a footballer, nothing should get in your way — even if you have no feet.

Gabriel Muniz, an 11-year-old Brazil kid, was born without feet. Although his family thought he would have serious ______living a normal life, he started walking before he was one year old. It ______ him a while to make the jump from walking to playing football, but he did ______. And, in his school, the ______youngster is the best player in his school team. ______, he is the captain of his gym team.

He knows that his disability ______he’ll never be able to play for a professional football team. So Gabriel is ______that football will one day become a Paralympics (残奥会) sport. He proved to everyone there he could go head to head with any other boy. Watching him play is ______. He’s fast and he’s very skilled. He does ______he can to copy his hero, Messi so much that he’s been invited to go to Spain to ______his hero Messi and show his ability in the Barcelona Football Club.

His coach says he is proving the disability is only inside our heads and he is challenging the social norms (准则).

【推荐2】I remember playing a lot when I was younger and being filled with a sense of openness, curiosity and joy _________, my attitude began changing from having fun to perfectionism. Instead of being present and _________ the process, I started focusing on performance. The more I did this, the more anxious and _________ I grew.

I first developed perfectionist when I was _________ piano lessons in school. I got the idea that I had to _______ each note again and again to perform each song perfectly. I started hating playing the piano and eventually _______. My perfectionism _________ into other areas of my life, too. In school, I _________ myself to get straight A’s. At this time in my life, if I did anything less, I would feel rather_________ and think it was a failure.

It took me several years to find happiness again. One of the major things that helped me do so was recovering a sense of ____________. About this time, my friend Amy and I started taking fencing (击剑) lessons together. I was quite bad at it, but it didn’t ____________. I didn’t care about performing perfect moves. ____________, I cared about being present and staying open and curious. I felt free and ____________,and I realized that I had been ____________ from such pleasure for many years. Fencing helped me rediscover play and leave perfectionism behind, which eventually made my life a (an) _____________

【推荐3】A lottery (彩票) winner in Kentucky won a six-figure jackpot (头奖). However, she wasn’t the only one who _________ — she celebrated her win by _________ gift cards at a local store.

Crystal Dunn of Louisville won the game’s $146,351.74 progressive jackpot. “I saw that and didn’t believe it _________,” Dunn told the lottery board. “I never thought I would win something like this, but this goes to show it can _________ ,” she continued.

Dunn traveled to the headquarters of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation to _________ her jackpot on 8 July. After taxes, she _________ a check for $103,909.73. Dunn said she _________ to use the money to buy a car and pay off bills. But she made it _________ that she would spread a little _________ before she returned home with her winnings.

She stopped by Meijer — a supercenter store chain in Kentucky — to __________ a part of her jackpot. Dunn purchased $2,000 in gift cards and handed them out to __________ .

“Many were excited, but a few were __________, thinking I was wanting something __________,” Dunn reportedly told the lottery board. “I got a(n) __________ gift and I believe in paying it forward and I want to pass it along,” she continued. “Actually, sharing is caring and giving is more __________ than receiving. I’ve worked hard for everything I’ve had. This is a pretty amazing gift.”