【推荐1】The event happened many years ago, but I will never forget it. The memory of it remains _______ in my mind. The _______ occurred on a hot, humid May morning in 1947.

When I was six years old I was in the first grade in Miss Butler’s class. She was well _______ for her strict discipline(纪律) in class. We all were kept busy _______ all day. There was always so much homework to do. Anyone who had done something wrong would be _______ punished by the long stick she carried. You can imagine the fear I felt when I drew in a deep breath—I accidentally _______ a strange sound. Miss Butler immediately stopped her class and _______ the classroom. Seeing my _______, she asked, “Jenny, did you do that?” I managed to find my voice and _______ to the boy close to me and said, “No. Leandro did it.” Leandro’s explanation was ________; in a moment the ________ came down, and Leandro was crying into his old shirt.

Somehow, I had known she would ________ me. After all, I was a nicely dressed little white girl, and my mother was ________ in the Parent-Teacher Association, while Leandro was a fat little Mexican boy. He had ________ speaking English and his mother had too many children to care for and no time to attend meetings. He was never dressed in new clothes.

Leandro, how I ________ that I could ask for your forgiveness! Please accept my apology, my old deskmate.

【推荐2】The sun was shining brightly over our heads and sweat(汗水) was pouring down our backs and faces. We stood still without _______ any noise, all hot and tired. But everyone kept standing as straight as trees.

It was something most high schools give to new Senior One students—military training. We _______ four days in a closed environment. _______ we couldn’t go home at night and the training was _______ and difficult, our humorous young drillmaster(教官) with a funny accent was a real _______ of our days. We laughed at his jokes, sat in rows singing different songs and _______ him telling true stories about his life. He gave us the feeling that _______ and sweat were not the only things that military training _______.

After this journey, we were more _______ than we had imagined and we were much braver than ________. Girls who looked pale rested for a little while, then right away came back to the team. Boys who were being punished ________ to the playground at once and began to run. Sweat flowed down our faces ________ we thought about how to shout ________ than other classes.

Military training taught us perseverance(坚持不懈) and determination. On the last day of our training, the confidence could be seen on our faces. We shouted so loud that our ________ could be heard across the playground. With eyes like burning torches(火炬), we walked into the future. Now the sun is ________ at all of us.

【推荐3】Karie double-checked the words on her spelling test. If she got 100 percent today, she’d win her class’s First-Quarter Spelling Challenge.

Three more words to go. N-i-c-e-l-y, Q-u-i-c-k-l-y, H-o-n-e-s-t-y. Wait! She’d spelled honesty, not honestly! She erased the t-y and wrote l-y before handing in her paper.

After recess, Karie hurried into the classroom. She fidgeted (坐立不安) in her seat. Ms. McCormack walked to the front and cleared her throat. “Congratulations. Karie! You did it!” The whole class _________ .

Ms. McCormack presented Karie with her prize—a _________ . Karie grinned as she read the _________: to Karie for her perfect first-quarter score in spelling.

Karie _________ the front door after school. Karie scooped up (抱起) her cat. “Can you spell nicely, Casper? And quickly and honestly, and …” Karie’s stomach tumbled to the floor. Honestly? H-O-N-E-S-L-Y! It suddenly struck her that she had _________ the word.

Karie went to her room and _________ on how she could tell the class she hadn’t earned the prize after all? She couldn’t sleep but kept tossing and turning in bed all night.

Ms. McCormack was unlocking the classroom door when Karie got to school the next morning. “You are a(n) _________ bird.” Ms. McCormack said. Karie’s hands trembled. She gave her teacher the spelling paper and the dictionary. “I can’t keep this. I misspelled honestly and you didn’t _________ it. ” “Come and sit down, Karie.” For a moment, Ms. McCormack stood quietly reading the words on the dictionary. Then she picked up her pen. She crossed out the word perfect and wrote honest before handing the dictionary back to Karie. Karie’s jaw dropped. “I get to keep this. _________?” “For honestly, no.” Ms. McCormack smiled. “But for __________, yes.”

【推荐1】When I was eight, I wanted a toy and needed $10 to buy it. But, as usual, I was broke. I decided to ask my 11-year-old sister, Kathleen, for a loan. She agreed to _______ me the money, but added, “I will charge you 10 percent compound interest every month until you pay me back.”

“Compound interest — what’s that?” I asked.

“Well, interest is the _______ money borrowers have to pay back on a loan,” she explained. “Compound interest means that the interest payments get bigger and bigger the longer you take to pay back the loan.”

“Sure. I get it,” I said. Though truthfully, I was getting _______.

Kathleen lent me the money, and I _______ the toy. My birthday came a month later, and my mom gave me $10. That was just the amount I needed to buy another toy. I _______ paying my sister for a month. After another month, I forgot about the loan.

Several months later, on Christmas morning, my sister and I each found a $20 bill in our stockings. I was just putting it into my pocket when Kathleen stopped me.

“Sorry, that’s mine. I’m _______ on your debt.”

“Huh?” Then I remembered the loan. “Hey! How can it be that much? I only borrowed $10.

“True,” she said, “but _______ has been compounding for eight months. Now you owe me $21.43.”

I refused to _______ that a $10 loan could more than double so quickly. Much to my _______, my sister got her pencil and tablet and showed me exactly how it all added up. This time, I got the basic idea of compound interest. I __________ the hard way that borrowing money can be “double trouble” in no time. My sister successfully taught me how to use and manage my money.

【推荐2】Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess came to me and asked, “Would you mind _______ your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only _______ seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带), a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. “_______ am I going to sit there.” I thought immediately.

But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I _______ to move to that seat. The girl was named Kathy. She was injured in a car accident and now was on her way for _______ . When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to _______ that Kathy would not be able to _______ herself. I considered _______ to feed her but hesitated (犹豫), as it seemed too _______ to offer such a service to a ________ . But then I realized that Kathy′s need was more ________ than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat and although she was uncomfortable to accept, she ________ as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart had ________ , and the time was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself. I was very glad I had reached beyond my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love sometimes flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us ________ . When we are trying our best to ________ another, we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.

【推荐3】It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics, “The Art of Eating Spaghetti (意大利面条)” caught my eye. The word “spaghetti” brought back the _________of an evening at Uncle Alien’s in Belleville___________all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat_________ spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic (外来的) treat in ___________days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and   _______of the grown-ups had enough experience to be_______ it. What laughing _________ we had about the _________ respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth. ___________, I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to ________it down simply for my own__________, not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher. ________, I would write something else.

When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no __________left to write a proper composition for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to __________ my work. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the__________papers. He said, “Now, class, I want to read you a composition,   ‘The Art of Eating Spaghetti’.”

My words! He was reading my words out____________to the whole class. __________ laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show ________, but what I was feeling was pure happiness, __________my words had the power to make people ________.

【推荐1】No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own efforts.

Many years ago, I took the head _______ job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school’s old team to _______ against the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even prepare for the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to _______, but to my disappointment we were defeated. Thinking hard about this bad situation, I came to realize that my team members were _______ me. I had to change my attitude about their ability and potential.

I started helping them build a little _______. Most importantly, I began to treat them like winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and _______ passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to _______. Finally, my boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me a sudden feeling of great _______!

From the experience I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can affect the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and _______ them. I helped them to see themselves ________, and they built themselves into winners.

【推荐2】When I was a student, I didn’t like to do housework. I thought that I was a little child and what I needed is to study hard to get good grades. So I didn’t do any _______ at home.

One day, my mother _______ back home from work. She found that I had made a mess in the house. My books and clothes were everywhere. She was annoyed (恼火) and said to me _______, “From now on, you must do some housework every day!” Hearing my mother’s _______, I felt unhappy. But I still did as she said.

Doing housework was more difficult than I had expected. I began to understand that life was not _______ for my parents. They had to do a lot of housework when they came back home _______ work. So I tidied my room and _______ my clothes. And I helped my _______ cook meals in the evening. My parents praised _______ for my changes.

Now I realize that doing housework can not only help my parents ________ also help me to learn many basic life skills.