【推荐2】Kim and I decided to go to see a new movie. We________a little early and were talking about our day. Then came a young girl,________by a man who we thought was her________. They sat one row ahead and about two seats to the right. As they began to talk, it was________that the man was her father, and that their family had been experiencing hard times.

The young girl seemed mature(成熟的) beyond her years .She________her father, saying that everything would be okay and that she loved him.________they spoke, Kim’s________were filled with tears. He was thinking how________this father was to have·the love and________of his daughter. The young girl________her dad of the past times when they used to go to the________together, enjoying, talking, laughing and even crying. These were times she________. She knew her dad missed________, but he had devoted himself________to making money and supporting the family.

It became clear to us that they had________the early show because the tickets were________. They had bought a small box of popcorn and were________it happily. This young girl had saved her money to enjoy this daddy-daughter “________.” The father felt grateful(感激的) to his daughter,________that things would return to normal________.

【推荐3】I was ready for bed. My eyes fell on the musical _________ on my bedside table. In it was a photo of Dad smiling, and once opened, it would play his _________ song recorded before his death. It was propped (支撑) open just enough so the recording wouldn’t play.

Dad was a _________ man. He was always singing me his little made-up songs to share joy although he was _________ off-key, not hitting every note.

Dad was a man with big heart. When my house burned down a few years ago, Dad _________ my family into his home. When we tried to offer some _________, he said with his characteristic voice, “Don’t be _________!”

With happy _________, I fell asleep.

“Beautiful and marvelous!”

Suddenly, I was awoken hours later by the _________ song. The card! I snapped it shut (啪的一声合上).

How did that card just start playing? I checked the windows, all tightly shut. But why couldn’t I __________ the feeling that something was wrong?

I decided to __________ downstairs. Opening the door to the laundry room, I was hit with a strong smell of __________. The heat lamp had fallen, and the carpet was burning.

The __________ wasn’t too bad. I let out a shaky breath with __________. What could have happened? Perhaps another house fire. But we were safe. All thanks to Dad’s one-of-a-kind __________.

【推荐2】Youth sports teach kids to develop a winning state of mind as well as the ability to become team leaders. Although having _______ is a major part of athletics, the only purpose of sports is to compete and create the _______ mentality (心态) people need in sports.

_______ have the extremely hard task of getting their young athletes to learn how to play the sport and become disciplined, and ready to play the sport to the best of their ability. _______, I was at my younger brother’s baseball game the other night and his team was _______ by five runs in the last part of the game. While most teams in this situation would be desperately trying to regain their _______ for heroics, his team just seemed to slowly walk around, _______ sunflower seeds, and laugh at jokes made by teammates. I asked my brother after the game why everybody was so _______ about the loss and he said it was because some kid’s mom brought really good snacks.

Some parents have a _______ with coaches shouting at their child. If a child makes a mistake, it is the coach’s ________ to correct the problem. When parents get involved in telling the coach how to ________ the team, problems ________. Some parents feel if they pay their money, they should have an equal ________ on how to coach the team. In order to have a successful learning experience, the coach needs to feel like he can control his team and ________ the parents from having the last say. Without that, the coach feels as if he needs to ________the parents by giving more playing time to their kids who actually don’t ________it.

With youth sport programs becoming less competitive, club teams are on the ________ . More teens can get an easier access to them. Club teams ________more of what high school and junior high coaches are looking for, the competitive edge that is absolutely necessary in ________ . While having fun is important, skills and a ________ mentality is worth more in the world of sports.

【推荐3】With the development of society and the continuous improvement of China’s economic strength, people’s lifestyle has gradually changed.

Many Chinese people used to_________ each other with “Have you had your meal?” to show their friendliness. Recently, a new greeting has become_________ in many Chinese cities, namely “Have you_________ weight?” 

Chen Xin, a manager of a media company in Hangzhou, has_________ his friends after successfully getting _________. “Following instructions from my nutritionist, I went on a _________ and lost 10 kg,” Chen said with a(n) _________ smile.  

In recent years, food delivery services have been growing fast and have entered almost every corner of Chinese cities. Also, Chinese people can _________ buy food from all over the world. Meanwhile, people are paying more and more attention to their _________. More people are becoming ____________ with various terms, such as “low-calorie”, “sugar-free” and so on.  

“I used to eat a lot of unhealthy food, which brought me much____________,”Chen said. “Now my health indicators (指标) are becoming ____________, and I can feel that my body is in good ____________ again.” 

Chen is not alone. Many Chinese are troubled with “diseases of affluence(富裕)”, including obesity and high blood pressure, as the quality of life has been greatly ____________ over the past decades. Most people need to worry about if they have a healthy diet, ____________ if they have enough food.

【推荐1】Being an astronaut sounds cool, doesn’t it? In space, they get to do some pretty amazing things, like_________ in zero gravity. However, without_________, there are also plenty of things astronauts can’t do, and that’s very_________. What’s worse, they can’t even let their sadness show — because it’s impossible to _________ in zero gravity.

Of course, astronauts can still produce tears. But crying is much more difficult in space. Because of their _________ environment, tears don’t flow downward out of the eyes. This_________ that when you cry in space, your tears have nowhere to go — they just_________ there. In May 2011, astronaut Andrew J. Feustel_________ this during one of his spacewalks.

Besides making your _________ unclear, this can also cause physical pain. Back on Earth, tears are supposed to bring __________ to the eyes. But that’s not the case in space. “My right eye is painful like crazy,” Feustel told his teammate during the walk.

Since gravity doesn’t work in space, astronauts need some extra help to get rid of the tears. Feustel __________ to rub (擦) his eyes against his helmet to wipe the tears away. Another choice is to just wait. “When the tears get big enough they__________ break free of the eye and float around,” astronaut Ron Parise said.

In space, astronauts can’t eat or drink in __________ ways. Nor can they talk to each other directly. They can’t even burp (打嗝), because there is no gravity to hold the food__________ in their stomach. If they do burp, they just __________ throwing up everything in their stomach. Thus, perhaps it’s only space explorers who can honestly say, “Gravity, you’re the best.”

【推荐2】Magic of Smile

Smiling is the most desirable human behavior. We tend to overlook the power of smiling, which     can work out many wonders and miracles.

In my spare time in the States, I loved to take a walk around the small community where I lived. Whoever I met on the way, they always gave me a friendly greeting accompanied (伴随) with a nice smile as soon as our eyes had ________. Spontaneously (本能的, 自动的), I smiled back. This kind of smiling exchange represented the most ________ part of my jogging experience in the States.

When it comes to doing business, my ________ is “I love to see my customers smile”. If a customer smiles when he sees you, it means he feels ________ dealing with you. More importantly, it means he makes money. If he can make money, I get the business rolling.

On a personal note, my daughter’s giggle is just like ________, which warms my inside the same way as the sun warms my body. It can ________ away any clouds and unpleasant feelings.   Whenever I see her photo, her giggle echoes（回响） around my ________. The little reserved and controlled smile of my wife, however, reflects the beauty of a matured and well-learnt woman. It is so ________ in my eyes. It can sometimes really turn me on.

Julia Robert’s ________ is nothing but roaring like earthquake or volcano. It can overtake men and women alike. Americans may ________ in many other ways, but they all agree that Julia is America’s sweetheart. Nobody can ________ her laughter plays a very good part in her acting. Once I tried some candy in a store, the owner asked me how sweet the candy is, I said sweeter than Julia Robert. Both of us ________ into a kind of Julia’s laughter.

Yes, laughter is something we can not do without. Otherwise, our life would be too gloomy.

Smiling does not belong to human alone. Once I stayed at an American home and he had a little doggy by the name of Mini. Mini is a ________ pet. Every time, we came home, she ________ up and down and insisted on giving me some lipping. When I held her gently and asked her to give me a little smile, she just ________ her mouth and half closed her eyes, looking like every inch of smiling. That left a deep impression on me.

What I love Los Angles most is not only it is the place where it has sunshine most days in a year but also where most people smile!