【推荐1】When I was in Grade 6, I knew a girl. She____to point out my shortcomings and always said I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, and so on. I tried not to care what she said.____, I became very____in the end. I cried and ran to Daddy.

Daddy asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Lisa, didn’t you ever____what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s____. Go and make a____of everything she said and____the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

To my___, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t____(like being very thin), ____a good number I could and suddenly I____to change. For the first time I got a clear____of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy. He____to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the____about yourself. But you have to learn to ____. Don’t just close your ears in anger, feeling____. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be____to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t____your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is____.”

【推荐2】My father was a strong fisherman. He loved the sea and would stay out until he caught enough to ______ the family.

When we met ______ weather, he would drive me to school with his old truck. And after we arrived, he would bend over and give me a ______ on the face and then tell me to be a good boy. I always felt very shy in front of so many other ______ I was already a twelve-year-old young man, but my father still kissed me goodbye!

Then on a rainy day I ______ to tell him my feeling. When we stopped at the school gate, the ______ big smile appeared on my father’s face. I ______ what would happen next. I ______ put my hand up and for the first time said “No” to him. The smile on his face immediately changed into a ______ look. He looked at me for a long time, and tears began to appear in his eyes. I was shocked. I had never ____ him cry! Then he said, “You’re right. You are a big boy… a man. I won’t kiss you any more.”

Not long after that, my dad went to the sea on a bad day. Most of the ______ stayed at home, but not Dad, because he had a big family to feed. But after that day, he ______ came back. Later his boat was found with its nets half in and half out. He must have ______ a strong wind and was trying to save the nets.

How I wished I hadn’t ______ my father’s kiss! And from this I have learnt that we should take every chance with our family and friends as the last one in our lives. We can have ______ regrets (遗憾) by doing this.

【推荐3】Grandma lived on Sugar Creek Mountain with a lake. I still remember the day when Grandpa _______ in the lake. My parents tried to talk Grandma into moving into town, but she wouldn’t _________. Today I was going to visit Grandma, and the excitement grew inside me _________ the thought of it. _________, it had been ten years since I had last seen Grandma. As I _________ the top of the mountain, I _________ see Grandma staring out the window of her house. Grandma _________ me with a big hug, saying she would give me a special surprise. _________ did Grandma know that I had a very special surprise for her as well.

When we baked cookies in the kitchen, Grandma told me how she used to bake _________ for Grandpa, which were his ____________. Listening to her talking about him was a ____________ experience. I could ____________ her love for him. After dark, Grandma handed me the special present. It was a quilt made out of my dresses that I had ____________ as a little girl. I would value it forever. When I asked Grandma ____________ special gift for Christmas she wanted, without ____________ thinking, she would like to see my Grandpa just one more time.

Just then, Grandma’s face ____________ up. ____________ slowly towards her, with an apple pie in his hand, was Grandpa! Tears of joy were ____________ down Grandma’s cheeks as she ____________ her arms around Grandpa.“We thought you had drowned” Grandma cried. “How can I ever thank you for bringing Grandpa home to me?” asked Grandma. I replied, “Seeing the ____________ and the love you have for each other is all the thanks I need.”

【推荐2】On an ordinary day, Debbie’s doorbell rang suddenly. Sixteen-year-old-Amy from next door was there—“help, my brother Dylan is bleeding,” she _________.

Debbie and her sister Ellen _________ to their house to find eight-year-old-Dylan bleeding _________ from a huge cut in his arm. Debbie had recently taken a first aid _________ and knew what to do. “I knew I needed to _________ pressure to stop the bleeding. I _________ a towel from the bathroom and used it to press on the _________.” she said.

Dylan was crying and _________ so Debbie told him not to panic while pressing on the towel to stop the blood _________. She told Ellen to call for an ambulance since she knew the cut would need medical treatment. Just as the ambulance __________, Dylan’s mum came home. She was deeply shocked but __________ held his arm, then the two of them travelled to the hospital together in the ambulance without __________.

A few weeks later the cut __________ and Dylan went back home. “His mother thanked Debbie and Ellen the day after the __________. I’m so happy that I learned first aid,” Debbie said. “I __________ thought I’d need to use my first aid skills so soon, but I’m very glad I knew what to do.”

【推荐3】I was at home alone at midday, working at my typewriter, when the telephone rang. A man’s voice said “Your name Bell? You’d better ________ over to the hospital right away. Your ________ has been hurt in an accident.”

Janet had gone out ten minutes earlier. As she left, I’d kissed her absent-mindedly and she needled me, “You don’t even know who you are ________.” She was ________ as she went out the door.

The traffic was heavy and I was caught between ________ and despair (绝望). My thought turned to the evening last year, when I was ________ at a job I didn’t like while longing to make a living at ________. She knew it and made the ________ easy for me—at a time when turning away from a (n) ________ income would have been unthinkable to most women.

In the last few blocks to the hospital, I said to myself our life together could not ________. There were too many good years ahead with our children. Too many trips we’d ________ and hadn’t made. They have to be shared to be ________.

Rushing into Emergency, I found Janet’s face and clothing were covered with blood. But she reached her hand out to me, saying “I’m all right, darling. Just don’t ________ me.” They were the most wonderful words I had ever heard.

She was all right. We are one of the ________ families, as we know. I had never let Janet understand how meaningless life would be without her. How ________ I am for a second chance.

Tony was excited to see his friend Kevin, They had been friends since primary school _______through high school. When starting college, they headed their _______ ways. Tony wanted to study in electrical engineering, and Kevin wanted to _______ a doctor. Their career choices led them into different _______,but their friendship was still _______ .

They had been good friends in_________. They started their friendship while performing; a small painting _________. When Kevin noticed Tony painting a really nice rocket, Kevin _______ him for it and the two began talking about their interest in other things. _________really kept them together at that moment was when Tony acknowledged Kevin’s reaction when Tony ________ dropped his paints on the classroom floor. Tony was embarrassed and terrified, but Kevin wasn’t ________ to help him out by cleaning it up.

________, they shared similar interests. When in primary school, they ________ a dream of becoming astronauts to discover unknown universe and unknown life ________ . In middle school, they shared the dream of becoming famous basketball players. Then, in high school, they both had the __________ to become famous rock stars.

It wasn’t always a __________ friendship. Sometimes, they fought and held different views about different things. __________their differences, they didn’t __________ their friendship apart. In moments of ________ and doubts, they were there to support each other.

They have recently received their bachelor’s degree. They have kept in contact up until now, and have decided to get together and ________lost time. True friendship lasts forever.

【推荐3】When I was a kid, I had to face years of _________. My elder brother was _________ to play with me. His friends laughed at him for looking after his sister and his _________ quite differ from mine. Since there were no other children of my age in the neighborhood, I had to spend hours by myself.

One of my good habit was _________. As my mother read to me every evening, I developed a love for words. I loved the colorful photos in the books. I began to read books by myself before I was five and my mother took me to the public library to borrow several books once a week. _________, I _________ typical children’s books to ones with _________ pictures and more words. A new world was opened to me. I didn’t feel alone any more.

My parents _________ me to do what I really wanted. I tried making toy planes with boxes and constructing buildings from the old cardboard and bits of wood. Every time my mother saw what I made, she always told me how wonderful my _________ were __________, I luckily found my great interest in making things. I learned a lot about how to extend the life of __________ and turn them into something new and __________. It was a characteristic others found helpful, and I soon had friends who wanted to make things with me.

Being outdoors was another good habit I formed in my early years. My parents always let my brother and me to spend time outside, __________ the weather or season. My brother, of course, ran to be with his friends, while I had a lot to do myself. There was making leaf pictures in __________ making snowmen in winter, and so much more. They’re all the valuable __________. I treasure today.