【推荐1】When I became a junior, I decided to take Latin (拉丁语) at school. I felt much ____ about taking that class, and I was fully expecting to be able to understand every word I’d ever ______once I learned Latin.

But Latin classes were so ____. Each day, the teacher Mr. Keady would ask us to open our books and recite aloud the various Latin forms of words. Thus it became the daily ____. That went on until I ____ my hand one afternoon when we were asked yet again to open our books.

When Mr. Keady asked what was wrong, I ____ why I thought that his class was boring how I had expected more, and that his method of teaching was out of date. When I finished speaking, I ____ Mr. Keady would angrily send me to the head teacher.

Instead, he sat at his desk ____, looking beaten and tired. After several moments of ______Mr. Keady spoke. He quietly and strongly said that he would think carefully about what I’d said. And that was it.

In the following weeks, Latin class didn’t become the exciting leaning environment I hoped it would, but Mr. Keady did try harder. He brought in some new worksheets and ____ to make us students take part more in his classes.

Maybe some people would ____ what I did but even so many years later, I feel bad about it. If I saw him now, I’d tell him how I ____ what I’d done that day in class, and that I was disrespectful. And at the same time, I’d also tell him that he taught me a wonderful ____ that day. Following my ____ words, he showed me that being hurt doesn’t mean you have to give away your dignity (尊严).

_____, Mr. Keady’s response proved that no matter how hurt you feel, no one can take away your dignity.

【推荐3】One day a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They _______ anxiously at their desks. The professor handed out the _______ with the text facing downwards.

Once he handed them all out, he asked his students to _______ the page and begin. To everyone’s _______ ，there were no questions - just a _______ in the center of the page. The professor thoroughly read through everyone’s _______ expressions and said, “I want you to write what you _______ there.”

At the end of the class, the professor took all the papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of the students. All of them _______ the black dot. After all had been _______， the professor explained:

“I just wanted to give you something to ________. No one wrote about the ________ part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot - and the same ________ in our lives. This is exactly what we ________ to do. We have a white paper to hold onto and enjoy, but we are so busy ________ on the dark spots. Life is a special gift, and we will always have reasons to ________.”

And yet we insist on focusing only on the dark spots - problems with family members or friends, issues that are________ us, the money that we need to have and so on.

You need to ________ that the dark spots are very ________. Take your eyes ________ the black spots in your life.________ each one of your blessings and each moment that life gives you.

【推荐1】My knees started shaking. It felt as though my soul ________ my body. Anxiously, I looked through the list posted on the wall of the locker room. I saw all my friends’ names except mine. I ________. I just couldn’t accept that I was not on the team.

I stormed out of the room as fast as I could. My mind was ________ for the rest of the school day. After school, as I walked to the parking lot to get ________, I saw all my friends gathered there, celebrating and joking around. I walked around the side of the school to ________ them. I saw my father’s familiar red Mazda pull up near the school lot and got in. He noticed my ________ face and asked me what was wrong.

“Nothing. It’s just that all my friends made the school team except me.”

“Well, are you just going to sit there?” he asked.

What my dad said ________ to me. Nobody was going to give me a（n）________ on that team. I would have to earn it. Having made this mental ________, I decided to work toward my goal of making the team. ________, there was a gym near my school, so as soon as the bell rang for school to end, I biked to the gym and trained for two hours. I ran and shot until I ________ on the hardwood floor every single day.

There were moments when I didn’t think I could keep on going, but I made it ________ them. After all, hard work ________ talent when talent doesn’t work hard.

After a year of training, I ________ for my seventh-grade team. Seeing my name printed in large letters felt as though all my dreams had come true. The greater the effort, the sweeter the ________, and by making the team, I had officially made a turnaround.

【推荐2】After taking a short training course, I, a 22-year-girl, began to give class nervously to my 12 students, all of them older than I was. I tried hard to remain _________ in class and hoped they wouldn’t find out how unconfident I _________a lot of the time. I was quite successful until the end of the course and the night of the final oral _________.

The test was going to start at 7: 00 pm, and at 6: 50, I locked myself in the teachers’ bathroom to go over all the test_________ again. I really wanted to _________ the questions by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester. The problem is, I _________ locked myself in the bathroom. I simply couldn’t get out! The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the _________ in the halls as the students went to their rooms. I tried hard to open the bathroom door, but _________.

I heard the cleaning lady’s voice and asked for help as _________ as I could. However, she wasn’t exactly a __________ person, and started shouting, “Diana’s locked in the bathroom!”

Shame had __________ upon me! Soon enough the course director, the secretary and some teachers were outside the bathroom trying to get me out, and, to my surprise, my students gathered outside too, happily __________ things like “Aren’t we lucky! No test today!”

The door finally opened, and my entire class was waiting for me outside, __________ smiles on their faces. “Congratulations! Teacher.” they said, “we know you are human too!”

They all __________ their test in fact. We all went out for a beer afterward, and __________ the whole thing off.

【推荐3】People always tell me I was brave to apply to medical school in my 30s. But for me, the bravest thing was to ________ from being a doctor 10 years later.

I’d always wanted to study ________ to help release the world from sufferings, but believing I was not bright enough, I left school at 15 and didn’t return to education ________ my 30s. ________ the fact that the commute (通勤) was tough and the money was ________, I kept going this time. I dreamed of becoming a doctor who made a(n) ________.

I spent five years at medical school learning ________ to fix things, but after graduation, when I worked in a hospital, I soon discovered there were many things in life I was unable to ________. It wasn’t the workload I struggled with, though. What I found really ________ was the emotional load. As a doctor, I knew I would ________ upsetting things. I knew I would watch people die and I knew I would see the most awful things. However, being always present at all these moments became a ________ for me.

I knew I needed a solution ________ it, and I finally ________ writing. Writing allowed me an escape, a door into another world, and it also helped to ________ my anxieties. Writing, something I had started as a form of treatment, now gave me success, an exit card, and a chance of self-protection. ________, I was wondering whether I was a doctor or a writer. Having thought thick and thin, I ________ my job and took the writing.

It was not a decision I made ________. I knew if I didn’t put ________ first, I would eventually disappear.

I still work on the wards (病房) now, but as a(an) ________. There are times when you need to focus on yourself. If you have walked so far down a rough road, you may find it ________ to head back because walking away is often the safest route of all.

【推荐1】Last year, I decided to explore Antarctica alone. To get some experience, I _________ for a two-week training course. I learned all the _________: how to camp in the snow and what clothing to wear.

In October, I flew to Antarctica from Punta Arenas. I’d planned to finish the adventure within 70 days, which would make it the longest _________ one-way exploration across Antarctica. I just took such basic _________ as food and clothing, and set off alone.

The first few days were _________. The wind was as fast as about 60 mph, and my sled weighed more than 120 kg. Even if the visibility (能见度) was good, I couldn’t _________ much-it’s white everywhere. I was on the move for 13 to 15 hours a day. Then, the conditions became even worse. During the last 40 hours, the wind blew so hard that I _________ about 14 times every two hours. After I _________ 922 miles, I felt too weak and had to ask for a helicopter to pick me up. The _________ I felt when I saw the helicopter in the distance was unbelievable.

Although I fell more than 100 miles short of my __________, I am proud of what I’ve __________. After the trip, I have realized that it’s __________ to change our initial goals. I don’t __________ with those who insist on conquering (征服) somewhere. Instead, I think we should treat places with __________ and hope they’ll allow us __________ passage.

【推荐3】Four girls. Two tents. No cellphones. A thunderstorm. One hundred and thirty hours of nonstop togetherness. This was what Julia Ruelle just________.

“It was really ________,” said Julia Ruelle of her recent weeklong adventure to the Boundary WatersCanoe Area Wilderness with three childhood friends.

Earlier this year, Julia, having completed a ________for a brain tumor(肿瘤) in April, won a writing contest and was________ a free five-day camping adventure with up to three friends. Its aim is to get kids away from technology. She struggled to________ the final three — Anna Wander, Madeline Wilson and Julianna Torelli. No________were allowed, so getting their agreement was a bit ________. Having a satellite phone and promising to check in twice during the week finally won their agreement.

The four girls arrived in Ely on June 10 for training. They ________ the next day at 7 :00 a. m. , and quickly fit many things into their ________— getting up early every morning, going boating ________, then having lunch at the campsites, followed by swinging, reading, talking, and napping.

“I love how you are separated from everything in your life, especially ________,”Anna said. Without her phone, she said, “I’m less ________ about things.” “We got along pretty well,” said Madeline. “We were always talking before bed, about specific things and thoughts.” “But we might sometimes have had ________,” Julianna added. No one was even hungry or homesick, but they were ________ nervous one night as they waited out a thunderstorm.

After the adventure, Julia will continue to take physical examination every three months to make sure the tumor is gone. “Mental health can be ________ so much in the Boundary Waters. It really helps to reconnect with yourself,” said Julia.