【推荐1】My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way, we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said, “_______ my job. Family to Feed.”

At this store, a _______ like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and make a _________ on how bad it must be to have to stand _________ in the cold wind.

In the store, I asked each of my kids to _______ something they thought our “friend” there would _________. They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a _________. I thought about it. We were _______ on cash ourselves, but… well, sometimes _______ from our need instead of our abundance is ________ what we need to do! All the kids __________ something they could do away with for the week.

When we handed him the bag of ________, he lit up and thanked us with ________ eyes. When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for __________ his family might need, he burst into tears.

This has been a wonderful ________ for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can ________! Things would have played out so __________ if I had simply said, “No, we really don’t have __________ to give more.” Stepping out not only helped a brother in ________, it also gave my kids the __________ taste of helping others. It’ll go a long way with them.

【推荐2】Many years ago, when I was a little child, my parents always moved from one place to another. Before I could even get _______ with my schoolmates, my family was on the move again. I became very _______ because of this.

But a girl with dark skin and long shiny hair _______ me. Her best characteristics are her openness and _______. She is always smiling, like a beautiful sunflower following the sun. Without _______, I enjoyed being with her and soon we became good friends. As time went by, I gradually became a _______ girl. But this joyful period didn’t last long. We were admitted to different colleges. I felt like I had gone _______ to my always-on-the-move childhood. I felt _______ and helpless and I was afraid that I would _______ her as my best friend. She stayed calm and said to me: “Rain, you can achieve more than I do, so ________ to your dreams and make a big effort! Real friendship doesn’t fade and we will be best friends forever.” Maybe she didn’t realize what a great ________ she was to me at that time.

However, it turned out that my ________ were well-founded. I felt that the ________ between us was getting bigger and bigger. One day, she sent me a text message happily telling me that she had fallen in love with a handsome boy in her class.

I felt happy for her, but at the same time I was secretly worried about our friendship. I ________ her several times intending to tell her to think carefully about her ________ with the boy, but I got no more message from her. I felt sad that perhaps our friendship would not ________. I had almost given up hope ________ she visited me at my campus a week later. She looked ________ but was wearing the most beautiful smile. She gave me a big hug and said, “I’m sorry. I want to be myself and your friend forever!” We cried together, ________ the people walking past. She told me her sad story, and we knew we had gone back to how it was before.

Now I firmly believe that distance and time can’t ________ you from a friend. If you care enough about each other, friendship never fades.

【推荐3】As a nature photographer, I enjoy working outside in the wild. One of the best things about this job is that you can _________ animals in nature.

My _________ place is Yellowstone National Park. It is famous for the variety of its wildlife, but it is probably best known for its bears. _________ a weight of about 300 kilograms, these huge animals can run at a _________ of around 64 kilometres per hour and are also excellent swimmers.

Last spring in Yellowstone. I_________ a path that took me through a dark forest. When I _________ stepped out of the trees, the view was breathtaking. An eagle flew over the snow-covered mountains, which were_________ in the still lake below. While I was concentrating on photographing this amazing scene, I suddenly felt I was being _________. Slowly, with the _________ still held to my eye, I turned. . . and froze. Only metres away from me was a bear. With water __________ off its thick, brown hair, the bear stared back at me. Time stood __________ as the bear and I both waited to see who would move first, My legs started shaking. Somehow, I __________ to press the button. A second later, the bear turned and ran back into the forest. I looked at my camera and my most __________ but magical experience was now kept forever in a single image.

From time to time I look at the photo as a reminder to show __________ to all animals. It is after all we who are the __________ of their world.

【推荐1】Sometimes you may find that you are not happy in your life. Most of the time you have to _________ this kind of unhappy life, since it is really hard to make _________ and move on to a new business. My father, _________ , was quite a different example. From him I learned a great lesson on the value of doing one’s _________ .

My father got into the insurance (保险) industry when he was very young. He was very _________ . Soon he became one of the first independent insurance salesmen in our state. However, he decided to _________ his successful career. The reason is that he liked to do something _________ , something that tested his strength and ability, _________ in a way that is interesting. After leaving the insurance company, he worked in social media and then in IT industry, which really _________ him. Of course he wasn’t successful in everything he __________ but he told me __________ that he did something he liked.

Leaving one’s __________ life is not easy. I’ve learned this from my father, and I can say whether the __________ is good or bad, it is worth doing one’s favourite. When we do something we __________ , it gives us extra motivation (动机) to meet our __________ .

【推荐2】When I was eight years old, Mother told me to put my coat on because we were going to go someplace special. Usually, that meant we were going to see someone ________ or that I would at least get a new ________ . I asked which one it would be that day, and she told me that I would be getting something ________ than toy. She said I would get “access (通道) to a world of toys”.

But we did not ________ at any toy store. Nor did we finally see anyone we knew. ________, Mother pulled her car at Marcy Public Library. Mother ________ me directly to the reception desk (接待处).“I’d like to get my daughter a library card,” she told the man ________ the desk. He asked her to fill out a form and smiled at me. “What kind of books do you like?” he asked. I was too shy to ________then. I simply smiled back and shrugged (耸肩) my shoulders. “Well, you’ll know it ________,” he said.

I do not ________ what I picked out that day, but I know that in the years that followed I read ________I could find interesting at that old library. I read through all the Nancy Drew books before advancing ________Judy Blume (注：美国儿童文学作家), then the classics: Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Shakespeare. Then I read ________ on history, books of poetry, and books about art. The library opened up a world that I ________ knew before.

So Mother was ________ . Getting a library card was like getting access to a world of toys.

【推荐3】James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so_______that he didn't know what to do with himself. The person who had gone in_______him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so_______when she went in. Not like James, he felt he was_______. But the_______was that he wanted this job so much.It_______everything to him. He had thought about it such a lot before the day of the_______. He had_______himself performing brilliantly at the interview and being offered the job_______.

But now here he was feeling________. He couldn't________all those things he had planed to say. At that moment, he almost________to get up and leave. But no — he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn't ________like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt________. At last the door of the office________. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very pleased with herself. It seemed________she had got the job. She smiled sympathetically (同情地) at James. At the moment, James________her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to________now, Mr. Davis? I'm sorry to have kept you________.” James suddenly wished that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs shaking and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as________as he felt.