【推荐1】A few years ago, an elderly woman entered my video store, along with her daughter. The daughter was displaying a serious case of ______  ,  ____  her watch every few seconds. If she had possessed a leash(绳子), her mother would have been  ____  to it as a means of pulling her along to _____  the rush of other shoppers.

I  ____  and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a _____  on a piece of paper.  _____  rushing off to find the DVD for the woman, I asked her to  walk with me  ____  I could show her where she could find it and I want to enjoy her  ____ for a moment. As we walked along the back of the store, I ___  its floor plan: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed  “trip” and _____  conversation.

I said to her daughter, “ ____  some advice?” “Of course not,” said the daughter. “_____   her ,” I said. “When she's gone, it's the little _____  that will come back to you. Times like this. I know.” It was  ____ . I still missed my mom and remembered the times when I'd used my impatience to make her  ____ .

Together they made their way toward the store's resting area. They sat there for a moment, side by side,  _____  the holiday crowds. Then the daughter _____   and immediately regarded her mother lovingly. And slowly she placed her arm with  ____  unaccustomed affection around her mother's shoulders and  _____  guided her back into the crowd.

【推荐2】Brad Ryan had been feeling burnt out from veterinary (兽医的) school when he visited his 85-year-old grandma back in 2020.He hoped that spending some quality (有品质的) family time in his hometown would help to_________his spirits.

As he was telling his grandma some_________of his travels, he was_________to hear her confess (承认) that she had never seen the sea or mountains. Ryan then asked his grandmother if she would like to_________the Smoky Mountains with him. Needless to say, she was more than_________to go with him. Then Ryan made a plan and they set out on their_________.

Over the_________of the last three and a half years, Ryan says that he and his grandma have_________driven 25,000 miles through 38 states, and it has_________his quality of living.

“Seeing it through my grandmother’s eyes who every morning wakes up and is thankful to be alive, has taught me how to__________,” Ryan said. “With her, I’ve had to__________and see my life in a different way which has made it much__________.”

Ryan, who has been sharing all of their adventures online hopes that their social media presence will__________other youngsters to spend more time with their elders. “I want people who are still__________to know, it is cool to hang out with your grandparents,” Ryan said. “There’s so much__________and knowledge we can get from our elders.”

【推荐3】The Bridge We Were Meant to Cross

My brother and I were driving home together, buried in a conversation. For lack of attention, my brother took a _______ turn towards a bridge and we had no way to turn back.

_______, he paid the bridge toll (费用) and _______. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the needless _______ of $ 4.

We eventually reached an exit and, as we took it, my brother _______ a black Mustang pulled over to the side of the road. A young guy was standing nearby trying to phone someone. I was busy _______ which way we went next but my brother pulled over and asked the guy if he needed any help. And he did. He had a _______ tire and needed a wrench (扳手) to get it _______.

My brother gave him a wrench, then _______ to help him change the flat. We started getting to know the young man who was from a rough neighborhood nearby. He said that this had been a ______________ week for him: earlier he had gotten into a minor car accident, and now this flat on his way home from work. But he called us “A ______________ of fresh air”, and kept thanking us because he would have been ______________ if we hadn’t ______________. After we had finished the job, he thanked us again and ______________ $ 20 and tried to give it to us. “No,” I said. “We were ______________ supposed to even get on that bridge. We took a wrong turn. But now we know why we did it. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into a(n) ______________ to serve.”

What I loved most was watching my brother throughout this ______________. He was able to turn his ______________ for the mistake into positive energy. He was able to see a chance to help (which I totally missed!) even in an otherwise ______________ situation, which can only come from a ______________ mind and an open heart.

In the UK travel is an enriching life experience that will make your resume stand out amongst other applicants. Travel is not simply a pursuit of____ but also “character-building”，“defining” and potentially “career-boosting”.

Most of the people I know here at university ___ the desire to travel and escape the stress surrounding us. But I don’t think, as UK students, we can blame our addiction to international travel simply on a stressful life. Yes, I have a lot to handle and it’s a fine___ act managing my part-time job, my degree and my social life to a perfect level. In a truly open world, we can get anywhere, see anything and experience every culture under the sun, at the click of a button, the purchase of a ____

Many people I met while working in China were surprised at the number of countries I’d travelled to. Compared to friends and family I consider myself vastly ____. I’ve never set foot across the pond in the U.S.A and Canada, let alone South America and even within Europe my checklist of destinations is far from____. I was also met by____at how little travelling I had done within my own borders. This was something I had not really considered before. How much of my own country had I really seen and experienced? To those from a place as vast and varied as China, Britain was really so ____in comparison and so to have spent 20 years there and not seen every part of it was quite surprising.

I had a conversation with a Chinese colleague over the reasoning behind our use of golden Cotswold stone, which sounds dull for most people. As a student of history, I found anything____fascinating. However it was not the stone within British cities I found interesting. What was curious was that it was something I had never even considered, and yet here was someone____on something I had simply taken for granted.

We continued our discussion, yet I was left____that I could not answer her question. In China, as well as a wealth of new culture that fascinated me, I discovered that there were parts of the UK’s culture, history, the very structure of my identity that were so different, so unique from China that I also____a newly found interest in my own heritage.

In this respect, travelling enables you with two things. Firstly you develop a(n) ____with new cultures, understanding customs, experiencing cuisines and absorbing the sights and smells of every new city. For many employers this____to new locations is seen as tremendous in your personal resume. But alongside increased employability, through international, cross-cultural conversations, you develop an interest in your own history, culture, and customs. You return to your home____ an understanding of other people’s fascination with it and your own sense of love for its peculiarities.

【推荐1】Alexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad's car. She let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. Then a deer came into _________ about 200 yards in front of them. It was a male deer with _________ antlers (角)on each side of its head.

As the car moved closer, Alexis heard a _________ and then saw the deer _________ a woman. Sue had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged _________. “I knew I was in trouble, ” Sue says. She went to pick up a stick for _________, and the deer _________. It lifted her with its antlers and _________ her into the air. Sue could feel blood flew down her leg.

When Alexis and her father _________, the deer was throwing Sue like a doll. Alexis looked into the woman's __________ eyes, and __________ her father had even stopped the car, the teenager __________ quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. “I was kicking it to get its __________,” she says. Then her father followed and pushed the deer away from the women.

Alexis helped Sue into the car. Then she heard her father shout __________ . He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car to beat the deer's head and neck, but the blows didn't __________ it away. “I was losing faith,” she says. “A couple more __________, Alexis,” said her father. “You can do it. ”Turning the hammer around, Alexis __________ her eyes and beat the deer's neck with all her __________. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away. Alexis got in the driver's seat and __________ toward the nearest hospital. After Sue was treated, she __________ thanked her rescuers.

【推荐2】Recently, for the first time in five years I made a resolution (决心). I left my wheelchair and started _________. I made it forty-two yards. That simple resolution _________ something quite powerful and life changing. Today I walked five miles.

My medical team had said this would be impossible. My brain could no longer send the signals for walking _________ some nerves (神经) had been destroyed. A while back, a psychologist friend of mine urged me to try to _________ myself. I was angry. Four of Boston’s leading doctors said I’d never get any _________. How could I help myself?

I’d get mad at people _________ her. I heard various things I should _________: a new diet, exercise, positive thinking. All of these non-experts _________ that doctors do not know everything about human potential.

What made me finally decide to try?   The _________ is simpler than I’d have ever imagined. That day I tried walking on my own, I said to myself, “Why not?”

I walked in a strange way. I got embarrassed. So I always explained. I met a friend who said, “__________ excusing yourself. Walk proudly!” She’s just one of the many who’ve __________ me that if I open my heart to acceptance, the world is filled with rescue teams.

I’ve also decided to open my mind and really __________ others, experts or not. This not only strengthens my belief in my __________; it also strengthens my faith in miracles (奇迹).   

I started to ride a bicycle with the help of my husband and soon I could ride it on my own. __________, I made a now often repeated resolution — saying, “Yes, I can” to difficulties.

How do we find __________ when it seems impossible? Do we simply believe that we can achieve something? Yes.

【推荐3】Dad is a busy mechanic. Every Saturday he puts on his apron and produces delicious bread. I think he bakes to_______.

I’ve been feeling stressed out myself as I found out I didn’t_______for the swim team. Now I’ll have to wait a whole year to try out again. I think Dad knew how I_______, so this Saturday he invited me to help him bake.

Dad first got out everything needed, and then told me to_______the ingredients (配料) with a spoon. After that he showed me how to knead the dough (揉面团). It took only ten minutes but a(n) _______amount of energy to complete.

Next came the_______ part -doing nothing. We waited for the dough to_______swell up (膨胀), then punched (捶打) it down and waited for it to rise again. Dad said the waiting is always the hardest part as you have to _______the thought of putting the dough_______ into the oven.

While we waited, we sat and talked.________ is like the dough that rises and fills a room with emptiness________you punch it down with words. It felt good to listen and share our ________. As the flour dust quietly________, time seemed to slow down. The dough would rise at its own________. We could do nothing to make it rise faster.

I learned how to bake, and I also learned to________ the slowly ticking rhythm of time, to relax and let the bread rise.