【推荐3】When pilots fly over the grassland of the Pampas region, Argentina, they’re often surprised to spot a huge guitar-shaped forest in the ordered fields. The site is more than an amazing example of land art. Behind the site is a(n) ____ love story.

When young Argentine____ Pedro Martin Ureta, aged 28, met 17-year- old Graciela Yraizoz in his hometown, they fell in love at first ____. Two years later, they got married and____down on the farm where Ureta had been   ____. Graciela had many big plans for the farm in her mind. One day when she was taking a plane on a flight ____ Pampa, Graciala noticed that another farm looked like a milking pail(桶) from the ____. Graciela thought that her family could create something even more attractive on their own farm: A huge forest ____ as her favorite musical instrument—the guitar. Graciela ____playing the guitar in her spare time and often played the guitar at the local____.

But Ureta didn’t take his wife’s idea ____saying, “We’ll talk about it later.” Later____ came. In 1977, Graciela died suddenly of brain cancer at the ____ age of 25 while carrying their fifth child. After her wife’s death, Mr. Ureta _____not fulfilling her wish. Still heartbroken a few years later, Ureta decided that the best way to honor his____wife would be to fulfill her wish and ____the giant work of art in her honor.

After the local government refused to____with the project, Ureta and his children took it ____. One by one, they planted roughly 7,000 trees into the shape of a guitar. It took a few rough seasons for the trees to take root, but Ureta’s dedication____.

Watching the forest grow over the years gave Graciela’s children ____.

“It was the closest thing possible to have my mother alive,” Maria Julia, Ureta’s second daughter, said.

【推荐1】It was a freezing dawn, 14-year-old Jeremy was out in the wild._____________, Jeremy would have run around with his camera, trying to_____________the landscape, but this morning he was to start duck shooting. He had hated it since his father bought him a gun, but was_____________to go through with it. He loved his father, and wanted his___________more than anything in the world.

When a small flight of ducks came down, Jeremy stood up and_______. But he simply couldn't pull his trigger(扳机)and the ducks quickly flew out of_________. ''Well, what happened?'' his father asked. The boy did not answer. His lips were_____________. ''Why didn't you shoot? '' ''Because they were so_____________. ''Jeremy sat on the rough bench, face___________in his hands, and wept. All hope of______________his father was gone.

For a long moment his father was________. ''Here comes a single. Let's try again.'' ''It's no__________, Dad. I can't.'' ''Hurry, you'll miss him. Here!'' Cold metal touched Jeremy. He looked up, unbelieving. His father was handing the______________to him. ''Quick,'' he said softly. ''He won't__________all day!'' Jeremy quickly pointed the camera and______________the button. ''I got him!'' His face lit up. ''Did you?'' His father's hand______________the boy's shoulder briefly. ''That's good.'' He looked at his son, and Jeremy saw that there was no disappointment in his eyes, only__________and sympathy and love. ''It's okay, son. I'll________love shooting. But that doesn't mean you have to. Sometimes it takes as much________not to do a thing as to do it.''

He__________and said, ''Could you teach me how to use that camera?''

【推荐2】I am the youngest of three children and have two older brothers. My family was always fortunate and we had a very _______ life in Shanghai. My _______ were focused on our education, but also on giving us more control over our own life so that we could move ahead _______. To use a car analogy (类比), I was the _______, but they were _______ in the passenger seat in case I needed support. So they didn’t _______ my homework but, whenever I had a question, I could _______ to them. I remember _______ my mom telling neighbors, “My daughter is very smart. She knows how to play _______.” The fact that my mother thought I was smart because I could play a sport, and not just because I was good at school work, was a huge ________. I grew up feeling ________ and had a “can do” attitude.

Shanghai is different from the rest of China as it has a more westernized environment. So, in the late 70s, when my family moved to San Francisco to ________ my grandparents, from a lifestyle point of view it was not much different. What was really ________ was my English. I love to ________ with people but I could ________ say in English, “How do you do?” “Thank you.” and “Don’t mention it.” When we arrived, my grandfather said, “Oh, Weili, living here is going to be wonderful ________ you don’t speak much of the language, because Americans are very friendly.” My parents taught us to be ________and when I went to school or the supermarket, I would say, “Thank you.” ________ the expected reply, “Don’t mention it,” ________ said, “You’re welcome.” So one day, I told my grandfather, “You were ________— people here always say I am welcome here.”

【推荐3】A town mouse and a country mouse were friends. The country mouse one day _______ his friend to come to visit. He wanted his friend to come and see him at his home in the _______.The town mouse came and they sat down to a _______of roots and corn. The country mouse liked the food and he asked his friend to eat more. But his friend didn’t think the food was _______.

After _______ for a while,the town mouse finally said,“My _______friend,you live here no better than the ants. Now,you should just see how I live!There is plenty of nice food in my room.

You must come and_______me. I’m sure you will enjoy your time there.” The country mouse wanted to eat better food,so he _______.

When the town mouse _______ town,he took the country mouse with him. He showed the visitor into his room which had a lot of nice food. The country mouse had never seen anything like that and sat down to enjoy the food his friend________. But right before they had ________,the door opened and someone came in. The two mice ________and hid themselves in a narrow hole.

After a while,when it was quiet again,they came out. But someone else came in,and they hid again.

This was too much for the ________“Goodbye,” said the country mouse, I’m leaving. You have a lot of nice to eat, I can see, but there is so much ________ around you. Though I can only enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn, I can ________ safely in my hole.

【推荐3】Several months ago， I made a promise to myself． I had put some money in an envelope in my_______and set an intention to give this envelope _______to the first person I came across who_______it．

Months passed by， and as my daily life got_______， I was unable to keep my own_______．Whenever I opened my wallet and saw the_______， I was reminded my_______for it． and I would feel a little _______for not having acted upon it． The voice within told me to do_______．

Today， while walking to work on a busy street， I passed a ________elderly lady with her hands out on the sidewalk． Seeing her wrinkled face and sightless eyes， I stopped ________． Waves of sympathy washed over me， and I________ the envelope of money that had been lying in my wallet all these months．

I________ the money from the envelope and bent down to her level．________ ， I took her hand， pressed the dollar bills into her hand， and closed her fingers over them so that she could ________ the money and understand my gesture．

When I got up， I slowly moved away． I felt like I had________something． I had kept my________to myself． The lady slightly nodded her head． I felt________and moved on． Afterwards， I thought about why such a heartwarming act had taken so long．This ________act was a huge step toward facing and walking through my own fears around________． What a blessing it is to complete these generous little gestures!