【推荐2】Scientists find that the _________ are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows _________ the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate will _________ correspondingly (相应地) by 2%. All this comes down to one point: work is helpful to health.

Why is work good for health? It is _________ work keeps people busy, away from loneliness and solitude (独处). Researches show that people feel sad, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are _________. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are the happiest when they work hard. Work serves as a _________ between man and reality. By work, people _________ each other. By collective (集体的) activities, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work _________ the loss of everything. It affects a man spiritually and makes him liable to (易于) _________.

Besides, work gives one a sense of achievement. Work makes one feel his __________ and status in society. When a writer finishes his writing or a doctor successfully __________ a patient or a teacher sees his students __________, all of them will be happy beyond __________.

From the above we can __________ the conclusion (结论) that the more you __________, the happier and healthier you will be. Let us work hard, study well and live a happy and healthy life.

【推荐3】I was excited to take my dog Georgie to the river the other day, as it’s within walking distance of our new home. Having spent her first six years in a cage, George had never seen a body of _________, and I wanted to get there before sunset to watch her _________ it.

I was growing increasingly _________ about all the stops. She _________ the grass, dirt and trees, and licked whatever was stuck to the road. These were all new _________ for her and she took her time studying them.

When I accepted that it was _________ to hurry her along, I _________ my cell phone and began texting. I thought that I needed something to do while Georgie was _________ us down.

Then, I heard the cicadas (蝉), and I remembered that the sound of cicadas is my favorite sound in the world. That awakened something buried within me that _________ for the simple pleasures that had been ____________ by technology.

I made a __________ decision to be present, and to enjoy the ____________ to the river, just like Georgie. The journey was just as ____________ as the final destination would be, and it took that Georgie to ____________ me.

Now. I ____________ the wonder of the winding plants on our path. I felt the occasional warm raindrop on my skin from a gray sky ____________ to burst at any moment. I smelled the grass, the flowers, the dirt and the air. I treasured each one ____________, as if discovering them for the first time.

As we neared our destination. I realized something even more ____________ It didn’t matter whether we even reached the river. Why must there always be a ____________? Georgie had no idea that we had a destination. She was present for the journey, and she ____________ every bit of that sweet experience.

【推荐1】For senior Sophia, it was a normal school day until an unexpected visitor arrived.

Her dad, Melendez, ___________   her by coming home early from Kuwait and visiting her     _______ at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina.

“She didn’t_______ She was just crying.” Melendez told ABC News of his daughters’ shocked___________." She was overwhelmed ( 感 动 ) with everything. She thought it was a     _______ .”

After serving in Kuwait for nine months, Melendez returned home a week _________than   his daughter expected. He held balloons and flowers in a classroom as he sat at a student's desk.

"It came across my mind like, ‘How is she going to react?’ " he recalled of the _______ moment. "Is she going to be happy and run to me and _______me, or cry? That was all going on through my mind."

As _______of what was happening, Sophia entered the classroom. She was soon overcome with emotion, ________bursting into tears and covering her mouth ________.

“ I’m a single parent, ________while I was deployed(调动), I got my sister to live with my daughter.” Melendez explained. “ When I was coming back and talking to my   ________, we came to the conclusion(结论)that we should do something ________for my daughter. We   ________the school, and they planned this whole being-in-the-classroom thing, and it turned out(结果是)________”

The two are very much looking forward to some good daddy-daughter time________ he's home.

“ It means________,” Melendez said of being able to surprise his daughter this way. "After all the sacrifices(牺牲)she has made, she ________all the special arrangements and special occasions and________. I’ll do anything for my daughter. ”

【推荐1】Back in May, I made a Summer Fun List of things I wanted to do to make summer feel like summer. This weekend, I _________ another item: going to a Phillies game!

My husband and I took our two older boys to Citizens Bank Park on Friday night to watch a baseball _________. The weather was absolutely perfect. Alas, the Braves _________ the Phillies 9-2. If I put this on the summer fun list _________ in future years, the result will probably be _________.

We’re coming up on the end of July and I’ve made reasonable _________ on my list. We went strawberry picking. My _________ and I went to Asbury Park’s beer garden during our week at the Jersey shore. We ate at Aquavit back in June; French Laundry is on the_________ for late August. We ate ice cream at Days in Ocean Grove many times. We have gone on a few family bike rides, and I haven’t done any _________.

I’m __________ my way through the list of kids for Mommy Days. My __________ and I went to the American Girl cafe in NYC a few weeks ago: I’ll be doing the 9-year-old’s day this week. I have __________ for the other two days in August. We went to the Phillies this weekend.

What I haven’t __________ yet: Listen to music outdoors! However, we have tickets to see Brad Paisley in early September, so I will just __________ summer is stretching into back-to-school season. We haven’t travelled in Yosemite yet, but that’s on the __________ for August.

I know this is the __________ of year when those “summer isn’t almost __________!” posts start to accumulate (增加). But like to __________ myself that for me, at least, summer is nowhere close to over. There are 31 days in August before the kids __________ school. I’m looking forward to a few summery things before the __________.

【推荐2】Living one’s life is really like driving on a highway. First, to make good driving, the driver must carefully ______ the condition of his car, just as he cares for his ______for a good life. Second, once he enters into the highway, he must ______ some rules for his own safety. It can also be said that he must obey some ______of society when living as an adult. For example, on the highway, he is required to ______ a continuous speed which can be ______to his continuous activities through his life. Neither driving nor living must be taken at too high a speed ______at too slow a speed. If he drives too fast , the ______ will give him a ticket, just as he will be ______ when he breaks the law. If he acts too conservatively (保守地), he will be called an out-of-date person just like a person driving too ______ who interrupts (打扰) the others driving at the proper ______. Third, when he wants to change lanes (车道), he must ______ careful attention to every direction of his car. It is sometimes dangerous to change the way of life ______ he can be sure that he will become better by doing so. He should not make any unnecessary changing of lanes which gives him only ______. Finally, he must______where he is now by recognizing some signs appearing now and then. If he ______ the wrong turning, he must ______to the right path as soon as he can. But he may thus ______ time and energy both on the road and in life.

On the whole, driving on a highway and living one’s life are ______ hard work. But if he is careful and serious enough,______will provide him much pleasure.

【推荐3】Down syndrome is a medical condition that makers someone develop mentally and physically in a different way from most people. However, a small act of_________could have a big influence on a teen with Down syndrome.

Every morning for 10 years, driver Scott Reynolds_________Ty Coppola, who has Down syn-drome，with a smile and a fist bump(拳头碰拳头)when he_________Ty.

“It would start his day in a_________way," Michael Coppola, Ty's father said.

Ty can speak and communicate his basic needs,_________he doesn't have typical conversations like most do.

"Instead, he senses how people_________him whether it's a handshake or a fist bump." Michael said.

Michael admits that many people, _________their best intentions, do not know how to approach someone with_______---including him.

That's exactly_________Michael and his wife sent Ty to Holy Childhood, a__________that serves children and adults with disabilities. Michael says the school has taught his son to be__________and confident despite his disability.

Yet, although Ty has__________to do things on his own, it doesn't mean he doesn’t want affection from others.

"The__________mean a whole lot more than words to him," Michael said.

Reynolds' kindness didn't__________there. He also learned things about Ty's life and asked him questions about his family.

When the Coppolas were__________that Reynolds planned to retire, Michael and his wife decided to do something to ________Reynolds that he meant a lot to their son. With other people's help, the Coppolas held a surprise party in Reynolds'__________. Many people came and paid respect for his years of__________.

"I wanted to show my__________,"Michael said. "I didn't want everything he did to be taken for granted. He wasn't just a__________."

【推荐1】Years after graduating from high school, a man gave back to a teacher who left a big impression on him.

Almost 40 years after she began _______, Marilyn Mecham received a _______ from one of her first students, Kevin Perz. The teacher, who’s now 62, recently said that Perz _______ her in January only to say _______ and then sent her a _______ and a $10,000 check. “I _______ your class so much. You gave your students respect. _______, you won respect,” Perz wrote in the note. “You were the _______ teacher ever!”

The 62-year-old was deeply moved. “When I saw the check I _______ a lot,” Mecham said in an e-mail. “I was very touched.”

Perz had been ________ Mecham for years, and ________ turned to his high school for help. Mecham said that just the call she received from Perz ________ so much to her. She was so thankful to have somebody spend all that time looking for her. ________, Perz said that the 62-year-old teacher ________ deserved it. “She’s such a ________person. For me, it’s less about the money than the sentiment(感情),” Perz said.

Both of them have been keeping in touch ________ they first began reconnecting. As for the ________, Mecham isn’t sure how she’ll spend it, but may use it for a trip to Sweden. While the ________ has moved the former teacher, Perz’s ________ also encouraged others to thank those that meant so much to them. So they’re now connecting teachers and others who had a(n) ________ on their lives.

【推荐2】Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket — anything with a round ball, I was _______,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always _______ in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.

It was a mountain _______ he received for his 15th birthday that _______ him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a _______ friend. _______, Saunders set up his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and _______. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.

The _______ year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he _______ about Ridgway’s cold-water adventures. Greatly ________ , Saunders ________ that this would be his future.

In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders ________ his first long-distance expedition (探险) towards the North Pole. It took ________ energy. He ________ frostbite (冻疮), ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the ________, pulling his supply-load sled (雪橇) up and over rocky ice. Since then, Saunders has skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.

【推荐3】Wildlife has been greatly threatened in the modern age. There are species (物种) that are ________ every day. The white-naped crane is a typical example. So scientists are trying their best to save the species from going out of existence.

Chris and Tim work at a zoo, helping endangered cranes with their ________. Emma, a female crane, has been in their care since she arrived in 2004.

Born at an international crane foundation, Emma was raised by human caretakers. This led to an unexpected ________, though she had a wonderful time there. Emma had ________ taken herself as a crane and become deeply attached to humans. She ________ to live with male cranes, and even had a reputation for killing some of them, which made it ________ for her to become a mother.

________, the two zookeepers didn’t want to see the extinction (灭绝) of this precious species. With their patience and efforts, they successfully developed a ________ of artificial breeding (人工繁殖) and natural reproduction. This ________ Emma to give birth to five baby cranes.

The two keepers are proud of their productive work. But before they can be ________, more efforts must be made, because the population of the crane in the wild is on the decline, and many other species appear headed toward extinction. ________, not everyone has realized that wildlife has thoughts, feelings, and most importantly, equal rights to survive.

How can we ________ the ever-widening gap that separates us from other animals? Chris and Tim offered us the ________: human beings took it for granted that their ________ held all the solutions, but maybe their hearts can be a better ________.