【推荐2】Tian Hua is a new student at a school in America. She is studying at an _________ high school for one year. In China, Tian Hua was in Grade 1 at senior high school, _________ in America, she is in Grade 10! She did not feel _________ at all when she arrived. Her first impression was _________ English was difficult and people spoke too _________, but soon she found that if she concentrated _________ the ideas, not the _________ words, she could understand! She also made _________ and began to _________ the city with them. Her new friends were happy to explain things __________ her after class. Her favourite class is chemistry __________ the teacher lets the students do cool __________. Tian Hua is not sure how well she will do at school this year, but she is not __________ any __________. She is __________.

【推荐3】Just five months earlier, I would never have thought that I would act in a play in front of so many people. Without the encouragement of my teacher, Mrs. Sather, I might never have found that courage.

I was an extremely ___________ girl. It just wasn’t in my personality to make a sound in public. I used to hide myself in my writing. Mrs. Sather also encouraged me to write more. I think she was one of the first people to see my real _________ and know how to help me.

One day, she told us that we were going to _________ a play The Wizard of Oz. “I need someone to play the lead part of Dorothy,” she said. A lot of hands shot up. Mine, of course, was not one of them.

After school, Mrs. Sather said to me, “Dallas, I was _______ you didn’t raise your hand. You’re great at memorizing things, and you have such a sweet personality. I’m sure you are _________ for Dorothy! I have you in mind for Dorothy and want you to write the play too! If you really don’t want to, though, I won’t make you. It’s your ___________.”

Encouraged by her _________, I suddenly wanted to see what I really could do. I _________ the role. After five months of practicing, we were ready.

At the end of the play, when my teacher and my classmates stood up and _________, I knew they were not just congratulating for my performance that night, but for the success that they knew would come in later years because of my newly found ____________.

【推荐1】Around 28 years ago, photographer (摄影师) Liu Shibin first came to the Shitan Village in She County of Anhui Province. He was deeply_________by the sights there. The 800-year-old village has peaceful lanes (胡同),_________Hui-style architecture, water scenes, beautiful mountains and a great _________. After that, Liu came to the village almost every year and started to_________how to use his power to help the village get out of_________.

Spring is the_________season for photography tourism in the village. As how to attract visitors during other seasons, Liu got a(n)_________. As the sunflower scene in Qinghai Province was quite famous, Liu_________the local villagers to_________that and plant sunflowers. In April of 2009, the photographer bought some__________and paid to villagers to try out the seeds (种子). After the successful__________, Liu spread his sunflower photographs online and the local government then__________villagers to plant more fields of sunflowers. Thus, more and more photographers and tourists__________the village which brought development to the__________tourism.

When Liu first__________to Shitan Village, there was only one hotel for photographers, which could only accommodate 12 people. However, now the village can__________ nearly 10,000 people per day at the tourist season of spring.

Over the past years, photographer Liu Shibin has also shot many__________for local villagers and__________them a copy for free. Liu has “shot” the small unknown village into a nation-wide famous photography attraction, helping local people__________more money and get on a road to________with his lens (镜头).

【推荐3】It was the end of my first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant． My cap had gone away， and my feet_______． The loaded plates I carried_______to be heavier and heavier． Tired and discouraged， I didn't seem able to do anything_______． As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream_______a dozen times， I was ready to stop． Then the father_______at me as he handed my tip． "Well done，" he said， "you've_______us really well．" Suddenly my tiredness_______． I smiled back， and later， when the manager asked me how I'd like my first day， I said， "_______!" Those few words of praise had_______everything． Praise is like________to the human spirit； we cannot flower and grow without it． And________while most of us are only too________to apply to others the cold wind of criticism， we are________to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise． Why---when one word of praise can bring such________？

It's strange how chary we are about praising． Perhaps it's________few of us know how to accept it． It's ________rewarding to give praise in areas in which________generally goes unnoticed or unmentioned． An artist gets complimented （admired） for a glorious picture， a cook for a________meal． But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are________just right？ In fact， to give praise________the giver nothing but a moment's thought and a moment's effort．

【推荐1】I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have started to think about other people ________ I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a different person.

I think my ________ started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my ________ and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever ________ to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester (学期), I was really ________. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) ________. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble, I ________ to help. That was really a big step for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of ________ are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new ________, however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my ________. Her real daughter never ________ her, so I took her place. She let me see that making others feel good makes me feel good, too. When she died, I was ________, but I was very grateful to her.

I hope I will not ________ these experiences. They have ________ me to care about other people more than about myself. I ________ who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

【推荐3】Rose was telling her granddaughter Lily stories about how she had written a best-selling ________ in her early 30’s.

“Did you always know you wanted to be a ________, Grandma?” asked Lily. Rose smiled at her granddaughter. “I ________ knew it on my first day of primary school.”

“I felt like that on my first day of primary school too! It was singing. I used to be sure that I would be a singer,” said Lily. “Why ‘used to’, Lily?” Rose asked.

“Well,” began Lily, “I _______ be the best singer in the class. But there was a new girl coming to my class, and she was better at singing than I was. What was the point（意义）of ________ as she was much better than me?”

“You know, Lily,” Rose said. “Although I was the best at writing in primary and middle school, when I got into high school, I met a girl in my English class. She was always the best writer. I used to ________ because of it, thinking that I was no longer the best writer, I was ________.”

“So what did you do?” Lily asked, “ I did what any person would do,” said Rose. “I did everything to be better than her.”

“Did you ever write better than her in your class?” Lily asked. “No, But I realized that it wasn’t about being the best out of everyone, it was about being the very best that I could be. So I ________ my love for writing, and look where I am now…” Rose ________.

“Wow!” said Lily in surprise. “But what’s that girl doing now?” “Who knows, but there’s one thing I am ________: she hasn’t written a best-selling book yet.”