【推荐1】Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new________in high school.

________, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts for cheerleaders. She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be________for her to be selected. Two hours later, the________read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart________as the list ended without her name. Feeling________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was________She moved on to English and history, and was________to find that she didn't have any trouble with those________. Feeling better, she decided not to________math at present.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school________. Mrs. Biden wasn't as enthusiastic as Jenna. "I'm sorry, but we have enough________for the newspaper already. Come back next year and well talk then." Jenna smiled________and left. "Why is high school so different?" she________.

Later in________class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much________. By the end of class, she understood how to get them right, As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she'd continue to try to________at her new school. She wasn't sure if she'd succeed, but she know she had to________. High school was just as her mom had said, "You will feel like a small fish in a big pond________a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the________fish you can be."

【推荐2】The Power of Fresh Starts

Thirty years ago, I began my first year of teaching in Grade 2.One of the most unforgettable _________ was a little boy who had a serious ADD(多动症).I had no_________in dealing with such a case, and I_________the year studying how to help him become a(n)_______learner.There were many disappointing moments, but there was something_________about the boy who moved excitedly around my classroom.

_______the end of the school year came near, I heard a talk. The Grade 3 teachers were_________of having Stephen the following year. I considered it a lot, and I_________that I would be the best person to_________Stephen into Grade 3.My headmaster looked at me in________, but he agreed to my plan.

I will never forget that day when Stephen came to ask__________he was in my class again.I looked him in the eye and said, “Well, Stephen, you’re in my__________because I asked for you.” The little boy looked surprised.“You did? Why?” he asked.“Because I like you and want to keep ________with you,” I answered.

Stephen just__________at me.After a few moments, he__________and walked back to his seat.We never spoke of it again, but the two of us had many ________learning breakthroughs(突破) that year.I believe those__________ were more of a result of Stephen’s knowing that I had put his previous year’s mistakes behind him.

Now I come to know that when I__________for one, I can improve his soul.Each season is a new beginning, a new way of thinking. Many students ________a new start and are determined to act upon it.We need to pay attention to even the smallest__________that students are looking for help.

【推荐3】A teacher affects eternity(永久)：no one can tell where his influence stops．——Henry Adams

Mrs. Barrow，room 501，room 501，I repeated to myself as I scanned the hallways looking for the room number．It was my first day fifth grade and I was really _______．

I came to the end of the hall and found an open door．Stepping into the room，I suddenly felt out of _______. I tried to act normal, but Mrs. Barrow saw right through me.

“Good morning, Courtni．You may pick your __________．”

I _______ about the room and took an empty seat near a girl named Wendy Barer. As the year slowly _______，Wendy and I became good friends．I felt no closeness to Mrs. Barrow,     ______．

Mrs. Barrow had us write a paper on what we wanted to be when we grew up．Some kids asked_______．She explained that when her former students_______，she liked them to come back and share their fifth-grade dreams together，as a_______ of their childhood．I_______right then and there that I like Mrs. Barrow．

Then，my grandmother，who lived with us，was diagnosed with cancer and about a month later died．Losing her was _______ for me．At the funeral，I was sitting there feeling sorry for myself______ I looked up and saw Mrs. Barrow standing there．She_______me by reminding     me that now Grandma had no more pain or suffering．It had never occurred to me that it was       _____for my grandma this way．All I thought about was how sad it was for me．

After the_______，we went to my aunt’s house to see the flowers that had been sent. My mom handed me a pretty ivy plant in a pink pot. The attached card_______：

Courtni，I’m sorry about your grandmother．Never forget，I love you．You are like one of my children．

With love，

Mrs．Barrow

I never thought a teacher could care that much about her_______：now I know．I say this       with all my heart：Anyone who is lucky enough to have a teacher like Mrs. Barrow in their life， even for a short while is privileged _______words．She may not know it，but she means more to me than she’ll_______ know．I can only hope this gives her inspiration and_______ to her a tiny portion of what she has done for me．

To Mrs. Barrow—love you very much．You’re much more than a teacher—you are like a mother to me．

【推荐2】One day, a well-known speaker was invited to give a lecture to an audience of 200. He started his lecture by ________ a $20 bill. He looked around the room, and asked, “Who would like this $20 bill ? ” ________ started going up. He said, “I am going to ________ this $20 bill to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He crumpled up (揉皱) the 20-dollar bill. He then asked, “Who ________ wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air.

“Well”, he ________,“What if I do this ?” And he dropped it on the ________ and started to step on it with his shoes. He picked it up. Now it was crumpled and ________.

“Now, who wants it?” Still the hands went into the air.

“My friends, we have all learned a very ________ lesson. No matter what I did to the ________, you still want it because it doesn’t decrease in ________. It is still worth $20, with which we can ________ what we need.”

Many times in our lives, we are ________ and trampled (踩踏) underfoot by the decisions we________ and the circumstances (境遇)that come our way. We feel as though we were ________. But no matter what has happened or what may happen to us, you will never ________ your value.

【推荐3】The other day a big, ugly, black bat (蝙蝠) found its way to my bathroom. I am what is known as “the man of the house”, so it was my_______, in fact my manly duty, to free the house of the _______ living thing.

Being a man does not   _______ the fact that I am extremely _______ of bats. All men, I think, sometimes have had that feeling of being _______ in some male role. Sometimes it is something as simple as having to _______ that you know something about car engines when the car won’t start. But sometimes the trap is a(n) _______ one. Many men prefer to be something different from what society regards men _______. What these men want is the freedom to be _______ they want to be.

As I came towards the frightening bat, I ________ what would happen if I had simply told my wife that I wouldn’t do it. But I couldn’t do that! I am the man! I ________ opened the window and closed the door. Then I carefully lifted a broom over my head and swept the bat out of the ________.

My wife was so ________ and my son thought I was a ________. They asked me how I had got rid of the bat, I started to tell them — but then ________. A man doesn’t talk of such things.