【推荐1】Nothing in life is more exciting than the sudden insight that leaves one a changed person—not only changed, but changed for the_________. Such moments are not many, but they come to all of us. Sometimes from a valuable book, and sometimes from a(n) _________friend.

One cold afternoon I was in a restaurant feeling extremely_________. Because of several_________, the research of great significance in my life had failed.

Then my neighbor, an old psychiatrist (精神科医生), _________in the restaurant. “What’s troubling you?“ he asked. I told him what had happened and_________blamed myself for the failure.

Hearing my words, he said nothing but_________me to his office, where he took a tape out. “On this tape,” he said, “there are short_________made by three of my patients. Listen and pick out the two-word phrase that appears_________in all the three cases.

The three voices all__________themselves, and the phrase “if only“ was said out loud__________six times.

“That is poisonous”, the old man explained.

“The trouble with ‘if only’ is that it doesn’t__________anything. But if you let it become a habit, it can become a real__________ so that you won’t want to try more.

“What should I do?” I inquired.

“Change ‘if only’ to ‘next time’,” he smiled. “This phrase will help you to__________the past,

learn a lesson from a failure, move forward, and take__________.”

【推荐3】I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and showed it to my mother. She read and cried, “Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem!”

Shyly but_______, I said yes. She poured out her praise. “It was _______ short of talent!”

“What time will Father be home?” I asked. I could hardly wait to_______my work to him. I spent quite some time_________for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting, drew a fancy border around it and_______I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. My father had begun his motion-picture career as a writer. I was sure he would be able to_______my poem.

At almost 7 o'clock my father burst in. He seemed upset. He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees.

Suddenly he paused and _______his plate. “What is this?” He was reaching for my poem.

“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself.” Father said.

I_______my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of_______.“I think it’s terrible,” he said. I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting________.“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs encouragement.”

“I don’t know why.” My father held his________. “Isn’t there enough awful poetry in the world already?”

I couldn’t________it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I________myself on the bed and cried the worst of the________out of me.

That may have been the end of the story, but not of its________for me. I realized how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it’s________.”

Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all________flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete. It needs the balance of the force that ________, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”

Those________voices of my childhood ring in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. Between the two poles of ________and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course.

【推荐2】John graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to _________for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was _________, everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them _________. John was very satisfied with his performances and was very _________ that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager’s phone _________. He picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to John, “Sorry, I want to get some important _________ now. Please give me the book with the red _________on that desk." John looked around and found books on the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him _________.

Holding the book, the manager _________ the phone and said, “Sorry, we cannot give the job to you.” John was __________ and wondered why. The manager said, “There are three __________. First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn't ask me which one I needed and you took one randomly(随机地). Third, I was answering the call. You should __________ to the desk to save time. These __________ showed you are not a careful person.” __________ John didn't get the job

We can learn a（n）__________ from John's experience. Some people don't __________ the details in our life. But it is the details that __________. Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even __________ our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the __________of quantity and quality. We should keep it in mind that __________ comes first, without which quantity is of no significance.

【推荐3】32-year-old Neena works at a busy train station. She had no idea that a day in 2015 would become one of the most _______ days she would experience.

While going about her duties, she _______ a young woman standing on the very _______ of the platform一and she wasn't _______. “There was no _______ with anyone. She was staring at the tracks." _______, Neena decided to go and talk to the girl.

As she _______ her, Neena turned her radio down and _______ her high vis (高能见度)jacket because she didn't want to make the girl any more _______ or to draw her attention. Hello, my name's Neena, how are you?" Neena said to the girl, but she didn't get a (n) ________. The girl continued to ignore Neena, making no ________ contact and maintaining her gaze on the ________. Noticing her nicely done makeup, Neena ________ on it but still got no reply. ________ she was about to jump, Neena said, “I just want you to know that you can ________ me and that I'm only here to help you. I want to know that you're alright."

"At that moment she just burst into tears," ________ Neena. "She said to me, 'I'm not okay'". In between sobs, Neena managed to ________ that she had lost her father, "she wasn't dealing with it very well". Then Neena ________ her before she finally left the station.

Neena doesn't know the girl's name that day, but she knows her actions possibly ________ to saving her life. People just want to know that you care. It can make such a difference. 1 think that's so ________."

【推荐1】Jordan has been a sports fan since his childhood. Since his father was a soccer coach, he would never miss out on _________ and would always be on top of his game. Jordan became a(n) _________ player in a very short time. He always knew that he wanted to build a career in sports and _________ to achieve it.

Jordan _________ from Auburn University and was one of the strongest and most competitive players on his team. However, his professional career _________ when he was at his peak — an injury was all it took to bring him down. He suffered from serious damage in his back, due to which he could never _________ to professional playing.

Instead of backing off and going into a period of _________ most athletes do, Jordan made this _________ an opportunity to grow in this field. With his career being ended _________, he promised himself to __________ young athletes on moving properly and taking care of themselves. He became a coach. He __________ his trainees to follow his motto: Do what you do with all your strength.

As Jordan went through the difficult time, he was always __________ by the passion for training and developing healthy life routines for young athletes. He __________ to help them grow and reach their __________ to the fullest and do not repeat the same __________ that he did that ended his career.

【推荐2】Even small acts of kindness can make a big difference in someone's day. That was the case for Amie Mickey when she _________ a bumper sticker（保险杠标贴）on her car, reading “You Matter.”

Amie started to do this several years ago. At first she wondered if people would _________ it. However, to her surprise, she began seeing a flood of _________ every time she hit the road. More often than not, people _________ slowly near her car would roll down their windows, raising their _________, waving, and smiling. Sometimes, she even found sticky notes left on her windshield（挡风玻璃）saying things like “You _________, too!” Once while she was driving down the highway, she became _________ when a man driving a sports car pulled his car alongside suddenly, waving and mouthing, “You matter!” Though it took her some time to recover from the _________, she still felt happy. Last year, someone _________ her car while she was waiting for her friend in the car by the roadside, saying to her, “It's a（n）__________ sticker. I've seen various stickers before, but none of them have touched me as your sticker has done.” The two small words on the sticker seemed simple enough, but they really reached the hearts of many complete strangers who __________ to catch sight of the sticker.

Stories like Amie really __________ the rest of us. Sometimes a kind word or gesture may lift our __________ and it doesn't cost a thing except for a little extra thought. Maybe it means offering a friend a hug, praising the parents when their children __________ well in the school, helping someone out or volunteering at animal shelters or shelters for the homeless. Acts of kindness are waiting everywhere. Small as they seem, they can make a __________ impact on the world, and help form general goodness.