【推荐1】I had just started my second year studying at Cambridge University when I was faced with the news I had never expected. A lump in my neck ______ out to be cancer. I would ______ six months of chemotherapy (化疗).

After the shock, I was struck by this thought: my ______ didn’t have any room for cancer. I had so much I wanted to ______ and so many goals I wanted to chase.

I was faced with the ______ job of telling my friends and family. Then, I had to decide whether to ______ in Cambridge and take five exams at the end of the year. My doctor _______ against it, and so did my parents and teachers.

My doctors and teachers convinced me that taking some time off to _____ and relax would be the best thing for me. I could not think of anything ______. I did not want to ______ a year of my life, receiving pity from those around me.

Together with ray parents, I tried to persuade the university to _______ me to stay at Cambridge and study only half the course. At the end of the year I would take two exams. It was really a ______ to persuade them to agree.

Treatment began and I was up and down from Cambridge to London every other week. It made me feel ______, but to a much lesser degree than I had expected. I was _______ to read, eat and socialize exactly as I used to. I slept a lot and rested a lot, but I also worked hard at my studies. It gave me focus, and it also gave me purpose. Completing my ______ at the end of term felt like a great personal victory.

I took a ______ to continue studying while undergoing treatment, and it _______. I was successful in my exams, and more _______, I made a full recovery.

Every person facing a disease like cancer must make the ______ that are right for them. I am ______ that I made the decision that was right for me.

【推荐2】I woke up this morning feeling stressed. That is____ I have new essays to write in two days, and the ____ of a huge project is coming up. And I also have a sick kid and a sick husband to ____. This week, my house is also under repair. Because of lack of money, I have to do a lot of things ____. I have four walls to paint, a few lights to fix, and so on.

Although I feel stressful, I am sure I can ____ it with a detailed plan for all the things. Then I will ____ a single item from my plan when I finish it. I need no ____ and no moaning and groaning (唉声叹气). I only need all my ____ to get my tasks done. When I get ____ of some tasks, I do something else in my plan or look after my beloved ones. For example, painting a wall is a good way to take a break from writing and a trip to the stores to buy necessities can ____ the boredom of painting. In this way, I ____ do the things in my plan and move forward with ____. I always reject the ____ thoughts: It doesn’t matter that I can’t finish my tasks on time. No one is going to die if we ____ them for a day or two. For me, anyway, I can’t leave today’s tasks till tomorrow so I always complete everything ____ the time limit.

So at the end of the day, I finally finish my tasks and ____ my family to a good meal happily. It is lucky that my beloved kid and husband will ____ in a short time. While relaxing in the evening, I think that there will always be a ____ after hard work. I believe a good ____, hard work and perseverance can ____ the good result we desire.

【推荐1】About a decade ago, my grandpa who was suffering from Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默病) got into my car and drove off Angel and I ________ the police, but before they could find him, two ________ kids pulled into our driveway with my grandpa.

They said they overheard him crying about being ________ at an empty gas station 10 miles away. My grandpa couldn’t remember our address, but gave the kids his first and last name. They looked him up online, found our address, and ________ him home

I was ________ on that incident today while sitting near the edge of a beautiful ocean side cliff I was suddenly ________ of footsteps behind me. I ________ around to see a young lady who was almost in ________ slowly walking to where I was sitting. I walked up to her and ________, “What’s wrong?” She told me she was ________ afraid of heights, but was worried about my safety and wanted to get over her fear. Her braveness and kindness truly warmed my heart.

I’ve spent the rest of the day thinking about what an extraordinary person she is, and about those amazing college kids who helped my ________, and about what it means to be a kind and ________ person. Sometimes you have to go the extra mile, or face your biggest _________, or stand up against your own negative tendencies to make a (n) ________ difference in someone else ‘s life. It’s ________ to start doing the hard things-the right things-for others.

【推荐1】Because of wasting some expensive gold wrapping paper(包装纸), a man punished his 5-year-old daughter. Money was little and he became more ________ when the child used the gold paper to ________ a box and put it under a ________ tree.

However, the little girl ________ the gift box to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, daddy.” The father was embarrassed by his earlier ________, but he got angry again when he found the box ________. He spoke to her in a serious ________, “Don’t you know young lady, when you give someone a ________, there’s ________ to be something inside the package?”

The little girl ________ at him with tears in her eyes and said, “Oh daddy, it is not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was ________ .” The father was ________. He fell on his knees and put his ________ around his little girl and he begged her to ________ his unnecessary anger.

An accident ________ the life of the child away only a short time later and ________ is told that the father ________ the gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was ________ or faced difficult problems, he would ________ the box and take out an imaginary ________ and remember the child who had put it there.

【推荐3】My friend Keith, a keen animal lover, found a baby squirrel in his garden. Deeply attracted by him, he decided without hesitation to ________this cute little thing and named him Joey. He and his children all loved Joey and did different things with him, feeding him and playing games. Joey, ________, loved each and every one of them. In just a few months, he became a family member.

“He was just the most lovable squirrel. He’d let anybody ________ him,” says Keith. “Right up until the fellow broke in.” That was the rainy day Keith came home to discover some obvious signs of a(n) ________. Strange, muddy footprints tracked around the ________ . His safe was scratched up (刮擦). A couple of items of value were ________. He called the police to make a ________ about the break-in, and soon officer Kate arrived at the house.

“Joey had run in the bedroom … and kind of ________ her,” says Keith. Kate asked if Joey bites. Not usually, Keith explained, but he is, after all, a ________ animal. You never know.

Hours later, Kate returned with a remarkable story: She’d ________ a suspect, based in part on the cuts all over his hands.

“She asked him, ‘Did you get that from a________?’ and he says, ‘Yeah, it kept ________ me and wouldn’t stop until I left,’” says Keith.

The attack “scared” him, apparently, because he wasn’t ________ to have a squirrel come flying out of nowhere at him,” says Kate. “So basically he said he took ________ what he could and left as fast as he could.”

Keith’s family got their stuff back, and Joey got his favorite ________: nuts.