【推荐1】I remember I was just eighteen when Grandma Julie died. Until the lawyer read her _________, I never fully_________the depth of Grandma’s love. It was a moment I will never forget — a day that made me the_________kid in town.

After_________the distribution of Grandma’s legacies (遗产), the lawyer said, “There are three more things.” He_________his bag and brought out a small_________box, which contained my Grandma’s wedding ring. “These letters and notes are also for you,” he_________.

Grandma’s letter began, “Dear Jeffrey, I’m_________you one of my most precious treasures — my memories. These memories are the letters your_________wrote me. They are____________— a(n)____________that will teach you how to love and understand people, and how to respect and maintain your integrity (正直). When you read them you will____________the love and passion of a good man for a good woman, and you’ll learn how love can become the____________of your life.

“I have been____________, since I loved a wonderful man who also loved me. Love is like a beautiful____________you store in an album. You can enjoy its beauty each time you____________it in wonder. I’ve just shown you how priceless his love notes are. Please learn from them. Then find the right girl to love and love her____________ This love will____________both your lives and make you both happier.”

“As for being valuable, save the envelopes. It’s said the old stamps are worth far more than the rest of my wealth. And, the personal hand-written note from General Pershing is even more valuable than the____________. Have a____________ meaningful life. God bless you.”

【推荐2】When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my___. Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn’t a(n)____student; I talked too much; I was too___, always feeling superior to(胜过) others, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could._____, I became very angry. I ran to my father with___in my eyes.

He___to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever___what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s___. Go and___a list of everything she said and mark the points that are____. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

I did____he told me. To my great____, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t____(like being very thin), but a good number I could, and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I went to a fairly____picture of myself.

I brought the list back to daddy. He____to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know____than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to____, not just close your ears in____, feeling hurt when something said about you is true. You’ll find it of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your affairs. Don’t____your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”

Daddy’s advice has always____me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.

【推荐3】Like most young couples, my husband and I didn’t have money for expensive gifts on our first wedding anniversary, but we were _______ to exchange thoughtful anniversary cards. We boxed each other and no _______ on the earth could even _______ our love for one another.

So when the _______ knocked on the door, I was very surprised to see a package from my mother. Eager and _______ to see what in it, I quickly tore open the box and _______ my eyes filled with tears. Inside the box was a neatly folded _______ my mother had made by hand. It was white with rose _______ , gold thread and its backing was made up of beautiful purple flowers. Together with the quilt was a note from my mother _______ : “Stephanie and Corey, Happy Anniversary! Enclosed is your Wedding Ring quilt. May this quilt keep you warm when times are cold and ________ you of the promise you made at your wedding.”

I was touched ________ words. I knew my mom ________ had sacrificed to be able to make it. I could ________ in mind my mother coming home from a long day at work and ________ piecing (拼接) the quilt together. My husband and I both knew that with each stitch (一针), a part of my mom’s ________ was sewn right into the quilt. Many years have passed ________ we celebrated our first anniversary together, but neither of us has ________ the quilt. My husband always ________ that the best anniversary gift I have ever ________ wasn’t from him but from my mother, and I agree.

Mother’s love is the beautiful emotion of human beings, which is not ________ with heart of profit and wealth.

【推荐3】A Letter to Mom and Her Mince (肉末）Pies

When I was a little girl, on Christmas Eve, you and I would bake cakes. “Make enough mince pies, because Santa likes them, ” you would tell me.

On Christmas morning, I'd wake up and was excited at the_______before me. At the bottom of my bed would be loads of presents. I’d scream in delight,_______tearing the wrapping paper. Running downstairs, I would_______ that Santa hadn't just stopped in the_______. There were also lots of _______around the Christmas tree.

Many years later, the_______continued. One afternoon_______we were making extra mince pies, it_______ hit me that the extra wasn’t for_______. I said, “Those extra mince pies were never for Santa, were they? They were __________you!” You never said a word—a smile was your only__________.

Christmas changed in 1986, when you suffered a__________brain disease. After__________throughout Christmas, you passed away on December 29.

Only now am I starting to enjoy Christmas again. And while I don’t do the________any more, I do have mince pie in the house. I leave one out just for you, as if you were ________a part of my Christmas.

【推荐2】Our house was across the street from the entrance of a famous hospital in the city. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to ________ at the clinic. As I was fixing supper one summer evening, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly ________ man.

He’s ________ taller than my eight-year-old. But the shocking thing was his face-uneven from swelling, red and raw. Yet his voice was ________. He told me he’d been ________ for a room since noon. For a moment, I ________, but it didn’t take long to see that this older man had a big heart ________ into that tiny body. He told me he fished for a living to support his daughter, her five children, and her husband, who was ________ disabled from a back injury. He didn’t complain; ________, he was grateful that no pain ________ his disease.

We ________ him up in the children’s room. The next morning, he asked if he could come back and stay the next time he had a ________. I told him of course. On his next trip, he brought a big fish and the largest oysters I had ever seen as a gift.

In the years he came to stay ________ with us, there was never a time that he did not bring us fish or oysters or vegetables from his garden. Other times we received packages in the mail, always by special ________. I know our family will always be grateful to have known him; from him, we learned to accept the bad without complaint and the good with ________.