【推荐1】I was about to get on a plane after a trip. Honestly speaking, the trip was very _______ and exhausting. To make things worse, I had a middle seat in Zone 5, where they_______ the baggage(行李) because there wasn’t much room in the overhead bins (行李架).

I had to ask the flight attendant(服务员) if I could _______ my seat. Trying to be _______, she asked if I was willing to sit in an exit row(出口排). “Yes, sure!” I _______responded, full of hope. But a moment later, she told me that row might not be _______. I could only accept the reality.

Suddenly I heard her offer two seats in the exit row _______a young couple next to me. I was filled with _______that I was ready to get up and _______ with her. I wondered how she could _______ me and then go to help others. I was about to shout at her,_______my good sense won. For that belief moment, I tried to comfort myself. “If you are impatient, you’ll make a _______ of yourself.” Then though I was still annoyed, I managed to _______.

With about 5 minutes to board, when I was worried about how to keep my _______, the attendant handed a new ticket to me. “Is this for the _______ seat?” I asked. “No, it isn’t,” she responded. “Once in a while I’m able to do this and I’m glad it has _______ this time.” I glanced down﹣business class, Seat 2F﹣no charge! I was very _______ for that and I felt relived that I had _______ my anger. I do know even if I shouted at the attendant, she would _______try hard to help me, because she seemed very responsible. Now I realize that it is always important to show _______ and understanding for others in life.

【推荐2】William is one of my students. He is very _________. Each child in our school should plant sunflowers as a class project. Planting sunflowers is _________ for many students. _________, the growing part is much less exciting. It takes too long to see results from daily watering and most children have little _________ for it. They soon lost interest and forgot to _________ their sunflowers, but William not.

Even though he _________ with his reading, he never once complained. Still, I couldn’t help but _________. Despite his strong determination, William’s grades were _________. I wondered if he’d be able to pass the exam. _________, to my joy, William entered the third grade. And though I was happy for him, the worry __________. Would the third grade be too tough for him? About a month into the summer vacation, I __________ to drive by the school and I went to see how the sunflowers were growing. I saw William’s sunflowers were at least 12 feet tall, they were __________ and they faced the sun.

This is what it __________ to be a teacher. Trust our children and do our best to work for them. At that moment, I knew I didn’t have to worry about William. I’d seen that special __________ planted inside him. One day, he’d bloom and __________ - just like his sunflowers.

【推荐3】Stella, a 25-year-old American woman, was known as a brave survivor. Despite suffering from four cancers, she_______fought against the diseases and_______money for herself and others. Last October Stella and supporters_______an organization called Change for a Cure, which called out people to donate their_______change so she could donate the money to the University of Alberta for_______research. She opened Facebook and Twitter accounts for the _______ as well, whose motto is “Together we can change the world one penny at a time.”

Earlier this week Daisy_______she never had cancer. She had_______her head and eyebrows to fake the signs of chemotherapy (化疗), and had spent much of the money given to her on personal _______. She was arrested and has been ________with four counts of cheat. ________ a few of her friends and supporters have cast her as a victim, most have written on blogs about their ________of being cheated. Many patients had ________Daisy because they, too, were dealing with cancer and had________their personal stories with a person who had lied to them from the start.

In 2018 Cindy, a divorced mother, told her friends and family she had suffered from stomach cancer. Like Stella, she updated everyone on her________through blogs, and many people shared her grief and________money for her treatments. Earlier this year________discovered it was all a trick.

Cindy had ________to be sick for over three years; she was charged with theft, and is________waiting for sentencing.

People lie about having cancer and other ________diseases for various reasons. But most just love the attention and sympathy, the constant stream of well-wishes and gifts.

【推荐1】I’m a bird lover. I’ve _________ a lot of photographs of birds, among which is a photograph of a hawk (鹰) that I really like. I know when you _________ a photograph of a hawk, your first thoughts are not of _________. But without it, this photograph would not _________.

Early one morning, I drove to Dacula to _________ the birds at Little Mulberry Park. I arrived well before sunrise, so I waited in my car until finally it started to get _________. I got out of my car and immediately heard the geese making all kinds of noise from the _________.

As I _________ around a bend, I stopped in _________. There before me was a beautiful red-shouldered hawk sitting on a post. I started photographing him, and then heard the __________ of joggers behind me. I turned and asked if they would __________ waiting or walking on the other side of the road so they would not __________ the hawk off. I was deeply __________ when they said they could go in the other direction.

The road is 2.2 miles around the lake, and they __________ and ran in the other direction! Another __________ came up, and I said I was sorry. When I turned to thank him for __________, he had already started to run in the other direction too.

Because the joggers were kind enough to __________ that for me, I was able to photograph the hawk for 20 minutes. The first two joggers had actually jogged the whole road and were __________ to where I first met them. I thanked them again.

I am thankful that the joggers showed kindness to me. It was something so __________, but it meant getting my shot. They were willing to put me before __________.

【推荐2】I could feel the thrill rising in me as I held the beautifully wrapped present in my hands. Unable to _________ my curiosity any longer, I tore it open. It was a brand-new laptop. I had scored straight A for my examinations and this was my _________. I had always _______ my friends who were exchanging news in “chat rooms”, all of which I knew nothing about. Now I was going to find out.

It started out _________ enough. I was searching for information online when I came across a social networking site. Soon I was _________ to my new-found electronic friend and then my sleep was _________ to some short naps, and my _________ at school also began getting worse.

It was about this time that my parents started voicing their _________. I was asked to reduce my _________ of the Internet. Yet, however hard I tried, I was unable to pull myself away, unable to stop my chat __________ and unable to concentrate on my lessons. I was __________ for just another click and another look. Then one day, my father took away my laptop. I complained but __________.

Over time, I realized that Dad and Mom had always __________ the best for me. That was when I decided to take the big step—to __________ my Internet addiction. Quitting was harder than I expected. But with fierce determination, I knew that I would __________ a new leaf.

【推荐3】When I was eighteen, I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.

But it was difficult to get a work permit. One day I was dropped off by my parents at the ________, where applicants took their physical tests for work permits. Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk easily by myself. Then the doctor began the ________. He looked into my eyes with a bright light. “I suggest your parents take you to an eye specialist,” he said, “I ________ you have a retinal (视网膜) disease. If you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. . . ”

My parents did take me to specialists. After much time and money spent seeking an ________ result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly ________ a person of sight. But still, during daylight, I could walk without ________. I could read, but not for hours. My eyes began to ________ and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages. However, no matter how tired my eyes became, I never gave up reading. I knew the names of great writers as well as the most popular music stars. Their words were powerful, which ________ me to try writing. Soon writing brought me a lot of ________ each time I completed a paper.

Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life. An article I ________ appeared in a local newspaper. The newspaper, to my delight, continued to print my work. Next, a book series published several of my essays. I got interested in writing and ________ up with each acceptance. On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness ________ I chose to present it. For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I ________ so many years ago. Now, I have numerous essays and articles in print.

Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my ________ into success. He set the bar too ________ and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do. Yet I proved what I could do.