【推荐1】Walter felt trapped. He saw himself as a ________ boy who really wanted to learn, play and enjoy himself. But nothing turned out the way he wanted. No one around him seemed to ________ what he said , no matter how many gestures he would ________. And what was worse, not even his own ________ would do what he wanted. ________ he tried to talk, and all that came out were ________ noises. Or he would try to pick something up, and his hands would throw it to the floor. Or he would try to ________ his mother, and end up pushing her away. And sometimes he couldn’t even ________ straight.

All those made him feel very ________ and powerless, and many people around him grew to believe that he was a (n) ________, aggressive (攻击的) boy. They would leave him alone and take no interest in him. When this happened, Walter felt sad, and thought to himself, “________ they knew what it is like to be me…”

Then, one day, Walter ________ Alice, a wonderful special little girl. She seemed to be the only person who understood his ________. With great ________, she spent hours and hours teaching Walter how to ________ his hands, how to say words ________, and how to control his wild thoughts. And after a lot of care, Alice helped Walter understand the ________ of life. Walter and Alice were normal children like everyone else, and the only ________ was that Walter had been trapped inside his ________ body.

Thanks to Alice, the door of Walter’s prison was finally ________.

【推荐1】At the start of every school year, we are happy to welcome a group of new faces.   Freshmen enter high school not knowing what to expect. In no time they will _______ that classes are harder, bathrooms (卫生间) are busier and grades seem to _______ more than in middle school.

Despite the fact that classes are more difficult, freshman Adam Lin finds high school more _______ than middle school. “The _______ are more flexible (灵活的) with what we do in class. I am allowed a lot more freedom here, the administration (管理) is not as _______ and we can _______ what we want to wear,” said Lin.

While Lin enjoys his freedom and teachers who are more flexible, he _______ being able to talk to his friends in P. E. class. “In high school, P. E. is an elective (选修课) and no longer a(n) _______ class. I regularly miss hanging with my friends in P. E. class because that was the pleasant time when I could forget about my studies and _______,” commented Lin. “My classes can be hard at times and I wish I had more ________ time with my friends.”

Lin entered the school campus without a sense of ________. The campus was bigger than he had expected and classes were usually in the ________ direction of the earlier one. “________ are too far away from class. If I am walking across campus to my next ________ and meanwhile I decide to use the bathroom, I’m likely to end up being ________, said Lin.   “I love the classes here, but it will take me some time to ________ my way around the campus.”

When ________ high school, freshman carry many goals (目标) of what they hope to ________. At the end of high school, It’s Lin’s hope to get excellent grades and ________ a university like Harvard University ________ his love of medicine.

【推荐2】The sun was shining brightly over our heads and sweat (汗水) was pouring off our backs and faces. We stood still without _______ any noise, all hot and tired. But everyone kept standing as straight as trees.

It was _______ most high schools give to new Senior One students—military training. We spent four days in a closed environment. _______ we couldn’t go home at night and the training was _______ and difficult, our humorous young drillmaster (教官) with a funny accent was a real _______ of our days. We laughed _______his jokes, sat in rows singing different songs and listened to him telling true stories about his life. He gave us the feeling that _______ and sweat were not the only things that we received from military training.

After this journey, we were more _______ than we had imagined and we were much braver than we had expected. Girls who looked pale rested for a little while, then _______ came back to the team. Boys who were being punished ________ to the playground at once and began to run. Sweat flowed down our faces ________ we thought about how to shout ________ than other classes.

Military training (军训) taught us perseverance (坚持不懈) and determination. On the last day of our training, the confidence could be ________ in our faces. We shouted so loud that our ________ could be heard across the heavens. With eyes like burning torches (火炬), we walked into the future. Now the sun is ________ at all of us: