【推荐3】When I was 2, my parents noticed my “________” behavior. I always placed my toys in a straight line.________,my moods (情绪) changed quickly. They took me to a doctor, who told them I was autistic (患自闭症的). It was 1999, a time when autism was not commonly________and was still being studied. My parents were shocked and worried.

Then I got older, and I began to change from________myself to communicating with other kids once I attended school. The other kids answered questions in class more________than I could understand. It took me two minutes to come up with a(n)________to the best of my abilities. Then, I started receiving the special________for my coursework, such as sitting in the front of the class to read the board better, and taking longer time on tests.

In Grade 4, my parents encouraged me to join my school’s marching band (行进乐队); it was a great________to make friends and help develop confidence in myself. At the same time, I________my talent for creative writing.

All these years, I was________of my diagnosis (诊断). However, one day when I was 15, I found a paper in our house, which________that I had autism. At that moment, I finally learned the________about myself. My parents had________it because they didn’t want it to affect me. And I understood that, so I wasn’t mad at them.

It took me a while to truly________who I am. If any of you need advice on how to live a life with autism, I will be happy to share my________as an autistic person. Remember, you are never alone.

【推荐2】I had been trying for months to find a summer job working for a newspaper, to prove that I was an independent young woman. All my attempts were ________. Finally, I decided to be a “flag girl”, hired by construction companies to direct ________. I thought a written application wouldn’t do the trick, ________ I drove to the job site. That very day the foreman had decided to ________ one more “flag girl”. He offered me the job.

I ________ at the construction site Monday. The foreman gave me a reflective vest to ________ and a Stop/Slow bat to hold. He positioned me at a certain point and said I should ________ the seasoned flag girl at the opposite end. When she flipped (使急速地动) her ________ to Slow, I was to flip mine to Stop, each of us giving the traffic some time to travel along the road. The job seemed ________ but it was not… The first time I looked at my watch, I was ________ to see it was only 8: 30．I was tired of ________. By noon the sun was merciless and my arms were ________. By the end of the day all my bones were aching. As much as I wanted to ________ the job, I had a point to prove.

I stuck it out all summer. The next spring, I began to send out ________ to every newspaper again. My résumé (简历) ________ included being a “flag girl”. I got a (n) ________ at a small town newspaper, was hired as a junior ________ and spent my entire professional life there. My employer once told me that he decided to interview me because he ________ what a “flag girl who studied journalism” would look like. After listening to my ________, he knew I was the reporter he wanted, a person who wasn’t ________ to go outside her comfort zone to get what she wanted.

【推荐3】Can you imagine that having spent more than one thousand hours working hard but received no encouragement at all? This was the _________ thing I went through when I joined a new swim team with a Russian teacher, Peter. As a top_________ , I was used to receiving _________ from my former coaches. However, after practicing for a few weeks, I did not _________ any words like “you’re almost there”, or “you’re doing great” that _________ me through those hard practice. I just had to face more _________ when I was waiting for smiles and praises. To me, Peter was a _________ man.

As we got to _________ each other, I learned that Peter had been influenced by his own unusual _________.

He himself had once spent over 1, 000 hours swimming and received no praises and was __________ asked to do more. This method of coaching that seemed so __________ to me was from what he __________ in Russia.

Eventually, I began to appreciate his __________ to give out praises. He did not feel the __________ to say nice things, since he believed one should be __________ without these praises.

It was his different coaching style that made him so __________. He was the first coach who helped me see the __________ of experiencing various coaching styles. They may be __________ at the start but they can help me grow in many ways. Most important of all, he was the only coach who helped me to understand that I learned to swim not for praises but for an even bigger __________ which would bring out the best in me. Decades has passed since we saw each other __________ I still miss Peter so much.

【推荐1】Every Christmas, my mom would fill our stockings with small toys and candies. At the very tip of the stocking, the very _________ thing that we would pull out was an orange. For years, I hated the tradition. It was _________ to pull an orange out of my _________ after uncovering so many fun and delicious treats. An orange wasn’t special. I could eat one any time of the year, and it was just _________ room that could have been filled with more candy.

When I was thirteen, I _________ asked my mother why she put oranges in our stockings. She _________ my grand-father had grown up very poor. His father had a brain tumor that left him blind and _________ to work, so his mother relied on _________ from the church to take care of her seven children. Every Christmas, a local church donated a basket of fruit to their family. This was my grandfather’s favorite day of the year because it was the only day when he could eat fresh fruit. The oranges were his favorite because they _________ like sunshine. When he grew up, he always __________ to have a bowl of oranges around at Christmastime so he could __________ his favorite Christmas memory with his children.

When my mom finished telling the story, I felt __________. In my rush to collect as much candy as possible, I had __________ to be grateful. Now the orange at the bottom of my stocking is a __________ to be grateful for the beautiful Christmases that my parents gave me and for the hard work they did that ensured I could have a（n）__________ any day of the year.

【推荐2】After the 2011 tsunami(海啸) in Japan, Fuji TV was filming the damage from the disaster, and they spotted a dog. She walked up to them urging them to ________ her. She walked over to another dog who was lying on the ground, ________ injured and unable to move. While the men sounded sad and concerned for the dogs, they ________ to do anything to help the pups themselves. They only filmed them and sent a ________ “please help” to the Nippon SPCA(Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).

The ________ made its way to YouTube, called“Stay together dogs”. It ________ quickly, and people around the world were heartbroken and started sending ________ to the Nippon SPCA to help their rescue efforts. ________, the video started a controversy(争议). The SPCA began to receive phone calls of ________ from people accusing them of not working hard enough to ________ the dogs in the first place. Owners of dog food companies began ________ money for their own campaigns to save the “stay together dogs”. People were very ________ about the fate of the pups.

The dog’s owner happened to see the video, and ________ her dog, Mei-chan. The injured dog, Lee-chan, also ________ her. It took eight months for the two dogs to ________ with their owner.

【推荐3】I went on a road trip with a couple of friends from Chicago down to Houston. After six hours in the _______ , we stopped at a rest area. I went into the restroom to wash up and _______ my face.

I immediately _______ something different about the restroom. It was very _______ and there was no cracked floor or rude drawings. There were more mirrors than I was used to seeing.

As I washed up at the sink, the door opened and in _______ an elderly woman. I was _______ to see her there but she looked harmless-probably tired from hours of _______ . She stood in the doorway staring at the door, but I _______ strode (大踏步) over to the air dryer then looked myself over in one of several full-length mirrors. I gave her a polite

The bathroom door closed and that’s when I saw the ________ on the door: WOMAN. I had entered the wrong restroom. We all make ________ . Here I was thinking that this woman was dazed and confused, entering the wrong restroom, when all along it was me who was confused and making the error. I blushed in ________ and laughed at myself.

We can ________ times thinking we’re doing just fine, when in fact we are just unaware of reality. And that’s the first step to change: recognize that you’re the one ________ in the wrong bathroom. If you don’t become aware of your mistakes, how can you admit them and work on doing better? Only by becoming aware of the things we need to ________ will we get more serious about correcting them.

I will remember the unforgettable road trip forever.