【推荐1】Love is a choice. I have seen that choice made in my own home.

When I was fourteen and my sisters were eleven and nine, we ________ my little brother, Tyler James. My mother had just started a new job when we ________ a call from the daughter of a family friend. She told us that she loved her baby very much but she could not ________ him in the way that he ________. She knew my parents had wanted a baby for a ________ time, and she had seen the ________ they loved my sisters and me.

A family ________ was called, and the decision was made to adopt this tiny baby. Although the ________ to adopt Tyler may have been a ________ one, loving him did not come as naturally at first for my mother. She was ________ because she had finally become satisfied with her life without another ________. There were times when my mom held him and fell ________ because she did not feel the same intensity of love for him as she had for us.

Even though she didn’t feel the same love for Tyler ________, she chose to love him anyway. She did this by taking care of him, singing to him. holding him, and talking lo him. She loved him by ________ his dirty diapers and getting out of bed at four in the ________ when he cried. She behaved the same way she did with me when I was n baby, ________ she may not have felt the same way. Soon, the feelings of love joined the ________ of love.

Today, Tyler is nearly eleven and has been ________ ours for nine years now. Our mom and dad love all of us the same. Many of my friends are ________ when they find out that my little brother is adopted, because he looks like he belongs in our ________. And of course, that’s because he does, because we chose to love.

【推荐2】For four long years, Owen Connors had to spend his Saturday afternoons playing rugby (橄榄球) at school. He’d be out there in all weathers. As a teenager, he _________ Saturdays.

The boy would walk home in the dark, _________ in mud and frozen to the bone. So, imagine his _________ when he opened the door of the family’s small house to be_________ by the delicious aroma (香味) of Guinness pie. Outside the wind was blowing, and the rain was _________ the windows. But in the _________ kitchen, Owen and his parents would _________ the homemade pie with mashed potatoes (土豆泥) and greens _________.

“It was the exact _________ of standing on a field in the rain and wind,” say Owen, who now works as an editor. “It was the __________ of home and it felt like a warm hug.”

For some reason, Owen had __________ really fitted into Dublin society. So after graduation from college, he left his hometown in search of a (n) __________ life. On a short visit to Munich, he felt a sudden __________ to stay. He can remember thinking, “This place is __________ — it’s clean, safe, near the mountains and lakes.”

Owen doesn’t eat Guinness pie very often in Munich. Recently he tried to make one with his mum and daughters, and it was a(n) __________. Three generations shared the food of his childhood.

“I’d like to show my kids more of that kind of food,” Owen said.

【推荐2】My mother, who is short, fat and white-haired, looks just like many grand mothers. She seldom did _________ stuff as she comes from an old traditional family. That all _________ a few years ago. She began to _________ my older brother and me with bouts of what she described as "independence."

In early 2015, the year she turned 75, she _________ us she'd booked a seven-night trip to Turkey. Alone. She had never been. Of course, that was _________ , so there was no way my brother and I could allow that. Such a little old lady _________ the streets of Istanbul on her own, not speaking a word of Turkish, with no _________ of the laws and customs of the land—it was out of the question! She paid no attention to us. Off she went. When she returned, she told us it had been a wonderful _________ . As it turns out, she had barely spent any time alone after _________ a taxi driver to show her around Istanbul for a few days.

At 77, she did a __________ thing while on a Caribbean cruise with her younger sister. Upon __________ in Cuba, she flagged down a motorcycle rickshaw and had the driver "show her around the island" for several hours. My mom's 80th-birthday skiing is just the latest example of her wild newfound __________ .

My brother and I __________ : Had she become mad? But Mom's independence seems to be thoughtfully based on a（n） __________ that life is to be lived, and when there's relatively little of it left, it needs to be lived now. This philosophy __________ me of the line from The Shawshank Redemption: "Get busy living or get busy dying.”

【推荐3】I graduated from university in 2018. I accepted a _________ as a highways engineer for a global engineering consultancy (咨询公司). I worked there for 11 months. I worked on _________ highway projects which meant I could communicate with different people.

_________ , I knew that I wanted a career in Concrete Engineering (混凝土工程). After some research, I found the role I had been _________ . Currently, I’m an Assistant Materials Engineer at a construction company. In my role, I assist _________ by reviewing their concrete specifications (规范), managing materials testing, site investigations and communicating with different departments. I have worked in a variety of departments-highways, bridges, _________ , tunnels and airports. In my day-to-day role, I actively use the _________ from the modules I enjoyed the most. To further my knowledge and performance, I have got a(n) _________ to study for my master s degree part time at Imperial College London, which will be _________ by my boss!

I love using my voice and experiences to __________ the younger generation to consider a career in construction. The construction industry has allowed me to __________ various avenues (途径) and speak openly about my experiences!

Working in the construction industry is a decision that I will never __________ . It has changed my whole life and the way I view the __________ and it has made me want to explore the beautiful world we live in. I’ve started solo __________ and it has taken me to all corners of the Earth. I love how diverse the world is. Diversity is what makes us all __________.

【推荐2】My car suddenly broke down on a highway when going to a wedding with my daughter.

People shouted _______ at me and flashed their lights as they _______ away.

You cannot believe how _______ it is on the highway flowing at 120 km. When you’re _______ , you are a part of the flow and you don’t feel the speed. When you _______ , you suddenly realize how dangerous you are. As a 16-wheel truck _______ my car’s back window, I found the truck stopped in order not to _______ me. Cars piled up behind me and tried to miss one another and _______ hitting me. We felt terribly _______ for them.

I called Discovery Insure to assist. When we were waiting, I saw the truck ________ behind us and a man ran up quickly. I said I couldn’t pay him and my insurance service was on the way. He said, “I don’t want money. Someone will probably hit you. You aren’t ________ here.” Then I knew his name, Godfrey.

Godfrey placed a warning ________ behind my car. He took us to his truck, ________ to pull my car onto his truck, and drove us to safety. I was ________ , saying he was so kind, and the world needs more people like him. Godfrey waited until Discovery Insure came. Knowing we were OK, Godfrey drove off as ________ as he appeared! He was gone, but I will never forget his kindness!