【推荐1】Last weekend I decided to treat myself to relaxation by reading a magazine. As usual, I looked through the front pages of _______women wearing designer clothes with ads promising it to be "Best of the Best". I read the ad. _______, instead of offering advice on how to live well, the entire article _______expensive treatments that slow the effects of getting older while fooling others into thinking you stay young naturally. What?Is that even_______?

You may have already guessed—I seldom make up, _______buy a few creams for my skin, and wear only one or two pieces of _______. Instead, given the choice I spend my money on travel, learning experiences, fun and a few causes I support. Fortunately, my husband Thom not only likes me this way, _______he's the same as well. _______comes naturally to us because we both prefer _______experiences.

There was a TV show in the 1980's called Fernando's Hideaway. Regardless of whom the host Fernando was ________in the show, he would always say, "You ________marvelous(棒极了)!"And that was usually followed by, "As we all know, it's ________to look marvelous than feel marvelous. "I knew everyone used to laugh at that show because what made it so ridiculous was how it pointed out the obvious ________of grasping for outside appearances, ________real feelings.

Some women out there might be telling themselves, "I ________possibly feel good if I don't look good. "Really? Your life is ________to feel good to you. We can control the way we feel by controlling our thoughts. Instead of _________outside circumstances to bring about responses in us and make us happy or not, we can put our time, attention and resources on ________can affect inside. No one else knows your reason for being happy. You do. Your happiness ________you to it. When you travel along your ________to joy, your conversation is of joy; your feelings are of joy—you're on the right way.

【推荐3】I was waiting in a checkout line. A woman and two boys were ahead of me. At the cash desk, a white-haired man had begun to _________ his goods. Then came the question. Sometimes it’s a customer with multiple coupons (优惠券), or someone who forgot to _________ a piece of fruit. Fair enough. One waited.

But today, it was something else. The man didn’t have _________ money. So he began the process of choosing which _________ to keep and which to hand back. He paused over each one before keeping or _________ it. We waited. Longer lines surged ahead.

_________, his _________ came to an end. The man turned back to us as he left, _________ and apologetic. We waved off his chagrin (懊恼). It could happen to anyone.

But I had no idea just how _________ the family of three ahead of me were until their turn came. The woman asked the cashier to add all the __________ goods to her bill as quickly as possible. Then the two boys __________ through the exit with the small bag of groceries. When they returned, it was clear that their mission had been __________.

Then I __________ all it took to witness this flash of __________ was waiting a little longer in a checkout line. I could have caught the bus. But I felt so __________ on my feet that I walked home instead.

【推荐1】Last year, I was lucky enough to work at an office near my mother’s house._________, I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I _________ her out with the housework and contributed to the groceries.

After a week, I started to _________ the groceries were running out pretty quickly.___________, I began observing my mother’s daily routine for two weeks. To my _________, I found she would pack a paper bag full of canned goods and _________every morning at about nine. She took the food to the slums(贫民窟) and distributed it to street _________.

I asked around and _________ my mum was popular in the area. The kids looked up to her as if she were their own mother. Then it hit me ——why didn’t she want to tell me about what she’d been doing? Was she _________ that I would stop buying the groceries if I knew the truth?

When she got home, I told her about my discovery and __________ she could react, I gave her a big hug and told her she didn’t need to keep it a __________ from me. She told me that __________ of the children lived with an old lady in a makeshift home while others____________on the streets. For years, my mum had been helping out by __________ whatever food she could __________. I was so moved by how __________ she was. She used what was__________for her to help others in need. And I was so __________ of her.

I __________ to buy groceries for my mum. But now, I always add a(n)__________bag for her other children.

【推荐1】My name is Margaret, and my story begins from here. I was born in a poor family. While ____ up, I saw my parents doing what they could for me and my brother. They tried to ______ all our wishes without buying anything for themselves. The small amount of money they ______, they put it all in our childhood to ensure we don’t feel ______ than other kids around us. I decided to focus on my ______ and give my parents a better life, a life that they ______ for all the hard work they have done.

Eventually, I finished my graduation and got ______ into a leading firm. In the process of realizing my ______, I became a workaholic, taking my body and my health for granted. Soon I was mentally ______. I was diagnosed with G.B.S, a rare disease which caused paralysis of my whole body. My breathing was becoming more and more ______ for me while I was in the ICU. I was in the hospital for 2 months on life ______, during which time I had survived some near ______ experiences. There is no cure for this disease apart from regaining muscle strength and ______ back the erased muscle memory. I had two ______ at that time: first was to give up and ______ that I will never be myself again and the other was to keep ______. I chose to be my own miracle. I practised anything that could help me go back to work ______ having any caretakers around. Finally after two years of hard work, I was ______ to go to work again. Now whenever I see those who are always working and ______ seem to stop, I tell them, “You are lucky and it’s a blessing!”

This ______ has given me a life lesson: It’s the door you choose that will decide whether you will fly or live your life in a cage.

【推荐2】It's hard being an astronaut's son. I _______, everybody expects you to be special or _______，and I'm just an average student, and Pm average, too, when it _______ basketball, football, soccer and baseball.

I often _______ how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so _______ and so good at everything. So I would often dream about doing something amazing to _______ my father and make him _______ me.

In one class, my teacher _______ a Father’s Day essay contest for us and the winners’ essays would be read in front of all the parents and students. After school I walked home, _______ my father, whom I would write about in my essay. One of my classmates said, "I ________ you’ll win the contest, David. You’re the only one in town who could write about being the son of an astronaut."

My father is an astronaut— I would start out with that? No. The whole country and maybe even the whole ________ saw my father as an astronaut, ________ that wasn’t the way I saw him.

How did I see my father? Hmm.

I saw him sitting with me in the ________ when I was little and had a nightmare.

I saw him teaching me how to throw a baseball.

I remembered how he ________ me with a new puppy at my eighth birthday party.

And I remembered how he tried to ________ death to me when Grandpa died.

To me，he wasn't a world-famous astronaut, just my dad.

________ I won second prize. When I finished reading my essay, the ________ applauded. I saw my father blowing his nose. I went back to my seat.

Dad nodded to me, ________ his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder. "Son, this is the ________ moment of my life," he said.

It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was just ________ to be my father's son.

【推荐3】Not so long ago, a terrible fire broke out in an apartment in die city of Pitesti, just west of Bucharest. In no time, _________ were welcomed by 5-metre-tall flames and roaring smoke. _______, using their advanced equipment, they quickly brought the beast under _________.

The apartment’s owner Mr. Petri and his lovely dog, Sandy, were the _______ of the big fire. Local firefighting hero, Costache Mugurel _______ his way through the cruel flames to rescue the man and his pet. Mr. Petri, _________ injured in the fire, was rushed to hospital. Sandy fell over _________breathing in too much smoke and lifelessly lay on the roadside.

Mugurel, remembering his CPR (心脏复苏术) training, passionately _______ the chest of the dog, desperately trying to _______ his life. And he began to lose hope after many ________. He was physically and mentally ________. Finally he performed mouth-to-mouth on the dog, screaming “________ gets left behind!”. Unexpectedly the dog ________ himself and began panting. The on-looking crowd cheered and Mugurel began to weep with ________. He hurriedly carried him to the awaiting vet (兽医).

Like __________, the story of Mugurel and his newfound friend spread around the city. His Facebook was____________words of gratitude, loving emoticons (表情符号) and notes from friends and fans alike.

According to vet experts, recovering animals via CPR is rather____________. The American Heart Association calculates that only less than 6 percent of cats and dogs survive if they____________heart attacks.

There have been many stories related to__________ in Pitesti, but none have caught the__________of the population quite like Sandy’s.