【推荐1】When I was young, Dad often asked me to watch _________ games with him. Slowly, I became interested in the sport. Then Dad started to teach me _________ to hit the ball. Quickly, I became a pretty good hitter （击球手） and began _________ games.

Every time Dad came to my game, I would try very _________ to impress him. I spent too much energy making him happy and paid too much attention to his feelings. _________, I would perform poorly sometimes. Dad also realized he had influenced me negatively. Then one day, he told me that he was _________ with work and couldn’t come to any more games that year. Though I was disappointed, I respected his _________.

In the following games, I managed to perform well. But Dad never got to see them in person. In the final game of the year, I still did well. _________, when there were only ten minutes left in the game, I saw Dad secretly looking out from behind the stand （看台）. _________ after I made a perfect shot and looked for him, he was already gone.

After the game, Dad came up to me and asked me how I did. “Dad,” I said, “I saw you behind the stand.” “Wow, did you?” he said. “What a good shot （击球） you hit! That was the best one you’ve hit.” At that moment, I __________ Dad had been there every time. He secretly watched me and gave me the best chance that I could ever have to do my best.

【推荐2】Friends make it easier for us to go through difficulties and struggles in life. They ______ a shoulder for us to cry on. It is easy to meet people, but it is ______ to make good friends.

My best friend was Asha. She was good at English and always ______ me with it. Because of her, I made great progress. We ______ most of our time playing together. Then her parents decided to ______ in the United States. After she went away to the United States, I began to feel very ______. I remember how much I ______ when I went to see her off at the airport.

It was for a long time that I could not find any friend I could feel very ______ with. Most of my friends were boring. I began writing to Asha ______. We exchanged letters every week and sometimes even ______each other over the telephone. ______, I still had a feeling of loss after she went away.

I wanted to meet her again. So I asked my parents to ______ a trip for me to go to the US. They found the ______ ridiculous (荒谬的) as they felt that it was too expensive to go abroad. I felt ______ because my parents turned down my wish to go and visit my friend.

After a few days, I got a call ______ Asha to say that her parents had decided to visit India to meet her grandparents and other ______. Hearing the news, I jumped up with ______. I eagerly (急切地) waited for the day of her ______.

I went to meet her at the airport. We hugged each other and had so much to ______. We talked the whole night.______ we hadn’t seen for a long time, we felt that we had never been separated from each other.

【推荐3】Henry fell in love with music when he was a teenager. He had a _________for it so that he began to write his own compositions when he was in high school. At college, he was given an opportunity to _________ his songs at a studio. These _________ were uploaded onto the Internet and people _________ positively. In addition, inspired by the virtual choir, he aimed to try out as a performer in a(n) _________ band.

Just two days previous to his_________, after setting up the equipment on the stage, he suddenly felt_________and fell down on the floor. He was sent to the_________at once. Unfortunately, it’s proved that he suffered from a rare disease, which his doctor assumed was difficult to _________. From then on, with aching treatment, he was __________ of acting like ordinary people. Only when buried in music could he__________sufferings. As it turned out, creating music was somehow a relief and helped him to have energy to__________against his disease.

Throughout his treatment, he__________50 songs altogether. He felt it was an honor to release these songs, which made a difference to people, giving them hope. Moreover, his music__________ to the deepest part of their being. __________, Henry was given the title of “Soul Singer”, winning many phenomenal awards.

【推荐1】In 2001, I participated in an expedition to explore the Titanic. Our team used two small deep-sea robots, one blue and one green. My _______ was to ensure the robots’ batteries worked well.

Unfortunately, the green robot _______ a problem on the third day of this ambitious adventure. It got _______ inside the Titanic. Even worse, one of its batteries was damaged. That was _______, as the battery could explode. It could harm the robot and the ship. We had to find a way to get it out.

In the middle of the vast ocean, though, there are no stores to buy _______ . So, we had an idea. We took a coat hanger and put it inside the blue robot. The _______ was to use the hanger’s hook to pull out the green robot.

Accompanied by two fellow crew members, I prepared to go down in a three-man submarine (潜水艇). A machine lifted us and placed us in the _______. Then we started to _______ — 12,500 feet to the ocean floor.

At about 9,000 feet, a crewmate _______ touched some wires. Suddenly, all the submarine’s lights went out. We were in complete ________. It was terrifying, but the skilled pilot swiftly fixed it , and we ________ our journey.

Finally, upon reaching the site, we were ________ by a solemn (庄严的) scene where we started to see suitcases and shoes, serving as ________ reminders of the tragic events. For approximately 12 hours, we managed to ________ the trapped robot with the coat hanger. There was no way we were going to leave it behind — that little robot was part of our ________.

【推荐3】It was January, the first day of the year. I decided to get the bank work out of the _________. The bank clerk, an elderly gentleman, was _________ curt(简短而失礼的) to my polite “Happy New Year” _________. He nodded and I sat in front of him. Minutes passed and nothing happened. Then very _________ I put my form in front of him. He was busy _________ entries in his register. I sat there wondering why we had _________banking if we were still filling in registers. While waiting I showed all _________ of being impatient, I asked him _________ my work was done. The moment I uttered the words, he shouted, “Nothing is done, it will take time!”

Just then I saw his morning tea lying there, _________. It had turned almost cold. Suddenly I sensed how he feels when customers come who are __________ hurried to get their work done and __________ him for doing their work first. We don’t even feel the __________ to thank him. Then I told him, “Sir, please have your tea, I am not hurried.” This man suddenly __________ me and for the first time we had eye contact.

I realized he was also missing the __________ things in life just like a hot cup of tea. He gave me a rare smile and said, "It is an everyday __________ with me." His wise words really __________ me. I felt that we all had put shields (盾牌) on our __________, and that we were scared to show our hearts and __________ too much of ourselves. From then on, I __________ to be more friendly to others and be __________ that they are there for me.