【推荐1】Ranjan and Sumer were good friends. They went to the same ________ and were in the same class.

Ranjan was not ________. He could not play football or other ________ with boys of his age. All that he did was to watch Sumer and other boys play. He usually went with them to the ________. When they ran off to ________, Ranjan would sit under a tree and read storybooks. Books became his best friends. Reading made him ________ in all the exams. He always stood first in the class.

Sumer was ________. He spent most of his time running, swimming or riding bicycles. He was an extremely good player in every game. He was a member of the school’s football team. The PE teacher ________ he would make it big in the game when he grew up.

One day, the two friends went for a ________. Ranjan got ________ soon. “I can’t walk further. I have no strength. What is the ________ of all this knowledge if I am not healthy? I would ________ all my knowledge ________ I could be half as healthy and strong as you,” said Ranjan. Sumer was surprised and ________, “So you are not ________ with yourself either? I ________ wish I could do as well as you do in the ________. I even thought I could give away my sporting ________ for better grades in those exams.”

The two friends looked at each other and ________ at the same time, “The grass looks ________ on the other side of the hill.”

【推荐2】Michael Todd wore the same clothes every day for the first three weeks of school. When the other kids began to_______that, Todd, a freshman at high school, became the_______of taunts（嘲笑）.There was_______that Todd could do to change the situation,_______.His mother simply couldn't_________to buy him new clothes.

Two of the_______laughing at him were Antwan Garrett and Kristopher Graham, a pair of freshman football players. However, they_______over time that their mean___________felt like bullying（欺凌）and seemed to be slowly crushing（毁坏）Todd's_______．Something finally clicked.

"I felt like I needed to do something," Graham said. So he and Garrett____________a plan. They went home and hunted through their own__________.The next day, they met Todd and__________him to come into the hall.

"He wasn't smiling or wearing any facial expression, and I said,' I think this is going to make you__________,'" Graham said. "I told him, ' I____________for laughing at you, and I want to give you something to____________it up. '" Graham then handed Todd a big bag. Inside were clean shirts and shorts, plus a brand-new pair of New Balance sneakers.

Todd was impressed a lot. "I was very__________," he said.   "Shocked, completely. "

Todd got much more than new____________.At lunch, he no longer sits__________.Now he eats with his new friends, Garrett and Graham.

"I've been bullied my entire life," Todd said. Reflecting on the day Garrett and Graham called him into the____________,he called it "the____________day of my entire life".

【推荐1】I sat down at my desk and started writing an emotional letter of gratitude(感激). But_______it came to actually placing the letter into the mailbox, I froze. I couldn’t do it.

The_______was to an old teacher with whom I kept in_______through Facebook comments(评论). For the past couple of weeks, her Facebook page had_______me to live my life differently—for example, volunteering more.

Her_______efforts weren’t huge—she wasn’t building wells in Uganda or_______ lepers(麻风病人)in India, but instead she was doing_______, local good deeds, such as serving as an elementary school crossing guard. These were things that I could do, too. She made me_______I could do the same at home. I felt I should let her_______ how her example positively influenced my life. That was________I ended up handwriting the letter. But now here I was, standing before the mailbox, ________to place the envelope inside. Why was this so hard to do? I thought I felt strange because it wasn’t like she was my best friend. I just knew her. ________, after thinking it over, I put the envelope in the mailbox at last.

Weeks later I received a Facebook message from her. She was________a difficult time and my note meant________to her. She said she had no idea that she was making such a________to others. Not only did this letter make her happier,________her response to it increased my level of happiness as well. I decided to write a gratitude letter of________to someone each month. I’ve been doing this for two years now and it has changed my life greatly. I’m more likely to________out the goodness in others and I am continuously more thankful for this________life I’m living. Expressing gratitude is a great skill to________. Life is too short not to do it.

【推荐3】June is always a sad time for Senior 3 students. After taking the big test they leave to ________ their dreams in different ways. It’s hard time when students ________ to say goodbye to carefree high school days and close friends.

People always say that teenage friendships are the most precious. Kids are too young to understand ________ friendship while adults ________ to relate it to fame and wealth. Things are ________ with best high school friends. We share each other’s secret. We discuss news from all walks of life and begin to ________ our values. We support each other on the journey to the biggest ________ in our lives. We also ________ success and failure. The seeds of friendship become deeply rooted.

Many of us don’t realize this until we enter society. One of my friends, Yang Ping, ________ how strong the bond （联系）with high school friends could be. “It was my high school friend who helped me ________ the darkest days in my life,” said the 27-year-old girl.

In 2001 Yang lost her job in Beijing. Yang’s best friend was staying in a college dormitory and took her in. Each night the two girls squeezed（挤）into a narrow single bed, chatting and crying. “I’ll never forget her care and encouragement, which ________ me out of the darkness,” said Yang.

I still remember my last days in Senior 3. At the time, I ________ a 20-page message with my best friend, both of us hoping to keep the friendship going forever.

But we didn’t realize we were already deep in each other’s ________ . During the past 10 years, whenever I needed help or wanted to pour out my ________ , she has always been there at the other end of a telephone line.

It is true that friends come and go. But never forget the ones who have been there for you. Take a closer look at those now around you they could be the most precious treasure you discover in your entire ________ .

【推荐1】A lot of people fear getting old, because aging is often linked to loneliness. But Terry, 75, in Green Bay, knows _________ what to do to keep sadness from seeping(渗透) into his _________.

Terry, an animal lover whose heart has a very _________ spot for cats, frequently drops by the animal shelter in Green Bay to hold the _________ cats close and have a short see with them!

The charming _________ of the old man having a short seep while surrounded with cats _________ the workers. It showed such beautiful _________ that the workers always found themselves taking _________ of Terry and all the cats and posting them on the Facebook page.

_________, one photo with the cat, Lois, appealed to the followers of the page and __________ over 47,000 “likes”! In fact, in less than a day, Lois was __________ by a new family!

Terry has become popular on the Internet. But more than.the __________, the old man is very happy to know that his love for cats is bringing a lot of help to the animal shelter by __________ a lot of people to donate to the shelter.

Terry is happy, the __________ behind which is not difficult to understand. His story just goes to show how a small __________ can make a big difference.