【推荐1】The stage lights dimmed(变昏暗), and I took a quick look from behind the heavy black curtains into the audience. Blinded by the lights, I quickly _______.It seems that a great number of eyes were looking at me. I took a deep _______ as the music of my dance began to play. I entered the stage and began my _______, the graduation test of the classical Indian dance.

After a decade of learning,I was finally ready to take on the most difficult act.The test is the most important _______in a dancer's life as it pays respect to all the factors in one's life that _______the dance form:one's culture and family.

The performance is undertaken only by the most_______and determined students.It is a difficult process that requires much _______For more than six months,I spent two to three hours every day _______ these dances.Many times,1_______myself to my physical and mental breaking point,but still I would not stop.I could not give up.There was always so much more to do and so much more to________.

I discovered a lot about myself in those tiring hours,and I forced myself to meet my ________.Even when I was at the end of my limit,there was always something ________ me on,forcing me not to give up.

Fortunately,I made it.What I had done ________ the success.It was in those hours that I learned what a dancer ________ is.Those time was evidence that I could achieve something I________out to do.

【推荐2】In order to visit her mom at Bradley Manor nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacqueline Mason had to _______ a specific time and stick to it. Unfortunately, as she _______ her way over to the correct part of Belfast, Ireland, she realized she had gotten on the wrong bus. Once she discovered what was going on, she _______ in tears and told Alec Bailey, her bus driver, what had happened. Her story _______ his heart, so Alec decided to take a detour to help the mother and daughter reunite.

Before _______ the course, Alec explained the situation to the rest of his _______. Amazingly, they all _______ that he should take the detour(绕行)to get Jacqueline to her mom in time! With their _______, he moved through traffic as quickly as he could and finally _______ Jacqueline off-just in time for her 30-minute visit!

Jacqueline found herself in tears again, but this time, they were tears of __________! “He has made my Christmas and he has made my year. I can't thank him enough, ”she said. She ________ that every single people on the bus is a hero too! Soon, Alec's daughter was telling him that she had seen his wonderful act of kindness on the news! Despite all the ________ he has gotten since then, only one thing ________ to him. “The smile and the joy on her face just said it all and I was just so __________, ”he explained, “It was just a nice, magical moment. It was just the __________ thing to do.”

【推荐3】Dealing with peers has always been very difficult. I went with the general low because of peer ________. I learned my lesson the ________ way.

On October 1, 2010, I did a proper act. One of my friends ________ me a drink and I didn't ________ it. I didn't think much. I got carried away by peer pressure. It was completely my ________ choosing to do so. I did not realize just how ________ the bad result of my stupidity was, nor did I realize the possible legal（合法的）and ________ effects. I was drunk ________ even realized it.

I didn't just ________ the school's alcohol rule, but the drinking age as well. I had a ________ either to accent 10 day suspension（停学）as punishment and gain ________ from it, or to thin carefully and deeply about my ________ and learn from it besides the punishment.

My mother told me not to be too hard ________ myself, because what's really important is what I learned from it, than what happened. She tried to ________ me by saying that I would be fine if it happened back in my home country. She told me to ________ from my mistakes and start new. But I should be ________ self-controlled and hard on myself than I am to others. Easy lessons shall be ________ easily while hard ones shall not.

There is exactly no ________ for what I do. I take full responsibility for my bad ________. There is no one to blame. I don't ________ about what happens to me. I'm choosing to go forward.

【推荐1】I was 68 when I first stepped onstage as a standup comedian. I’ve always been a performer but that came to an end after 9/11. For a year afterwards, nobody wanted to go out or be _______.

It was then that I started to think about comedy. I _______ people needed to laugh again and thought with a little _______ I could do it. I took a few classes, tried to work out a routine, and finally gathered the _______ and walked onstage. That first time was _______, for I had no idea what the audience would make of me.

In New York, comedians are typically young men. It’s hard to _______ as a woman, even harder as someone _______ enough to be their grandmother. As I stepped onstage that first time, they were clearly _______ to see me. I introduced myself, _______ my age and tried my first joke. There was ________. But by the time I got to the third line, people were laughing.

Even today, I’m ________ before I step out. My first line is, “Hello, everybody. I’m 88 years old. I’m telling you that ________ I don’t make it all the way through the show.” Then people laugh and I ________.

After a show, people come up to me, saying what a(n) ________ I am. They say they want to be as active as me when they reach my ________. I’m pleased to show as an older person you don’t need to take a back seat in life.

【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 (课业), 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 55, 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1】I wasn’t prepared for the way I felt when my 18-year-old son, Dylan, left for Asia during his winter break.

I was _______ the moment he first told my husband Michael and me that he wanted to use some of his _______ to travel around China. We were excited for him to explore the world. We told him that _______ was one of the best ways to spend his money and the _______ will last a lifetime.

On the morning of Dylan’s departure, he _______ a few more things into his bag. Before he and Michael _______ to the airport, I yelled, “Be safe, and _______ when you arrive in Shanghai.”

That night _______ he was flying somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, it hit me that Dylan was really on his _______. I woke hourly, each time ________ the clock and counting the hours before he would land the following morning.________ my decision to let him go alone, I prayed，and thought about all the things that could go ________. Then I heard from him. The first text said he’d arrived. The second text said his luggage didn’t ________ it.

Feeling anxious, I madly attempted to ________ down his luggage. To search for lost baggage, I persuaded him to go back to the ________ and suggested he go to the airline’s office. My efforts ________. All the while Dylan was texting me he was all right.

After that, there was no more ________ about lost luggage. I knew that he’d figure it out, and that the life lessons would be ________.

Several days into the trip, Dylan sent a photo from Hong Kong. “I thought I could never study abroad anywhere but Europe,________ I could definitely do it here.” his note read.

And I was ________.