【推荐3】Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he ____his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always ____his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph.D. degree, ____to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the ____made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the ____customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for ____. Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying ____for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie ____ his watch was a ____fake (假货). When he was ____of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, which cost nearly 100,000, into pieces ____ hearing Glen’s words. Glen was ____. Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined ____. For many times of entry-exit ____he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and ____him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if ____reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be ____according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.

After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep ____on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever ____ made him realize the value of ____, which he would remember as the secret of his success forever.

【推荐2】Once there were two neighbors, one rich and the other poor. The poor farmer had little land and his neighbor had much______. The rich could not be____as he was trying to become richer day and night. But the farmer working on his farm played with his family and____his life. The rich man was so_____ at his neighbor’s happy life and consulted a wise man about his_______ The wise man said, “It's our hard work that____the pleasant life instead of wealth.” The rich could not be________. The wise man showed him how it happened to make him believe it.

The wise man _______one gold coin in the farmer’s field. The farmer found it, took the gold coin and _____   it in a box. He didn't tell his family____   he feared they spread the news to others. The wise man continued the______with another gold coin for the second day, which was also kept secret. At last, the farmer_____ 99 gold coins. The farmer wanted to get 100 gold coins to_____ farmland. But the wise man ___burying gold coins.

Afterward the farmer became____to get another gold coin to pay for farmland. He kept on digging all his land and he ignored the usual____which produced grains for his family. He kept on____the 99 gold coins often. He was in a state of sorrow for not getting the hundredth. Therefore, he no longer had the mood to____with his children.

If we become____with our possessions, we can lead a very peaceful life. In fact, we can be peaceful as long as we don't compare our wealth or lifestyles with others’.____what we own and we would be happy.

【推荐3】He was 11 years old and often went fishing with his father in their boat.

On the day before the bass (鲈鱼) season _________, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish and perch with worms. When his _________ doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. He very carefully _________ the exhausted fish from the water. It was the largest one he had _________ seen, but it was a bass.

The father lit a match and looked at his _________. It would be two hours before the bass season opened. He looked at the fish and then at the boy.

“You’ll have to _________ it, son,” he said.

“Dad!” cried the boy.

“There will be other fish,” said his father.

“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy.

He _________ the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could tell by his father’s firm voice that the decision was not _________. He slowly worked the hook (钩子) out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water, and it _________ soon.

That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He had never again caught such a __________ fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see that same fish — again and again — every time he comes up against a question of __________.

As his father taught him, morals are simple __________ of right and wrong. It is the practice of morals that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is __________?

We should learn to follow the __________ as the father taught the son. It is a story we will proudly tell our children and grandchildren. It is not about how we had a chance to beat the system and took advantage of it, but about how we decide and how we do the right thing. The __________ to do right will live fresh in our memory.

【推荐2】At the age of nine, I was taking swimming lessons in a pool. The day had arrived when I was to be tested to see if I could _______ to a higher level class.

Fifteen of us were to _______ swimming from one side of the pool to the other and back. I watched as my _______ , one by one, tried and failed. Then it was my turn to _______ , I mean, my turn to _______ to pass the test. I was about halfway when I got choked (呛住) . I immediately stopped and _______ the side of the pool, ending my test. Our instructor, a college student, was standing _______ me. “Why did you stop?” He yelled, in a less than _______ voice. “I got water in my nose,” I _______ .

That’s when this college student ________ me one of life’s great lessons, ________ he probably never realized that. Bending down, he shouted, “So?”

“So?” The ________ shocked me. It had just seemed ________ to me that the answer to pain was to remove the thing causing the ________ . My nine-year-old brain had not understood the fact that a valuable ________ is worth achieving, however difficult to get there. Recognizing that, I was ________ nothing would keep me from completing the test. In fact, I did it rather ________ at my next attempt. Seeing me ________ the test, almost all the others did so as well.

Life is a journey, and the road won’t ________ be easy. We have to focus on the final destination, not the ________ along the road.

【推荐3】A few years ago, Andy Davis and his wife decided to ride their bikes across the country. They spent months ________ and planning for their adventure.

But one day just a few months before they were going to ________, Davis felt an intense pain across his ________. He was soon diagnosed with heart failure, a serious condition in which the heart can no longer ________ blood efficiently. “It was ________ because I was so fit, and just a couple months later I could hardly ________,” he said.

His doctors told him that the only way he’d ________ was with a new heart. By November, Davis was placed on a heart transplant list—a/an________ that can take months, if not years. “You don’t know if you’re going to get a heart,” he said. “You ________ hope.”

But Davis’ condition quickly worsened, and for 11 days, he was kept ________ with a balloon pump placed inside his heart. On the 12th day, Davis was ________ learn that a new heart was on its way. It would come from a wife and mother named Sarah Ivy.

Today, Davis marvels that he is still alive. And he is filled with ________ for Ivy and her family, who gave him the gift of life in a time of ________.

Davis and his wife are now considering ________ that cross-country bicycle trip. And on the way, they plan to meet Ivy’s family for the first time, to thank them ________.