【推荐2】Katie Whetsell was interested in musicals and Disney movies from an early age. When her mother, Karen, was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer, the family made a _________ to go to Disney World, which had been a long-time dream vacation for Karen. They _________ and headed to Disney World for a trip that none of them would ever _________. Katie would remember forever the moment that _________ her life on that trip. After a long day at the parks, the Whetsells decided to _________ one of Disney World’s many nightly light shows. While watching, a performer _________ Karen and rested her hand on Karen’s shoulder. They exchanged smiles and, to this day, Katie remembers how _________ her mom looked. The whole family was _________ and moved to tears.

This was the day when Katie decided she wanted to _________ for Disney as a performer. Katie began to follow her dream after she received her ____________ in musical theater from Otterbein University. Her hard work finally ____________ when she got a job on Disney Cruise Line (邮轮) in 2009, and later as a ____________ in Disney on Classic (迪士尼音乐会) in Tokyo.

Katie has a strong message for everyone, ____________ people who may be experiencing a hard time. “Just like in your favorite Disney movie,” she says, “there is always some kind of ____________ or pressure. But remember to ____________ those moments, too, because they are taking you to your happy ending.”

【推荐3】While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job_______at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of_______and wanting to do something_______I applied (申请), _______as I did so, that without a degree and with no_______of teaching my chances of getting the job were_______.

However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a _______journey: a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at _______a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. It was clearly the_______himself that________the door. He was short and round.

"The school," he said, "is made up of one________of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen." I should have to teach all the subjects except art, ________he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into ________groups and teach them in turn at three different ________, and I was________at the thought of teaching maths—a subject at which I wasn’t very ________at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of________to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be________themselves at that time.

Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his________. "Now" he said, you’d better meet my wife. She is the one who really________this school.

【推荐1】Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They found out that it was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael _______ to his sister in Mommy’s tummy (肚子). He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.

The pregnancy progressed _______ for Karen. In time, the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes…every minute. But something serious _______ during delivery (分娩). Finally, Michael’s little sister was born. But she was in serious _______. With siren (警报) howling in the night, the ambulance _______ the infant (婴儿) to the Intensive Care Unit at St. Mary’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee.

_______ inched by. The little girl got worse. The doctors told the parents, “There is very little hope.” Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery (墓地) about a burial plot. They had _______ a special room in their home for the new baby—now they planned a funeral.

After two weeks in ICU, it looked as if a funeral would come _______ the week was over. Michael, however, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. “I want to sing to her,” he said. Kids were never _______ in ICU. But Karen made up her mind to take Michael to see his sister ________ they liked it or not. If he didn’t see his sister now, he may never see her ________.

She ________ him in an oversized suit and marched him into ICU. He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse ________ him as a child, “Get that kid out of here now!” The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually ________ lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse’s face, saying in a ________ tone of voice, “He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!” Karen pulled Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny baby ________ the battle to live. And he began to sing. ________ the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang: “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray...”

________ the baby girl responded. The pulse rate began to ________ down and became steady.

“Keep on singing, Michael,” encouraged Karen. “You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away...” As Michael sang to his sister, the baby’s breath became as smooth as a kitten’s purr.

“Keep on singing, Michael.” “The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping...” Michael’s little sister relaxed as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her.

Funeral plans were ________. The next day—the very next day—the little girl was well enough to go home!

The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s love!

【推荐3】In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother didn’t _________ it. When she saw me studying a photograph of _________ on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.

“You can’t say it’s not a great university, just because Papa went there.”

“That’s not it at all. And it is a top university.” She was still holding the pieces in her hand.” But we can’t _________ to send you to college.”

“Do you want me to get a job to help you and Papa?”

“No,” she said. “I don’t expect you to _________ us.”

Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop. His main _________ were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She _________ a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, _________ she could get to know more people. I knew that my parents had to wait for quite a long time _________ their small investment (投资) could receive some _________. What’s more, they had not wanted to be very rich and successful, and that was why they managed their lives so __________.

I was __________ between the wish to help them, and the __________ not to repeat their mistakes. But I had a strong belief in my power to get __________ I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship (奖学金). My father could hardly hide his being __________ of me, and my mother __________ gave in to my success.

【推荐2】Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his _______ time, he likes to get out in the country.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his trips. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him _______ he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which _______ to his uncle in the afternoon. They _______ the night there, so that they could _______ out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm _______ the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. It was 5 o’clock. Then he _______ that he was at the farm and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got _______ quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the _______. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It ________ good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk ________, because they didn’t want to ________ up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle ________ hot coffee and took some sandwiches ________ Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera ________ and started out.