【推荐2】When someone asks you who your favorite hero is, you probably say Spiderman or maybe Captain America. If I’m being _________honest, my first and favorite hero is my dad.

Since before I was born, my dad always knew he was going to _________ me with all his heart. All the sacrifices, _________ decisions, and sleepless nights he spent, were all for _________. I remember learning about how my dad came to this country looking for a better life for the _________ generations, knowing there were risks. Learning about how he _________high school to work to support his family, not knowing how it would _______ him in the long run. He did all that for me, _______ maybe he didn’t know it then. My being born was the _______ thing that ever happened to him, and he even wrote me a letter! I remember times when I would ________ him up in the middle of the night, asking him for piggy back rides, and he would do it even if it was after a __________ day.

My sister was born on October 4, 2008. That day our __________ changed. She was sick. The doctors only gave her a month to live. I ________ couldn’t understand anything but the fact that my parents were ________. She went through so much in a year, three organ transplants and ________hospitalizations, during which my dad assumed the role of my mom. My poor mother was by my sister’s side the __________ time. I did ________ with my dad, from sleeping in his bed because I was scared, to going to work with him every single day. This went on for years.

When I was in elementary school, I ________ Batman, because that was, and still is, my dad’s favorite superhero. ________, my father has the magic power to make me feel happy and joyful, even if I’m mad. He makes me feel safe, warm, and loved. He is my ________. Although sometimes I may get angry or moody, I will always love him.

【推荐3】My life as a tax-paying (纳税的) employed person began in middle school, when, for three whole days, I worked in a baking (烘焙的) factory.

My best friend Betsy’s father was a manager at Hough Bakeries, which, at Easter time, ______ little bunny (兔子) cakes for all its ______ throughout Cleveland. It happened that the factory downtown needed eight kids for ______ help during our spring break, for which I had no ______ beyond listening to my favorite records. I’d ______ the lowest wage (工资). I’d see how a factory _______. My parents thought all of this was a great idea and called Betsy’s dad with their ________

Our_____ in the factory were simple: Place cakes on a moving belt. Attach icing (糖霜) ears. Apply icing eyes and nose. ____ bunny from the belt. This was _____ than it sounds. _____ a bit and the cakes pile (堆) up. As I told my parents at dinner that first night, it was all a little more high-pressure than I’d _______.

Dad _______. The son of a grocer, he’d spent the summers of his childhood ______ food in Bemardsville, New Jersey. This was the sort of work that made you ______ the dollars you earned and respect those who did the work, he told me.

【推荐2】Jonathan Jones, 12, was overcome with emotion after his principal, who is also color-blind, let him _______ his unique glasses during science class last week.

As soon as Jones put the glasses on, he appeared to be immediately _______ . He initially smiled and laughed, _______ he broke down moments later. He then walked around the classroom excitedly, _______ the now-vivid colors around him.

“I was feeling joy that I could _______ see all this color, and a little bit of _______ that I couldn’t see color my whole life,” Jonathan told ABC news.

The boy’s mother posted a(n) _______ of Jonathan seeing color for the first time online and started a GoFundMe campaign to buy a pair of the unique glasses for Jonathan, which reportedly cost $350. However, so many people were _______ by Jonathan’s story, and the campaign actually ended up _______ more than $25,000.

She wrote: “After posting the video we’ve been touched by how many ________ people have wanted to help him. We’ve had multiple pairs donated to Jonathan and will use 100% of ________ funds to purchase color-blind glasses for those who can’t ________ them.” “The glasses company will match every pair we purchase with a free pair, which ________ the number of people we can ________ ,” she continued.

For Jonathan, with the new glasses comes a new ________ of the world. He said his favorite color is blue and he’s excited to visit the Caribbean this winter so he can see the ocean in all its glory.