【推荐1】One day a well-dressed woman was walking down the street when she spied a beggar sitting on the comer near a cafeteria. He was elderly, unshaven, and in ______. Pedestrians walked by giving him ______ looks. Clearly they wanted nothing to do with him. She ______ and looked down. “Sir?” she asked. “Are you all right?”

Thinking that she would make ______ of him, like so many others had done before, he told her to leave him alone. However, to his ______ the woman continued standing.

Anyhow, with some ______, the woman got the man into the cafeteria and ______ him at a table in a remote corner. She stared at him ______, “Jack, do you remember me?” Old Jack ______ her face. “I think so — I mean you do look ______.”

The woman recalled what she ______ when she graduated. She tried looking for a job, but without luck. Cold and ______, she got to this very cafeteria,______ to get something to eat. Later on she found a job,______ her way up and eventually started her own ______.

Jack ______ with a smile, saying it was he who made her the biggest sandwich.

In the end, she ______ her purse, pulled out a business card and promised to help him financially ______ he got on his feet.

Jack thanked her with watery eyes. The woman held his hands and said, “Don’t thank me, Jack. Without you, I wouldn’t have ______ so much.”

In life, one never expects how a small act of ______ changes another soul.

【推荐1】Like many young people, Jessica wants to travel the globe. Unlike most of them, this 25-year-old is doing it _________. She and her husband have spent the last two years traveling the world, stopping everywhere from Paris to Singapore. It might sound like one long, expensive _________, but the couple has an unusual way to make their travel _________.

They’re part of a new form of the _________ economy (经济): an online group of house sitters.

Throughout their no-cost stays in _________ homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner’s _________.

It’s not all sightseeing. The two travellers carefully _________ their trips, scheduling their days around the pets that are sometimes difficult to _________. But house sitting also offers a level of _________ they can’t find in a hotel. “It’s like __________ at a friend’s house,” Jessica says.

The couple has a high __________ rate in getting accepted as house sitters and they always go beyond the homeowner’s __________. For Jessica, that means __________ plenty of pictures of happy pets, keeping the house __________ and leaving a nice small gift before heading to the next house. “You want to make the homeowner feel that they made the right, __________” she says.

【推荐3】A year ago I went through one of the most difficult times in my life. I had ______ all my business within a month. I chose a less crowded area for tourists to see if I could gain my ________ in life again. I booked a day trip to see the ________. I sat in a little motor boat with 5 other people to see the whales.

We __________ saw a couple of water spouts（水柱）, which our guide said were whales. To my amazement, all of a sudden, one __________ right in front of my face. Everyone __________ to take pictures of her under the water __________ she swam away. She looked me right in the eye. I __________out to touch her. She stayed out of the water long enough for me to __________ her. It was an amazing feeling. Then she swam away. A little later, the guide _________ that two whales were coming close to the boat. It was my new friend with her baby. It was __________ to see how she pushed her baby towards our boat. She was bringing her baby to __________ me!

On the trip back everyone was ________ talking about the experience. The guide told us that only once before had he witnessed a whale allowing __________ to touch it. Why did this happen? I have no ________ for why she chose me for the special advantage. Maybe the mother whale __________ my sadness. She helped me to see the light, __________ I was in a very dark place.

That __________ meeting paved the way for me to put life back into perspective(远景). That huge beautiful creature made me __________ that despite the obstacles(障碍) life puts in your way, there is always an opportunity for a new __________.

You must never give up.

【推荐1】Last spring, I was fortunate to be chosen to participate in an exchange study program. In my application letter, I was careful to______how much I wanted to see France; evidently, my excitement really came through in my words. Once I_______that I was going, all I could think about was the fun of foreign travel and making all sorts of new and____friends. While traveling was inspring and meeting people was_____, nothing about my term in France was what I______.

The moment I arrived in Paris, I was_______by a nice French couple who would become my host parents. My entire experience was joyous and exciting__________I received some shocking news from my program coordinator(协调人): there had been a death in my host parents’ extended family. They had to travel outside France for several weeks. That afternoon, I had to_________out of one family’s house and into another. The exchange coordinator told me I’d have a_________this time and asked whether I could share a bedroom with an English speaker. To avoid the temptation (诱惑) to_________my native language, I asked not to be_______with an English-speaking roommate. When I got to my new room, I_______myself to my new roommate Paolo, a Brazilian(巴西人) the same age as I, who I was surprised to find playing one of my favourite CD! In just a few hours, we knew we’d be good friends for the rest of the_______.

I left France with many________, so when people ask me what my favorite part of the trip was, they are always_______to hear me talk about my Brazilian friend Paolo and the scores of weekdays in class, weeknights on the town, and weekends_________France we enjoyed together. I love how people______seem so different, but end up being so__________. The most valuabe lesson I gain from studying in France wasn’t just to respect the French people_______to respect all people, for your next best friend could be just a continent away. I would recommend an exchange program to anyone who wants to experience foreign culture and gain meaningful_______.

【推荐2】When I was young, one of my fondest memories is going by the river and sitting leisurely on the _______. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, _______ the water rush downstream and listen to the chirps of birds and the rustling of leaves in the trees. I would also watch the bamboos _______ under the pressure of wind and watch them return _______ to their upright or original position after the wind had _______.

_______ I think about the bamboos’ ability to bounce back or return to its _______ position, the word “resilience” (恢复力) comes to mind. When used _______ a person, this word means the ability to readily _______ shock, depression or any other situation that ________ a person’s emotions to the limit.

Have you ever felt like you are about to ________? Have you ever felt like you are at your breaking point? Thankfully, you have ________ the experience to live to talk about it. During the experience you probably felt a mix of ________ that threatened your health. You felt emotionally drained, mentally ________ and you most likely endured unpleasant physical symptoms.

Life is a ________ of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you ________ one of those bad times or unhappy moments ________ take you close to your breaking point, bend, but don’t break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you.

A measure of hope will take you ________ the unpleasant torture. With hope for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant torture may be easier to ________ if the end result is worth having. When the going gets tough and you are at your breaking ________, Show resilience. Like the bamboo tree, bend, but don’t break!

【推荐3】In a restaurant, I met a young man. He was always complaining (抱怨) ever since he sat down, complaining his company for little pay, his unjust manager and the ________ workmates. Finally, I caught the moment he stopped and asked him________, “Since you are so unhappy________your work, why not________?” He looked at me as if I had come from the moon. “Quit the job? Where should I go? You know the situation is improving.” I got it. Actually, his job was not so________.

It________me of Arthur Ashe, a well-known tennis player in America. He happened to catch AIDS when he got a blood transfusion. A lot of his fans showed their________and blamed the God. Arthur Ashe announced: “I get a deadly cancer, but I would not________the God and myself because I know there is something we can not________. I have no choice but to________it when the day comes.”

In his words, there is a________, kindness, as well as the behaviors of a grown-up man. Unfortunately, we complain everything when we have to face the________and troubles in reality.

We always think that the God is unfair. But it is worth complaining if our dissatisfaction goes away, sadness________, and feelings become motivational after complaints. However, the problem is like a mass of cool fog. The complaint is so________that it confuses our minds and then drops us deeper and deeper in the mud.

Life is like a________, from ignorant(无知) to mature (成熟). And I believe that true maturity starts from no complaint.