【推荐1】It never occurred to me to think about my future job till I entered high school. In the years before high school, I ______ much on football and music. That was ______ I spent most of my spare time. After I entered high school, my ______ for civil engineering (土木工程) inspired me to make greater efforts.

I found my way to civil engineering ______ when I read an article about the Los Angeles earthquake in 1994. Its consequence was so awful that I was totally shocked. During the earthquake, many buildings fell down. The disaster led to heavy casualties. The ______ sent me into thinking about how the building projects could be safer, and how I could get them that way. From then on, I ______ to learn civil engineering. ______ different kinds of buildings is a form of recreation for me. Sitting on my bicycle for hours watching the houses around me has made me feel the ______ to shape our buildings into solid ones

To achieve my ambition, I must ______ that I can get high grades in all my subjects. In school, I am truly fond of science and good at math. ______ my high school years had been challenged. My poor writing skills used to ______ me a lot. Fortunately, I had a strong wish to achieve my dream. It was the desire, which ______ me to keep practicing, that helped me overcome my shortcomings.

Over the years, I have learned to stick with things that I find right ______. This character will stay with me till my efforts ______. That, combined with my longstanding curiosity about ______ our world, is what will make me a great civil engineer someday soon.

【推荐2】When I was a young boy, our whole family lived in my grandma’s old house right beside a set of railroad tracks. I can remember the whole house would ________ when the trains rolled by. These trains were few, ________, so I often spent my summer afternoons walking down the________ . I can remember the first time I tried to walk on a ________rail. The steel rail was very narrow so I didn’t have many ________ to succeed. First I tried holding my arms out and ________my feet as I walked. This only led to me falling off after a few ________. l decided to walk backwards once but quickly fell and hurt my ankle.When I started looking________, keeping my eyes forward, I put one foot in front of the other and was soon walking with ease.

Looking back on this time, I now realize that it also gave me a wonderful________ about living. You can’t ________ life watching every step you take or every ________you make. Looking behind you is even worse. With your eyes on the past you can’t see the way ahead. You can only stand still and remain ________in your regrets. Only when you look ahead can you really move forward, see the life you want to lead, and the________you want to make. Then each________step you take and choice you make is________ with love and you will walk on with a light heart.

【推荐3】When I was a boy growing up I cannot once ever remember either my mom or my grandmother wasting food. Anything we didn’t eat at one meal was __________, stored, and served as leftovers later on. I can remember my grandmother making a huge pot of brown beans with a large cake of cornbread. We would all eat until we were _________ but there was always about half of the beans __________. A few days later Grandmother would take those _________ out of the refrigerator, boil pasta, add parsley and __________ them all together into her delicious Pasta Fasule(意大利面食). And I also remember when I __________ my mom fry bacon for us in the mornings, she would always take the butter and carefully pour it into a container. Then she later would _________ it to flavor up (调味) so many other dishes.

I learned their _________ well and after I grew up I tried to never waste food myself. I always __________ the week’s meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping __________ so nothing went to waste. Every meal went into our stomachs and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, or my dogs. To me throwing food in the trash was just __________. All the work it took to grow it, harvest it, and prepare it needed to be __________ and not wasted.

I learned something else over the years, however: When it comes to __________ there are no leftovers. Each moment that you don’t live is __________ forever. Life cannot be saved. Life cannot be __________. Life has to be lived, TODAY!

【推荐1】In a small town in England there was a nice house with a large garden. There lived an old man. The old man liked planting flowers and ______ his flowers every day. The garden was so ______ that many passers-by stopped to have a look.

One day, an artist was enjoying the beauty of the garden when suddenly he ______ that the old man was blind. The artist asked him ,“______ are you busy looking after the flowers when you can’t see them?”

The old man smiled and answered,“There are three reasons. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really love ______. Second, I can’t see these flowers, ______ I can touch and smell them. As to the third one, it’s ______.”

“Me? But you don’t know me,”said the artist.

“It is true that I don’t know you. But I know the beauty of my garden makes you feel

All the flowers have eyes. They can ______ the kindness of the old man.

【推荐2】When I was little, I loved Irish dancing but I didn’t have the chance to continue. So when Aofie-Mai was seven. I started sending her to ________ classes. I want to ________ her every possible chance. I suppose I’m living my dream ________ her.

At first, it was just for fun, but she is naturally ________ and has won prizes and medals. She dances four times a week and has between 15 and 20 competitions a year. She even won a world medal in a team dance ________ she was nine, which is a great ________. It’s a very expensive hobby. We can’t ________ family holidays any more, so whenever we’re traveling around the UK or Ireland for ________, we treat it as a break. My husband comes too, ________, but because he’s self-employed, he doesn’t ________ for days off. Additionally, each trip costs around ￡1,200.

It’s a crazy world of false eyelashes (睫毛) and so much make-up---but the girls ________ it. I found the heavy make-up a bit ________ at first, and still think there’s no ________. The dresses are beautifully made and cost around ￡2, 000 each. We go to a designer called Eire Designs by Gavin Doherty ________ they’re top quality. To have a Gavin ________ is amazing.

We do make too many contributions. I no longer have a social life and I ________ have any time for myself. My husband and I hope she ________ it, though, because it teaches discipline, hard work, helps her fitness and builds ________ with her teammates. I do fear ________ the cost. I often think about what I could do with that ________, but I love seeing her on the stage.

【推荐3】Pass Your Love On

Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind   _____ your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only ____   seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带), a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. “ ____   am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I ____ to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She   ____   in a car accident and now was on her way for   ______

When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to   ____   that Kathy would not be able to   ____   herself. I considered   _____ to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too   _____ to offer a service to a   ____ . But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more   _____ than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and   _____ she was uncomfortable to accept, she   _____ as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart   _____, and the   _____ was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

I was very glad I had reached   _____ my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love     ____ flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us _____. When we stretch to serve   _____   , we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.