【推荐1】Tom’s father is a lawyer. In his spare time, he likes to go out in the country and take some pictures of animals.

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

Tom and his father drove to the farm which _________ to his uncle in the afternoon. They _________ the night there, so that they could start out early the next morning. Uncle Smith and his son John, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Tom heard the alarm clock the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember _________ he was. He turned over _________ and looked at the clock. It was 5 o'clock. Then he _________ that he was on the _________ 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 Smith 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 Jane, Uncle Smith’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera equipment and started out.

【推荐1】We come by business naturally in our family. Each of the seven children in our family worked in our father‟s store. _________ we worked and watched, we learned that work was about more than _________ and making a sale.

One lesson stands out in my mind. It was shortly before Christmas. I was working evenings, cleaning up the toy section. A little boy, five or six years old, came in. He was wearing a brown worn coat with dirty sleeves. His shoes were scuffed(磨损)and his one shoelace was worn. The little boy looked poor to me — too poor to _________ to buy anything. He looked around the toy section, picked up this item and _________, and carefully put them back in their place.

Dad came down the stairs and walked over to the boy. His steel blue eyes _________ and the dimple(酒窝) in his cheek stood out as he asked the boy what he could do for him. The boy said he was looking for a Christmas present for his brother. I was impressed that Dad treated him with the same respect as any adult. Dad told him to take his _________ and look around. He did.

After about 20 minutes, the little boy carefully picked up a toy, walked up to my dad and said, “How much for this, Mister?”

“How much you got?” Dad asked.

The little boy held out his hand and _________ it. His hand was creased (起皱) with _________ lines of dirt from holding his money too tightly. In his hand _________ only two pennies and 27 cents. The price on the toy plane he’d __________ was $3.98.

“That’ll just __________ it,” Dad said as he __________ the sale. Dad‟s reply still __________ in my ears. When the little boy walked out of the store, I didn’t notice the dirty, worn coat or the __________ torn shoelace. What I saw was a happy child with a __________.

【推荐2】Mr. Smith is sixty-five years old. He retired and now stays at home. Two years ago his wife _________. He has four sons, but they all have their own families. He lives in an old house _________. Sometimes he feels lonely. One of his sons bought a parrot for him. He began to _________ it to speak. Every morning , as soon as he got up, he said “Good morning” to the bird. The bird had a look at him but said _________. He kept on teaching it , _________ the parrot didn’t learn anything. He felt sorry for it and lost his _________ .

Yesterday evening his son rung him up. On the telephone his son told him that his granddaughter was _________ in hospital. He went to see her at once. When he got there, she was being operated on and the doctors asked him _________home. And he didn’t fall asleep the whole night. This morning, when he was passing by the parrot, he _________ to say “Good morning” to the bird.

All of a sudden he heard someone say, “What happened to you this morning?” He looked around. There was nobody __________ himself in the room. Now he understood the parrot was protesting (抗议) against him!

【推荐3】Mary, 16, was suffering from cancer. As a father, Mitchell always stayed home to care for her. He said the _________left them financially worse off. Then a group called Growing Hope   _______in with $1,800 to help with his living costs.

_______, he wanted to pay it back. In his youth, he had been a _________. So at age 40, Mitchell took up the _________again, participating in two fights in Fairfax. During this time, he   _________ his daughter. And for six months he did little but mourn.

One day, Mitchell _________ a Mark Twain quote —The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you _______ why. “After I read that quote, I was going to spend the rest of my life helping kids with cancer and their families,” he said.

Mitchell thought of creating a foundation, yet boxing did not seem_______any more for fundraising due to his age. Then he found that ________ could be a source to raise money. In the Corps Marathon he cut a striking figure on the course. ________ by this success, he set his sight higher. He __________ each of the miles of the race to a different child with cancer, and he carried their________ with him. Years after his daughter’s death, Mitchell now________ up in the morning knowing his________.

As I walked past a store, I saw it, my dream coat. I’d been searching for the wonderful style that I’d first _______ in a magazine. I tried it on. It fit _______. I wrapped the coat around myself like a (n) _______ .

I knew that I shouldn’t buy myself a present at Christmas time. I’d _______ the gifts for my family long before. Mom had _______ me into buying a coat months ago. _______ , I earned this by working all last summer. Still, I felt just a little _______ “It is more blessed (幸福的) to give than to receive”. Those _______ haunted (萦绕) me all day. But I also wanted my dream coat.

The next morning, on the school bus, I _______ my friend, Kate. I recognized her dress as the same one she’d ________ yesterday and the day before.

At dinner, I asked my parents about Kate’s family. “I hear that her mother worked at the factory that just ________ and his father is an alcoholic. He probably drank up all the money his wife ________.”

That night I dreamed about Kate sitting beside a tree on Christmas morning, looking in our windows, when we opened gift after gift. When I awoke, I was ________ of what I had to do. At breakfast, I ________ my plan to my family. It ________I wasn’t the only one who was thinking that way. I bought a basic but ________ outfit (一套衣服) for Kate. We didn’t go to Kate’s until we were certain everyone would be in bed. Dad turned the car lights off ________ I approached her house.

The first day back to school after Christmas ________ , Kate was dressed in the clothes I’d given her. The outfit seemed to fit well.

It’s been many years now ________ that Christmas Eve, and I have not forgotten it. I learned the ________ of giving.

【推荐2】Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he _________his company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always owes his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. D. degree, _________ to return home, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the savings made through years. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs (海关) check. The watch on his wrist was also required to be taken down for _________. Glen knew that carrying such goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying _________ for his watch. So while checked, he told a lie that his watch was a _________ fake (假货). When he was proud of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, _________ 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, and __________him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if__________ reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be charged by law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after __________ the plane for long.

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

【推荐3】John was crazy about playing basketball. Every day after school, he would spend much time practising to   _______ basketball skills. Sometimes, he didn’t go back home until sunset, which made his mother_______ angry.

One day, as he was given a chance to watch a basketball game, he dreamed about_______the college basketball team the next year. On the way, he was happy secretly. Suddenly, a car hit him. Luckily, some passers-by called the _______number in time, and he was sent to hospital at once.

What a terrible experience! He_______from terrible injuries. It seemed like a bad dream. John woke up in a hospital room, _______to death. When the doctor told him that both his_______were broken and he had to sit in the wheelchair (轮椅) for the time being, he knew his_______of becoming a member of college basketball team was over. He was really_______. John followed what the doctor had told him, but it did not________entirely. When he left hospital, John was sent to a health center to________. He never heard of this center before, but he was relaxed when he knew his mother would keep him________. Life there was a struggle for him for the first few days. Despite the best efforts, he________to stand up. But he________to the changes. As time went by, he learned to be________about himself, bravely facing the difficulties.