【推荐1】Tonight, I went to see a play. On the way, a car _____ me off. I turned my bright lights on him and I drove right behind him. At the next stop _____, I pulled up beside him. He was _____, and shouted at me.

I rolled down my _____ and said,＂Really? You’re mad at me when YOU cut me off?!＂He _____,＂Yes!＂ And then he threw his coffee in my face, which _____ my face and my car. _____, it was cold. I didn’t know what to do _____ I was angry, so I _____ behind him with my bright lights on.

I called 911 to ______ an attack by a taxi driver. A very nice and calm ______ answered. She told me not to follow him since I could get ______. I asked her what the procedure was. She told me to give her the license plate number and type of car, and they would follow up.

Something in me rethought the ______ thing. I told the 911 operator that I changed my ______. I did not want the police to involve ______. ＂I am fine,＂ I told her before ______.

The car turned down an alley(小巷) quickly, trying to ______ me, but I followed. The car stopped, and a young man got out. He didn’t look so mean or scary ______ — more sad, really. I sensed I didn’t have to worry and I wasn’t ______.

I ______ to the left side ahead of him and got out of my car. He reasoned with me as he was approaching. We apologized to each other. Then, we hugged, shook hands and left.

【推荐3】I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.

One morning I _________ a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its _________, so I jumped out of the tractor to _________ it while Don stayed in his seat.

Lamb and mother _________, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so _________ because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. _________ Don had somehow made the _________move.

My heart froze in my chest as I _________ the tractor heading towards the _________. I ran desperately but failed to __________. It crashed through a wooden fence(栅栏)and disappeared. The__________thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me.

Heart in mouth, I __________ the fence and looked over. The tractor was __________ against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the __________ road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I __________ the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently__________, and ran back to me quickly.

The police __________ and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn’t quite believe my __________ it turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been __________. Don was given a special __________ that night — I didn’t want him thinking I was angry with him.

【推荐1】Being jobless for the last three months, I am upset nowadays. My son has lost his _________ to a good school and he might have to go to a less qualified school. I have moved from a spacious apartment to a small one in order to _________ my living expenses. My wife has suffered stress. On top of that, my father-in-law _________ a week ago, which has added fuel to the fire, _________ our family into a more terrible state.

In these circumstances I have two mental _________: either to feel upset and keep losing my peace of mind, or _________ my negative thoughts with super self-confidence and consistency, and keep applying for new jobs with a positive attitude.

I choose the second option for I believe that the pain I am suffering today will build up my _________. My strength will then increase my confidence and make me _________ one day. I understand that good and bad stages are part of life. Good times make me happy, while bad times _________ the “inner” me.

Two months later, __________, I have finally landed an exciting job with a nice salary. Time has healed my wife’s mental stress __________ the death of her father. My son has already been accepted by another good school for the admissions for the new academic year were still __________!

As I am back on the track of normal life, I can definitely say that the most important things that helped me __________ the crisis(危机) were my consistent character of patience, and __________ attitude towards life. So, I highly recommend taking the same attitude towards life __________ you are trapped in any of such situations.

【推荐3】I’ve heard such a story.

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. The music was_______, and many people_______and put some money into the _______ of the young man.

The next night, the young artist took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. Then he began_______.The music sounded more pleasant. Some people gathered and they found the _______on that paper. “Last night, a gentleman put a(n)_______thing into my hat. Please come to get it back.” When the people saw that, they felt very curious and began to_______ what it could be. After about half an hour, a man_______there in a hurry and said, “It can’t be true！You ...you ...”.The young violinist asked, “Did you lose something?” “Lottery (彩票).”the man answered _______.

The violinist took out a lottery ticket. “Is it？” he asked. The man was too________ to say a word. George Sang ________ a lottery ticket a few days ago. The awards(奖)opened yesterday and he won $500,000. So lucky and excited did he feel that he________50 dollars and put it into the hat when hearing the music. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown into the hat without being noticed. The violinist found the lottery ticket. Thinking that the owner would     ________to look for it, he came back to where he was given the lottery ticket.

Someone asked the violinist why he returned the lottery ticket to the man. He said, “ ________I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose________I won’t be happy forever.”

【推荐1】A Virginia third-grader has won two national awards for her exceptional skill in handwriting. That’s pretty remarkable on its own. But what makes the girl’s _________ extra special is that she accomplished it _________ having no hands.

On April 26 this year, 9-year-old Anaya Ellick was named the _________ of the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest. The award _________ students with special needs who develop a great skill in handwriting. All participants have a mental or physical _________.

Anaya was born without hands on either arm. _________ she was fitted with prosthetics(假肢) for a time, she decided she was better off with her natural ones and removed them. Instead, she has learned to _________ a pencil between her arms to draw and write. Two years ago, she _________ headlines(头条新闻) across the world when she was named a winner in the contest’s print category.

Tracy Cox, Anaya’s teacher, said Anaya is a role _________ to other students. “Anaya does not let anything stand in her __________ of reaching her goals,” said Cox. “She is determined and independent. She has the best handwriting in her class. Her classmates see her doing the same tasks and they are often __________ that she can do just as well, sometimes even better.” Anaya’s dad Gary Ellick said Anaya had always been confident. “It was always like ‘I can do it.’ I’m proud to see that hard work does __________,” he said.

Anaya was __________ at school on Wednesday, and the school shared photos of her with her new award and examples of her writing. But another __________ doesn’t mean she’s slowing down. When asked what’s __________ on her plate, she said, “Sports.”

【推荐2】The LEGO story started in a Danish woodworking shop. At the time, Ole Kirk Christiansen was just a(n)_________carpenter in the village Billund but with ambition. As a young man, Christiansen turned his love of playing with wood into_________ and, in 1916, he opened his own shop.

At first, his shop produced furniture like ladders, stools and ironing boards. But in 1924, just as he was looking to expand his business, his sons_________set a pile of wood chips in the shop on fire,_________the entire building and the family’s home.

Despite a total_________, Christiansen saw the fire as an excuse to simply_________a larger workshop. _________, tragedy continued to strike. In 1929, the great Depression hit the world, and his wife died in 1932. Affected by financial and_________ disaster, Christiansen laid off many of his workers and _________ to make ends meet. Little did he know that those tragedies would be of importance to his business to__________.

Since times were so hard, Christiansen made the difficult decision to use his wood to create__________ goods that might actually sell. The decision didn’t__________ at first. But his love of toys pushed the company ahead, even when it was__________ the toughest times.

It __________he was a brilliant toymaker. Soon, his wonderful models of cars and animals and his adorable pull toys gained national popularity. His bestseller, a wooden duck whose mouth opens and closes when pulled, is now still a hot__________. In 1949, his company created its plastic bricks called the Automatic Binding Bricks. And the toy became more and more popular as the years passed.

【推荐3】Nine-year-old Olivia of Oklahoma dreams oftaking the stage to perform in the ballet,“The Nutcracker (《胡桃夹子》)”.However, her Friedreich ataxia (脊髓共济失调症) seems to move that dream out of _______. The neurological disease makes it difficult for her to _______, and she is dependent on a wheelchair.

Hoping to lift her daughter’s spirits and _______her that in life,anything is possible,Olivia’s mother encouraged her to _______for “The Nutcracker” this year in Oklahoma City Ballet. Not knowing if there was any way they’d consider including her,Oliver didn’t _______much. However, hearing about Olivia’s situation, the Ballet School director Rachael wasn’t _______about including Olivia in the ballet. He created a role _______for Olivia,who could play on stage in a wheelchair. When she _______a part in “the Nutcracker”, Olivia cried tears of joy. She found a family in the players,who were _______of her dream.

When it’s Olivia’s ________to dance, everyone was moved to see her on stage. It was________and eye-opening for all the audience. When Olivia came off stage, the audience were all on their ________ in wild applause.

Having Olivia in this ballet has been a ________for everyone involved. Acceptance is at the heart of every crew.We ________this company for having Olivia in their show, and hope they keep the role ________for other children who dream of fairies and mice kings!