【推荐1】During my first three years as a_________student, I spent my time studying. I rarely spoke with patients. Then I_________visiting stroke（中风）patients to gather data.

There was a stroke patient I called Ms. A. When I walked into her room. She was lying on bed. I sat on a chair next to her bed and_________her I wanted to gather some information. She_________.

When I finished, she asked whether she could, get back to her_________life. I replied I didn't know much about her case. She started making conversation. I was_________she would want to_________. She talked about herself. She had three children, who were with a neighbour. Her husband died a year ago.

I didn't know what to say. I held her hands and sat_________. Then I_________she just wanted me to listen. The conversation__________for about 20 minutes. She shared her sufferings and expressed her fear about what would become of her__________if something bad happened to her.

Finally, she stopped talking and said, "__________for keeping you listen to my problems. Doctor, thank you." She let go of my__________. I stood up, waved goodbye and left.

Ms. A taught me an important lesson. Sometimes patients do not__________expensive medicine. They just need someone with the patience to__________.

【推荐3】“If 1 ran my business the way you people operate your schools, I wouldn't be in business very long!" I said before a group of angry _____ I represented a group of business people who wanted to _____ public schools. I was a manager at an ice cream company that became _____ when People magazine chose our blueberry (蓝莓) as the “Best Ice Cream in America."

As soon as I _____, a woman raised her hand. To my surprise, she appeared _____ and pleasant. “We are told, sir, that you______ a company that makes good ice cream.”

I replied______, “Best ice cream in America, Ma' am” “Sir,” she said, “_____ you are standing on your receiving dock (码头) and you see an inferior (质量差的) shipment of blueberries______, what do you do?"

Immediately, I knew the question was a trap, but I wasn't going to _____.

“I send them back.”

“That's right!” she raised her voice, “and we can _____ send back our blueberries. We take them big, small, rich, poor, gifted, confident, homeless, rude, and brilliant. We take them all! And that, sir, is why it's not a(n) _____. It's school!"

In an explosion, all 290 teachers jumped to their feet and _____, “Yeah! Blueberries! Blueberries!”

And so began my long _____.

Since then, I have visited hundreds of _____ I have learned that a school is not a business. For one thing, are unable to _____ the quality of their raw material.

Yet it doesn’t deny the _____for change. We must change how we teach to give all children the opportunity to become _____. But educators cannot do this _____: these changes can occur only with the understanding, trust, permission, and active support of the whole society. _____, to improve public education means more than changing our schools, it means changing the whole country.

【推荐1】One of my main concerns when I am helping people achieve their life goals is how they measure success. I see individuals getting frustrated as they ____ hard for success.

One of the main ____ that cause this frustration is that people allow their ____ of success to be determined by someone or something else. Another is that they become frustrated at their own ____ lack of success when comparing themselves with other people.

We are all individuals with individual wants, skills and experiences. We should look at our own skills to ___ what is successful to us. We should look ____ to determine what it would mean for us to be successful in our own mind rather than someone else's.

Evaluating successful people ____ looking at their own pathway to success, their ___ and their determination, and ____ those into their own experience to see how they can ____ themselves.

You must ____ your own course of action, and stay on your course. You alone must determine what success means to you and achieve your own goals not ___ else's. Do what you do to the best of your ____ and the rest will take care of itself. For example, I believe that I am ____ but I am not a millionaire! Others may not see me as a success in their eyes but that does not ___； it is how I see myself that is important to me and my life.

Here is the ____. Being a success is doing your best, not being the best. Success is not something you become-it is something you ____ being. When you get to that ____， you will experience a lot more joy and a lot less ____. And that sounds good! Remember the great quote from Napoleon Hill, "If you cannot do great things, do small things in a ___ way."

【推荐2】Countless people appear in your life—familiar or strange, close or distant. Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there to serve some sort of _______, to teach you a lesson, or to help you _______ who you are or who you want to become. You never think about who these people may be (possibly your roommate, neighbor, co-worker, long lost friend, lover, or even a complete stranger ), but when you lock eyes with them, you know at that very moment they will _______ your life in some way.

And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful and unfair at first, but with more _______ you find that without overcoming those difficulties you would have _______ realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens _______ or by means of good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness and complete stupidity all occur to _______ the limits of your soul. _______ these small tests whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved (铺设), straight, flat road to _______. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and ________. The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you become.

Even the ________ experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant (酸楚的) and important ones. If someone hurts you, ________ you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back ________, not only because they love you, but because ________, they are teaching you to love and how to open your ________ and eyes to things.

Make every day count. ________ every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to ________, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have ________ right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you. You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no ________.

Most importantly, if you LOVE someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in ________ for you. And learn a lesson in life each day that you live.

That's the story of life.

【推荐3】Have you ever been in a rush to get to school? Have you ever not had time to eat breakfast? You are not alone. Many students have this problem. So should students be allowed to eat in class? Some schools and teachers are _________ about food and drink in classrooms. Students aren’t allowed to eat _________ class. And the only drink that they are allowed to have in class is water. A student’s water bottle has to be_________ so that teachers can see that it is water that they’re drinking. Mrs. Hammond, an eighth grade English teacher says, “I don’t _________ my students eating in class, because they leave crumbs (碎屑). But I do let my 3rd hour class eat. If they make a _________ then the privilege (特权) is lost.”

However, some teachers and students don’t think _________ is a big deal. Mrs. Deltenre, a Spanish teacher at Greenfield Junior High says, “I don’t have a_________ if my students eat in class. Students usually get very _________ around 3rd and 4th hour, being so close to lunch. Eating in class can cause a mess, so they really just have to _________ after themselves. Students usually do better in school when they are __________.”

Harlee Scott, a seventh grader at Greenfield, __________ with Mrs. Deltenre, “I __________ to eat during class. If I couldn’t eat in class I would starve.” This is exaggerated (夸张的), but not eating might lead her not to __________ her best in class.

Teachers expect students to do well in school. Students’ performance in school is __________ by their level of hunger. Students can’t pay attention to their studies when they are hungry. They often __________ looking at the clock. This is why we students need to eat to increase our brain power.