【推荐2】Last summer， I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket﹣a 3﹣month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe． Excited for my journey， I _______ all the necessary stuff﹣_______ the guidebook．

While the _______ of the Internet was definitely a _______ factor to my decision， this was not the only reason I decided to fly _______．

To be honest， I find the guidebook_______ a journey﹣like a bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do，_______ she doesn't always know what's best．_______ has taught me that there is a clear _______ between a tourist and a traveler．

While waiting in a queue to see Michelangelo's Statue of David in Florence， I met a man who showed me his _______ of "Top 20 Things to do in Italy" and told us _______ that he'd "seen" everything Italy has to _______ in just four days．

The problem I had with this man's way of _______ was that he was too focused on _______ the boxes provided by his guidebook． He was _______ in the so﹣called "must﹣sees" and blind to all that was happening somewhere else．

So， guidebook﹣less as we were， my companion and I traveled to Estonia． Arriving for no good reason， we had no option but to _______ some friendly faces for advice． We _______ ourselves and asked them what was happening around town． When this resulted in an _______ to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where we enjoyed a 110﹣degree wood﹣stove sauna（桑拿），_______ picked forest﹣mushrooms and the good _______ of our five new﹣found Estonian friends， we sure were glad we had left our bossy aunt at home．

【推荐3】I’m Grace, 13 years old and in seventh grade in Florida. I was in the six grade last year. That school year was _______. My family and I spent that year _______ all over Europe, seeing amazing places, meeting all kinds of people, understanding different cultures, and getting _______ in the process.

When my _______ decided to travel to Europe, we were excited. _______ we had a problem. We couldn’t rent a car that had enough _______ to work for our five-member family, so my dad bought a bigger one. It became our new _______ during the trip. I had to leave a lot of my things behind because so little of it would _______ into my tiny new room. We had to be careful to save our water. And we were doing homeschooling, _______ worked out great. We lived in a (n) ________ home, but my family ________ got along really well.

No matter what, I made sure to ________ my window every morning, because the view was ________ every day--- England, then France, Italy, Greece … each special in its own way. We toured around country after country, tried to pick up little bits of the local ________, but that didn’t help us much. Luckily, we kept ________ people who knew some English. Everywhere we went, we saw the most amazing things. I love reading about places, in my text-books and then getting ________ our car midway to look right at them. I can’t pick a favorite one, because every place we were at seemed to be the ________.

After our ________ ended, we moved back to Florida. But it makes me ________ that my family had this great year long ________ together. I’m thankful for that.

【推荐2】Not two months after my initial 5K, a friend invited me to run a half marathon. This wasn't a small three-mile_________I needed to face. Could I really run for more than 13 miles? I began to_________. I worried I would_________myself in front of my relatives coming to cheer me on. But here was my chance. So I_________and started training under the guidance of professional coaches. I didn't give up though I learned running six or seven miles was no_________.

The beginning few miles that day passed_________as I took in the sights and enjoyed the event atmosphere. At mile 5, my friend began to_________. I didn't. At mile 8, my legs started to_________because of my previous injury,     but I kept going. At mile 11, I was_________because I was still full of energy. Feeling great, I looked over to my friend that walked just now, joking, "Do you just want to run the whole marathon?" Of course, the comment earned me many__________from those around us, but it proved something to me, I'd__________much more than I thought possible.

Now having been a__________for more than three years, with several SKs and four half marathons__________. I have more evens planned for this year and the__________of a full marathon in the near future. I've run through cities, parks, and beaches. I've run in rain and snow. I've run through operations and__________. I kept going though I've wanted to__________a hundred times. I got more than I ever__________.

And now I know: I can do things that seem__________. I can always keep moving forward no matter what's going on around me or__________me, no matter who is or isn't at my side. I can run through anything as long as I push past my__________.

【推荐3】The "Double Seven Festival" is a traditional Chinese festival. It has a longer history than the_________ of Valentine's Day in the West.

The origin of this festival is related to a cowboy and a weaving girl, ___________ love story has become a part of the Chinese culture. ___________ there are many different versions of the story,   the most popular one begins with a poor cowboy. Living with his elder and___________ brother, who treated him badly, the cowboy looked after an old cow every day. Though life was tough and boring, he_____________it in silence, without complaining

_____________ , even such a hard life didn't last long. His brother got rid of him and all he got was the old cow. Although they couldn't talk to each other, they___________ on each other for company. One day, miracle happened. The old cow started talking and told him that there would be seven fairies coming down to the Earth to___________in a pond. All he should do was to_________ the dress of one of the fairies. Then that fairy would be his wife.____________ but excited, the cowboy followed the cow's advice.

Every day,   the cowboy went to work____________ the fairy wove cloth at home. However, their ____________ life came to an end when the Heavenly Goddess learned about it. She took the weaving girl away and drew a line in the____________ that turned into the Milky Way, which____________ the cowboy meeting her wife. Due to the strong reaction from the young____________, the Goddess finally allowed them to see each other only once a year. The day was on the____________ day of the seventh month. That is ______________ the Double Seven Festival came into being.

Although the love story doesn't end up with a happy ending, it is to be told from one______________ to another. It reminds people to cherish every moment____________with their loved ones and not to regret until we ______________ them.

【推荐1】One day I was driving to the wet land for bird-watching. The weather forecast called for the possibility of fog. As I _________ the destination, the fog began to _________. At a turning point, I lost _________ of the car and ran into the wet land.

I tried to open the door, but it was locked as the water had _________ the electrical system. I remembered I had a fire extinguisher (灭火器). I _________ hold of it and gave the window a _________ hit. It just bounced off (弹回来). I hit it again, with the _________ result.

The water level had risen, and soon I was swinging (挥舞) the extinguisher underwater. I had to _________ for air and down to take as many _________ as my breath would allow. I was nearly __________. A part of me just wanted to give up. But then another thought came to mind, “You have __________ more time. What will you do with it?” “I’m going to try __________, ”I responded.

I __________ swinging the fire extinguisher as hard as I could and suddenly the impact felt different. I __________ out my left hand and felt a hole in the __________. I knew I was going to live.

【推荐2】I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage(按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us_________chasing the same thing.

One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell _______. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I_______the countryside for some place I could rent for the_______possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road _______ the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was _______, full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and _______  a corner to camp in.

The locals knew nothing about me, _______ slowly, they started teaching me the _______ of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began __________ around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a __________ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of __________.

What I had believed in, all those things I thought were__________ for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.__________ on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my __________ with my neighbors.

Four years later, I moved back into  __________. I saw many people were having a really hard time, __________ their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to __________ a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time I've had nine people come in and move on to other places. We'd all be in__________if we hadn't banded together.

The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It's not so much about what I can get for myself; it's about __________ we can all get by together.