【推荐2】Justin Mutawassim was 5 years old the first time he took a flight. The Delta pilots onboard invited him to _________ the cockpit (驾驶舱), “I remember sitting there and being _________ by all the buttons,” he said. By age 6, he had _________: “I want to be a pilot.”

His road to becoming a pilot was harder than he had _________ as a child. His middle school teacher _________ informed him that perfect vision was a requirement to become a pilot. “When I heard that I was really _________,” said Mutawassim, who wears glasses.

In December 2014, about a year into his studies at a community college, Mutawassim decided to _________. He got a job as a ramp agent (机坪操作员) carrying _________ for Delta Air Lines. During this time, his _________ to pursue a career in aviation (航空) became stronger, but he didn’t have the __________ to make it happen.

That __________ when he met this mentor, Martin. Martin helped him __________ for written tests and eventually apply for ATP Flight School, where he was able to __________ the necessary licenses in 11 months.

In spring 2022, after he learned Delta dropped the college degree __________ for pilots, he __________ applied for a position. To his delight he was offered the job. “It was a fantastic __________.” Mutawassim said. He reflected on how far he had __________ in only six years, from carrying bags to __________ a Boeing 767. Now, he is working toward his next __________ of being a captain.

On a recent morning, a little boy noticed him and said:“ Look, there’s a(n)__________!” In that moment, it all came full circle.

【推荐3】In casual conversations, there is a seemingly simple question I can never answer without hesitating — “Where are you from?”

I could say I am from Thailand, where I was born. Or I am from Mexico, where I _________ majority of my childhood. Or I am from the US, whose language is _________ in my life. In my mind, none of these answers are satisfying enough. _________, to be from somewhere carries _________ of understanding “your” culture and “your” home.

I feel _________ whenever my friends say they’re “going home” for school breaks. As a student who frequently moves, I have never seen my living space as “home”, but “_________”, another location to stay in before I unavoidably move again.

So, does this mean I do not have, and will never have, a home? I _________ living with this sense of sadness, until very recently.

Inside my dorm drawer is a never-used white towel that I brought from my parents’ house. One day, I took it out, but stopped after _________ the soft, sweet detergent (洗衣粉), the one my parents used back in Thailand. I felt my eyes _________ as that smell fired up my mixed emotions: sadness and nostalgia (念旧), a strong feeling of missing home. I still avoid using that towel until now because I don’t want to __________ the smell of nostalgia with my newly-bought detergent.

Sadly, even with this new discovery, I will still __________ when answering where I am from, and I will always feel a sense of loss in not having a(n) __________ home to “go back to”. __________ in random moments, when a smell __________ me with the memories it brings, I like to believe that the things I feel then are things people feel when they are home. And if these moments can make me smile, even with a sense of __________, what better home can I ask for?

【推荐1】My father often works very hard. And he _________ goes to the movies. Here I’ll tell you a(n) _________ story about him.

One afternoon, when he finished his work, and _________go home, he found a film_________under the glass on his desk. He thought he _________ to have not much work to do that day and it was quite wonderful to pass the _________ at the cinema. So he came back home and_________finished his supper. Then he said _________ to us and left.

But to our_________, he came back about half an hour later. I asked him what was the__________. He smiled and told us about the funny thing that happened at the__________.

When my father was sitting in his seat, a __________ came to my father’s seat and said that seat was hers. My father was__________. He took out the ticket and looked at it carefully. It was Row17, __________. And then he looked at the seat. It was__________. So he asked her to show her ticket. She took out her ticket at once and the seat __________ on it was Row 17, Seat 3.

Why? What’s the matter with all this? While they were__________, suddenly the woman said, “The__________ of tickets are different.” So they looked at the tickets more carefully. After a while my father said, “Oh, I’m __________, I made a mistake. My ticket is for the__________ a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words he left.

【推荐2】There are many kinds of friends. Some are always ______ you, but don’t understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but understand you. Many people will step in your life, but only ______ friends leave footprints.

I shall always recall (回忆) the autumn and the girl with the ______. She will always bring back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend.

It was the golden season. I could see the ______ leaves floating with the cool wind. In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, ______ to the sound of them.

Autumn is a harvest season and life is uninteresting. The boring days always get me ______. But one day, the sound of a violin flowed into my ears like a stream (小溪) flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was ______ in playing her violin.

I had ______ seen her before. The music was so nice that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn’t know that I had been ______ there for so long but my existence (存在) did not seem to disturb her.

Leaves were still falling. Every day ______ she played the violin in the corner of the building, I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only listener. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became ______. Though we didn’t know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believe she also loved me.

Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly ______. To my surprise, the girl came over to me.

“You must like violin.” she said.

“Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.

Suddenly, a ______ expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual. “I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that encouraged me.” she said.

“______ it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn,” I answered, “Let’s be friends.”

The girl smiled, and so did I.

I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine ______ of the girl. She is like a dream—so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful.