【推荐1】Though terribly shy, I had a particular happy childhood. Furthermore, I may be an only child but I was surrounded with people of my_______in a rural fishing community where my cousins were as _______as fish in the sea. Imagine how many cousins I have! I would not be _______ if I claim that almost everyone in our village is a close_______! The sweet memories of playing with my cousins are happily_______ with beach combing, fishing, and regular family _______.

Every morning at 6 am, we would walk_______9 am at the beach, combing the sand and keeping our hands busy. Fishing was another _______I looked forward to which happened every Saturday. My Uncle Jerome would take us with him and go at the middle of the sea. He would find a good _______in the sea, and then________and look for pearls (珍珠). The first time I saw a pearl in a shell, I was amazed, my mouth hung and never________for a long time! I thought it was the loveliest milky item.

My childhood gave me some of the best years of my life because I was with my family. I spent much time________the beach and the sea________bonding with my relatives. In other words, I was ________active. I was shy with________ but with my cousins, I felt at home.

【推荐3】In 1945，Sergeant (中士) John Gonsalves was sent to Germany soon after the Second World War ended, and he couldn’t wait to return home. In the meantime, he decided to send a letter to his _________, but the letter never arrived._________, it never arrived on time. Somehow, this lost letter from 1945 was_________in 2021._________workers did everything they could to deliver it to the _________of John’s family as soon as possible.

Although John_________in 2015 at the age of 92, he was_________by his wife, Angelina Gonsalves and their five sons.

“The mailman came and said, ‘Was your husband once in the_________?’ And I said, ‘Yes, he was,’ And he said, ‘Well, I think I have a letter for you,’” Angelina_________ . “I couldn’t believe it. And then I__________that it was his__________, you know? It was just so__________.”

In the two-page letter, John gave his mom a(n)__________on what life had been like at the station in Bad Orb, Germany. Most__________, though, John expressed his love for his__________, wishing them well and letting them know he was looking forward to returning home. He ended the letter with, “Love and__________, your son, John. I will be seeing you soon,I hope.”

Although the letter is 76 years late, it couldn’t have arrived at a__________time. It reached John’s family during the Christmas season, one of his favorite holidays.

“It was a joy to see her__________light up as she was reading his__________,” Brian Gonsalves, one of their sons, said. “He was a good man. He really was,” Angelina said, “Everybody loved him. That was__________. It seemed that he came back to me.”