【推荐1】It was forty years after I finished high school, but memories of the staircase I climbed each school day to attend math class still disturbed me.

Every time I walked by the________, naughty boys would ________me, shouting “woof”. “Just________ them,” my mother advised. I pretended not to care on the surface. But inside the ________message that I was ugly rooted deep into my soul. ________, I graduated, launching a rewarding career as a teacher and life turned out great. But when I looked in the mirror, the hurt feeling ________.

One day, I got a(n) ________ to my fortieth high school reunion, which I thought was a perfect ________ to blame those boys. I put on my favorite blouse, preparing my ________for the Friday night reunion.

________, people seemed nice and friendly, making me feel at a loss. Instantly, all my planned speech ________ in my throat. After all, it was pointless to hold a grudge (怨恨) against people I couldn’t even recognize. It ________to me that the best thing I could do was to ________and forget!

Back to the old campus, I gathered my courage and walked up the stairs once again. The sound of “woof” seemed to________in the bright sunshine. Suddenly, I felt happier, more________ and attractive.

【推荐2】“Never give up! Never give up!” shouted my two young children, Max and Charley, as they marched behind their grandmother Mimi. They were ________ the ice-cream truck.

Before starting the search on that July afternoon, Mimi heard the ________ sound of the ice-cream man’s bell. ________, the ice—cream man’s visit is a daily occurrence, although the time between the sound of his bell and the leaving of his truck is short. One must be ________ to catch him.

Max and Charley were ________ when they didn’t catch him in time that day. That lasted until Mimi’s eyes shined and she said, “Never give up!” She explained that the truck might be ________, but they could hurry off to find it at its next ________.

After about twenty minutes of walking, Max’s ________ in the search began to waver (动摇). He ________ that they should give up and said, “Maybe we should give up. We have been walking pretty far and haven’t seen the ________ yet.” Charley said a quick “No way!” and ________ he shout with Mimi. Somewhat doubtfully, Max ________. Not knowing which ________ the truck had taken, they had to ________ where to search. They were ________, but they didn’t quit.

Just two blocks later, they found it. Mimi, Max and Charley screamed with ________. “Never give up!” In that moment, my mom Mimi did for my ________ what she had done for me for countless times. Simple though it was, that phrase became our battle cry for the ________ we faced in many years she raised me and my brother alone. Leading by ________, Mom taught us just how much one could accomplish with a positive attitude. Now, she is taking the same ________ in her relationship with her grandchildren.

【推荐1】Dora was always lost in her own world. Any small thing could _______ her imagination and she would enter into her _______ world. Anything could _______ in this world: she could be running after a frog (青蛙) and land up in a forest and then while running through the _______ , she would suddenly reach an amusement (娱乐) park. It was no _______ that Dora was always dreaming.

Her father often would ask her to do a small task such as cleaning her room. Dora would _______ doing the work and mid-way _______ what she was up to. She would later get a scolding (责备) for not _______ her parents. Once in fact, Dora was _______ her exam paper when she got carried away into her dream world. She started imagining all the things she would do once she got home. When the bell rang, she wasn’t even done with her ________ ! She knew all the answers, but she ran out of ________ .

Dora was very ________ . One fine day, she went to her mom and told her the ________ . “Mommy, I’m always dreaming about something, and I really ________ it. But this is creating a lot of problems. What should I do?”

Mommy knew that Dora was a (n) ________ child. This was not a bad thing. It is good for children to dream. That is what ________ is all about. She didn’t want to take this away from her. She explained to Dora that it was a good thing to dream,   ________ she should also pay attention to her surroundings. Dreaming during playtime, before going to bed, while making stories with friends is a very ________ habit. But she should, however, try her best to focus when she was in school, or when Mom and Dad had given her a ________ or when she was ________ .