【推荐1】When I was 13,my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant_______Miller King,who was the best player at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for_______.

Just before September，Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from_______. He looked very pale, but he didn’t cry.

That season，I_______all of Miller’s records while he watched the home games from the bench. We went 10﹣1 and I was named most valuable player,_______I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s_______.

One afternoon，1 was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller_______going over a fence-which wasn’t_______to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept_______from. But even that challenge he accepted. I helped him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally__________on the other side, he said to me， “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did__________. Thank you for filling in for me. ”

His words freed me from my bad__________. I thought to myself，how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was__________ahead of me. I was right to have__________him. From that day on, I grew__________and a little more real.

【推荐3】I had just turned sixty-five and thirsty for a new purpose in life. One Sunday, our priest at church_________ me, “Hey, did you ever think about volunteering? I’d love to have_________volunteers who can mentor (指导) the teens. Think about it. ”

I went home to_________my husband. Then we started to meet with the youth class and join in their events. While mentoring the teenagers, I found a sense of belonging in my life. However, I never expected I’d learn something from them.

Several weeks later, when our priest asked if I’d like to be a leader at the annual summer-camp trip, I_________ the chance. As I started to make preparations to cope with all the possible issues, I laughed out loud and questioned whether I’d lost my_________to take a week-long trip to the mountains with fifty teens.

The next day, we arrived at our destination. I had_________myself for the drama that almost always troubled teen girls at camp. I prayed for and with girls in terms of their hopes and dreams, fears and choices. I became their cheerleader when they needed it.

The next morning after our arrival, the teens had free time and_________riding the zip line (索道) over a deep canyon (峡谷). I didn’t share with them how_________I am of heights. One boy invited me to have a try. I _________refused. Another leader encouraged me, saying he could zip across the canyon together with me. Eventually, I __________myself geared up, and we started the ascent to the zip line tower.__________ with encouragement, I needed to stop many times to__________my breath.

Once I __________ my feet on the platform and the clip (索道夹) was fixed onto the zip line, suddenly I flew through the air. The leader yelled to me in cheers. I opened my eyes and suddenly sensed a touch of __________settling over me. I waved to the leader and began to cheer back.

I volunteered to be a light in the lives of a group of teens, but the truth is, the__________ brought a new meaning to this old woman. I walked away seven years later with the best deal from the relationship.

【推荐1】We step out of the cold and into the warmth of the library. Before my children have even finished returning their books, my 2-year-old son has _________ the children’s librarians down at the other end of the building.

“Ms. Amie!” he shouts. “Ms. Ann Marie!” He skip-hops (蹦蹦跳跳) the _________ of the library, past the cozy fireplace. My 8-year-old daughter _________ at me: We’re both delighted by his love for the library.

When we arrive at the children’s room, with a tree decorated with beloved children’s-book characters, the two librarians bend down to _________ the kids, directing them to old favorites and brand-new _________. “I ordered this one just for you!” Ms. Amie tells my son, _________ him a book about tow trucks.

The children settle in; this is their _________ place, and mine too.

We left the city chaos and noise of Los Angeles for a(n) _________ life on a remote island in Alaska. While we sometimes miss what big _________ have to offer, I’ve been able to __________ and enjoy life with my family here.

We don’t have children’s museums or a zoo. We don’t have __________ ice cream shops or gyms or indoor play spaces that can be __________ for very expensive birthday parties.

But we didn’t move here for any of those. I’ve __________ my life used to move so quickly that I was overlooking opportunities to even __________ all those options available to me. I was always looking ahead to the next thing. Now I look around me more and the __________ are impressive. I should have been doing that all along.

【推荐2】As a child, I had library phobia (恐惧症). I associated going to the library with doing research for a school project. I regarded reading as work, so going to the library for fun was out of my realm (范围) of_________ .

Hard as they tried, my parents could not get me_______ reading. They purchased a few of the Hardy Boys books. The books collected_______ . The closest I came to_______ to read was “The Big Green Book” by Robert Graves. Its lead_______ , a boy of about 8, discovered a book of magic spells. I was_______by it. I read it again and again. Certainly there was no_______to go to the library._______ , I started reading novels in my 20s. To _______ going to the library, I joined the various________clubs. I didn’t mind having to buy a book a month________ I didn’t have to go to the library.

My library phobia was ________23 years ago when my family moved to Long Island. The East Meadow Library became a(n) ________ destination for my family. My children were________to books through the children’s section with free programs that even I enjoyed. My children made________, and I made friends with the parents.