【推荐1】People may misunderstand what they used to be familiar with. I remember a _________ professor, invited to our school, taught stress management principles in a school hall _________ with students.

As she _________ a glass of water, each of us expected we’d be asked the _________ “glass half-empty or glass half-full” question. _________, with a smile on her face, the professor asked, “How _________ is this glass of water I’m holding?”

All of us shouted out answers ranging from 8 ounces to a couple of pounds.

She then replied, “From my point of view, the absolute weight of this glass doesn’t matter. It all _________ how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute or two, it’s rather light. If I hold it for an hour straight, its weight might make my arm _________ a bit. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely cramp up and feel _________ numb and paralyzed, __________ me to drop the glass to the floor. In each case mentioned above, the __________ of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it feels to me.”

As the whole class __________ our heads in agreement, she continued, “Your __________ and worries in life are very much like this glass of water. Think about them for a little while and __________ happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to suffer a little. Think about them all day long, and you will feel especially numb and paralyzed — __________ of doing anything else __________ you drop them.”

It’s important to remember to __________ your stresses and worries. Whatever happens during the day, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don’t __________ them through the night and into the next day with you. If you still feel the weight of __________ stress, it’s a strong sign that it’s time to put the __________ down.

【推荐3】As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation．___you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to __down．But relaxation is ___for a healthy mind and body．

Stress is a __ part of everyday life and there is no way to __ it．In fact, it is not the bad thing that it is often supposed to be．A____amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give __ to life．It is only when the stress gets out of control __ it can lead to poor performance and____health．

The amount of stress a person can bear____very much on the individual．Some people are not afraid of stress and such____are obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities．Others lose heart at first___ of unusual difficulties．When exposed to stress, in____form, we react both chemically and physically．In fact we make a choice between____ and fight．And in more ancient days the choices made the___ between life and death．The crises（危机）we meet today are __ to be so extreme, but however little the stress．It requires the same response．It is when such a reaction____long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes ___ Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have ___links with stress．___we cannot remove stress from our lives we need to find ways to deal with it．

【推荐2】I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear (内衣) while I saw our house burnt to the ground. A few minutes earlier I had been sound asleep in my bed when a _________ woke me up. My nana’s _________ was just next to my brother’s and mine. A fire had broken out there and awakened her. Hearing her shouting, my older brother _________ quickly. While I was walking difficultly in the _________ and darkness, he ran from room to room _________ everyone in the house. The house, however, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could _________ anything, the fire destroyed it.

I stood there _________ when the fire destroyed my books, clothes, and toys. I watched_________ while my mom cried and my dad sighed (叹息). I _________ what was going to happen to us since we had __________ all of our things. As I looked around, though, I __________ something for the first time: The things that __________ aren’t things. I saw my older brother running to get __________. I saw my nana and dad sitting together and my mom __________ our little dog. I realized at that moment that we were all__________. Everything that was essential (必要的) had survived the fire. Our __________ would continue. We were so __________. We would all be around to love each other for many years to come. And that was all that mattered.

I __________ think of that fire that helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly __________ in my life. It helped me to learn that the__________ we share is far more important than the things we own.

【推荐3】Survival in the Andes

On October 13,1972, a small plane crashed into a mountain in the Andes. How some of the passengers_______ to live is one of the greatest survival stories ever told.

The survivors_______ inside the remains (残骸) of the plane, and waited for a _______ that never came. It was urgent to find a way to _______. Three of the passengers — Canessa, Parrado and Vizintin — volunteered to _______ through the mountains to search for help. The three men _______ that they would survive and bring back help.

For part of the first day, they were glad to make some _______. But as the land and weather changed, climbing became _______. After several days, they reached what they thought was the top. They had _______ this moment for days. On the other side of the top, they hoped, would be a ________ leading down and out of the mountains. However, they saw the same snow-covered tops. All hope wasn’t lost. Parrado ________two low tops far away that didn’t have snow.________ they could get there, they would be out of the Andes.

Within the following days they walked toward the two low tops. “This is the valley,” Canessa said. “This is the way ________.”   By December 21, the extremely ________ men made it to the town of Los Maitenes, and a rescue team was sent to ________ for the survivors.

Finally all of the remaining survivors were saved.