【推荐1】After my husband's Chinese kung fu school was open for about a week, my daughters and I decided to see how it was going. We were deeply __________ to see there wasn't a single student in the school. My husband was standing __________ in the school waiting for customers.

We had to __________ ! We decided to be his __________ until he got some "real" ones. We thought it was better to have five people in the school __________ just him if a passerby looked in the window. He started teaching us __________ and forms. We found that some of them actually were __________ to ballet moves but much more difficult. It was kind of fun but __________, too! We

______ , we got actual students in our school. There were many men and teenage boys, and we _______lots of other girls and women as well. One special student was a __________ sevenyear-old girl. She was going __________ and had other health problems. With my daughters' help and __________, this little girl got to be a real kung fu kid. Although she is now a sightless, grown adult, I'm confident she can __________ herself if she needs to.

I am __________ to say my daughters are more confident in every area of their lives. This experience taught me to __________ things I never would have __________ before kung fu. I haven't been __________ in all of my efforts, but I'll give almost __________ of niceness a try!

【推荐2】Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment. Their savings had been _________ to pay lawyers’ fees. To make matters worse, Moth was diagnosed (诊断) with a serious disease. There was no _________, only pain relief.

Failing to find any other way out, they decided to make a _________ journey, as they caught sight of an old hikers’ (徒步旅行者) guide.

This was a long journey of unaccustomed hardship and _________ recovery. When leaving home, Raynor and Moth had just £ 320 in the bank. They planned to keep the _________ low by living on boiled noodles, with the occasional hamburger shop treat.

Wild camping is _________ in England. The Winns had to get their tent up late and packed it away early in the morning to avoid being caught. They soon discovered that daily hiking in their 50s is a lot _________ than they remember it was in their 20s. Raynor _________ all over and desired a bath. Moth, meanwhile, after an initial struggle, found his symptoms were strangely _________ by their daily tiring journey.

__________, the couple found that their bodies turned for the better, with re-found strong muscles that they thought had __________ forever. “Our hair was fried and falling out, nails broken, clothes __________ to a thread, but we were alive.”

During the journey, Raynor began a career as a nature writer. She writes, “__________ had taken every material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a(n) __________ written book. It had also given me a choice, either to leave that page __________ or to keep writing the story with hope. I chose hope.”

【推荐3】We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it possible to have too much time?

I __ back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also _____ a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it __________.

When I got into college, things _______.I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this ____ time, there was no sense of ____ to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a _______. Once that happened, I just kept ______ my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was ______ really late at night to get my work done.

One day I ____ a former classmate of mine who was _____ a lot of money running a sideline(副业).Since his regular job was _____ , I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full-time. He said _____ the job, he would _____ have too much time and would just do what I did back in ______. He said that if he _____ the job, he

would lose his _____ to work and succeed.

So, try _____ your time with other work. This is why there is a _____ that if you want something done, ask a (n)_______ person to do it.

【推荐2】The whole school was talking about the coming trip at a winter camp. And everyone was ________, except me.

“I’ll hate it,” I told my parents. “I’ll get homesick. I’ll look stupid at winter sports, and everyone will ________ me.”

“You might be surprised, Bree,” said Mum. “The only way to find out is to ________.”

“It’s what growing up is all about,” Dad added.

When arriving at the camp, we were asked to share one ________.

“I’m afraid I’ll be homesick,” someone said.

I wasn’t the only one! I began to ________. After lunch, we were asked to ski down to the field. I skied ________, but I still hit a piece of ice and fell down.

“Ha! Ha!” Behind me, somebody started laughing. I ________ to see who was making fun of me. To my ________, I saw a girl in the same awkward position I was in. “I thought I’d be bad at this, ________ I’m worse than I expected!” she said.

Suddenly, I started laughing too. After being so ________ of falling, it was a comfort not to fear it anymore.

At dinner time, I was so happy to be talking about interesting things that I ________ to feel homesick.

The next day, I was ________ to try ski jumping first, even though I didn’t want to. But when my feet left the ground, I felt I was flying and it was wonderful.

Maybe Dad was right when he said “You might ________ it if you give it a chance!”

Maybe the kind of ________ Mum and Dad were talking about had more to do with my attitude than my looks. We all ________ fitting in and failing when we try new things. Sometimes you’ve got to fall on your face to discover how much you’ve got in common.

【推荐3】January 15, 2016, I awoke at 2:30 a. m. I had a dry mouth and went downstairs needing water. I was walking back upstairs from the _______ when I heard my American bulldog, Rock, barking.

Whatever Rock was doing down there, it made enough _______ for me to go to him. When I _______ it to the bottom of the stairs I saw a light on, but I didn't _______ leaving one on. It was then that I saw the _______ . I immediately shouted to my wife to wake up and get our three kids. I grabbed a knife and cut out the plastic that covered the window to the porch roof. I then broke the window and _______ out the screen（纱窗）. I got everybody out on the roof and threw a blanket out there so we wouldn't slip off. Then I started _______ for help. But help never came.

I'm scared of _______ but I couldn't let my family _______ . So I jumped off the roof. I was out of breath when I ________ .

I found our ladder, placed it ________ the house, and climbed back up to the roof. I wrapped my arms around one of my daughters and carried my nine-month-old son with my teeth, by his little sleeping bag. Then I climbed down the ladder. ________ we got to the ground, I had my little girl hold her brother, and I went back up to the roof to get another daughter and then, my wife. I tried to get my dog, but he was just ________ by the black smoke. I never saw him alive again.

I'm no ________ , but Rock was! He lived to ________ us just as I live to help my family.