【推荐1】Hagen, a two-year-old boy, was recently traveling with his family to Dallas with his amazing Buzz Lightyear toy. As you might have guessed, traveling with kids is always _________, and the family had other things on their mind, so the tiny _________ was, unfortunately, left behind. But a good Samaritan made sure they’re _________.

Well, LIT Ramp Agent Jason _________ Buzz all alone in the plane and his first idea was that he was probably here on a mission, and a mission did actually _________. Together with another colleague, Beth, the two found out whose Buzz this was—there was a name on the foot and airlines _________ contact information, so it wasn’t too hard—and they took Buzz on an_________.

Hagen got the _________ some days later. Besides just containing Buzz himself, it included printed pictures of his adventures and a letter from him explaining his “_________”. The “custom-made” box was decorated with various Buzz Lightyear slogans and a drawing of him.

It turned out that Buzz __________ the air and space port, checked out the plane and was even in the cockpit (驾驶舱).

A video of Hagen unpacking it together with his mom Ashley Davis was __________ on Facebook. Needless to say, the kid was __________ to be reunited with his cool Buzz.

“When I got the box, I had no idea __________ it would be decorated with illustrations or that the __________ letter and pictures were going to be included,” said Ashley. “As a mother, to see someone go to great lengths for my son is a __________ to cherish forever.”

And that’s what the __________ thought too. Many expressed how awesome this feel-good story was, praising the airlines and Jason. The post received over 145,000 __________ on Facebook with nearly 100,000 shares and over 11,000 comments.

"I never guessed it would make it to the lengths it has," said Ashley. "I’m not surprised __________ because it is a feel-good story and reminds you there is __________ human kindness out there. That people are still doing good for __________ just puts a huge smile on your face when you read or hear about the story."

【推荐3】Meagan, my youngest child, studies in a high school. She’ll ______it soon and she has gained a scholarship from a university.

Her brother is a physician; her sisters major in computer. In a way, all of this ______for my New Year’s resolution (决定) made years ago. That evening my husband, Gary, said, “I’ve decided on my New Year’s resolution. I’ll take ______ lessons.” I answered. “What about me? I’m stuck in the kitchen, bed rooms, and yards due to the kids. It’s not that I don’t ______ being a mother, but that sometimes I wish to do something for myself, too.”

“Why don’t you?” Gary ______, “Surely you can think of something to be away from the ______ .” His words comforted me. ______ I was a non-native English speaker, I thought I could take an English class at college to improve my ______ so that people would understand me better. Later, I realized taking a class would ______ me, and that my kids would have an advantage, too.

“You’re ______,” I replied. “I decide to take an English class and see if the college will accept me.” “Give it a(n) ______,” Gary said. “I’m sure you’ll make it.” ______, in my heart, I just felt a bit doubtful.

And before applying to college, I was ______ baby number three. So I ______ my plan made before. One day, Gary said______,“I have finally found an excellent guitar teacher.”And he added, “What about your resolution? Have you signed up for your classes?”

I ______ my head, explaining it was because I was pregnant and that I had decided to apply to college after my delivery. Gary ______, saying I should register for the spring term before the baby came. I followed Gary’s advice. Later, I went to a good college and ______some papers. I was ______that after my papers were read, I was given a chance to take classes.

Now I fully realize the _____ of the New Year’s resolution. My following through that resolution inspired my kids, greatly contributing to their achievements in education.

【推荐1】Creativity at Work

“People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.”— Daryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century Fox, commenting on television in 1946.

The need for creativity is changing how the workplace is organized and what people do. These changes centre on the use and _______ of information: the basis for ideas. A company’s future depends upon how well it _______ , interprets, and acts upon information. Today the spread of information technologies —including computers and data bases— is _______ a sea of change in the business world.

Yet how workers interpret that information is as important as the information itself. Interpretation is, in fact, a _______ act. But the degree of creativity is influenced by our feelings: our belief that we can speak without fear of retribution, our feeling of being _______ by others, a confidence in our own intuition all affect how we _______ the information before us.

There are many ways in which the creative spirit can find expression in the workplace: innovations in management, _______ in distribution methods, or new ideas for financing a business. Creative ideas can also be used to _______ the organization itself by increasing the _______ of workers. One such innovation is the elimination of restrictive job descriptions that put workers in “boxes” and ________ their performance. Another idea is to ________ all financial information with all of the employees. Elimination of traditional corporate secrets ________ workers to understand the larger reality of the business and encourages them to generate ideas of their own to ________ costs and increase revenues.

Since creative problem-solving requires the psychological ________ of the whole person, the modern workplace must undergo vital changes. From the efforts of ________ companies around the world, a set of key ideas are emerging that can change the psychology of the workplace.

【推荐3】Jones Thando was a 16-year-old senior high school student, who had an idea for a new method of finding pancreatic cancer. When Jones was 15 years old, her aunt died of this kind of cancer, which_______her deeply. This disease is_______serious because there is no way to detect it as early as possible. By the time_______tests determine the patient has the possibility of cancer, it’s often too late to do anything!_______that it was often the case, Jones was determined to do whatever she can to develop a test that could_______problems as early as possible.

The way ahead seemed_______for Jones. She was_______a senior high school student, and what she_______to create was something no one else had tried. So Jones read_______about this kind of cancer, wrote a letter of advice about her idea, and sent it out to more than 500 medical ________. But only one expert, Dr. Amy Maitra ________to her timely and enthusiastically. Dr. Amy promised to cooperate with Jones and gave her some assistance as well as________to a lab.

Another great reward for Jone’s________was winning the big prize at the World Science and Technology Conference. This grand award is presented to young creators that have got a ________ idea. It’s bound to take many years to develop a new test way, ________Jones hopes the way will ________enhance people’ lives and maybe save them, so she insisted on trial and error. Luckily, Jones is not alone as a young creator.________, there were nearly 1500 other competitors for the International award, all of whom had ground-breaking________. For Jones, growing up in a family that is attracted to science and________innovative thinking offered him many advantages. But the key for Jones is that reading, experiment, survey and________are just for fun, and the possibility to enhance the world around her during the process makes it much better.