【推荐2】It was Mother’s Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were____,we realized that only minutes earlier an ____woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground.____was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.____,a lot of people stopped to help out.

___we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very____about what had happened to the elderly couple. He____to me,“ Mom, it’s not much fun falling over in front of ____.”Seeing that there was a flower stall (摊位) at the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldn’t we____the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was____that he’d come up with this____ idea. So we went over and told the flower seller____we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I____take your money for such a wonderful____.”

By now medical staff had arrived, and were____the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman’s husband and I told him it was____my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a ____son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”

The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from.____being badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with____in her eyes and gave him a little_____

【推荐1】Every New Year’s Eve in the past, we had breakfast at Aunt Dot’s house.   My most vivid

_______of the meal was the centerpiece(中心装饰品)that Aunt Dot always _______ on her kitchen table-seven sets of salt and pepper shakers.   It wasn’t until years later that I finally asked Aunt Dot about the unusual centerpiece.

She was then 87 but she_______invited us to the last breakfast of the year. I had _______early that morning to help with the meal_______．Though weak, Aunt Dot was_______stirring(搅拌)pancake batter(糊状物)as she_______my question. “You know I arrange those salt and pepper shakers on the table every single year.”

“I know,” I said,_______plates on the table. “But_______do you always do that on New Year’s Eve morning?”

“It helps to remind me that________the holidays are over, there’s another whole year of them coming,“ Aunt Dot said thoughtfully.

I nodded__________,“1 guess that makes sense. ”

Let me tell you something more,“ she said.“I’ve learned over my many Tears that nothing really________; every ending in life is really just another new________. ” She pointed at me with the batter-covered spoon. “________ that, my dear. ”

“I will,” I told her.

In the spring of that year, after a short illness, Aunt Dot passed away. To my________, I got the holiday salt and pepper shakers which I thought would be given to her own children. I________Aunt Dot wanted to make sure I remembered her philosophy.

I continued Aunt Dot’s breakfast________ at my own apartment with the salt and pepper shakers centerpiece________. The pancakes are never as delicious as Aunt Dot’s,________the center of the table is covered with those old salt and pepper shakers,________us all that every ending is really just another beginning.

【推荐2】I once unplugged (拔掉电源插头) the TV for a month. It was summer, the _______ of long walks and beach parties. I didn’t need TV that much then. But I knew if I really wanted to prove I could _______ television, I'd have to _______ the darkest, coldest England months without it. This winter, I had my _______.

A year ago I _______ my own place. Living alone was an opportunity to choose _______ I wanted to live. After being TV-free would _______ me to do what I didn't have _______ for. I wondered if I would feel lonely, but _______ it would be better not to try to spend time with my "friends" on TV but to visit ________ friends. I also considered ________ a small TV to keep in the closet and bring out on special occasions.

I did miss a lot, but I could feel ________ changes. I had thought that I was too tired to ________ after a long day at work, but now i found myself reading a lot.   I also started doing volunteer work almost every week ________ every few months. Sometimes I even ________ that rare thing called quiet.

Sometime during the winter, the season I thought would be the most ________, I discovered I had crossed the line from experiment to ________. Finally, I put up a photo on the only living room wall that could have a ________. A friend came over for the first time, and with a(n) ________ look, "So, don't you have a TV?"

I don't know how long my new lifestyle will last. I might ________ want to reconnect with my TV, but I'm confident now that I'll still find time and space for me.

【推荐3】Many years ago,I was working as a psychologist at a children's institution in England.One day an adolescent boy____in my office.His headmaster had____him to me."David,"he wrote,"is very sad since both his parents died. He refuses to talk and I'm very____about him.Can you help?"

How could I help him?There are human tragedies psychology doesn't have the____to.Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen____.

The first two times we met,David didn't say a word.I____we play a game of chess the third time he came.He____.After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon in____.It's not easy to cheat in chess,____I made sure David won once or twice.It seemed as if he enjoyed my____.But why did he never talk with me?

"Perhaps he____needs someone to share his pain with,"I____.Some months later,I sat staring at David's head, while he was bent____the chessboard.Suddenly,he looked up at me.

"It's your____,"he said.

After that day,David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club.He wrote me____a few times about how he would try to get into university.The letters____after some time.I knew he had really started to live a(n)____life.He needn't write me any more to tell me that.

Maybe I gave David something.At least I____a lot from him.For example,David showed me____one—without any words—can reach out to another person.All it____is a hug,a shoulder to cry on,a friendly touch and an ear that listens.