【推荐1】My 23-year-old son Dan packed, ready for the journey to work abroad for a year. It was a milestone, _________ the transition from his school days to adulthood.

I looked _________ at his face when we were to say goodbye, trying to remember every feature, meanwhile, _________ to say something that had long buried deep in my heart. However, not a sound came over my lips.

This wasn’t the first time I had let such an opportunity _________. On his first day in preschool, I accompanied him to the bus stop. His _________ and curiosity filled all the way. But even still, he boarded the bus and disappeared, I was _________. There still were many other _________ like this.

Now I stood in front of him, trying to recall all the times I had let go of. How often has that not happened to us all? A son graduates or a daughter is married. But at those ceremonies, we don’t seize the _________, telling them what they _________ to us.

Here and now, I knew it really mattered; but I still found myself nervous and uncomfortable. Why does it have to be so __________?

I gathered all my courage. “Dan,” I __________ stammered out (结巴地说出), “If I had the choice myself I would have chosen you.”

I was not sure whether he __________ what I meant. But then he stepped __________ me and put his arms around me. For a short while the world and everything was gone, there were only Dan and me.

What I told Dan was clumsy and commonplace. Yet it was __________.

Then he __________ the airport with his girlfriend in a taxi.

【推荐3】Outside my office building, there would be a homeless man, standing by the road and waving at passers-by happily.

I would remember to _________ any spare change for him. Every time I saw him, I’d _________ roll down my window and give him the _________. Occasionally the red light would be on for a/an _________, long enough for us to _________ each other. His answer would always be “I am so happy and fine!” It _________ me that even in his situation he was so _________, and his answer would remind me of how _________ I was. A mother of four amazing kids, with a place to call _________ and with a decent job.

Then one day my boss told me that I was being __________ due to the economy. A feeling of worry __________ me, so I didn’t remember to keep my spare change like I usually did. __________ there he was as always. I’d hoped to catch the __________ light, but I missed it. Aware of my black mood, he walked over with a smile and said, “Today I will give you a dollar”. He then reached into his pocket and __________ out a dollar bill. I burst into tears.

He taught me a valuable lesson: No matter what __________ things are taken from you, no one can take away your choice to be joyful.

【推荐2】As I held my boy in the arms to rock him to sleep, he had his arms wrapped around me and kissed me on the cheek. I could feel his _________ love and trust.

For many years my husband John and I dreamed and _________ about becoming parents someday. If I couldn’t have any children of my own, I would _________. One Sunday morning a lady _________ me and told she had a granddaughter planning to _________ her unborn baby. We met with the young birthmother and showed her a profile of our family, which included a resume and pictures.

Less than two months later we completed our home study and were _________ by the adoption agency just two days before the baby’s birth. One Sunday morning, we got the news and rushed _________ to the hospital. What a(n) _________ feeling it is to finally hold your newborn son for the first time! We named him Eric Daniel.

During his stay in hospital, we got to hold him and feed him, so we _________ instantly. On the fourth day, Eric was __________ from the hospital and went home with us. Staring at this __________ angel, I couldn’t believe after all these years that I was now the mother of this beautiful child.

It took 10 months for the adoption to become __________. On that day we stood before the Judge declaring Eric __________ ours. It has been over two years now since we were __________ with Eric and I truly have enjoyed every day that I spend as a mother. I no longer __________ any day for granted. Thank God for giving me the opportunity to take care of such a life.

【推荐1】“You afraid of heights?” my dad asked, as I climbed up the seemingly ________ ladder to the second-story rooftop. I was up there to help him fix our TV ________. “Not yet,” I replied, as he climbed up after me with tools in hand. I didn’t have much to do up there on the roof — mostly I just held the antenna still and handed my dad ________ — so I began to talk to him as he worked, which put me ________. I could always talk to my dad. Most of my peers would be embarrassed to have their dad ________ them, but not me; in fact, I took great pride in him.

After he finished working on the antenna, we went inside. As I ________ my room, I saw my dad working ________ at his computer in his study, which was adjacent (邻近的) to my bedroom. As I watched him, I had the most incredible ________ to just poke my head in and tell him that I loved him. ________, I quickly brushed that urge away and continued on into my room. I couldn’t possibly say to him “I love you”, but I really ________ to.

The next day seemed like any other. After school, my mom ________ me at the front door, with her face streaming with ________. She told me, in the ________ voice she could manage, the worst news of my life. “Dad’s dead.” I just stood there as she hugged me, unable to move or ________.

I never really told my dad I loved him. I ________ I had. I miss him very much.

【推荐2】People are often addicted to high-tech products. On the way, almost everybody is________their eyes on phones. I feel sorry about this, and I can't comment on what might be happening in other cities, but in my city, there are some________moments of connection. I just________one the other day.

On the subway, I took out my________and started reading like others. Then I noticed that________was sitting on the three seats across from me. After careful observation, I________why. Next to the empty seats was a________dressed old woman. She smelled as if she hadn't________for a few days or something in her bag had gone bad.

After a while, a man sitting beside the door started to________her. "Grandmother, are you okay?" We all waited for her________, but she just nodded.

"You never know, maybe the other day you or me will be in the difficult________like her," he said to us and the young lady who was with him. He also________his pocket, took out some money and gave it to the old woman. Others were________to do so, too.

The couple, just before they left, made a(n)________to us. "We just got________." There were a round of cheers from the passengers. "________," someone called out. The first thing the newlyweds did was________. What a perfect beginning to their marriage!

I was________and put something in the old woman's hand before I________. Although it was very________outside, but I felt warm.