【推荐1】A man got a new car and he was very proud of it.One day，when he came back home，he saw his three－year－old son happily hitting the new car with a toy _____．He broke off the paint on the car.The man was so _____ that he ran to his son，took away his hammer(锤子) from him，and used the hammer to hit the boy’s     _____ as hard as he could for punishment.The poor boy cried _____ but his father didn’t care at all.

When the father calmed down，he took his son to the _____ as soon as he could.Although the doctor tried to save the broken bones，he had to _____ the fingers from both of the boy’s hands in the end.

When the boy _____ in the hospital and saw his hands，he innocently (天真地)said，“Daddy，I’m sorry about your car.”Then he asked，“But when are my fingers going to grow back？”The father felt very sad and regretted this very much.

Think about this story when someone steps(踩)_____ your feet and you want to argue(争吵)with him.Think first before you _____ your patience with someone.Cars can be repaired，______ broken bones and hurt feelings often can’t.So always remember：excusing is greater than argument and think before you act!

【推荐2】It had been a long business trip. We had already had multiple flight delays, so I was pleased when we ________ boarded the plane on schedule. The flight attendants shut the door, ________ the passengers, and soon after, I heard the sound of the engines firing, which seemed quite ________ to me.

It is common in Atlanta that we had to wait a bit on the ________ for our turn. And then finally we started moving slowly. ________, when we did so for about 10 minutes, suddenly the plane stopped. An announcement came that we’d have a delay, and we’d be in a holding pattern (等待模式) for a little while.

That “little while” ________ 90 minutes at last. It was almost 40 degrees and we were ________ in the small plane with almost no air conditioning. It seemed like a(n) ________! So when the plane took off in the end, all the passengers couldn’t help cheering.

Waiting is not something that comes easily to me. I’m more like the sports car with the engine ________waiting at the crossing. But now, I’ve ________ something: When I have to stay in a “holding pattern”, it will be wise to accept that with ________ and a good attitude. Sometimes those “holding patterns” are for my ________. They make me wait until things are ________. Sometimes those “holding patterns” seem very long and ________   just like the one on the hot airplane but I should trust everything will be OK. I should know what I can do is just have ________ with the difficult time.

【推荐3】Music is something I could never live without. Without music, I was ______ and would only talk when I was asked to. Music allowed me to ______ myself and be as loud as I wanted to. Singing my ______ out during choir (合唱) class, auditioning for choir concert solos, and ______ the school play, I felt the most like myself. There was nothing that could keep me away from my ______, until high school.

Everyone who wanted to be in show choir auditioned for the ______, including me. In the audition room, there was a piano, notes and different lyrics ______ on the chalkboard. I hit every note, and the ______ was amazing. When my audition was over, I took a breath of ______. Weeks passed and the list of who had made it into show choir was ______. I found my ______. “Angelica H. –– alternate (候补者)”. After I saw this, my ______ disappeared. My outside showed I wasn’t sad, but on the inside, my whole world had ______.

A year passed, I was at a ______ that also held karaoke to the customers. My parents let me go up and ______. Finally, I got enough courage to ______ a song by Sam Smith and started off. While I hit the high notes, people eating   ______ for me. I realized, I did not get into one program but that did not mean that I had to give up all ______. I still had that passion. The lesson learned was that if you are ______ or do not get what you want, and it is something you’re in ______ with, don’t give up.

【推荐1】Attitude with action is everything. That’s what I’ve ___ from a simple person at our office gym.

Last month our city conducted a fitness center — “FitnessOne”. And we had a trainer there, who had a bad ___ to his work and us. He used to come down to our office every evening but he was least ___ about who was coming in and what people were doing inside. He only talked about the money he earned by ___ people individually in another fitness center where he ___ in the mornings. He never guided us. ___, he would not even ___ properly when any of us asked about the way of doing exercise. ___, at the end of last month he was ___ and we got a new trainer.

The gentleman was Bala. He would quietly come in and do ____ for the first few days except looking at the register, ____ who came regularly to the gym. Slowly, he became ____ with the users and started to correct their mistakes while exercising. And people built up ____ in him. Yesterday, he called me to watch some specific exercises. ____ his interim(暂时的)period of one month was coming to a(n) ____, he wanted me to learn them properly before he left us. we’ve ____ FitnessOne to appoint Bala as a ____ trainer and now we are waiting for their reply.

Bala could have taken his role as a trainer like our ____ guy since he stayed here only for a month. But he ____ to take it seriously and sincerely. His positive attitude along with his ____ gained our trust and support. I think this is his great achievement.

【推荐2】A farmer owned an old mule(骡子) One day the mule _________ into the farmer’s well(井)unluckily   The farmer heard the mule _________ He tried every possible way to save the mule, but _________ .

After carefully thinking about the situation, the farmer _________ that neither the mule nor the well was worth greater efforts _________ , he called his neighbors together, told them what had happened, and asked them to help carry dirt to cover the old mule in the _________ and put him out of his _________ .

At first, the old mule was mad! But as the farmer and the neighbors _________ shoveling(铲土) and the dirt hit his back, an idea _________ to him.   Every time a shovelful of ____________ landed on his back, he would shake it off and step up!

This he did, blow after blow. “Shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up!” He repeated to ____________ himself.   No matter how painful the blows, or how ____________ the situation seemed, the old mule overcame his fear and just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up!

It wasn’t long before the old mule, tired out, stepped ____________ over the wall of that well! What seemed to have destroyed him actually ____________ him all because of the way in which he dealt with his adversity(逆境)

That’s life! We should face our problems and respond to them ____________ , and refuse to give in to fear, bitterness, or self-pity.