【推荐1】I was travelling on an overnight bus from Kolhapur to Aurangabad in India. The bus—an ordinary, non-air-conditioned one—was more than _________. All 55 seats were taken and there were some 20 people _________ in the aisle (过道). The hot day _________ the discomfort of the 10-hour journey. Because I was travelling on a student bus pass, I had no choice but to stand.

After around two very long hours, I was _________ with sweat in the noise of the bus. I suddenly sensed a hand tapping my hand, asking for _________. Turning around, I found a middle-aged man with a kind smile looking up at me. He stood up and said I could _________ his seat for some time. I was pleasantly _________ and immediately accepted his offer, my entire body feeling a sense of relief. And the man stood next to me, _________ around. After about 20 minutes, I signaled him to _________ his space. A man, who was sitting by the window on the other side of the bus, had observed our __________.

Just then, something __________ happened. Our observer stood up and offered his seat to another standing man. All of a sudden, we had caused a chain reaction: almost all the standees got a(n)__________ to be seated. More surprisingly, people even started chatting with each other while exchanging positions, and soon began sharing jokes. Needless to say, the rest of the journey was quite __________.

The bus reached its destination in the next morning. As I stood in the early morning light, waving goodbye to the groups, I was __________ of an important life lesson—that we can all __________ what we have, including our burdens, and help our co-passengers in the journey of life.

【推荐3】I work for a non-profit organization that serves children with disabilities. A particular _________made me appreciate it even more.

Last Friday we took them to an amusement park. I was _________ with three girls who all had Down’s syndrome (唐氏综合征). They were having a great time, _________ the stares and looks from people around us.

The girls were _________ and screaming in excitement on a roller coaster ride, when a young woman patted me on the shoulder. She _________ told me that she recognized the girls had Down’s syndrome. I told her yes.

I couldn’t _________ what she next said to me. She _________ me that she had just had a baby who was diagnosed (诊断) with Down’s syndrome, and that she had been most worried if her baby would be able to experience joy and live a life full of _________. She then went on to say that watching these girls made her relieved, because she saw how happy they were. Then, she _________me for talking to her and giving her the best gift she could have asked for: __________.

I am so __________ that these three amazing girls were able to make this mother feel a sense of __________ — that they gave her the hope and __________ that her baby will experience a happy life. Every time I think about this, I can’t help but __________. These kids that I am so __________ to work with and their smiling faces are major reasons why I smile.

【推荐1】As a child ,I hated going to the store with my mom. Whenever my mom asked if I wanted to go______, I would say , “No, mom!’Who wants to get car sick and walk near the frozen section(冷 冻区)? That’s the______ part --- the freezers and smell of seafood. Why would any mom____their only child this way? I hated it. _____ , I did get cookies, French fries, and chocolate. This____ treatment went on until I left for Culver Academies.

Here at Culver, I had no chance to walk around with my mom and get snacks I wanted. I found myself stuck(被困住) at the _____ whose store had high prices for a slice of cheese. I ___walking near the frozen sections with my mom.

My first vacation home, my mom asked what I wanted from the _____ , knowing I wouldn’t go.

“Can I ___？”I asked with a look of _____ because I wanted to spend time with her. I also felt sad while asking _____ I took all those _____for granted in my childhood.

I ____ come home now. But when I do, I ____ to go with her every time. If not, I always say, “Love you mom. Drive safe!” I run to the gate and watch her______.I wave ,smile, and ____ that I stay home.

As a child , I hated going shopping with my mom, but now I ____ it. I like walking near the frozen sections of stores now--- it gives me a(an)______to stay with her. When I go with her, I really______ every detail in our trips. Now I’m eighteen and will be in college soon. I hope she knows how much those eight minutes’______ to the store meant to me .Thanks mom.

【推荐2】My first and favorite hero is my dad. I still _______ times when he would stay up with me to watch those funny shows at midnight after a long day of tiring work. The_______and excitement I felt every time he came home from work with a toy in his hand, _______but still willing to give me the world. And how my dad would go to the store and buy me a cartoon-themed cake_______ it wasn't my birthday because he knew how much I liked to _______ myself with cake.

Our life _______ when my sister was born. She was sick. I couldn't_______ anything except the fact that my parents were_______. She went through multiple hospitalizations, during which my mother was by my sister's side the entire time. My dad assumed the_______of my mom. I did everything with him, from sleeping in his bed because I was ________at night, to going to work with him every single day. And complaining to him that I was hungry every day after school. This________went on for years.

I didn't really care for________when I was younger. I just________they were people with super abilities. Now, I think my dad________ under that category. He has the________to make me feel happy and joyful. He makes me feel safe, warm, and loved.

【推荐3】As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she ________ out at the audience (观众),________ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had ________ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their daughter compete in this sports meeting in Cleveland, Ohio.

The music ________ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music ________ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much ________ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the ________ seconds before skating onto the ice was ________. She was feeling the movement of the music and letting it carry her. She skated easily,________ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance(表演) was finished.

The crowd loved it and cheered (欢呼) as she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other ________. It was the remark (评价) that ________ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the ________ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy waited for the scoring (打分) to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters,some waiting ________ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were ________. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena,________.

【推荐1】Long ago, a rabbit built a big house, where he lived happily. He had ______ it so well that, when a heavy ______ arrived in autumn, which flooded (淹没) and destroyed nearly the whole forest and the ________ of many animals, his remained. Soon, one after another, the ______ animals came to his door, asking if they could ______ the cold days in his house. He let each ______ in, and the house was gradually filled up ______ it was full. This discomfort didn’t ______ the rabbit. Instead, he was happy because everyone else said he was _______. All the animals thanked the rabbit for offering them a place to live in winter.

In spring,   all the animals ______ and rebuilt their own houses. Seeing this, the rabbit jumped up and down so happily that he didn’t ______ that a fox was waiting for him. One of the animals who had spent the cold ______ in the rabbit’s house saw this, and called the rabbit _______, shouting at the rabbit to ________ escape into his house. Then the fox broke into the house, but the rabbit ______ to escape and run into the home of another friend. For a whole day, the fox ______the rabbit from one animal’s home to another’s,______ the rabbit always managed to save his skin, and was ______ all the time by the friends he had ______ help to in the winter. Finally, the fox gave up.

The rabbit felt very happy, not only for having escaped the fox, but also for having made so many friends in the forest. From the ______, he learned that helping others is helping himself.

【推荐2】When I was young, I was a terrible student. I didn’t ________ talking with my grandmother on the phone, because she would ask me about school and about what I was reading.

Each Christmas, I would get a package from Grandmother. “Another ________. Just like every year!” I would think and then put it aside. I would ________all my latest toys on Christmas morning and for days and even weeks after.________, I would open Grandmother’s gift. I would read the book and sometimes ________ the text, but I didn’t find this interesting.

Although I was not interested in ________, I had great patience with younger children. Seeing how I ________her kid with homework, my neighbor said I should become a teacher when I grew up.

During my second term in college, I ________ in my Children’s Literature class. Our teacher________ a list of classic children’s books. It was then that I wanted to ________. I raced home and ran to the basement (地下室). There on the dusty shelf sat the most amazing collection of children’s books any teacher could ________ to have. My grandmother didn’t ________ me what my little girl mind wanted, but what she knew I ________ — a gift for the soul that would last a lifetime.

I ________ to water the seed my grandmother planted so long ago. I graduated from college, received my master’s degree and became a ________ , trying my best to plant those tiny seeds in all my students.

【推荐3】On Thursday morning, two teenage boys were rescued by a drone (无人机) in Australia while lifeguards were still training to use the machine.

The ______, aged 15-17, got into difficulties about 700 feet off the coast of Lennox Head, New South Wales (NSW). A passerby saw them ______ in dangerous waves. Lifesavers ______ sent the drone to drop a lifeboat, and the pair made their way safely to the ______.

The drone, known as “Little Pipper”, was actually not ______ to be saving anyone just yet---lifeguards were being trained to ______ the machine. When a call came about the swimmers ______, the drone happened to be nearby.

Jai Sheridan was the lifeguard who ______ the drone. He described the experience as ______. “The Little Ripper ______ proved itself today. It is a highly efficient (高效的) piece of lifesaving equipment. I was ______ the drone when the alarm was raised. I directed it towards the swimmers, and dropped the ______. With its support they made their way to safety. They were ______, but not hurt. The teens were rescued in just 70 seconds with the drone---while a lifeguard would have taken up to six minutes to ______ the rescue.”

John Barilaro, an official of the state, ______ the rescue as historic. “It was the world’s ______ rescue by the unmanned aircraft”, he said. “Never before has a drone been used to ______ swimmers like this.”

Last December, the NSW state government ______ some “Little Ripper” drones for 247,000 pounds. ______ some are designed to spot sharks, others are ______ with lifeboats, alarms and loudspeakers. “It was money well spent,” said John Barilaro.

【推荐1】I’ve been told I was born middle-aged. I took on a lot of family _________ at an early age, which meant putting away childish things long before childhood was over. When you have sensible adult _________ on your mind, it’s_________to find time to play. A few months ago, I was listening to a sensible adult podcast (播客) about publishing. During the course of the _________, the host said to his guest, “Ever since I read your latest book, I’ve found myself looking for opportunities to play.” When I heard a sensible adult podcaster talk about taking time to play, I thought, “Well, that’s just silly.” The idea of playing as an adult seemed _________ in a way I couldn’t express clearly. However, I didn’t know why the desire to play still _________ my mind a few days later.

One night, I was cutting across the local park, which would have been bustling (熙熙攘攘的) with _________ if I’d been there during the day. Now they were home in bed with their parents, and it was just me in this well-loved playground.

It was the swing set that really _________ my attention. When I saw it, I suddenly remembered playing on the swings with my cousin. I recalled the _________ of that childhood experience. During the day you’d probably be__________by other sensible adults if you were waiting in line with their children. But at night, with no one else around?

I   __________ a bit, but nobody would ever know. So I got on the swing. I pumped (摇晃) my __________ to go higher, higher.

It was fun,__________ and simple. Eventually, I came down from the swing, but I didn’t resist smiling. I couldn’t. That smile __________ itself on my face, and it wouldn’t go away.

My childhood may be over, but that doesn’t mean __________ is.

【推荐2】Once a boy really had everything he wanted, so he was ______ interested in the rarest (最稀有的) objects. One day he ______ a mysterious (神秘的) mirror and took it home. When he looked into the mirror, he found that his ______ looked very sad. He tried ______, but it remained the same.

Surprised, the boy went off to buy some sweets. He went home and looked into the mirror as happily as possible,______ he still looked sad. He bought all kinds of toys, but he looked forever ______ in that mirror. So the boy put the mirror away in a ______.

“What a(n)______ mirror! I’ve never seen a mirror that didn’t ______ properly!”

That same afternoon he went out to play, but on his ______ to the park he saw a little girl crying loudly. So he went over to see what was happening. The little girl told him that she had ______ her parents.

Together, they ______ in search of them. As the little girl continued crying, the boy ______ his money in buying sweets lo cheer her up.______, after walking for a long time, they found her parents, who looked very worried.

The boy said goodbye, and walked off towards the park. However,______ the time, he decided to turn around and head ______ home, as he had no time to ______. At home, he went to his room and noticed a shining ______ in the corner where he had left the mirror. Seeing this, he went over to the mirror and ______ that the light was coming from his own body, because he was so happy about having helped that little girl.

So he understood the mystery of that mirror, the only mirror reflecting (反映) faithfully (诚心诚意地) the ______ joy of its owner.