【推荐1】At the airport,I looked closely at the face of my son,Daniel,his backpack by his side.We were saying good-bye. In a few hours he would be flying to France to____a different life.It was a transitional（过渡期的）time in Daniel's life.I wanted to leave him some____words.However,nothing came from my____and this was not the first time I had let such a moment____.Past memories came____on me.

When Daniel was five,I took him to the school-bus stop on his first day of kindergarten.He____me-as he did now."What is it going to be like,Dad?Will I be okay?"And then he walked up the____of the bus and disappeared inside.And the bus drove away.And I had said nothing.

A decade or so later,a similar____appeared.I drove him to college.I tried to think of something to say to give him____and confidence as he started this new life.Again,words____me.

Now,as I stood before him,I thought of Daniel's grandfather and those____opportunities in my life.How many times have we all let such moments pass?

My father and I loved each other.Yet,I always____never hearing him put his____into words and never having the memory of that moment.Now,I could feel my hands sweat and my throat tighten.Why is it so____to tell a son something from the heart?

My mouth turned dry,and I knew I would be able to speak out only a few words____."Daniel,"I said,"if I could have picked,I would have picked you."That's all I could say.I wasn't sure he understood what I____.Then he came toward me and threw his arms around me.For a moment,the world and all its people stopped,and there was just Daniel and me.He was saying something,____my tears rolled down,and I couldn't understand what he was saying. All I could____was the stubble（胡茬）on his chin as his face____against mine.And then,the moment ended.What I had said to Daniel was clumsy.It was nothing.And yet,it was____.

【推荐2】Today the kids and I went to the grocery store before the storm came in. When we made it outside to load our groceries, the hurricane alarms_________.

We loaded our things and got on our way home. We passed a man_________ so hard to get his wheelchair off the main road. We_________ and asked him if he needed help. He said yes and that he lived about a block away.

Without a second_________ , my son Seth Robert Phillips jumped out of the car and _________ the man who was a double amputee (截肢者) up a hill about a block and a half. _________ , the hurricane alarms were sounding.

The man was so_________ and he kept saying that I’m_________ good kids. There and then I explained to him that my grandfather was a double amputee and that I was raised to_________ out if I could. He said he could have been__________ in a terrible storm and thanks to this young man, he went home dry and safe.

Seth got into the car and as we drove off. His exact words were, “Mom, I__________ that we live in a world where people would fly by and honk (摁喇叭) at a__________ person rather than voluntarily lend a hand.” I told him that’s why it’s so important that we do what we can to always help. Every little bit truly does__________. He is truly my __________ and joy. I’m proud of you, Seth Robert Phillips, for your__________ to be a good human.

【推荐3】My grandmother is the woman who plays a significant（重大的）role in my life.It’s particularly _________ because this is the first year of my life that she hasn’t been with us, but she continues to _________ me in so many ways．

She was a（n）_________ grandmother. She was the _________ of our family. She grew up in an era when women were not expected to have _________, but having left school in her teens due to poverty, she worked day and night to _________ a business with my grandfather, managing to save enough money to send my father to a good school．

She was famous for her _________, so everyone loved her cakes. She always got involved in social life and _________, spending 50 years of her life working for their local village committee. She _________ good memories, saying how she would keep them in her mind and get them out whenever she wanted the pleasure of recalling the past. She wouldn’t focus on __________, though, saying that it doesn’t do good to look back too much.

We live in a time when women are __________ to have it all. My grandmother, born in the 1920s, had it all before it was fashionable. The __________, however, was that she never made it about her. She __________ her life to other people and kept positive（积极的，肯定的）because of it．

She __________ me to seek the good, not pay much attention to the bad and take an interest in something __________.Thank you, Granny.

【推荐1】About 20 minutes away from River Campus, one might _______ sounds of magical flights at the mysterious Mushroom House of Powder Mills Park. The private houses,   _______ as the landmark of Town of Perinton, show off extraordinary architectural _______ with tree-like doors and wooden sculptures, treasure-filled mosaics, and naturalistic components in both inside and _______ .

This odd artistic _______ has gained the Mushroom House its own official website and widespread media _______ . Since the house's _______ , it has actively been covered by many media. Much like Disney's Pixie Hollow, the Mushroom House appears to be a collection of “found” parts. The _______ starts from the underground garage to the tunnel, a reminder of the University's tunnel system,   _______ the outer of the Mushroom House.

The ________ tops and inner branches of the Mushroom House are in good condition,   ________ to any old mushrooms found in a backyard. But the different types of glass, with their ________ shapes and materials, used to build walls of the Great Room and the master bathroom lend the inside a colorful personality. Though ________ , the curves（曲线）of the ceilings in all four mushrooms create acoustics（音响效果）that its website ________ that of Carnegie Hall in New York City. ________ builders Peter Strong and William Ashton, the four 80-ton Mushroom House were ________ from models on the ground. The outside Mushroom House was then ________ with works of art, including fashionable lighting and handmade bricks, hobbit-like doors, tree and ________ sculptures, sand-molded walls and ceilings, custom wood furniture, and iron railings.

These works of art were all designed and ________ by local artists. Though this seems like a dream, it ________ a sweet past.

【推荐3】What kinds of homes will we live in the future? _________ can be sure，but scientists are working out new ideas now.

Some scientists are _________ about building whole cities under huge glass domes(圆盖). _________，advanced heating and cooling systems will be necessary to control the weather in the domes._________，there will never be any rain or snow，and the temperature will always be _________.

Perhaps everyone will live in vertical(垂直的)cities—high rises_________ are so large that they can contain all the necessities of life.Since vertical cities will use_________ land than flat cities，and provide homes _________ more people，they will be practical for small countries that have_________ populations.

__________ idea that will be helpful to small countries is the__________ city.Monaco has already built homes，stores and offices__________ the water of the Mediterranean Sea.

There are some people who think that we will __________ living in caves.But the caves of the future will be__________ the caves of the Stone Age.Farms and parks will be on the land over the cave city.When people want to go to the country or to a park，a short__________ in a lift will take them there.