【推荐1】We tend to think that the happiest people are the ones who have all the good things — money, looks, health, love, friends, success, shiny cars, big beautiful houses, but is that really true? I have ___ so many ＂poor＂ and ＂rich＂ people while traveling around the world. I can tell you that often the people who had ___ seemed much ___ than the people who had more.

About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate student in college, I was ___ as an intern(实习生) in the ______ of my University’s Museum of Natural History. One day, while operating the cash register, an elderly couple ______ with a little girl in a ___. As I took a closer look at this girl, I ___ she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and torso(躯干). She was ___ a little white dress with red dots.

As the couple wheeled her up to the ____, I was looking down at the register. I ____ my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼). As I ____ the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the largest ____ I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her disability was ____ and all I saw was a beautiful little girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a ____ new sense of what ______ was all about.

At that time, I was a poor and unhappy college student. The little girl ____ me into her world, a world of smiles, love and warmth. Now I’m a successful business person. Whenever I start to feel ____ and think about the troubles of the world, I ____ that little girl and the remarkable ____ about life that she taught me.

【推荐2】Taking part in a party is an interesting experience for all those girls and women who love eating, chatting and playing over a simple cup of tea and having a good time all afternoon. If you are going to _______ a tea party, you will have to plan well.

Parties nowadays are simply to _______ and have some fun in the sun. Making it a party for celebrations can be the greatest _______.

If you have a theme (主题) for your party, make the invitations in that _______. Make the invitations in light color _______ pink. You can tie ribbons (丝带) to the invitations to make them _______ beautiful and write what you want to express in _______ handwriting. Once they’re ready, take out your _______ book and send out the invitations to _______ your guests.

Party foods can be either __________ at home or brought by the guests to make the party more __________. Since it is a party, you can also have singers, __________ and even some music to be played by some of your talented __________.

You can also __________ some gifts for the guests attending the party. Give the __________ to your guests after your party and __________ your guests for adding fun and excitement to the party. __________ doing so, the guests will know that you are such a kind and polite person, and __________ you invite them, they will be glad to come and have more __________ together with you.

With those special ideas for a party, don’t you __________ hosting one? Go ahead and have some fun.

【推荐1】It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. _______ I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I felt lonely. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls, _______ their souls belonged to the Internet.

I stood up and _______ between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man sitting in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he _______ answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m busy,” he said. He was chatting online and, _______, he was playing a computer game – a war game. I was surprised.

Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me？I tried _______ to speak to that computer geek (怪人) but not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction. I was _______. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “Leave me alone!”

I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I raised my head, and saw nobody showed any interest.

At that time, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their computers, not with people. They were more interested in having a relationship with the _______, particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to imagine the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines _______ with people.

I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even realize that the coffee was bad, just as Steve didn’t ________ there was a person next to him.

【推荐3】My brother and I were driving home together. We _______something interesting on the way. Because of the conversation, my brother took a _______turn.

Unfortunately, the turn took _______towards a bridge and we had no way to turn back. My brother _______the bridge toll (通行费 ) and drove on. He was _______frustrated by the mistake and the needless waste of $4.

When we reached an exit slip-way, my brother _______that a young guy pulled over to the side of the road. I was busy trying to _______which way we went next when my brother pulled over and asked the guy if he needed any _______. And he did. He had a flat tire and needed a wrench(扳手) to get it off.

My brother _______him a wrench, and then began to help him________ the tire. The young man said that this had been a ________week for him; earlier he had gotten into a minor car accident, and now this________flat on his way home from work. But he called us “breath of fresh air”, and kept ________us because he really would have been stuck________we hadn’t come along.

After we had finished the job he thanked us ________and pulled out $20 and ________to give it to us. “No,” my brother said. “We were ________supposed to get on that bridge. Yet we took a wrong turn. But now we know ________we did. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into an opportunity to________”

My brother’s reaction in the situation is a(n)________for everyone and we felt so good the rest of the day.

【推荐1】My son Leon's passion for surfing began at the age of 13, and he would go out to surf each day. One afternoon, the lifeguard called and said Leon's eye was badly_______by his board.

He _______ 26 stitches (缝针) from the corner of his eye to the bridge of his nose. I_______.telling him how _______I felt about not being there when he was hurt.

“It's okay. Mom," be_______ me. “ You don’t know how to surf anyway.”

“What?” I asked. _______by his logic.

"I'll be fine. The doctor says I can surf again in eight days."

I wanted to tell him he wasn't _______       to surf again until he was 20, but instead I_______my tongue and hoped he would _______ about surfing.

However, for the next seven days he kept ________ me to let him surf again. One day after I had________“No" to him for the 100th time, he ________me at my own game.

"Mom,you taught us never to________ what we love." I gave in.

Back then Leon was just a boy with a ________ of surfing. Now he's a man ________the top 25 professional surfers in the world.

【推荐2】I have invented robots which improve the work of cars. My love of making things began _______ I was a kid. I really became excited about inventing after I learned about Thomas Edison.

One day in fourth grade, our _______ gave us a project in class. We had to write to a company and learn about the products. I thought and thought. _______ I chose the Thomas A. Edison Company. Soon after, the company _______ me a book about the life of Thomas Edison. How I enjoyed reading and re-reading about his _______! I like the recorded sound and the electric light most. The inventions were clearly printed on my brain.

My dad noticed my interest in inventing and _______ me. He showed me how to turn my ideas into_______and then into new things. Once, I surprised my dad _______ a model plane I made. Later, we found a _______ model plane in a store. I learned that ________ inventors often invent similar things. It is not unusual for this to happen. I also learned that not all great ideas ________. Failure is a common part of the inventing.

As my father and I worked together, I began to ________ that my dad was quite an inventor himself. He was always ________ a better way to do a simple job. His guiding hands, together with my ________ in inventing, led me to become an engineer and an inventor. Of course, I also thank Thomas Edison. He is my ________.

【推荐3】What kind of person gets a tattoo (纹身)? Sailors, bikers, criminals? Well, not anymore! Check out this _______ from a recent survey: the number of Americans aged eighteen to twenty-five with tattoos has _______ to thirty-six percent over the last few years. And tattoos seem to be catching on in South America. Europe and Japan, too, a trend possibly _______ by the number of famous people proudly showing off their tattoos. People are getting tattoos to ______ the birth of a child or to show the world a symbol or a phrase with some personal meaning.

But how many of those following this latest fashion will end up ______ it? Julie, now 25, is having her tattoo got rid of by laser surgery. “My mates egged me on to do it while I was on holiday a few years ago,” she says, “and now I feel that I've _______ it.” Laser surgery isn't a cheap or easy option, however. Julie ______ paid £100 for her tattoo but is now having to cough up over £1000 to ______ it and the process will take about six months.

Stacey, 22, is finding that she is getting passed over for _______ at work and wonders if this is anything to do with her twelve tattoos. “They've told me to wear long sleeves (袖子) whatever the weather!” she says. “It's _______ but they won't back down, so I've had to give in.”

And a recent survey showed that less than thirty percent of employers in the retail, hospitality, office or beauty sectors would ________ someone with a visible tattoo.

And then you need to bear in mind how the tattoo might look when you're getting on a bit. What looked cool on you at 18, might look _______ at 50. Your tattoo can also fade and, if you put on weight, _______. Or you might just go off it.

If all this doesn't put you off and you can gather the courage (because it ______), make sure you shop around for a well-known tattooist. Ask to see portfolio of their work and certificates of training and hygiene. Where possible, get a personal _______ from someone you trust. And think it over first. Hard.