【推荐1】About a year ago, I had to spend a week in a hospital, because of the deadly food poisoning. There I met an elderly woman, who   _____     to be a professional musician. That time when I met her, the idea of learning to sing didn't       _____       my mind. I thought it was something     _____     and not meant for me, like being an airplane pilot.

And only recently, I suddenly decided to learn singing. I was     _____       my dog early in the morning. I sang     _____       to myself and it made me feel so wonderful.   At that moment I     _____       I had known more good songs and how to control my     _____     better. And then I thought, why didn't I take any singing lessons? Of course, it was not a practical skill that I could use at work, but not everything in this life is about actual _____   and income.

It was easy to find that woman.   I remembered her name and there was only one   _____   college in our city.   I was afraid she would reject me because I was a terrible amateur.   But she took my request very     ______. She understood how important music was     ______       one's soul.   In my first lesson, she sat at the gorgeous big piano and       ______       some rising notes that I had to repeat.   At first I was terrified to make a sound because I feared being judged and criticized. But my teacher was kind and professional. However， she was strict when she knew I could do better.

Learning to sing was like learning to walk.   It was like       ______ that all your life you had some superpower but were not aware of its   ______. Singing taught me more than just being able to take some high or low     ______.   Most importantly, it taught me to be braver about expressing myself and my opinions.

【推荐2】One evening I was going back from a supermarket. As I _______ my car, I noticed that a person stood beside me. He was the one that could be _______as a bum (流浪汉). It seemed that he was homeless. I _______ that he would ask me for money, but he did not do that. He only said, “Your car is very nice.”

After several moments of _______, I replied, “Thanks.” And then the inner voice _______ to me, “Ask him if he needs help.” After a short _______ I asked him that. His response was _______. I would never forget those simple three words “Don’t we all?”

It was a new _______ to me. I needed help, just as those _______. I had money and a house to live in, but I ________ needed help. Then I opened my wallet and offered him enough money to get some shelter for a day.

________ I understood that no matter how much money, ________, luxury things we have, we all need help. And on the other hand, no matter how poor we are, how many ________ problems we have, we still might be giving. ________ it’s just a nice word, it can be ________ to other people.

Maybe that man was just a homeless stranger, but to me he was ________ that. Maybe he was a man sent to ________ me that there is one thing, among all ________ which is very important and cannot be ________ for every person. Actually, it is a true ________ and it’s called “Giving”.

【推荐3】Last Monday, to prepare a picnic, I decided to go into a superstore which was on my way home.

I parked my car in the big parking lot and went into the superstore. It was a huge one, ______ onto 2 stories and 200,000+ square feet. After 45 minutes of shopping to just get some tomatoes, cheese and 3 toothpicks, I arrived at the cashier line, thoughtful and a bit______by the time I spent to get 3______. I wondered why I did not go to a small local store.

After 15 minutes of waiting in the line, the woman in front of me called me, “Hey... you have only 3 articles? Come and take my ______, I have way more articles than you!”

It wasn’t the first time it happened to me. But for me, it was ______, as well as was her smile (she did not wear any mask, so I could see it). Not knowing what else to do, I accepted her______. We chatted a bit waiting for the customers ahead of us to finish — she was unbelievably ______. Then I thanked her, giving her back my brightest smile (although I was wearing a mask...).

Getting______ my car, I rethought about that good moment, and realized that she ______my day. In the meantime, I wondered how to ______ it back to her. No______ it was quite impossible, so I considered how to pay it forward to someone else.

While driving, I realized that she saved me 10 minutes. And ______ I was driving at 70 mph, I reduced my speed to 55 mph. My fuel consumption dramatically ______ by 35%.

______, I relost part of the 10 minutes that the woman offered me, but it was a way to ______her and do a small thing for the environment.

【推荐1】When I was young, I was quite shy and wasn’t great at school. Mrs. Kerswell was my English teacher. It’s hard to_________her exact age. When you’re a child, every adult is_________. She must be past middle age with grey hair and a(n)_________face. Her lessons were in a stress-free environment. However, I was really_________because I was from a village school.

I didn’t_________anyone. No one from my primary school went there. I really struggled in my first year to     _______. Thanks to Mrs. Kerswell, she was really the sort of humorous teacher, who read materials just for_________.

She managed to make Beowulf interesting to a number of_________.She was key in keeping my love of reading going. It certainly wasn’t a_________thing for a boy of that age to love reading as an entertainment. Actually, I just treated it as a learning task.

When I was 13, I wasn’t excellent at writing. But she allowed and__________me to write in a natural way. Unlike my other teachers, she told me not to use the fanciest__________. “Writing is not about flowery language but about real communication.__________, you’re having a conversation on a page,” she said. So it made me realize that I didn’t have to__________about it too much.

I saw her once, over 10 years ago. My writing career was going well, and she was proud of my achievements and__________as a writer, and I really__________her for keeping the fame on.

【推荐3】As a student, I have always loved to write. I have used writing as a means of expression and _________.

Luckily, I met Dr O' Foran -a unique_________ teacher in the second semester of my junior year._________waiting for students to come to her, she went to them. She often said, "I_________ to get to know how you work and why you are here, so I can best_________you. As every good teacher should do, she_________ us to be the best students and writers we can be. She truly treated her students as_________ not as machines pumping out perfect papers. She took account of our_________, our goals and our dreams, and changed her_________ to meet our needs.

I remember one time I__________my edited poem and waited for my teacher’s positive comments__________. But when I later opened the document, I received a mixture of praise and suggested__________. I resubmitted the poem after making a few improvements, hoping I had__________ my work.

However, the next comments I received were more suggested changes. I was__________. I was used to teachers' praising my work and imagery(形象的描述). But Dr.O' Foran was__________. She knew my abilities and my goals. My work may have been fine for another student with__________goals, but it wasn’t for me.

I made more changes and__________ more words. What I discovered was a piece of__________work in my eyes.

I was proud of my poem, __________ after I had put in much hard work, thanks to my teacher who urged me to __________ the work she knew I was able to create.