【推荐1】As the train picked up its speed, the passengers slowly settled down on their seats. A window seat is always my favorite. I _________ the lower berth (卧铺), so I could enjoy the outside _________   from the moving train, But an elderly lady, perhaps in her 80s, _________ the front seat of mine. At one point, we met our eyes. She smiled at me. Out of _________, I gave her response, Then both of us remained _________.

It was 4:50 pm. Bed time was still in a long way. I couldn’t _________ myself any longer and asked, “Auntie! Where’re you going?” She said in a friendly _________, “Army camp, dear.”

Suddenly my _________ doubled to know the reason. I politely said, “Aunty, you’re visiting someone?” She smiled _________ and nodded, “My son, in the army!” Just to __________ the conversation, I continued to ask, “you must be feeling so __________ to see your child and your grandchildren.”

Perhaps, this question __________ her a little but she bravely answered, “Oh, dear! Anyway, my only son __________ himself just a few days ago in a terrorist attach. I had bought so many new __________ with the winter dust coats for him. So, I bought why not __________ some to some other soldiers, so that   I would control my __________ and I would be happy thinking that my own __________ has worn them. He was __________ so I don’t have any grandchild.

I was __________ hearing her heart-breaking story! But I __________ the old lady from the bottom of my heart. I was thinking of her brave heart!

【推荐2】A couple of weeks back, my friend had a yard sale (庭院拍卖会). She _____ to sell some of our stuff for us. I thought it would be a good chance to _____ my 7-year-old son’s room and sell some toys that he no longer used. We agreed that whatever we sold in toys would be his _____.

The night before the sale, we filled the _____ with toys and a little bike that he was now too tall for. He had taken the bike for a final ride _____ we left home but _____ put it on the truck for the sale. This little bike had had at least two _____ owners that we knew of. It was not in the best _____ and it certainly was not shiny new but it was still a bike, and the tires were still good.

We put a price of $ 10 on it but it didn’t _____. So, after the sale was over, my friend put it on the sidewalk with a sign that ______ “FREE BIKE”. Within five minutes her doorbell ______. A little boy was ______ there. His English was not very good but he asked if the bike was really ______. She said yes and told him that he could have it for ______. He smiled, jumped on the bike and ______ away.

Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had ______ at the yard sale, he was very excited. The next day we were going to take the money to the bank. He asked about a few of his things, ______ if they had been sold. When he asked about the bike, I told him about the little boy and that he made a big ______ because he got the bike for free. The smiles on my son’s face were truly ______, much more than when I told him how much he had made. He was so excited to hear that someone else would make good ______ of that little bike.

【推荐3】At two, most children are happy to play with stuffed toys._______, for Freddie Bawden, life on the farm is not child’s play but a labour of_______.

Feddie likes nothing more than_______his working suit to join his father James and mother Kayleigh as they_______their animals. He helps feed the pigs, sheep and other animals._______his young age, Freddie takes his duties very_______. He also helps make up their feed and gives the animals water before sweeping up and laying down______hay.

Freddie even has two battery-powered_______of his own for carrying hay. Mr Bawden said, “He's really_______actually. It's good for him to______up around animals. It gets him outside a lot and he absolutely loves it really.”

Like most children, of course Freddie goes to_______one-and-a-half days a week, but he spends the rest of his time helping his parents, who also_______a dog training centre on the farm. The youngster helps to_______the dogs, as well as feed them and sweep the kennels (狗舍). He also likes to join in the special training sessions,_______toys for the dogs to_______after. Mr Bawden said some even_______better to Freddie than they did to their adult owners who may “overthink” things.

Mr Bawden______most two-year-olds are more likely to be found watching TV or playing with_______. But he said, “If he wants to come with me, he can. If he doesn’t, he doesn’t have to. He’s really healthy, fit and strong. He eats well and______well because he’s doing so much. He loves_______off, and he loves showing other people his pigs and sheep.”

【推荐1】“We've been good friends for so many years. And I don't think you _______ to do that…” I said to myself,looking at Jack, my friend who was running across the _______ field.

How I _______ I could join them! But it is impossible because of the pain in my left foot, _______ by Jack.

I first met Jack in a football match in the elementary school. When my team looked as if we were beaten,Jack, who was watching, volunteered to join us. He was so _______ and skilled that we won. _______ , Jack and I often _______ together and became best friends.

But something happened before an important football match between Class 6 and my class. My class had so many good players that we had to _______ the best ones. Jack and I were in the same team. The match was close in the first half. I saw my chance and was ready to score a goal. Suddenly, Jack slid to stop the ball ,but _______ me in my left foot. I knew I had lost the ____________ to score and was carried off the field. But what really hurt me was that Jack didn't apologize to me. And when some of my teammates said he did it on purpose to ____________ me from scoring,I felt even ____________ .

Now I stand here, with tears in my eyes. I don't want to ____________ those words but I don't know how to persuade myself they are ____________ . Then everything changes when Jack scores and wins! How excited I am!

While I am still ____________ in excitement, someone pats my shoulder. It is Jack, with a smile on his face. “I'm sorry that you cannot join in because of my ____________ . But you see, Jason, we ____________ them! No matter whether you joined in or not, you've made a ____________ . Come on. Let's celebrate!” Suddenly, I am ____________ by the players. The sunshine is so bright that I close my eyes. Riding high above my teammates, I feel so happy. And I know the ____________ between Jack and me will last forever.

【推荐2】Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we ____ realize that those challenges are the very things that ____ us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that come with____.

When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two ____. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing___ the challenge isn’t worth the___ and call it quits.

Although there are certainly___ when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most __ all that is needed is___ and communication.

When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how___ or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to____ it and work through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a ____ for discussion and talking about how you feel instead of just saying what the other person did wrong. ____ you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.”___ “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for___ they are: small hurdles you need to jump or ____ on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is ____ to get over, and hurt only ____ to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, and it ____ to everyone, and some day you will ____ all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that’s a good thing.”

【推荐3】Getting out of my car one evening, I met my neighbor Theresa. “Mrs. Taylor is in _______again,” she said. I had last ______ Mrs. Taylor before Christmas when I took her a loaf of bread. Taylor and I had been neighbors for 17years. And she had a dog which greeted everyone, making people ______. We all loved him.

Most of my ______ with Mrs. Taylor were by accident— casual visits by the mailbox; quiet talks at the funeral home where we went to ______ a common friend.

After I moved here with our four ______ kids, the quiet neighborhood was gone. We had little in common with the mostly elderly people, ______ they welcomed us warmly. Over the years they ______ us quite a lot. They ______ our kids when our car was out of order, and fed the cat when we were away. We have enjoyed the comfort of living with these friendly people.

Robert Frost had a neighbor who ______ that “good fences make good neighbors”. However, Frost thought ______ . He believed there' s something “that doesn’t love a wall”. I ______ with him. I believe “something” he talked about lives inside of me, too.

I want to ______ the walls of loneliness that go up when I slip ______ into my garage for fear of disturbing some people. And I ______ to take the fastest route to my back porch(门廊). It's quicker than meandering (蜿蜒) through the yard. ______, it leaves little room for ______. But as a child, I would sit on the porch with my mother and wave to neighbors out for an evening walk or drive.

Mrs. Taylor didn't ______ her latest cancer. So again I walked into the funeral home to say good-bye to a neighbor. I remembered the barking dog and the chats by the mailbox. I was in _____ for the loss of her. Now there is a new family moving into Mrs. Taylor’s place. I see children’s toys in the yard. It’s time to take a(n) _____   around. I want to find the past experience.

【推荐1】On Dec. 13，2018，Nubia Wilson turned 16. But instead of ________ with an exciting Sweet 16 birthday party，the California teen devoted this milestone to _________ the lives of orphans in Ethiopia.

Through several summers of volunteer work at an Ethiopia orphanage，Nubia learned firsthand the severe poverty so many children_________. In an email to The Huffington Post，Nubia said that she was _______ struck by the children's lack of access to_________-their school only went through the fourth grade.

Over the course of her volunteer work，Nubia became___________ in one student，Hermela. She writes: Out of the many students in the kindergarten class，Hermela became _______ and attached to me to a point where it was becoming_________for both of us to leave each other. She is now in the second grade. The thought of Hermela not being able to have her meal and___________education after the fourth grade became _________ and I knew I had to do something.

That's when Nubia decided that she didn't want a traditional Sweet 16._________, she wanted to use the money her parents would have spent on a party to establish_________ grade class for Hermela and other kids.

"The money could provide a(n)_________ solution that will serve for many years compared to the one-day________of my party," Nubia wrote to Huffpost Live. In short, I want Hermela to continue__________. "

After telling friends and family her _______, Nubia set up a(n)_________page "Keep Hermela Smiling" on CrowdRise. Her_________will raise funds for the Fregenet Foundation, which funds education and community services in Ethiopia.

So far, Nubia has___________$ 2,781 of her $ 10,000 goal. Nubia says that her parents have been extremely ______; they're selling most of their Ethiopian artifacts to help raise funds.

Nubia's birthday may not have been a party, but it's truly a celebration.

【推荐2】Lazer loves running, and although he experiences a series of potentially fatal heart problems, he always cherishes a new finish line to inspire his _______.

By 2008, Lazer had undergone six heart _______, and the last one left him _______. In an attempt to feel_______, he decided to_______ his diet and, at the suggestion of a friend, started drinking more nutrient-packed juices._______, he began to feel good enough to _______ his sneakers and hit the_______again.

“After _______ the hospital, my goal was not to ________. I wanted to live my life as I desired, and that meant to ________ running and be in the best shape that I can,” he says. “I wasn’t going to be sedentary and sit on a sofa and ________ the remote. The big thing for me was that I wanted my own life. I was going to do everything I could to get my life back.”

To Lazer, that meant running, since it was such a big part of that life. ________, just months after that sixth surgery in 2008, he was back________ the starting line of the Las Vegas 26.2. And this past November, he crossed the finish line of his 18^th ________ race.

Lazer ________ running as one of the main reasons he’s lived well beyond that one-year prognosis he got back in 2004. “I believe I started running ________ knowing that if I didn’t, I wouldn’t be living too ________,” he says. “Running is a part of who I am—I am ________ to be the best that I possibly can be. It’s such a huge part of my life that my life seems out of order if I’m injured or I can’t run. It’s kind of my ________.”

【推荐3】When I was a boy there were no smart phones or computers. Still, I never felt ________. The fields, hills and woodlands around my home were the perfect playground. I can remember once hiking to a nearby ________ and walking slowly around it. At the back of it I was amazed to find an old dirt road that I had never seen before. It was full of muddy tyre tracks and deep woods bordered it on both sides, but ________ it still seemed like a fine adventure.

I ________ on and on for what seemed like hours. I was sure my guardian angel was ________ In my ears to turn around and ________ back home but I was ________ and even a bit stupid, so I walked on. There was still neither a car nor a house ________. My legs were getting tired. I noticed that the sun was starting to go down and I grew ________. I didn’t want to end up ________ on this road in the dark of night, and I was worried that it would be dark ________ I could make my way back to the lake again.

I continued to walk on with the fear growing inside of me. My heart was ________ faster and my legs were aching more seriously than before. When I ________ one last corner and saw a house that I ________. I jumped up and down and laughed out loud. I knew the way home! It was still over a mile away, but my ________ felt like feathers. I ________ into the house with a big smile just in time for dinner. Then I ended my adventure with a good night’s sleep.

I remembered this recently when I saw a sign, ________, “All roads lead home”. This is true. I also remembered a sage (圣人) compared life to a journey. Are we going to make this life a ________ trip or are we going to make the life a terrible one? It ________ our own choice.

All roads no matter how they twist and turn, can ________ us home in our hearts. May you always walk your path with love! May you always help your fellow travelers along the way!