【推荐1】Half a year before graduation from college, my son began to look for a job. Due to the financial crisis (危机), fewer companies would like to _________ new staff. My son targeted a company that was _________ to hire only one person while over twenty people were _________ the job.

After the interview, only three people could enter the final round, which would later _________ the person that was fit for the job. And my son entered the final round.

Unexpectedly, the final interview was unbelievably _________. The interviewer only said to them, “All of you are very excellent. Please go home and wait for our _________. We will tell you the _________ in three days. Good luck to all of you!” On the morning of the third day, my son received a text from the company that he was not hired. We all felt very _________.

At nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me _________ on his phone, “Dad, I have been offered the job!” __________ the text sent to my son was also part of the test in the interview. Three men received the same text this morning and only my son’s reply was “Thank you” __________ the other two said “Goodbye”.

Only then did I know that my son’s hope came in that way. That is, when you feel disappointed, do not __________ to say “thank you” to the one who disappoints you. Saying thank you shows __________ for others’ work and shows your __________. Therefore, while under the same condition, you will get more __________ compared with others!

【推荐2】When I was a boy, there were no smart phones, fewer computers. And our television only got one channel (频道)_________. Still, I was never bored.

I can remember once hiking to a nearby _________ and slowly walking around it. At the backside of it I was amazed to find an old _________ road that I had never seen before. I immediately _________ to travel it. It was uneven and full of muddy tire tracks with deep woods on both sides, but _________ it still seemed like a fine adventure.

I walked on for what seemed like hours. The road gave way to a gravel(碎石) one and then a smooth one, yet there was still neither a car nor a house in _________. My legs were getting tired. I noticed that the sun was starting to _________ down and I grew scared. I didn’t want to end up _________ in the night, but I was sure it would be dark _________ I could make my way back to the lake again.

I continued to walk on with the __________ growing inside of me. I was almost in tears when I saw something in the distance. It was a house that I __________. It was still over a mile away but my legs felt like __________ and I hurried back to my house in no __________. 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. In this life, all roads, whatever their twists (曲折) and __________ are, can lead us home again. And to our homes in our hearts.

【推荐3】I was driving my car the other day.The sun was out，the radio was playing，and I was singing along.The song was an enjoyable one.Even my weak voice sounded good singing it.Then it happened，however.The sweet sound of the music _____ and there came the bad news.Vegetable prices went up again.Fans of two sports teams got into fight.I shook my head and wondered about this _____ world we live in.

_____，I could stand no more and turned off the radio._____ seemed better than listening to anything else about the crazy，competitive world we live in.I slowed down as I drove into a town and watched the people as I _____ by.A tall man was helping an old lady _____ a car and helping her place her walker (助行架) so she could go into store.A smiling woman was throwing food onto the square while a dozen birds flew down to _____ the food laid out before them.A young man was walking along，carrying his daughter safely in his arms.When the daughter pulled the hat off his head，they both _____．I laughed too as I looked at all of his kindness.The radio in the car was certainly_____，but in my heart I was still singing.

In fact，this world could have more kindness and less competition.Kindness makes us all winners in our life and our life is ______ kindness，love and joy.

【推荐1】What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don’t even try anymore because you think what you do is not ________ enough.

Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time, ________ whatever it is that we work so hard doing, it seems that there ________ someone else who can do it much better.

I have always enjoyed music and it is ________ to me that every musician has a ________of their own. My father ________ several instruments and when he played with others, it was not difficult to ________ his sound in a group. Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own ________ sound.

I ________ read of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, "________else can make the sound that you make." The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's but who is to say which is ________. It is said that, "________ is in the eye of the beholder, perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the ________".

Every person has a different tone of voice that ________ only to them, ________ we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of ________ that is unique to them. It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all. It ________ be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps.

Each person has a(n) ________ on the world in some way. Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it ________ the same way that you do it. The next time you feel ________, remember “Nobody else can make the sound that you make.”

【推荐2】Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me _________ a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have _________ a whole variety of reasons. _________ important reason is that I want to be a better man.

Many things make human beings different _________ or better than or even superior to animals.

One of the most important things is _________ . If I fail to receive higher education, my education _________. As I want to be a fully _________ man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to _________. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are _________ the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and __________ fit into society.

【推荐3】I'd like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law. Let us take a _______, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a (n) _______ were accepted.

Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction (分散注意力) of TV, they might _______ together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our _______—everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of _______illness — are caused at least in part by _______ to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to _______ our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better. On evenings when such talk is _______, families could discover more active pastimes (消遣). Freed from TV and forced to find their own activities, they might take a _______ together to watch the sunset ________ they might take a walk together outdoors.

________ free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in a (n) ________ than in a TV program. ________ report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence, ________ at the college level. ________ is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.

A different ________ of reading might also be done as it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the ________ ends, the TV networks might be forced to ________ with better shows in order to get us back from our newly-discovered activities.

At first glance, this idea seems radical (激进的). How will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years ________ television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can ________ childhoods without television. It wasn't that difficult.