【推荐1】Right after World War II, a U.S. army officer lived in Japan. That country had been destroyed by the war. Many people _______ their jobs, so they came to the officer’s door every day _______ to get employed (雇佣). One man told the officer that he could create _______ for his garden if he could give him a(n) _______. For the first time in his life, this army officer _______ a gardener. The man spoke no English, so the officer could _______ communicate with him through body language.

As the man had promised, the garden soon became the _______ in the neighborhood. One day the gardener came with an interpreter (口译员) who expressed the _______ but the pity of the gardener. “He will no longer be able to _______ your garden. He must leave.”

The officer _______ his pity and thanked him through the interpreter for making him such a fine garden. Out of _______, he asked the interpreter, “Where is he going?”

The interpreter replied that the gardener was going to _______ his old job as the Professor of Horticulture (园艺学) at the University of Tokyo.

The officer was greatly _______. No wonder he _______ so much about gardening! Imagine having someone at your garden with that amount of _______. What a beautiful garden you could have!

【推荐2】At school, Miss Kiniry said “Good morning, class” like she always did. “We will have reading this morning___________this afternoon.” I was sure that was because of my _______. “I’d like the blue group to come up to the front first. The rest of you will please practice your letters until I___________your group.” She didn’t say anything about my birthday. We___________our lessons as usual.

Maybe when we had “Morning Milk”, Miss Kiniry would___________something. Every morning two of the older kids would come in with a box full of small bottles of cold milk, and___________it on the activity table in the front of the room.

_______it was time for Morning Milk. One by one we went up to the activity table,       _______our bottles of milk and went back to our desk.

We all drank our milk. Now Miss Kiniry would say something,___________she didn’t. Maybe she____________that it was my birthday. I whispered (耳语) to Jack Blue, “I think Miss Kiniry forgot about my birthday cake.”

The bell rang for a break. We went out to____________. The bell rang to come in. We ran back into class. We did more____________. Finally, the bell rang and it was time to go home for lunch.

“All right, class, have a nice lunch. OH, and I have a______________for you.”

“Now Miss Kiniry will______________it!” I thought.

“This____________, we are going to see a movie. And after the movie we are going to __________our classmate Tommy’s birthday with a wonderful______________. See you after __________.”

As I went out the door, Miss Kiniry______________me. “Happy birthday, Tommy. You were such a______________boy. I was sure you thought I forgot.”

“Oh, no,” I said, “I knew you wers only teasing (逗) me.”

【推荐3】Every fast-food employee knows that the drive-through window is the worst position in winter. The window _______ with constant ice; the roar of engines hurts your ears; your words are lost in the howling wind.

On a _______ afternoon, everything changed.

Every once in a while, the sub-zero temperatures seal a vehicle’s windows shut. Drivers don’t exactly enjoy having to stand outside in the cold, _______ their orders into a speaker box, when they expect to drive through on their heated leather seats. In such cases, most customers tend to show their _______ to the employees.

This woman was _______.

“I’ll get the next car’s _______ as well,” she said as she came up to the window to pay. She stood outside, _______ much snow on her hair. Though she was obviously freezing, her bright _______ lit up her face like a fire.

“You can’t _______ their drinks,” I said, confused and tired.

“No, but I’ll buy them,” she said. “Pay it forward and all that.”

Completely puzzled, I charged her as ________, and when the next customer arrived at the window I explained what had just happened. I watched as his __________ changed — first angry to be out in the cold, then ________ at the random act of kindness, and finally, delighted by his ________.

“I suppose I’ll pay for the next order then,” he replied, nodding and waving at the impatient driver ________ him. He ________ the cash and received his pre-paid hot drink.

The trend continued. Customers arrived annoyed, only to leave ________ and pleased. Some were shocked to spend much more than they had expected, ________ others ended up receiving their order for less than half the price.

Five vehicles passed, then ten, then twenty. No one refused to pay. Customers stood at my window __________ a fist-full of change to buy drinks for a complete stranger. Cars drove off, honking (鸣笛) and ________ their thanks.

It only takes one customer, one person, to change the entire __________ of traffic. It only takes one moment, one smile, to warm up even the coldest of days.

【推荐1】Since the first day of preschool, I was always the type to invest more time in my physical war than social activities, the type that__________ the girls who could get up in front of the class and __________ give a presentation. Anything in the area of being vocally confident was never my__________. But now I’m different. Such a change__________my summer job.

My entire existence has been defined by the summers I’ve spent in Avalon, New Jersey. Then, in my 14th summer, I got a job, which made a __________to me.

At first it rightened me: The idea of having to __________my freedom. Not only was the loss of freedom saddening me, but the__________in me came out to play when I realized that I was going to launch myself into a completely __________environment.

The place was Brian’s Waffle House. At the beginning I was very nervous,__________I gradually pushed myself much more and boosted my confidence. I’ve made so many great friends that I’ll __________contact with even when the Waffle House is long gone. The time in the Brian’s Waffle House is not dull. And every customer is a valuable part of the __________.

My summer job has helped guide me in my own personal growth. Now I__________ to sing in front of a large group of people. And I never miss a__________to allow my fashionable style to shine. If I hadn’t walked into the shop. I wouldn’t have__________the social skills I have now. I will be__________for the lessons and values I have learned forever.

【推荐2】It was a sunny and enjoyable day. Everyone in the ______ station was waiting for the train to arrive. Among the crowd, there was a group of young friends who were on board for vacation.

It was a ______ station with a lot of people and some juice shops, coffee and tea stalls, newspaper shops, etc. The train was ______ and everyone prepared to ______ the train to their seats.

The group of friends made loud noise to ______ the train as it moved into the station. They ran to get their seats ______ anyone entered the train.

The empty seats were ______ and the train whistled (鸣汽笛) to move. An old man with a young ______ aged around 15 had their seats just next to the friends’ group. The young boy was so ______ to see everything. He cheered, “Dad, the train is moving and the things are moving backward.”

His father ______ and nodded his head.

As the train started moving fast, the young boy again screamed (尖叫), “Dad, the ______ are green in color and run backward very fast.” His father said, “Yes, dear,” and smiled

Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great ______.

A fruit seller passed selling apples, bananas and oranges. The young boy asked his dad, “I want to eat ______.” His father bought some for him. He said, “Oh, this apple looks a lot sweeter than it tastes. I love this______.” The group was watching all the ______ of this boy and asked the boy’s father, “Is your son having any problem? Why is he behaving so ______?”

“His son is ______, I think,” a friend from the group made fun of him and shouted.

The father of the young boy, with patience, ______ the friends’ group, “My son was born______. Only a few days ago he was operated. He is ______ different things in his life for the first time.”

The young friends became very quiet.