Some people may think that young people are too young to know what they want. But people like Lu Kaigang prove them all ________.

Lu grew up in a small village in Nanning, Guangxi. Now, he walks on some of the largest catwalks in the world.

Lu found his ________ when he was a child. “When I was ten, I saw a fashion show on TV and I thought it was ________ to walk on the catwalk,” Lu said. “I’ve wanted to be a supermodel ever since.”

Lu didn’t have much money and never received professional (专业的) training. However, these ________ didn’t stop him from running after what he wanted. Lu collected pieces of cloth from the factory where he worked, and then made them ________ clothes. In 2018, he started making videos of himself wearing his handmade clothes and posted them online.

Lu has what money can’t buy: strong will and confidence. “The early videos I posted didn’t get many likes,” Lu said. “But I ________ what I was doing would be recognized (认可) by the world someday.”

Lu ________ his job at the factory and returned to his hometown to learn how to be a supermodel. He also ________ posting video online during the period. Lu’s hard work ________ paid off and he became an online star. It is ________ Lu followed his heart at a young age that he is where he is today in the end.

【推荐2】“Do you like my dress?” a little girl asked the woman. “My mommy made it just for me.” She said _______ tears in her eyes.

“I think it’s very beautiful, but why are you crying?” The little girl answered in a low voice, “_______ Mommy made me this dress, she had to go away.” The woman said, “I’m sure she’ll be _______ soon.” “No. My daddy said that she’s up in heaven now.”

Finally the woman knew what the child _______ and she held the child in her arms while she cried.

Then suddenly the little girl did something strange. She stopped crying and began to _______. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever _______ almost like the song of a very small bird.

After the child stopped singing, she said to the woman, “My mommy used to sing that song whenever I started crying and it would make me stop. See now my eyes are _______!”

As the woman turned to _______ the little girl asked, “Can you stay just a(n) _______? I want to show you something.”

Pointing to a spot on her dress, she said, “Right here is where my mommy kissed my dress, and here is _______ kiss, and here is.… Mommy did it so that I would have her kisses forever.”

Then the lady knew that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, she was looking at a mother, a mother who put all the love for her daughter into this dress, which her child now so proudly wore. She no longer saw a little girl in a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped in her mother’s love.

【推荐3】Once a friend of mine invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City. A number of tents had been set up for the homeless people there.

My husband was not free to help me ___________ our two sons, so I took 9-year-old Tony and 5-year-old Toby with me. Many of the people we ___________ had missing teeth or wore dirty clothes. My sons had a lot of ___________ like “Why don’t they buy food like us?” or “Why don’t they have homes?”. What they saw challenged their ___________ ideas about how people lived in the world. We talked about the ___________ why people ended about up in that kind of situation.

I was worried that my sons would make too much noise. But to my ___________, the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them. Many said how fun it was to have ___________ children around.

After dinner, I saw Tony sitting together with several old men. He was ___________ to these people who were talking about sports. To be honest, I had ___________ realized that he was such a good listener. When some old men returned to their tents, I heard Tony say to them, “Thanks so much for having dinner with us.” I could see that they were ____________ by his simple words. I hugged him tightly (紧紧地) because what he said had touched me too. To treat people with respect (尊重) is really a good manner.

【推荐1】My family had a trip last year. We went to the Sky Museum by _______. It took us an hour to drive there. First, we _______ in front of the museum. We were so happy and the photos were very _______. Then we went inside（往里面）and _______ the museum. We also went to the 4D cinema and   _______ an exciting film. At noon we had lunch at a restaurant. I ate a large bowl _______ beef noodles. They were _______! My brother Jack also thought they were great. It was 3:00 p.m. We went back to our car. It took _______ back to our home. We were tired, _______ we had great fun. I hope I can go there ________ . What about your family trip? Can you tell me?

Last week, I was creating a birthday book for my dad about our family’s store. I worked forever, making each picture as ________ as possible. Every time I messed up, I started all over again, so the floor under the kitchen table was covered with half-finished drawings. My little ________ came to help me draw. Mom told us to move the paper to the recycling bin ________ completing the project.

At that time my friend Mareya ________. Her guitar teacher lives in my neighborhood, and she sometimes stops by after her lessons. She invited me to go and play in the ________ together, but I said it was freezing outside. ________, Mareya thought it was the perfect weather for not getting overheated. As soon as we reached the park, the sky filled with grey clouds and ________ started pouring down. Just as I was about to come back to the birthday book, I was surprised to find all the half-finished drawings were wet in front of the recycling bin, ________ my once-perfect pictures. How angry I got with my brother who threw them all away!

My mom was so ________ that she found balloons in our craft (工艺) box and helped us get set up. Since my birthday book was ________ to be about the store, the balloons were the perfect shape for big apples, peaches and oranges. We ________ to work together to make one big basket full of different shapes of balloons. It turned out to be really ________.

There’s a pretty happy ending to what was almost a sad story. My dad ________ our present so much that he keeps it right next to the checkout counter in the store, for everyone to see.

Mareya’s and Mom’s ways of looking at things really did ________. I know it’s disappointing to have your best artwork destroyed (毁坏). In fact, you might want to keep the things you really ________ in a very safe place. Whatever you do, do not give up being an artist.