【推荐1】It was a cold and rainy day. I finished my work late and dragged home. I ________ myself deep into the sofa. I was too ________ to cook anything for myself, so I ordered a pot of chicken soup on my phone.

Half an hour later, a delivery worker ________ me that he’d arrived. I went out to pick up the food. I walked ________ because I thought he would leave the food at the gate of my community and leave in a hurry.

As I went to the gate, I saw him ________ in the pouring rain without an umbrella. The rain kept falling down on his face, his foot, and his yellow uniform. He was in his twenties. He looked tired.

“Chicken soup?” he asked. I nodded and he handed the food to me with shivering and watery finger. “Why didn’t you leave ________ to find some shelter from the rain?” I asked. “I work to bring food safely to our ________. For us, one of the most important things is to ________ their needs,” he said with a smile on his face. Then he turned around and disappeared in the rain.

The cold rain kept falling, but a wisp of warmth rose in my heart. Around us there are many ________ people like him who do their jobs every day, even when their work is really tough. They never forget to bring us convenience and ________.

【推荐2】Last week, my grandma came to visit us. Mom booked (预订) a table at a restaurant for us to have dinner together.

Once we took our seats, the waitress came to us with two ________. She passed one to me and the other to Grandma. Grandma is a vegetarian (素食主义者), so she ________ needs more time to order the food that she wants to eat. I am an easy eater and can always quickly ________ my food when we eat out. “One bottle of apple juice and one burger,” I said when I was still looking at the menu. Grandma ________ what I said. She looked at me and said, “Peter, that is not the correct ________ to order your food. Be polite!” Then I said, “One bottle of apple juice and one burger, please.” ________ my eyes were still on the pictures on the menu. Grandma was still very unhappy, and she continued, “Peter, can you possibly be more ________ and look people in the eye when you talk to them, please?”

Grandma always loves good manners and I didn’t ________ to let her down. Feeling ashamed (惭愧的), I quickly ________ the menu, looked the waitress in the eye and said, “Can I possibly have a bottle of apple juice and a burger, please?” This time Grandma gave ________ a big smile and said, “That’s a good boy.”

I walked into a restaurant and ordered some food. ________ about 20 minutes, a large group of people came in and placed their own orders.

To my disappointment, the group got ________ before me. I watched as they began to eat and laughed heartily. I overheard one of them bragging about (吹嘘) how he was ________ to someone who worked at the restaurant. Unable to take it anymore, I decided to leave. I called the waiter over to ________ my order.

He calmly told me, “Yours is a special order being prepared by the head chef (厨师) himself. It’ll take a little more time. Please have a drink while you are ________.”

I calmed down and waited ________. Shortly after, my meal was served by six waiters.

To my surprise, the owner of the restaurant was a long-lost friend of mine. He’d seen me as I walked in and decided to ________ me. He upgraded my simple meal to a five-star meal for free. The people at the other table were shocked and couldn’t stop looking at me. Suddenly they started complaining, asking ________ they didn’t get that kind of service.

Such is life! Some people are ahead of you, laughing at you and talking about how they are smarter, wiser and ________ than you. You are working hard tirelessly, ________ why it’s taking so long for you to be rewarded (回报，奖励) the way they have.

You just have to wait longer because your reward is more special.

【推荐1】Being a high school student is difficult. Along with the worries about schoolwork, you also have to face ________ as you grow.

You might look at the other boys or girls in your class and wonder ________ some of them are so tall in a night and some of them seem like grown-ups already.

It’s normal for us to ________ ourselves to others. However, what you must remember is that we all grow up at our own speed, whether that’s physically or mentally.

The bad news is that there is nothing you can do to make yourself grow physically ________ wait. And what about mental growth? ________ putting yourself in a certain situation may help you feel more like a grown-up mentally, in fact, mental growth could be the same as physical growth. For example, asking your ________ to allow you to deal with your pocket money or look after your sick grandparents on your own might be a good way to build your character. Also, things like ________ rules, and being polite and helpful are true signs of mental growth. However, there’s no rush to become a grown-up mentally. Like physical growth, mental growth happens ________ over time.

So for now, keep your eyes on the ________ time. Just think about who you are but not who you think you should be.

And remember to be ________ with yourself. After all, everyone on this planet is different and that’s what makes it such a beautiful place.

【推荐2】James is a good student and he has lots of friends, but he also has a problem. Some older boys are bullying him. James is very_______and he doesn’t know_______ to do. Here are some_______for him and other teenagers in his situation.

Bullying is not very common in schools. _______, everyone should know something about how to _______this problem.

Being bullied can make you feel very upset and angry, but you are not alone. Don’t hide the problem. Find a person you can trust, _______ a teacher or your parents, and tell him or her what you are suffering. After you talk to someone, you will get some support and feel _______.

Maybe you will be nervous to speak to _______ adult, but there are _______ things you can do. Some people express their feelings more __________ on paper. Write a letter to someone or__________ a diary, including all the details about what the bullies do, as well as when and where the bullying __________. You can show your letter or diary to responsible adults, and let __________ know what is going on. The bullies will feel very afraid if their names____________ in a letter!

Also, don’t show your fear and don’t try to fight with the bullies. You can get into trouble. Pay no attention to them and walk __________, the bullies will soon stop.

【推荐3】Students these days often have too many ________ and problems. Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends. What can they do about this? Laura remembers that she once failed the English test and was ________ to tell her parents about it. She just kept thinking, “If I tell my parents, they’ll be angry!” In the end, she talked to her parents and they were really ________ . Her dad said he made careless ________ in the test before. They helped her with English and asked her to be more ________ in test. Now she believes you cannot feel better unless you talk to someone.

Students should not ________ your problems, but you should try to solve them. If you cannot talk to an ________ , you can discuss your problems with your parents. Students often forget that their parents have more ________ than them, and are always there to help them. In English, we say that ________ a problem is like cutting it in half. So you’re ________ to solving a problem just by talking to someone about it!

Do you like shopping on the Internet? I like to buy books online. Usually, the price isn’t very ________. You don’t have to pay a lot. When I want to know something about a book, I write an e-mail to the online shop for an answer. I am shy. It is difficult for me to ________ the shopkeepers in real shops.

Sometimes online shops have pictures of the book. They can show you some pages of the book, too. I think this is very ________. I don’t like to read books in shops because the shopkeepers may come and talk to me. I don’t know ________ to say to them.

I can shop at midnight if I want to. Real shops ________ at nine o’clock in the evening. Some people think they can ________ things from online shops, but the postman (邮递员) may lose or damage (损坏) their things. But I don’t worry about that. I think it is hard to damage a book and most of the postmen are very careful.

Some people say that shopping in real shops is good because you can go with your friends and ________ many different things. They call this window shopping. I don’t have any friends and I don’t like to talk too much — it makes me ________ .

I am ________ my grandmother how to shop online. She cannot walk very far so it will make shopping easy for her if she shops online. My brother ________ wants to learn how to do it. He is very busy most of the time. When he has a little free time, he can shop online.

【推荐3】Many people like to shop online（网上购物）now. Why? Sometimes we ______ have much time to go to stores. If (如果) we want to shop online, we only need a ______ and the Internet (网络). If we shop online, we can go to many stores in a ______ time, and we can ______ things from all over the world (来自全世界).

______ can we find the right online stores? Let me ______ you. First, go to an online store with a good reputation (名誉). Next, ______ at the reviews (评论) about the things of the store. From these, we can know about the ______ and the things we want to buy. Then we can ______ our friends about some good online stores. ______ can help us.