【推荐1】Jack is a young man from a very poor family. He works in a small factory and makes ________ money every month. He always feels sad. One day he stands with an old man in a park. He says, “It is really not fair (公平). Do you know John? He is my best ________. He was a ________ student at school. He ________ did his homework after school. But now he is a successful ________”. The man answers, ”Now he is quite ________. He always keeps on writing his novels very late in the evening...”

Jack ________ the old man’s words, “Justin is my classmate, too. His body was very weak at school. He was usually in ________ because of his sick legs. He couldn’t have ________ lessons at all. But now he is a popular player.”

“Oh, I hear in the past he always spent all his time ________ and...”

“Now,” Jack stops him again, “Paul has a big restaurant. At school he had no money to eat beef or chicken.” This time the old man doesn’t ________ quickly. But Jack is impatient (不耐烦的), “________ don’t you say a word? Is it fair ________ unfair?”

“I think it is fair. Success (成功) is a ladder (梯子). If you always put your two ________ in the pocket (口袋) and stop trying, you can’t arrive at the ________ of success forever.”

After hearing that, Jack’s face turns red. He knows that better late than never.

【推荐2】I was on my way back from vacation. I felt a little _______ , so I walked to the dining car. When I came back, the train _______ at a station. An old woman _______ with a heavy bag. I came to her and said, " _______ I help you?" The bag was really too _______ for her, she nodded（点头）. Her seat was just next to _______ . She sat down and ________ me. A moment later, we began _______ with each other. ________ we knew more about each other, it was _______ for us to get off. She thanked me again, especially（尤其）for our _______ . She said that I gave her a wonderful _______ .

On our way out, she pointed at _______ women at the exit（出口）. She told me they were her _______ and granddaughter. Then we said goodbye to each other.

We are all not alone. When we bring others happiness, we ________ bring happiness to ourselves.

【推荐3】It does not always come easy to discover oneself. From a young age, I had a strong sense of who I was to become, but an accident made me redefine (重审）myself.

To me, skating was above all. There was___________ in this world that filled my heart with such joy. I spent twenty-four hours a week practicing my ___________.

Unfortunately, in one show, I fell down and hurt myself____________. After several X-rays and MRI(磁共振）scans, the doctor told me that I couldn't return to my sport any more. The pain in my back was hard to bear and even the____________daily tasks became difficult.

As my passion(激情）was __________, I had little sense of who I was to become. After eight months of suffering, something had to __________. Instead of wasting my days sitting around painfully, I began to put my __________into local community service projects. After a few months, I devoted time to my interest in the arts. Little by little, I _________out of the shadow and rebuilt my confidence.

Sometimes, some ________rocks block   (阻碍) our way. We can choose to stay behind or try to climb over. My accident was a rock that ________to stop me from reaching success. Today I’m a very confident and optimistic person.

【推荐1】It’s the day before Christmas. Karen Hartley, 33, was skiing（滑雪）by ______ at Powder Mountain in Utah. By mistake, she began to ski off the trail. Soon she ______. She shouted for help, but no one heard her. Night came, and the temperature ______ below freezing（凝冻）. Karen was very cold and afraid of ______. But she stayed calm. She played music in her mind and danced all night long to stay ______. She danced to old disco songs, pop songs, and Christmas songs. “It was either dance ______ die,” she said. “I kept on ______. I didn’t give up.”

The next morning, a helicopter began to ______ Karen. After 18 hours in the cold, she was ______ just before it’s too late. Karen was very cold but all right. She ______ Christmas Day in a hot tub（浴缸）.

【推荐2】Tim is an English boy. He goes to school with Sam at 8 o'clock in the ______. They are good friends. Tim's mother buys him a new ______. He likes the shirt very much. And he wears ______ every day.

One day, Tim and Sam are on the ______ to school. Sam asks, "Where is your new shirt, Tim?" "Oh, it is ______. I don't want to wear it."

Sam asks, "Why? Tim, your shirt is very ______!"

Tim answers, "A button(纽扣) ______ my shirt is lost. I can't ______ the same button as the others. So I don't ______ that shirt any more."

"______ change(更换) all the buttons on the shirt?" says Sam.

What a good idea! Tim does this and wears the shirt again.

【推荐3】A woman was waiting for her flight （航班）at an airport.

She bought a bag of cookies, found a place to______ and took out her______. She started to read and______ noticed that a man, sitting beside her, took a cookie from her______. She just _______not to see this. She ate the cookies quickly and at the same time watched how the shameless ______ was stealing（偷）her cookies. She thought to herself, "If I wasn't such a（n）_______person, I would hit him in the eye."

When only one cookie was_____, she looked with interest and_______what he would do. He smiled, took the _______cookie and broke it in half. She thought, "This guy is so ______, he didn't even show any thanks!"

After her flight was called, the woman ______ her baggage（行李）and headed to the gate. She took her seat in the ______, and started to look for her book. As she reached her baggage, she gasped（喘气）with ______, as there was an unopened bag of cookies. A terrible thought crossed her mind, "If my cookie bag is here, the other one was his and he just tried to ______." She realized that she was the impolite one, but it was too late to say sorry to him.