【推荐1】Michael Leung, a famous TV host in Hong Kong, wrote a letter to his son. It is not only helpful to children, _______ good for all ages. The following are _______ his letter.

Life is short. While you are wasting it today, you’ll realize you are at the _______ of it tomorrow. So the earlier you start to value your life, the _______ you can enjoy it.

You might not be successful if you don’t study hard, although a lot of successful people haven’t received higher _______ .

I don’t _______ you to support me for the rest of my life, so I’m not going to do the same for you. You will be living _______ when you grow up.

You can ask yourself to be nice to others, _______ you shouldn’t expect the same from others.

I’ve been buying the lottery（彩票）for almost twenty years, but I’m still _______ . So you have to work hard to be successful. There is no __________ lunch in the world.

【推荐2】I used to have little passion (激情) in my life. But what happened the other day changed my mind. It was then that I learned how ___________ it is to have a passion in life.

That day I went home in Mom’s car. When Mom stopped at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my ___________. It was a man dressed in rags (破旧衣服). He was homeless. That didn’t interest me, because I had seen ___________ like him before. Those people usually looked unhappy and hopeless. But this man was ___________ in some way. He was not sitting down with a sad expression. Instead, he had a radio in his hand and was dancing happily to the music.

“Mom, why does that man have a radio ___________ he’s homeless?” I asked. “Why hasn’t he used the ___________ for food or clothes? He has ___________ something that he doesn’t need.”

“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the most important.”

That man must care so much about music that he bought a radio instead of food or clothes. I soon realized that ___________ is the key to life.

Since then I am always thinking of ___________ is truly important in life. A home, a meal, clothes—these things are only part of the life. What we often forget is that we all need a joy, a light in a ____________ day. We all need a passion which gives a person the happiness they need to keep going.

The day that I will always remember is when I ran my first 10 km. While putting my toe on the starting _______, I felt my heart drop to my stomach. However, I would need my heart, because in running, when you run out of your _______, you just run with your heart.

That day the _______ was cool and fresh, and my courage had arrived. The race was about to start. Bang! The _______ of the starting gun ran into the air. I took off running, fast like the wind. I knew it would be a really great _______ for me. In the first four miles, I felt like a cheetah(猎豹). I felt _______ and forceful in my pace.

Then came the fifth mile. My legs _______ like jelly(果冻), and I could feel fire burning in my lungs, “keep _______!” the thought ran through my head. Now was the time I had to run with my _______. I had to win although I didn’t know whether I would _______ it. My body really wanted to _______, but my heart told me not to. I think it’s the important thing about running. The real run starts when you want to _______.

I saw the finishing line and I felt like an Olympic runner who was about to win the race. I had _______ been happier, and felt proud too when I had my _______ put around my neck. Running is one of the most challenging things for life, _______ I believe nothing is impossible as long as you put your heart into it.

One bright morning, I was out for my usual run when I met an elderly lady who was waving her phone at me and speaking in a language I couldn’t understand. It sounded like she was ________ a hurry to get somewhere. I quickly ________ that she was lost and couldn’t speak any English.

She showed me some map screenshots (屏幕截图) on her phone, ________ I had no clue how to read them. So I quickly downloaded a translation app (翻译软件) and we used ________ to communicate. She spoke into the microphone (麦克风) in her language and it   ________ her words into English for me to understand. I typed my responses and we were ________ to communicate!

We ________ figured out that she needed to get home, which was a long walk away. She didn’t want to use any ________, so I walked with her to a bus stop where she could call her daughter for a ride. As we ________, we laughed and joked, even though we couldn’t understand each other’s language. It was a pretty ________ experience!

The elderly lady was very ________ for my help and kept thanking me for my time. I had to keep ________ her that it was no trouble at all and that I was happy to help. It was amazing how just a small act of kindness made such a big ________ to her.

Finally, we ________ the bus stop and she made her call. We said our goodbyes and she gave me a heartwarming ________ that made me believe in the goodness of humanity. Even though we used technology to communicate, it was lucky that we could help each other out and not be stopped by our different languages.