I know my brother better than anyone else in the world. Since the moment of his birth, I’ve been part of his life. I had spent seven ________ years in the world with the attention of those around me. But when Rohan was born, life changed. Suddenly I had to ________ my toys and there were no more bedtime stories or my own choice of food.

Finally, I felt my anger at my brother. The poor baby didn’t know what had made me so unhappy. Maybe he found me strange—I was the only person in his house who did not like him. Whatever the reason was, he loved following me around. However, I seldom talked to him and ________ asked him to leave me alone.

Then all that changed. I hardly remember anything of that day six years ago, ________ I remember that I was feeling very angry. Somehow my feet led me to my brother’s bed. My hand, completely free from my mind, reached through the bars（护栏）. At once, he reached his small hand and softly touched ________. And that was all I need. Through all the unhappiness of the day, that one moment changed everything. How could I hate someone who made me feel so important? For the first time, I saw my brother, not through the eyes of a child who was no longer favored（宠爱）, but through the eyes of a sister.

To this day, I can’t imagine life without my brother. It is unbelievable how much I have ________ about life from a seven-year-old boy. Above all, Rohan has taught me that one should not care only for himself.

Dad was an English teacher who taught high school students. Mom _______ at home and homeschooled their four children. Three of us had no trouble learning, but my sister Catherine still could not _______ by fifth grade, and worse still, did not even know the alphabet.

My mother did some research and found that Catherine had some kind of learning disability. She sent Catherine to a public school to _______ some help. Catherine made many friends at school and pleased with everyone for telling creative stories in class, but she still couldn't master reading. After all the testing was done, the school had my _______ come in. They were told that according to the test results, they should just take Catherine home.

Tears of sadness ran down my dad's cheeks, but my mom made up her mind quietly. As they walked back to the car, she turned to him and said, "I know she's not_______."

Soon after, my mom discovered a learning system that focused heavily on lesson repetition ( 重复 ) and building slowly on the previous ( 先前的 ) exercises. She worked with Catherine for four hours every morning while the rest of us studied on our own. It was hard for both of them, but she often told a crying Catherine, "_______ is not a choice. You are going to learn to read, and we'll both try! You have to learn to read! You will learn to read."

In time, Catherine got it. By the time she graduated ( 毕业 ) from eighth grade, she was reading almost at grade level. She continued _______ and was reading above grade level when she graduated from high school.

Catherine came to love reading and writing. All of this because of a wonderfully devoted ( 挚爱的 ) mother who was truly the best _______ ever—for all four of us.

【推荐1】Alice was a very popular girl at school. She got on well with everyone. She was so ______ that she hardly got a chance to spend time with individual (单个的) friends. However, she felt very ______that no other girl had so many friends at school than she does.

But everything changed one day. That day everyone had to make three ______ to give to their three best friends. ______, Alice was the only one who had not received one! How could it be possible? She ______ for hours. Everyone came and ______ to console (安慰) her for a while. But each one only stayed for a short time before ______.

This was ______ what Alice had done so many times to others.

She ______ that she was a friend to someone else, but she had not been a(an) ______ friend to anyone. That night, Alice ______ her mother where she could find true friends. “Alice, my dear,” answered her mother, “______ cannot buy friends with a smile or a few good ______. For a true friend you must always be helpful. You can’t be a close friend to ______. There just isn’t enough time. So it’s only possible to have a few true friends. The others will be playmates, but they won’t be close friends.”

Hearing this, Alice decided to change her ______ so that she could finally have some true friends. That night, in bed, she thought about what she could do to get them.

Everyone has their own dreams. They give us courage (勇气) and confidence to keep us going through difficulties. Here _________ some advice on how to realize our beautiful dreams. _________ giving up is the key to making our dreams come true. We may fail from time to time, _________ we can learn from failure (失败), correct our mistakes and try again until we achieve our goals. For that reason, no matter _________ difficult problems we meet, we don’t fail unless we give up our hopes. Our life is like a long journey which is not all roses. It sometimes has wind and rain. We believe rainbows (彩虹) will appear after storms. We will realize our dreams _________ last if we do our best. Cooperation (合作) is also necessary. Everyone likes a person who is good at cooperating with others . Besides, in our society, most problems can’t be _________ by one person alone. _________ is like a small part of a medicine. If one part isn’t _________, the medicine can not work well. It’s hard for a person who is away from the society to have a deep understanding of the world. Cooperation is becoming one of _________ ways for people living in the developing society. As a saying goes, “one tree doesn’t make a __________”. At the same time, we should learn to examine our abilities because it helps us know about our advantages and disadvantages as well as get a full control of ourselves. Then we may be confident enough to face challenges. Follow the suggestions above, and our dreams are sure to come true.