【推荐1】It’s hard to be an astronaut’s son. Everyone expects you to be ____ . I’m jut a normal eleven-year- old kid. My father is so good at everything. I often wonder ____ my father ever had a son like me.

One morning, my teacher announced a ____ Day essay（散文）competition for the whole school. What would I ____ ? My father is an astronaut I would start out with that. No. I decided I wouldn’t do that. The whole country and maybe even the whole ____ saw my father as an astronaut, ____ that wasn’t the way I saw him.

How did I ____ my father? Hmm.

I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I was little and had a nightmare. I saw him teaching me how to throw a baseball.

I remembered him hugging me for hours when my dog was killed by a car. And I remembered how he ____ me with a new little dog at my eighth birthday party. These were the things I was going to write about my dad. To me, he wasn’t ____ a world-famous astronaut, he was my dad.

On Thursday night, the winning essays would be ____ in the hall with all the parents and students present. When the third prize was announced and it wasn’t me. I was relieved and ____ at the same time. Then the second prize. It was me! I went up to the stage and read my essay “My Father’s Son.” I watched my parents as I read.

When I finished reading, the audience（观众）applauded（鼓掌）. I saw my father blowing his nose. Tears were running down my mother’s ____ . Dad ____ his throat, and put his hand on my shoulder, “Son, this is the proudest moment of my life. ”

It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll ____ be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but just then, it was ____ just to be my father’s son.

【推荐3】Tom’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire（退休）soon. Tom said in ________, “Grandpa will retire soon, so it means grandpa has been working for a really long time!” His parents said, “Yes. That’s why we are going to have a party ________him.”

Tom loved his grandpa and wanted to do something ________for him. He remembered his grandpa gave him a business card two years ago. He ________that his grandpa would no longer have the position（职位）on the card. As a result, he made a decision to make a new one for his grandpa.

When the big day came, Tom didn’t want to put his ________with others’. When all the other people ________, he held his grandpa’s hand and gave him the gift. His grandpa smiled, “May ________open it now?” “Sure!” Tom said ________.

As Grandpa opened the gift, tears（眼泪）came into his eyes. Tom gave him the ________gift he had ever got! It was a business card with his new position: FULL-TIME GRANDPA! “Well, how much do I get paid?” his grandpa asked, smiling. “As many hugs as you want!” With these words, Tom gave Grandpa a ________at once. “Well. I’m the richest man in the world!” said Grandpa.

【推荐1】Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to _______.

I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph _______ we realized we were hungry. Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand-new $20 bill. I was so excited because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on food seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. _______ I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I ______ I had not actually handed any money to the cashier. I had just walked out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.

My conscience (良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t get over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and _______ for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I _______ to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream in ______ that someone would say, “Hey, Jeff, why not you use the change from the pizza instead of that nice, new $20 bill?” I was not so proud of my cash now.

For the next two years, whenever I was _______ of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “Don’t think about it.”

I have learned two things from this _______. Maybe I was a fool for giving in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a _______ pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will ________ up with you.

This reflects the saying, “Coward (懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “________” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only one, or maybe twice.

We all have days when we are down, tired and unhappy. That’s OK. You need days like this, or how can you know you are happy? Even if _______ is part of life, let’s try to make it small. Here are a few ways to help you feel _______ when you are feeling sad.

Stand up straight and this helps your energy flow. When your energy is flowing _______, you can flow too.

Smile! It’s easy to do and it has good _______. This way can not only leave you in a good mood but also bring others a good mood.

Listen to music. It can be your favorite music. Some kinds of music _______ better than others, so try and find out what kind of music works the best for you.

Take some “me” time. You can find _______ in reading a book, watching a sunrise or having a hot bath, or something like that.

_______. Even something as simple as taking a walk will make your blood flow. It’s a great way to clear your mind of anything that makes you sad.

These ways will cheer you up when you are _______, but don’t just use them when you are sad. Try and practice them every day to make them a (n) _______ way in your life. You will be surprised to ________ that these simple ways will keep your sadness away. But if you are in the deep depression, go to see a doctor.

【推荐3】China's hot TV play, All is Well, was considered as "a mirror of modern society". It spreads positive ______to the audiences. With the popularity of the play, Alzheimer's disease (阿尔茨海默症), which is experienced by the main character—Su Daqiang in the play, becomes one of the hottest topics. In fact, there are a great many of ______stories in our life.

According to a recent report, an 84-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease came to a kindergarten (幼儿园) to pick up her daughter. But the fact was that her daughter had been away from the ______for 30 years.

______with the help of a stick, the woman took a bus to the kindergarten. She could only ______the guard at the gate of the school that she had come to pick up her daughter, who was called Bai. However, the guard couldn't find her daughter's ______on the school's list of students and called the police. With the help of the police, the woman's daughter was found ______. When the daughter ______the kindergarten, she asked her mother why she was there. "I came to pick you up," the mother smiled at her daughter.

Many net users were ______by the touching story.   As the ending of the play All is Well suggests, parents' love is instinctual (本能的) and they are always the people who care about you the ______in the world.