【推荐1】I went to Beijing to study Chinese last year. I was ________ about all the chances to better my language skills, walk on the Great Wall, and most of all, eat real Chinese food! I ________ remember my first jianbing, jiaozi and Peking duck. Each of them was amazing in its own way.

I knew that real Chinese food would be different from the Chinese food I had eaten in the USA. I couldn’t wait to try all the ________ dishes that came up in my research about Chinese food. One of my favorites turned out to be hotpot（火锅）.

My first-ever hotpot experience in Old Beijing was ________. As a first-timer, I was moved by the waiters’________ and their warmth of welcome. They tried their best to introduce all of the oils and spices（调味香料）to me.

Looking around, I found that everyone had their own favorite sauce combinations（酱料组合）, ingredients and styles（食材和风格）. Some would carefully ________ their ingredients into the hotpot one after another. Others would impatiently put whole plates into the bubbling（冒泡的）oil. You can learn a lot from the ________ people eat hotpot.

When I went back to the USA, I ________ to prepare a hotpot meal for my family. It allowed me to not only share the culture that I had learned about, but also offer others a chance to ________ China like I had. It’s amazing that ________ could bring so much to life!

【推荐2】One day, Tom saw his friend, John in the street. He was walking with his hands over his _______ and an uncomfortable look on his face. “What’s the matter, dear? You look very ill.”   Tom asked. “No big _______. I just want to drink some water and it will be all right after it.” John replied.

“Come here and sit down. I’ll _______ water for you.” Tom helped John sit down.

“ How long have you been like this? You’d better go to the hospital or you’ll be ________ ” suggested Tom. “Or it may be more serious and hurt you more.” Tom added.

“You mustn’t _______ the doctors to me. They are too terrible. That’s _______ a doctor gave me the trouble.” John said. “I went to see a doctor the other day because had a bad stomachache. He _______ me and said I needed an operation（手术）. When the operation was _______, the doctor told me he had left a sponge（海绵）in my stomach. And when I asked him to take out the sponge from my stomach, he said, ‘It’s nothing bad _______ giving it some water when it is thirsty.’ I’ve been like that ever since.”

“Oh, dear! That’s too terrible. As a doctor, how could he be so ________? Do you feel much ________?” Tom was worried and angry. “You must have an operation again at once or you’ll ________ your life.” Tom said.

“There is not ________ serious with me now. But I’m always ________.”   John answered bitterly（痛苦地）. “I am afraid that ________ I have another operation, I will become more thirsty every day.”

Three years ago, I moved to a new house with a big garden (花园). The garden looked ________ because grass (草) grew all over it. I ________ to cut the grass and grow some vegetables in the garden. I started to act and soon cut half of the grass. Then, I saw ________ — a small flower. It was yellow and looked like a star. It looked so beautiful that I just cut the grass around it. In the following days, when I trimmed (修整) the garden, I always cut around the flower. At that time, I didn’t ________ at all that there would be a surprise for me.

The next year, I once again trimmed my garden to grow vegetables. I was ________ to see that there were more flowers in my garden. They all ________ the little yellow one. I was very happy, so once again I cut around ________ .

Now, three years later, these yellow flowers still grow in my garden. I love to see them ________. The flowers also make me think about other good ________ we can bring out in our lives: Every smile we share makes others smile as well. When we ________ others, we can make them happy and bring out the kindness in them. If we all share love with others, all of our days may be full of love then.