【推荐1】As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. Last summer vacation I     1    (bring) my friend Alice to my home. I noticed that all my family     2    (member) seemed to like Alice better than me. I felt very unhappy. I even thought they didn’t love me. So I told my mom, “Alice is     3    (patient) than I have ever been. You must want her     4    (be) your daughter rather than me.”

My mom replied that     5     Alice was a lovely girl, no one could replace me in the family. She said I was     6     only person who could fill my role. She made me realize that even if I made mistakes, I was a beloved member of the family. She was always proud     7     me.

From then on, I have     8    (change) a lot. I started to face my life more    9    (active). And I was happy about who I really was. I came to feel much more sure that no one could take     10    ( I ) place.

Each of us holds a special place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think.

Smiling is the best way of making friends.

When I was thirteen years old, my father found     1     job in the city. So my family moved there. I also came to a school near where we live. My old school was far away. At first, I did not know     2     (someone) in my class. I was too afraid to make friends with my classmates     3     I was very lonely. I couldn’t     4     (talk )to anyone about my problem, and I didn’t want my parents to worry     5     me.

Then one day, something good happened. I was sitting at my desk as usual while my classmates were talking happily with each other.     6     that moment, a boy came into the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He     7     (kind) looked at me and, without a word, smiled. Suddenly, I felt happy, lively and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other classmates and made friends. Day by day, I became much     8     (close)to everyone in my class.

Thanks     9     the smile, I have moved on to a new life. Now, I believe that the world is what you think it is. So smile at the world and it     10     (smile) back.

Many years ago, my dad worked in a children’s hospital.

A girl in hospital had a strange disease (疾病). She couldn’t move her hands or f    1    . She could only move her head. She had to lie in bed every day, so she was very s    2    . Even the doctors couldn’t help her.

My dad decided to try to help her. He brought some paper, paints and brushes to her room. He put the paper on the wall, put a brush in his mouth and began to draw p    3    . He didn’t u    4     his hands at all. He only moved his head. My dad told the girl, “See, now you can do the same thing as I.”

Soon, the girl began to do some drawing with her o    5     mouth. She and my dad became good f    6    . But my dad fell ill at that time and he had to s    7     at home.

Two months l    8    , my dad went back to the children’s hospital. When he went into the hospital, the girl ran to him and hugged him tightly. She gave my dad some drawing works and said, “I drew them with my hands. Thank you for h    9     me.”

My dad would cry every time he told us this story. He said, “Sometimes love is more powerful (有力量的) t    10     doctors.”