I have always been learning quickly. When I was 14, I _______ all the classes, because I was reading two grades ahead of my classmates. As my knowledge _______, so did my arrogance (傲慢). I often questioned what the teacher said and made fun of my friends because I know more than _______. I couldn’t help _______ my knowledge every chance I had.

I didn’t _______ my arrogance until Ms. Smith came along. She was a new teacher in our school. And soon I became a _______ maker in her class. However, instead of getting mad at me, she _______ smiled.

One day, I play tricks _______ her once again in front of the whole class. At the end of the day, she called me to the office. Then she said, “Knowledge is meant to give you power, not _______. Today you are one of the top students in the class, ________ this doesn’t mean you will still be the best tomorrow. There will always be someone much ________ and more hardworking than you. Everything that you have learned will all be for ________ if you don’t learn the lesson of humility (谦虚).”

Her words impressed me ________, they reminded me of the ________ that there will always be someone who is better. Humility is helpful in self-improvement. By living a humble life, I recognized (意识到) the ________ of my life that need to be improved. Only with humility can I speed up my growth.

【推荐2】There was once a club that only smart people could join. Many people wanted to join it, since they would be able to ________ more time with other smart people.

One night, the club’s ________ were having a dinner party in a restaurant. They were talking quite a bit as they enjoyed their ________. One of them thought that his salad tasted a bit boring, so he ________ a salt bottle and added some salt. However, it actually turned out to be sugar. The group found that the salt on the table was in the sugar bottle, while the sugar was in the salt bottle.

Without thinking twice, the club members called for the waiter ________ and told him about the problem. There were no other bottles. How could the waiter ________ this problem? The group suggested many ways to make it ________. After a long discussion, the waiter ________ looked at the bottles and said, “It’s easy.” He then took the labels (标签) off both bottles and exchanged them with each other. The room ________ became silent.

Sometimes we make problems more ________ to solve than they should be. It’s good to take a step back and see if there’s a simpler way first.

【推荐3】This morning I was running along a path (小路) near my home. Suddenly, a woman I had just passed by cried loudly for help. I turned around and saw that her husband _________ the ground and appeared to be unconscious (昏迷的) . I ran towards the man and checked his pulse (脉搏) — I could _________ find it! At that moment, he even was not _________. The woman called 911 while I performed CPR on her husband. Luckily, I got him in a better state before the ambulance _________ with medical care staff. Although I have no idea how the couple's _________ will go on, I really hope that the man will be saved and I'm happy I have done something good for them.

Now I'm sitting here _________ what happened early this day. I can't forget the words the woman repeated over and over with tears in her eyes _________ I was looking after her husband. “It's not his time. Oh please, it's not his time!” Her voice has been kept in my mind, reminding me a human's life can be _________ destroyed (毁灭) and short.

I've learned an important lesson — I should not _________ time any longer since death is a real challenge. It is time to __________ texting all the time and get into real and long conversations with the people I love. I should spend __________ time sharing my feelings and thoughts with my family and friends. It is worth making time for these close connections.

Besides, I should start spending my time __________. My life seems to have been __________ lately, and certain things that I planned to do have fallen by the wayside. I think it's time to start taking better care of __________ and start reading good books. The most important decision I have made is that I'll better use the limited time __________ to me. I'm just trying to make every day a good example of a life truly lived.

【推荐1】“Just keep away from your desk-mate,” Abby, my elder daughter, listened carefully as I said. “If she says any more _________ things to you, I’ll go to your teacher. I’ll make sure you _________ have to sit next to her again.”

At that time, Allyson, my eight-year-old daughter, came to _________ us and listened to every word. Neither of my daughters stopped me as I finished my, talk, filled _________ “a mother’s wisdom (智慧)”. Then, as I was telling them what I thought right, Allyson’s real words of _________ came about. ”Mum,” she said, “I was just thinking. Maybe Abby should be that girl’s _________ so that Abby can bear (容忍) her. In that way, she can let that girl see forgiveness (谅解) and _________ through her.”

Hmm, I became the _________. At that moment, I realized that I was wearing the “other’s hat”, but the “hat” certainly didn’t make me _________ all the time. In fact. I wanted to pull that hat over my face and hide _________ so that they couldn’t see my embarrassed (尴尬的) look.

“Yes, that’s a good point,” I said, forcing (逼迫) a half smile at my girls. “Abby, you can solve the problem in the way you think is right.” “OK,” she said, giving me a quick hug before walking out of the door and off to school. “Bye, Mum!” Allyson called, _________ her elder sister to go out of the door.

I was left alone—in my slippers (拖鞋). In those following _________ moments I was lost in thought. I did feel _________ my two amazing daughters—small in size but big in heart. Sometimes our children have great lessons to teach us _________ we are willing to listen.

That lesson came more than ten years ago, and I’ll never forget _________ I have learned from my children. In some ways, children can be our teachers.

I believe miracle (奇迹) will happen if you don’t give up trying. Although you have failed one hundred times, you may succeed when you _____ for the 101st times.

When I was born, my doctor told my mother my legs weren’t normal. They were too _____ to walk. My mother didn’t become hopeless, _____ the news was so bad. She didn’t believe it and started to look for other _____ for me and finally she succeeded. The new doctor and his team did _____ to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do exercise to help me walk. One day, when my mother came to pick me up, I crawled (爬) _____ her. She couldn’t believe her _____. Crawling was a good beginning. Day by day, I could walk by myself.

As I grew up, my mother _____ told me these stories. She said if I thought of her words whenever I _____ difficulties, I could do anything successfully. I have been working hard and I have become an excellent student. I often get the best _____ in my school and I am a good dancer and swimmer. Because of my mother, I live happily. So never give up.

【推荐3】When I was in the third grade, I would play the princess in the school play. For weeks my mother helped me ________ my words. But once on the stage, every word ________ from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator（旁白员）for the play. ________ I didn’t tell my mother what happened that day, she noticed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.

It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions（蒲公英）________ roses in the garden. “I think I’ll dig up（挖光）all these dandelions,” my mother said. “From now on, we’ll ________ have roses in this garden.”

“But I like dandelions,” I disagreed, “All flowers are ________ even dandelions!”

My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives beauty in ________ own way, doesn’t it?” she asked. I nodded. “And that is true for people, too. When I understood that she guessed my ________, I started to cry and told her what happened.” “But you will be a wonderful narrator.” she said, reminding（提醒）me of ________ I loved to read stories aloud to her.

Thanks to my mother’s encouragement（鼓励）, I got to know ________ had his or her own value in the world. I liked my role in the play very much.