【推荐1】There came a time in my life when my learning carve (曲线) became very deep. I learn so much in such a short time that I was reading two grades above of my regular class. At school I was continuously bored with lectures, because I had already done _______.

And as my knowledge increased, so did my arrogance(傲慢). I started getting into heated debates with my teachers. I knew more than they did, and I was eager to show it at every _______ I got. That was until Mrs.T came along, She was new to our school, and a perfect target(目标) for me. I tried one of my tricks on her in front of the whole class. She didn’t scold(指责)me. She just _______.

At the end of the class, she _______ me aside and said the following words, “I know that there is an unspoken assumption(假设) that a teacher should be more knowledgeable than the student. We both know that is _______. I know for a fact that you know much more than me. And I won’t insult(冒犯) you by pretending(假装) otherwise. But remember this. Knowledge is supposed to give you _______, not pride.Today you are the smartest person in the room; tomorrow you won’t be. There will always be someone much _______ , much more diligent than you. And when that happens, all the pride in the world wouldn’t be enough to save you from downfall. Everything that you have learnt will be for nothing if you don’t learn the _______ of humility (谦逊).”

Today, I still remember her words. I remind myself of them daily.

My mother was a housewife. She thought that successful people spent a lot of time ________. So she asked my brother and me to read two books every week and write book reports. She would check them and make marks (标记) ________ she couldn’t read the books at all. When I went to school, I was an A-student, but not for ________. Because I wanted only cool clothes and mostly hung out (玩耍) ________ my friends. I went from being an A-student to a C-student, but I didn’t care.

One night, I complained (抱怨) about not having enough Italian T-shirts. Then my mother gave me all her ________. She said I could use the money left to buy shirts if I finished buying all the things the family ________. I was very ________ about that, but after I bought all the things we needed, there was no money left. Then I understood how difficult ________ was for my mother to take care of the family. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again.

Finally, my dream ________ true and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother’s story—a woman with little education (教育) greatly changed my ________. So, I believe there is no job more important than parenting.

【推荐3】Soon after Dave left university, one of his uncles, who was ______ and had no children of his own, died and ______ Dave a lot of money, so he decided to ______ his own company.

He found a nice ______, ______ some new furniture（家具）and ______. He had only been there for a few hours ______ he heard someone come towards the door of his office. “It’s my first ______,” he thought. He quickly ______ the telephone, and ______ to be busy ______ an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

The man ______ at the door while seeing this was ______, came in and waited politely for Dave to finish his ______, then he said to Dave, “I’m from the telephone company, and I was sent here to ______ your telephone.”