【推荐1】"Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?"

The usual laughter followed, and people stirred（喧闹）to go.

Papaderos held up his hand and ______ the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was ______ and seeing from my eyes that I was.

"I will answer your question."

Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he ______out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter.

And what he said went like this:

"When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a ________ village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a ______. A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.

I tried to ______ all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one, and, by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could ______ light into dark places where the sun would never ______-in deep holes and crevices (裂缝) and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find.

I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child's game but a metaphor（暗喻） for ______ I might do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light-truth, ______, knowledge-is there, and it will shine in many dark places ______ if I reflect it.

I am a fragment (碎片) of a mirror whose whole design and ______ I do not know. ______, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world-into the black places in the hearts of men-and change some things in some people. Perhaps ______ may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the ______ of my life."

Long ago, a hawk (鹰) lived on the top of a hill. At the foot of the hill, there was a tree. A crow (乌鸦) lived there. The crow was very foolish. He would ________ everyone.

The hawk would fly down from the hill every day. It would ________ in the air for a long time and dive down (冲下) when he saw his prey (猎物). The hawk had ________ eyes. He could see animals from far away. The crow watched the hawk, thinking, “If the hawk can do that, ________ can I.”

A few days later, as the hawk was circling in the air, the crow ________ to do the same. ________, a big fat mouse came out of a hole. ________ wasting time, the crow dove to the ground. Like the hawk, he tried to catch the mouse in his claws.

But the mouse saw the crow and ________. The crow crashed (猛撞) into the hillside. “Owww!” the crow cried in ________. Just then, the hawk came flying down. “I hope you know now that it is not ________ to hunt,” the hawk said.

Not all of us have the same talents. But if you want to improve yourself, it is best to connect your own talents with new skills instead of just trying to copy others.

【推荐3】Ellen is a 15-year-old middle school student. This shy girl used to think she wasn’t good enough. When she looked in the ________, her looks embarrassed (使……困惑) her. What’s more, she ________ felt she was useless.

Ellen wanted to be the best in her class. She worked hard ________ her grades were just average (平均水平的). When she tried to help her classmates, she ended up ________ more problems.

One day, Ellen had to give a speech in class. She tried her best to ________ it. Finally, the time for the speech came. On that day, Ellen gave her speech nervously. To her surprise, when she finished, everyone ________.The teacher even came up and congratulated(祝贺) her on a good job.

Ellen didn’t ________. Her speech wasn’t perfect, and she said she made some mistakes. After hearing her words, her teacher pointed out everything ________ about her speech.

That surprised Ellen. It also made her see herself in a different ________. That day, she realized some things. Before, she thought her classmates didn’t like her, but they actually did. Ellen also learned it’s OK to make mistakes because ________ is perfect. She felt confident (自信的) about herself after that. What’s more, she stopped looking down on herself.

【推荐1】I went ____ a beautiful beach last week ____ my friend, Lee. ____ was sunny and hot. We had great fun ____ in the water. In the afternoon, we went to a zoo. We saw ____ animals. The next day, it was ____, so we went to the museum. I didn’t really enjoyed it, ____ I don’t like the robots. Lee found a small boy ____ in the corner. The boy ____ lost. He couldn’t find his mother. We decided to help him. ____ the end, we found the boy’s mother. We were very happy.

【推荐2】It is a sunny day. Emily takes the ________ to London with her family. This is her first time leaving her town. When they walk out of the train station, Emily starts to ________. There are so ________ cars running here and there. Emily puts her hands over her ears, closes her ________ and thinks of her town with trees and grass.

“Open your eyes, Emily. You don’t want to miss (错过) this,” her sister Diana says.

Emily opens her eyes. People are everywhere and the buildings are very ________. “Aren’t there any trees or grass around here?” Emily asks.

Diana says, “I know you want to go back home, ________ why not look at the things around you? There are lots of new things.”

Emily looks up and she finds many interesting things. They are really ________. She’s interested in the buildings here now. Emily feels good and asks her parents, “Where are we going?” Her parents keep it a secret (秘密). “You will ________ ,” her mum says to her.

________ ten minutes’ walk, they come to a shop. “Wow! It’ s a toy shop!” Emily says. There are so many interesting toys in it. She can’t believe her eyes. “This is really a fantastic (极好的) ________ ,” Emily says. “I love it.”

【推荐3】“A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high.” I’m sure that John would agree with this saying, ________ he felt this way almost every day in school.

By high school, John was the most famous ________ in his town. He was always absent, didn’t answer questions and got into ________. He had failed almost every exam by the time he entered his senior year, yet was passed on each year to a higher grade level. Teachers didn’t want to ________ him again the following year. John was moving on, but definitely not moving ________.

I met John for the first time at a weekend leadership training program since John was one of 405 students who signed up. At the start of the training, John was just standing ________ the circle of students, against the back wall. He didn’t ________ join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games ________ him in.

The ice really melted (融化) when the groups started building a list of positive and negative things that had occurred at school that year. John ________ some constructive ideas on those situations. The other students in John’s group ________ his comments. All of a sudden John felt like a ________ of the group, and before long he was ________ like a leader. By the end of the training, he had joined the Homeless Project team. The other students on the team were impressed with his passionate concern and ideas. They ________ elected John co-chairman of the team.

John started showing up at school every day and answered questions from teachers for the first time. He led a second project ________ 300 blankets and 1,000 pairs of shoes for the homeless shelter.

A bird with a broken wing only needs ________. Once healed, it can fly higher than the rest.