A young college student thought that he chose the wrong major(专业) at a common college, so he drank every day and didn't study at all. He became more and more ______.

Before I was in Grade Six, I was always the worst student in my class. Then it _______. That’s all because a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to my school.

One day after _______, she found that I was staying alone during the lunch break. _______she came to me and began to talk to me. After that day, she gave me particular (特别的) _______. I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling that someone believed me. Her encouragement (鼓励) _______me a lot . At the _______of my first term in Grade Six, I came second in my class.   

But later we seemed to get less _______. Every time I came to talk with her, she just put on a cold, stony face. I didn’t know _______. By the time I was in Grade Seven, we hardly (几乎不) ever talked with each other. When I _______middle school, I was out of touch with her. She ________answered the phone when I called her.

Several years later, I went to a good university. One day, I ________her at a party. I couldn’t help asking her, “Why did you stop talking to me?”

“You are a ________boy. I want you to be able to stand on your own two feet and not to ________others. Now here you are and I feel proud (骄傲的) of ________,” She said. I could not say ________, but I smiled. I’ll always thank her.

【推荐2】Dear dad,

Happy birthday to you! On this special day, I’d like to talk to you in a special way.

I don’t think I’m good at telling you my thought face to face with you, so I’m ______ to show my deep love for you. You’re not a rich man _______a famous person. But in my heart, you are one of the greatest______in the world. I’m______you. You’re______interested in being famous and rich. You do______things like paying for your phone on time, and working as a worker in your factory. The smile on your face shows you’re pleased with the family. You take good care of my grandparents. You help me with my schoolwork and do some shopping with mom on Sundays.

In the past, I didn’t care______you were with me or not. Now I am sorry to say I didn’t______you before. But I am thankful for what you have done for me.

I am quite lucky that I have______a great father. And I feel happy that now I can let you know_______I love you. You are successful as a son, a husband, a father and a friend.

Love from,

Lydia

【推荐3】There is an old English saying, “Laughter (笑) is the best medicine.” Norman Cousins certainly would _________ with this.

Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also wrote and spoke about world peace, _________ to many different countries to share his ideas.

In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe, Mr. Cousins got _________. He had a strange disease. It made him hard to _________. In less than a week after he got back, he could not stand it. Every move was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctor told Mr. Cousins that they did not know _________ to cure his problem and he might _________ be better. Mr. Cousins, however, didn’t want to _________ hope.

Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by _________ feeling. He did not want to take medicine to cure _________. Instead, he felt that happy feelings or __________ might cure his illness.

He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital __________ watching comedy (喜剧) shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

Because the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and stayed in a hotel room to do his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading __________ books, and sleeping when he felt tired. After three weeks, he felt __________ to take a vacation and begin running on the beach for exercise.

After a few months, Mr. Cousins was able to __________ to his work. He had laughed himself back to __________. What a surprise!