I always believe that no matter how bad something is， you can take something good out of it． The one time I wasn't sure of that was____December 23．

I usually ___ up at 6：30 or 7：00 in the morning． That day， I happened to wake up earlier． I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed （撞击） into the   Trade Center． I thought it was____ terrible accident． I felt so ____about all the people in the plane．

My wife and I spent the day ____ the terrible pictures over again． When I watched family members looking for ____loved ones， I would never forget the pain in their eyes． I couldn't understand how this could have happened．

A few weeks later， I began to see that perhaps something good ____ from this tragedy （悲剧）． People seem different now， more understanding，more to tolerant （宽容的）．Little things seemed to be such a trouble before， but they are no longer big things now． I realize life is ____short to let myself worry over small things． I've also learned that you can't ____ things for granted． Things change． People go to work and don't come back． One moment they're living and the next minute they're not． And， it doesn't matter who you are， there is nothing you can do about it． We never know when our time will be over，_____we all need to make the most of every minute we have．

【推荐2】Everyone knew that Stuti was the best speller in the whole class. She could spell difficult words like "encyclopedia" and "amendment" very _______. She used to get perfect scores during each weekly spelling test.

Ms．Daisy, her English teacher made a_______ for the spelling tests that any child who doesn't get at least 60% correct spellings would have to correct each wrong word and copy three times for next week's spelling test. Seema, who sat next to Stuti always struggled（挣扎） in spellings. Last Thursday, she received 56% which meant she had to_______ the rest 44% words three times.

Stuti was so _______in her spelling abilities that she decided not to study for her next spelling test. The test began. Ms. Daisy pronounced each word and then repeated it. Everything was OK until she spoke "Handkerchief". Stuti scribbled（匆匆书写） h-a-n-d-k-e-r-c-h…now what? Her mind was blank.

Ms. Daisy started to move on to the next word. An idea came into Stuti's mind that Seema_______how to spell it! Seema had written this word three times.

There was wide open space between Stuti and Seema. Stuti's eyes rolled（滚动） to the right. There it was, spelled out in Seema's handwriting. Her eyes went quickly back to her own paper and_______ the word with the letters "i-e-f".

Stuti remained nervous as Ms.Daisy read the last spelling word. She had_______just for the first time in her life. She thought, "Is this the way I want to keep my perfect record-by being a cheater?"

Finally, she erased what she had written earlier and replaced it with what she

knew was the wrong answer. She wrote "e-i-f". As her hands put down her pencil and passed the test up to the front, she sighed with relief（解脱）. She thought, "So, what if my perfect scores are no longer being kept? At least my_______ is."

【推荐3】It's 6:30 a.m. "Mark, get up and get dressed. It's your big _______!" Calls Mom.

It's the school play (剧) show day. It's _______ for Mark because he is shy.

Mark gets a big hug (拥抱) from Mom. He thanks his mom and goes to _______.

At school, Mrs. Brown asks the children to practice their parts (台词) again. Mark says his _______, but Mrs. Brown thinks it's not loud (大声的) enough. "You are the wolf (狼). The wolf is not _______," says Mrs. Brown. "This is difficult, but I know you can do it. Just act like a big wolf."

The play _______. Soon it's time for Mark to act. "I'll blow (吹) your house out," he says loudly. But he makes a mistake. Then he says with a big wolf howl (嗥叫), "I'll _______ your house in."

"Don't feel bad, Mark, " says Mrs. Brown after the play.

"I don't," says Mark. "I feel _______."

"You do?"

"Yes, I wasn't shy. I was loud!" says Mark with a big _______ face.

When Mark gets home, he says something about his school play to his ________. His mother is very happy, and she makes a big dinner for him.