【推荐1】I was waiting for the bus when I met the woman. “You look_______Come and sit here,” she said. “_______are you going?”

“I don’t know. I just want to catch a_______and see what it will be like at the end.”

“I’m afraid you’ll see_______there. Why don’t you enjoy the sights on the way?”

“How can I do that while my heart’s_______?” I asked sadly. My best friend had left me.

The woman seemed to understand my feeling. “Don’t cry, little girl. I’ve had a similar experience to you. Thirty-five_______ago, my husband left our three children and me. I was deadly sad. I decided to kill myself and the children, so I took_______to the sea._______, they seemed to know what would happen, so they_______loudly. Their cry suddenly woke me________How could I________my hope to live for one of life’s problems? After that, I worked hard to raise the children. Now they all live________and one of them has his own family.”

Then the woman gave me a________, “We should never wait for the door to________before us. We should find the key to the________or try to find another way.”

【推荐2】One day an angel （天使）came across three peas. She said she could help each of them. ________ a dream.

The first pea wanted to fly in the sky, and the second one’s ________ was to swim in the sea. The third one said it had been ________ going to a place where it could bring happiness to others. The angel ________ them where they wanted to go. The first pea fell onto the ________ after a long fight and was eaten by a hen. The second one sank into the sea and had to stay in the darkness lonely all its life. The third one flew into a flower pot（花盆）whose ________ was a poor little girl. Having been ill for a long time, she was very ________ and couldn’t go outside.

One day, when the girl was walking as usual in the house, she ________ a small pea plant in the flower pot. ________ the plant only had two tiny leaves, it seemed to be cheerful. When a light ________ came, it danced and seemed to be encouraging the girl to cheer up. “I will grow up like this plant and I will be better soon,” she said in a confident voice. From then on, the girl stayed beside the little pea plant, watched it and talked with it. Day by day the plant grew taller and taller, and ________ the little girl became better and better. Finally, the pea plant flowered and the girl returned to her ________.

Then the angel came. The pea plant waved its leaves to her and said, “Look! My ________ has come true and I feel I’m the ________ pea in the world!” The angel smiled, “Only the dream that can ________ others will bring happiness in return!”

【推荐3】At the age of 16, Einstein was always busy playing with a group of mischievous(顽皮捣蛋的) kids. He _________ his final exam.

One morning, when Einstein was about to go fishing _________ his friends. His father stopped him and said, “Einstein, you’re so interested in playing all day. I’m worried about your _________.”

“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, _________ don’t they still get to go fishing?” “My boy, you _________ think like that.” his dad said. “There is a fable(寓言故事) that people tell in our hometown. _________ it now.

There were two cats _________ on the roof. One cat got caught off guard and fell down the chimney(烟囱) while holding _________ cat. When the two cats climbed out of the chimney, one of the cats had soot(烟灰) on his face, _________ the other cat’s face was clean. Seeing the soot-faced cat, the clean cat thought its face must be __________, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The soot-faced cat saw the clean-faced cat, and thought its face was __________ clean, so it walked down the street.

Einstein, no one can be your __________. You have to think for yourself. If you just follow others, you will __________ learn.”

Hearing this, Einstein walked back to his __________. He decided to study instead of caring about what his friends were doing. This allowed him to be __________.

【推荐1】My name is Joey. I grew up in a really unstable(不稳定的)home. I ________ almost about every exam I took _________ . I was not interested in any class. And I often went out with the wrong friends.

Everything changed when I met John. He gave me much ________ . For example, John once promised me that if I could get good grades and stay active such as doing at least 60 hours of community service, he would ________ me to the " 2Xtreme Dream" trip.

The " 2Xtreme Dream" was a trip to the highest mountain in Europe, Mt. Elbrus. It also included community service to help the poor children there. There were 10 people aged from 14 to 19 that ________ the trip. We all had to work together to get to the top of the mountain. The whole trip was based on our idea, "life is a mountain. " Every step you take is a step toward   _______ .

The trip totally _______   my life. I never thought that I would be able to have a trip without my family and friends for 16 days, but I made it. Being at the top of the mountain was the best ________ I had had and I'll never forget that moment. I now know that I can achieve anything I want if I try my best. Thank everybody that was a part of this, ________ John一you guys have helped me become a _______ person. I have more confidence now and believe I will have a bright future.

【推荐2】When I was a junior high school student, God gave me a gift, it was happiness.

One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home, a car ran over me and cut off my ________ because of its high speed.

Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life ________ arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears. ________ slowly, I knew I had to face the fact and get over it. I couldn’t get my arms back even though I ________ every day.

However, it’s easier ________ than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness ________. I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a ________ mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates get ________ about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes ________; they don’t have a mobile phone but ________ have, and so on. But I only ________ life. I was lucky to realize it from the accident: It is a waste of our life to focus on what you have ________. We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, “My whole life will improve ________ I have a new car.” But when you get the car, what ________? For a whole week, you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.

Happiness depends on what we have! It’s in our heart. It’s a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel ________. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating(感激) and taking pleasure in what you really have.

【推荐3】The sweetest memory of my childhood is about a round table. When I was still little, my whole family would get together on _________ every traditional festival to have dinner.

While the grown-ups were _________ something that we were not interested in, we kids would be talking with each other or playing hide-and-seek under the table.

When I got a little older, my aunt got married and she brought back her _________. Then my grandma would cheerfully add another seat to the round table for him. It was a little more crowded (拥挤的), but we all felt _________ to this new family member.

When I was fifteen, my grandma passed away because of cancer. Since then, there has often been a touch of sadness in our _________ whenever we mention her. But when the big family got together once again, we all _________ that her chair, her bowl and her chopsticks should keep the same, even though her seat was empty. We felt like that she had never left us.

We all have a table like this in our homes. It is a symbol of getting together with our family members. In fact, in China, it seems that _________ can’t be solved over a round table. The marriage vows (誓言) between a loving couple, the mourning (哀悼) for the dead, the talks between business partners can all happen on a round table. And I start to wonder what this round table is to us, what it has done to us, and its true importance starts to come out in front of me. The food on the table may change with time, the people sitting beside it may come and go, the reasons why we come together seem to be different, _________ the true meaning behind it keeps the same year after year. And that is the tolerance (包容) of different people, different cultures and different art forms. Moreover, we _________ our love, care and respect not only for our family, but also __________ a community, our nation or even the whole world on the round table.