【推荐2】Some people are type A personalities. I must be type AA, like the batteries: I never run out of_______. My five sibling (兄妹) and I used to spend most weekends sweeping warehouses and _______ shipping boxes at Dad’s company. By high school we were filled with a sense of_______because we could work fourteen-hour days.

During the summer we did yard work until _______fell, and then we’d turn on outdoor_______to play kickball. Years later, when we spoke on the _______, we never asked “How are you?” but “What are you doing?”

After I started _______Matt, I would stop by his apartment and often find him_______ on his sofa. And I’d ask what he was doing. “Just sitting here,” he’d reply. Feeling _______, I’d continue to ask: “Yes, but what are you doing?” He’d________ he was just sitting there.

This happened so many times that he became ________: “Why do I always have to be doing something?” he asked. ________, he declared he would no longer________ the question.

Matt and I________ while I was buried in a challenging PhD program. I often ________ six to seven days a week. A few months into our marriage we adopted two kittens (小猫). One Saturday Matt was out, and I fell ________while studying, the kittens sleeping on my chest.

I________, to Matt staring at me, an affectionate smile on his face. Panicked, I searched for a(n)________. “The kittens were having ________sleeping, so I lay down with them.”

Matt________. “It’s OK,” he said, “You’re allowed to take a nap (打盹)”

【推荐1】Gutierrez’s life would never be the same after finding a copy of Anna Karenina in the trash 20 years ago. While he was driving his garbage truck through wealthy neighbourhoods, he _________ thrown-away books. It _________ his desire to start rescuing books from the trash. He used to take home several books every morning after his nine-hour _________ from 9 pm to 6 am. _________, he turned his book collection into a community library for poor children.

Colombia’s capital city has 19 public libraries. However, these libraries _________ to be far away from where poorer communities live. The option of _________ new books is non-existent for families struggling to _________. Having access to a library of books and being immersed in a book, is a(n) _________ for the kids visiting Gutierrez’s library.

Gutierrez grew up poor. Nevertheless, his mother was a(n) _________ reader and read stories to him every night. Her love for books impacted Gutierrez. “The whole value of what we do ______________ helping kids start reading,” shared Gutietrez during an interview with CGTN America in 2017.

As ______________ spread about his amazing project, people began sending him thousands more books to ______________ his library. Unable to ______________ all of them, he has since started donating them to other libraries that need them. Gutierrez’s journey is an amazing example of how every one of us can physically ______________ the lives of those around us by identifying needs, ______________ time and finding a solution.

【推荐3】A Great Monday

Monday started out great. I woke up on time, ate breakfast and did some last minute studying for my math test that day, feeling_______that I would get a high mark. Sitting on the school bus, my friends and I were busy chatting about the weekend activities. At one stop, a boy named Ryan got on hurriedly. He_______someone’s foot and THUMP! He fell flat onto the floor.

Every one of us on the bus looked on and laughed crazily. Ryan picked himself up, dusted his jacket and made his way to a(n)_______seat. He tried to laugh with us, but his face was burning with_______. The rest of the morning flew by. I did well in my math test and practiced cheer (啦啦队操) we would do at that night’s football game perfectly. However, when I raised my leg for one last toe touch, RIIPPP! I felt my jeans was torn down (裂开) in the middle of my backside.

I froze, not knowing what to do. Then I heard people burst out laughing and I saw them pointing at my_______jeans. Covering myself with my hands, I tried to laugh too,_______I felt tears began to well up in my eyes.

Then I saw Ryan running towards me. Suddenly the scene _______me where he fell flat and I laughed at him _______. Thinking he would join in with those laughing at me, I _______my head. However, he just ________me from behind, quickly took off his jacket, offered it to me and signaled to me to ________my torn jeans. I did want to express my ________but courage failed me. Finally, I left the courtyard in absolute ________.

That night, after the cheer at the football game, I found Ryan. Gathering my courage, I sincerely ________to him for my misconduct on the bus, and thanked him for helping me out of an equally awkward situation. Ryan, with a broad smile, patted me on the shoulder and told me to ________about it. It was then that I decided he was someone I could be great friends with. Honestly, Monday was a great day indeed!

For the last few years of college I worked as a part-time barista (咖啡师) in a cafe. As I left college, my college career came to a (n) _______, and at the same time there was a lot of _______ from family and friends to find a job which could match my degree. Therefore, I began to _______ for some positions. I searched and interviewed for months, during which I was working in two _______ to make ends meet. One was focused on coffee, while the other was a yogurt shop that served coffee as well. Gradually, I realized I grew to be _______about coffee. Three months later, I was _______ at both jobs. When I got the two promotions, I had to make a _______ because I couldn’t work both jobs full time with greater responsibilities. The yogurt shop offered me a higher monthly salary, _______ the coffee shop offered me a lower hourly wage. After _______ on it over and over, finally, I ________ my resignation letter (辞职信) at the yogurt shop and went to work at the coffee shop full time as an assistant manager. I am a firm believer in. ________ what I love, but I wasn’t confident that I had made the right decision. Six months later, I was promoted to a (n)________ manager of the coffee shop. Not only was I given a ________ but I was also given ________ learning experiences and opportunities, which have made me ________ look forward to all that I can accomplish (实现) in the future.

【推荐3】Wilson’s dog, Jack, was an energetic, six-year-old collie(柯利犬)that would greet him every day at the bus station when he returned from work. This was a(n) _______ that had begun when Jack was young. The dog was quite _______ with the route to and from the station. So when Wilson _______ his job and had to move to California, he thought it best to leave Jack with a relative. He told him they both would have to _______ to new homes.

But Jack didn’t want a new home. He returned to Wilson’s old house, even though the door was _______. Every evening, he ran to the bus station. But evening after evening, there was no _______ of the devoted dog’s master. _______ and sad, he would return alone to the _______ house.

The dog’s depression grew. He _______ food, becoming thinner and thinner. But every evening, ever hopeful, he’d go to the station to meet the bus. And every evening, he’d return more ________.

Jack’s worsening condition did not go unnoticed. A friend who lived nearby was so upset that he ________ Wilson, informing him of the dog’s situation.

Wilson bought a return train ticket ________. Upon arriving, he waited several hours so that he could take the same bus that he always did. When it arrived at the station, sure enough, there was Jack, waiting and ________ as the passengers got off. And then suddenly there he was, his beloved owner.

Wilson later recalled, “Jack was ________ like a child, trembling all over. Tears welled up in my eyes too.”

Wilson took Jack back with him. They were never ________ again.