【推荐1】“I don, t feel right about this,” I said to one of my cousins in a low voice. She nodded in ______. Not wanting to be the first to touch the food, I waited for one of the older adults to start.

Thanksgiving usually meant ______ and full stomachs. However, this year was ______. My family sat around the dinner table ______ at our feast. Everyone had a full plate, everyone except Grandma. The treatment for throat cancer would ______ one of her great pleasures, eating. This was the first of many food-focused ______ to come. I could not imagine what it would be like to never taste ______ food again. My cousin Molly broke the ______ with a raise of her glass, “To Nat.” We all followed her lead. “Your ______ and strength encourage us all,” she continued. Grandma smiled, holding back her tears with great ______. “Thank you. Please, please eat.” And with that, we all began to eat. Conversation broke ______ around the room while Grandma laughed and talked with us all. Cancer would take away her ability to eat, but not the gift of being the best hostess. The evening went on as normal ______ do. By the time the night was over, I felt ______ to my family than ever before. I learned that we gather together on holidays not to eat a rich feast, but to ______ and share with one another. We ______ my Grandmother’s courage, but we all learned a lesson in grace. In the years following, my Grandma ______ to create meals for family events. She told me once with a laugh, “I may not be able to eat, but I can ______ taste things.” With a ______ heart, Grandma prepared what she could not have for the only purpose of making us ______. She inspired me to learn to cook and helped me find the ______ to make everything come together: love.

【推荐2】I wrote a letter to my kids a few years ago. It’s three pages long, and it sums up what I’ve learned in four________of life. My kids are too________to understand now, but by the time they reach________, they will have heard most of the advice in that letter: Live in the moment, do not________yourself to physical things and follow your dreams, etc.

I sealed the letter in a plain white envelope and wrote________not to open it unless something horrible happened to me. As a police officer, I’ve seen life put to an end or irrevocably (不可逆地)________in an instant. I realized that could happen to me at________time. If something does happen to me, my children will get that________. In it, they will read about my love for them and about the advice that I want to________on to them.

Every day, when I open my locker, I see the letter. It________me to be careful at work, and to show my children and the people I come into contact with that I________understand and practice everything I’ve written. If that day comes and my children________read the letter, I hope that because of my actions, they will take my written beliefs to heart and improve upon my________.

But for me, it’s not enough to write down my beliefs. I try to be the________person I can be every day—even in very difficult circumstances, even with________people. I also get depressed, or________my kids occasionally, and sometimes I’m not as________or as considerate as I should be. In fact, I am________perfect, but I hope my children will eventually realize that________is an illusion (错觉、幻觉). What really matters is that, instead of just writing about our beliefs, we all take________to be the best humans we can be.

【推荐1】For many, college is a time of exciting new beginnings. However, for people living with social anxiety, like myself, it can also _______ us a lot. When I first arrived on campus, I found the _______ in my routine and meeting new people confused me a lot. But finally I realized that being _______ about how I was feeling was more helpful than trying to hide it.

One of the places I _______ most was in the classroom. The idea of sitting in a room with people I didn’t know _______ me. I couldn’t concentrate during tests because being surrounded by _______ faces made me feel trapped. After fighting with those _______ for a couple of weeks, I _______ I should open up to my teachers. Speaking with them helped me feel like I had a little more _______ on campus.

It made sense to try the same __________ while introducing myself to other students on campus. And in those early days of making new friends, I realized that each of us had __________ some level of anxiety about starting school in one way or another. Opening up about my __________ made me feel well for I was in control of it for the first time. __________, I learned to meet new opportunities, ever if they made me __________. I said yes when someone wanted to get together for lunch, and __________ school clubs even though I didn’t know anyone, which worked wonders for my __________.

Those early days of college were very __________, and they taught me a lot about how to __________ what I’m feeling, and the benefits of being honest. In so many ways, college helps __________ the person you’ll become—and when you view it as a (n) __________ to learn and grow, even within the limits of your anxiety, it’s a powerful thing.

【推荐2】Caroline Tegeret comes from a small village. Her________journey began like many others though filled with challenges since law is expensive. Coming from a community where girls________get past high school doesn’t lighten the road in any way either.

________graduating in 2017, she joined Kenya School of Law in 2018. After her pupilage, she________as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya on July 2, 2020.

“My dream to________a career in law began way back in high school,” she said. What was her driving force? For Tegeret it was the fact that,________development, her community was, and still is, far behind.

Her community has high illiteracy levels and cultural________like early marriage. She________knew quite early that for her to be able to bring change to the community, she needed to be________with the right tools through education and knowledge of the law.

As she________the midnight oil, studying piles of history books and law cases, the memory of her father further inspired her. Coming from a humble background, he________for her as an example of life’s________as he was able to succeed in his teaching career.

Tegeret wants to work with NGOs and government agencies to________the rights of the minority. This is more so to raise the________of those who can’t speak for themselves.

Her remarkable achievement is a source of encouragement to many young girls whose dreams look too big compared to their life’s________.

【推荐3】“There are two kinds of people in the world—people who love Peking Opera and people who don’t know they love Peking Opera yet,” said Wang Peiyu in the opening section of her latest 12-episode (集) online ________. “My job is to let the ________ know about Peking Opera and then fall in love with it.”

The weekly talk show sees Wang, who is one of the ________ Peking Opera artists in China, explain the traditional art form as well as ________ its appeal.

With a( an) ________ of various art forms, including singing, dancing, and martial arts (武术), Peking Opera, has a long history ________ back to the 19th century. In 2010 UNESCO ________ it an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (非物质文化遗产).

Like many traditional art forms, it is ________ by contemporary entertainment and is losing its audience, especially among the younger generation.

Wang is trying to change the ________. She has about 1.6 million followers on micro-blogging platform Sina Weibo and has built up a large fan base among young people with her ________ techniques and charm.

Each episode, about 30 minutes long, ________ Wang introduce her unique knowledge about Peking Opera with a particular ________ such as the making of a Peking Opera star, the ________ of preparing for a performance, and ________ stories about the age-old art. She uses ________ direct and humorous language to ________ the audience.

One fan ________: “All I knew about Peking Opera was the painted ________, but thanks to Wang’s show, I now know more about the art form and I look forward to watching a(an) ________ performance in the theatre.”

The 40-year-old Wang, a famous female performer who specializes in playing laosheng (old male) roles onstage, has been ________ with popularizing Peking Opera among younger people.