【推荐2】Last week, Nicole Shen received a package from Amazon containing goods she had purchased. She also _________ a set of keys and an ID card that had mistakenly made their way into her ___________. At the sight of them, she knew she needed to get the _________ items back to their rightful owner.

After a little digging on social media, Nicole found out that they _________ one Amazon employee named Kenneth Delerme. Kenneth ___________ placed them in the box of items for Nicole. Without them, Kenneth had his car towed (拖) and was _________ to sleep at a friend’s apartment.

Throughout the course of their ___________ on social media, Kenneth noticed some people ___________that he “swab” as a way to thank Nicole. It was at that time that he found out that Shen’s 3-year-old son Roman suffered from a(n) ___________ disease. And the poor boy was ______________ a bone marrow (骨髓) match.

In Roman’s ______________, it means that he can’t produce white blood cells on his own, which means even a cold could ____________ him. So the Shen family has been ____________ a bone marrow match for Roman so that Roman could ______________ get a transplant.

Eager to ____________, Kenneth agreed to get swabbed and ______________ enlisted (得到…...的帮助) the help of several family members and friends as well. “All my friends and family are ______________ to help Roman or other people that need bone marrow transplants,” he said.

For Shen, this ______________ that despite the serious illness, the community isn’t powerless to help. And despite some pitfalls (陷阱) of social media, this story serves as a(n) ______________ of how it can be used to do good and even save lives; one good turn ______________ another.

【推荐1】“Paul must have been trying to carry his waste paper to garbage can and dropped a few pieces. “I ________, picking them up. ________ later I found more pieces. No quiet sighing this time. I ________, “Who is throwing garbage?” No answer. Instead, I saw more bits of paper ________ floating down from upstairs. Looking up. I saw my seven-year-old son, Paul.

“Stop making a mess.” “It’s not a mess. They’re ________.” “Sorry, what did you say?” I hadn’t heard him clearly.

He didn’t answer me. Paul has autism (自闭症) and ________ answers a question, especially when he’s_ ________ attentively on something else. He ran down the stairs. “Where are my other butterflies he asked, ________ around. Every time Paul ________ five or more words together, my heart says a ________ of thanks. But lately he seems to ________ that the benefits of forming complete sentences when communicating are ________ of the effort.

Butterflies. Of course. I rushed to ________ them from the garbage, ________ them off and handed them to my young artist “Want to see them ________ again?” he asked with a shy smile. “Oh yes! They’re beautiful.” I whispered. He ran back upstairs to float his ________ down again. They really did look like beautiful butterflies.

That day Paul ________ me to look up at ________ instead of down at garbage. How many other masterpieces (杰作) do I miss because I’m too caught up in my ________ to take time to appreciate what’s right in front of me? Life is not what happens to us. It’s ________ we look at it Now, I look up.

【推荐2】The most important skill I picked up at school was_________ a routine. Routines allow us to develop a rhythm to our lives, but they also have their _________

Doing the same thing week after week can be _________.If you make time to try new things and explore new_________, you can adjust your routine to better _________ your lifestyle as things change.

When I first came to _________, I was told countless times that it’s important you develop aroutine so you can _________ things important to you. But it’s easy to forget the bigger picture. I got so used to the same old things that I would often forget about all of the other fun andexciting opportunities.

It wasn’t _________ my junior year that I really started setting time aside to explore things that were interesting to me. This was partly because COVID-19 and lockdown made my college life a lot more boring. It was this _________ that made me realize I was stuck in a boring life. I decided I was going to make a____________.

I started writing and doing research to __________ the things I learned in class.   All of these different experiences allowed me to look at the things I was doing from a new __________. It made me reveal what I’m doing with my life and __________ new goals, which have __________ huge value to my life. I reflect: it’s __________ the routine that determines your life. It’s only you who can decide how you spend your time.

【推荐3】A large cat arrived at a farm where many mice lived. None of them dared go outside for fear of being   _________by the cat.

The mice decided to hold a _________ to find a way of stopping themselves from being in _________.One day，when the cat was out，mice of all ages _________ into the meeting room.

"Let's build a big trap，"one mouse _________.When this idea was _________，another said，"What about poisoning（毒死）her？"But _________ knew where to buy the poison. One young mouse，whose mother had become the cat's food，_________ said，"Let's cut her teeth，so she can do no more harm." But the meeting did not accept his _________.

At last，one mouse，__________than the rest，jumped onto a table. Waving a bell，he called for __________，"Be quiet！Let's __________ this bell to the cat's tail，so we'll always know where she is！We'll have __________ to escape，and the slower and weaker mice will hear her coming and be able to __________！"Hearing the words，everyone got __________ and they congratulated him on his good idea.

"We'll tie it so tightly（牢固地）that it will never __________！"

"She' ll never be able to __________ quietly again! The other day, she suddenly appeared right in front of me! Just imagine..."

However, the wise mouse said, "We must __________ who is going to tie it to her tail." There was not a sound in the room. Nobody was __________ enough to put the plan into action. The meeting ended without any decision made.

It's often very __________ to have bright ideas, but putting them into practice is a more difficult matter.

【推荐1】I was about to shave (剃须) this morning when I caught my reflection in the mirror. There was no doubt about it. My body was growing older. My formerly _________ hair which used to be brown with a touch of gray was now gray with a touch of brown. My forehead wrinkles (皱纹) had become _________, and when I smiled, a hundred more curled up (卷起) around my eyes and mouth. When I _________, I could see I had gotten fatter as well because while my metabolism (新陈代谢) had slowed, my _________ hadn’t. My muscles also _________ be sorer (酸痛). _________, when I looked in the mirror again, I _________ a sparkle (火花) in my eyes. I smiled and felt a joy in my heart. I knew that no matter what my _________ looked like, my soul was forever young.

The truth is while I have been _________ growing older on the outside, I have for a while now been growing younger on the inside. I can remember how __________, stressed and worried I was in my 20s and 30s. Now at 53, my heart feels __________, and my days look brighter. I feel like a true “child” __________ to laugh, to sing, to dance, to love and to help others do the same. I worry less and smile more, because I have a lot more faith and a lot less __________.

In the end, all of our bodies will __________ and die, but we won’t. Our young souls will go on forever. Spend your days growing younger then. Let the __________ within you live and love.

【推荐2】Wildflowers in a mountain meadow(草地) are a gift of nature. But what about those wildflowers blooming along busy _________? Well, nature had a _________.

Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson, the wife of our thirty-sixth President, Lyndon B. Johnson wanted _________ to be a national priority.

As a little girl growing up in “deep east Texas,” wildflowers helped her get through _________ times. Her mother had died when she was five, and her father _________ most of his time at the general store he owned. Her older brothers were away at school, so Lady Bird turned to nature for _________. “Nature was my friend and my teacher,” she says, “It was a joy to me, and it’s never _________ me.”

After high school, Lady Bird left home for the University of Texas in Austin. _________ she found joy in nature--in the vast quantities of Texas bluebonnets. It was there that Lady Bird met and fell in love with Lyndon B. Johnson at first sight. He proposed (求婚) to her on their first _________.

When she became aware of the __________ disappearance of “America the Beautiful” due to land development and pollution, Lady Bird __________ the President to put forward a Highway Beautification Act that allocated (划拨) money to __________ roadsides. The act was passed in 1965.

Lady Bird __________ that many wildflowers, like people, were immigrants. “They crossed nation on the wheels of covered wagons (货车), perhaps __________ in the pockets of children.”

Lady Bird is certainly our First Lady of wildflowers. She has made us see that highways can be beautiful. She is the reason why wildflowers now __________ our travels through almost every state.

【推荐3】I was born to teach

What do you want to be when you grow up? It's a question we were asked quite often when we were little. The most common answers were, no___________, teacher, doctor or scientist. But _________ we grow older, our minds _______ and we begin to dream different dreams.

I have wanted to be a teacher for quite a long time. If, when the time comes, I get to make a choice of what _________to study at college, I know I will _________ choose to study education at a normal university.

A teacher's intrinsic (本质的) responsibility is to educate and impart (传授) knowledge. Of course, as a student, I've been _________ an education myself over the last 15 years. I've seen various teachers. In my opinion, a good teacher _________ not only the knowledge, but also the technique to get the message across. Majoring in education in a normal college would _________ me in both of the respects, and _________ me to start along the road of my ideal career path.

Actually, to be a good teacher is not just about teaching others but teaching oneself. It's __________ for teachers to push themselves along. It's breadth of knowledge that __________ a good teacher.

But __________ and perseverance(毅力) are also very important qualities in a teacher. You never know what you might learn from others. Good teachers know that they can learn from everyone. including their students.

I have been __________ by many excellent teachers during my life. They have taught me much about the world we live in. I truly believe that if I study education, I will be able to explore the __________ of how we learn and the importance of learning to live. I will then have the theoretical knowledge that will __________ me to be a qualified teacher in my career.