【推荐1】It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on. A _________ came, “Nice shirt.” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to _________ that shirt away, but gave it to her instead.” I was _________. I wanted to hide.

I stuck my shirt in the back of the closet and told my _________ what had happened.   She then dialed her _________, “I will no longer _________ for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t just clean anymore; she knew her life’s achievement was something _________, so she decided to find another job.

The next morning she _________ with the personnel manager at the Board of Education.   He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to _________ a university.

After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “Are you serious? I think I have a __________ for you as a teacher’s assistant. This __________ deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of __________.” Mom accepted that job opportunity very __________ and finally became the teacher of this class.

My mom __________ more than twenty years there. During her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the bad comment made in my classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle __________ situations and never give up.

【推荐3】It was a cold and silent night. A group of monkeys were on a tree. They were clinging (紧握) to its _________. One of the monkeys said.” I wish we could find some fire. It will help us to keep_________." Suddenly they _________ some fireflies (萤火虫). One of the young monkeys thought it was fire. He _________ a firefly. He put it under a dry leaf and started _________ at it. Some other monkeys also joined in his _________ .

In the meanwhile, a sparrow came flying to its _________, which was on the same tree the monkeys were sitting on. She noticed what they were doing. The sparrow _________. She said, “Hey, silly monkeys, that is a firefly, not _________ fire. I think all of you should take ______________ in a cave.”

______________, the monkeys did not listen to the sparrow. They ______________ to blow at the poor firefly. After a long time, the monkeys became very ______________. Now they ______________ that what the sparrow had said was correct. They ______________ the firefly and moved to a nearby cave.

While ______________ is one of the most defining qualities of a good student, there's always something new to be ______________ every day! The monkeys in the story were persistent (执着的) but their hard work didn't ______________ because they refused to listen, at least ______________. Always listen to your elders, they know better and you are ______________ to learn a lot from them.

【推荐2】The idea of donating mosquito nets to millions of Africans came to Katherine Commale’s mind when she was only five years old. She________a documentary about Africa, which________that on average, every 30 seconds one child died of malaria（疟疾）there, which can be caused by mosquito bites. This made her________, but it also________her to do something to save their lives________. Katherine started________money for mosquito nets so that Africans don't have to________malaria. She sent nets to Africa through an organization called Nothing But Nets. By making hand-decorated________with her family and giving them to those who donated money. Katherine inspired people to _____her. Her________was posted on the website of Nothing But Nets. People were touched by her ______, which went beyond age and race,________were pouring in from around the world.

However. Katherine still seemed________. She and her friends wrote letters to the________who were on the list of The World's Billionaires,________they could contribute money. After receiving the letter, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation________that it would donate three million dollars to Nothing But Nets.________to have more people know Katherine's________, the foundation invested（投资）in filming a public welfare documentary.

Thanks to Katherine, the frequency of children's death________from malaria in Africa has been decreased to one person every 120 seconds. Katherine's kindness influenced the world even though she was only a little girl. She showed that no one is too________to change the world into a better place.

【推荐3】Volunteers in New York call on people to donate their used iPads to help poor patients keep in touch with their families online.

Some people with COVID-19 died alone in the_______physically separated from their friends and family, which is a_______situation. This cruel reality saddens a group of volunteers, so they decide to help_______patients with family members online, who are unable to be present due to hospital_______on visitors. They intend to_______used iPads from across the country and donate them to hospitals in communities where the need is_______urgent. Nicolas Heller, a 31-year-old volunteer, said thousands of people had died from the_______in isolation(隔离)without the comforting words or touch from a_______one. Heller is collecting used iPads for patients who do not_______smart phones capable of video chatting.

________Friday morning, the volunteer group had________375 used iPads from donors(捐赠者)nationwide. So far, 300 of the iPads have been smoothly________to Brooklyn's University Hospital of Brooklyn. The volunteers were ________by the donors' generosity. What the volunteers are doing is________people’s iPads that are not used anymore to help those patients in hospitals.________, the group explained to the public how the donated iPads could also benefit hospital staff with________personal protective equipment, such as masks and________. These iPads can________medical staff to communicate with patients from outside of the room, ________their risk of being exposed to the virus.

No one is an island. United, we can make a(n) ________to the world.

【推荐1】I’m an ocean lover. Living in Montreal , far away from the ocean , makes it even more a dream land for me. And I_________to visit the ocean at least once a year and I’ve been doing it for at least twenty_________

When I was younger , I would_________shells and rocks and bring them back home and ended up _________tons of them on my shelves , floors , desks , etc. But as I _________the ocean more and more , I started picking up the _________ left by careless people , picking up less _________treasure. I was beginning to question my _________ and one day , in California , I just had this idea.

I realised that a stone you find in the ocean has a ( n ) _________ colour that makes you pick it up but then , when it __________ you won’t find it as lovely anymore , so why pick it up in the first place ? Anyway , I just __________ then that natural things are nice in their natural __________ and that if everybody picked up every shell from the ocean , and __________the wastes out there , the beach would become something not so nice very __________

So I decided that day , when I was probably 28 or 29, that I would just “__________” things from the ocean , and bring them back after a while , since that__________of shells does so much good for me.

I __________ the quantity and keep it to the smallest amount. So if you’ve seen a __________ lady picking up rubbish and __________ shells back into the ocean , from a box or a bag , on a beautiful sunny day , it was __________me.

【推荐2】Our university is located in the far area. Considering our ________, the school employs some private legal officers to ________ us. The situation is not as scary as they think but they do have to ________ around the clock to keep us safe, ________ the university all night. For the most part it’s not a grateful job as most people ________ seeing officers all around, so that they even ________ notice their presence. How could we show them our ________?

Well, we decided to take a large sized coffee maker and make some hot chocolate. Then, we found a taxi driver and asked him to ________ us around the university where we knew the ________ would be. And at midnight we ________ them each a cup of hot chocolate from our big pot in the back of the ________.

The taxi driver was at first a bit ________ about the entire plan but after a while he was sure to help us ________ officers and our good spirit had ________ to him as well. We were met with many smiles and grateful ________ like “thanks a million” and “it’s very kind of you” from the officers as well as puzzlement（迷惑）as they said students seldom noticed their ________ in work.

Finally, the hot chocolate seemed less ________ than their interest in meeting us. In fact, what they valued more was our attitude to them. We went around in the back of the taxi with a big pot of hot chocolate on that beautiful ________, talking and laughing. It was ________ to see how a small simple ________ of generosity（慷慨）can lift everyone’s spirit.

【推荐3】Throughout my years in school, I am able to recall countless experiences in my mind. The teachers had different _________ of making their lessons effective. However, in all my _________ a single day in the fifth grade stands out as an exciting day that changed my life.

I can remember my first band lesson _________. The excitement I felt as I opened my _________ Saxophone case(萨克斯盒子) for the first time could not be put into words. I had never held a(n) _________ before. It was all new to me. Yet, slowly, my band director began to _________ me how to hold it and the fingerings of basic notes(音符). By the end of the lesson, I had learned to _________ Mary Had a Little Lamb and Hot Cross Buns. At the time, I didn’t _________ what made that lesson so _________. I knew I liked this new toy. I also felt that I was a(n) ____________ player. I had learned to play two ____________ on my first day!

Looking back, I realize there might be something more to this ____________ experience than just first-time excitement. My teacher had developed a(n) ____________ that consisted of recognizable and meaningful parts. She began by introducing me to this musical instrument, teaching me on basic skills. This basic ____________ was followed by a developmental period. With my teacher’s ____________, I began to learn beginning notes and note values. Together, we worked to ____________ my skills.

The lesson was concluded by putting together all of the information. The random ____________ that I made became music as I ____________ my first songs. This gave the lesson a ____________ of accomplishment(成就). This memorable learning experience was very ____________ to me in the fifth grade.