【推荐1】Parker’s life has changed after a car ride to school one morning. Parker’s mom, Sharonda, ______ a seizure(突发疾病)when she was driving him to school and became ______. Parker bravely stepped in to control the car, though he had no ______ experience driving a car. His mother came out of the incident fine, but Parker had several ______, including an ankle break that led to a major surgery on his right leg.

______ painful physical treatments, Parker had a challenging recovery process and ______ a prosthesis(假肢)at Shriners Children’s Hospital. Parker was ______ worried he would “never feel like a normal kid again”, but as a(n) ______ he was determined to be active again. With the help of the surgeons, he took his first ______ again and was finally back to his sports team.

Parker was ______ as the National Patient Ambassador in 2022. In that role, he ______ the care provided by Shriners Children’s. He even made a(n) ______ in the Rose Bowl Parade in California. It’s been such a great experience, traveling around and ______ other patients.

“Nothing will stop me from pursuing goals or overcoming challenges,” Parker says. Thanks to his ______ and new prosthesis, Parker’s friends still play with him like usual. “He sets no ______ for himself,” Sharonda said.

【推荐2】It was on Father's Day, 20. 17. When I climbed up the final hill of the 13,000.41-foot-high Grand Traverse Peak, my new running _________, Merle — a one-year-old shepherd dog — was _________ to be seen.

I felt a terrifying attack as I _________ my way down the hill, still seeing no _________ of him. Then, several hundred feet _________ down, I saw his _________ on a five-foot-wide snow. I followed them carefully until they _________ off a steep chute (斜坡). About 800 feet below, the chute ended in a rock field and a massive cliff (悬崖). Below that, I could see a wide, empty, snow-covered _________ There was no sign of Merle in the rock field. Then _________ I saw something running in the basin below me. "There he is!" I ran down. Merle was running downhill away from me. I couldn't follow his ____________ without technical climbing ____________, so I needed to find a safer way down. I could hear the bells on Merle's collar (项圈), but I couldn't see him. I spent another hour ____________ around until the bells on the collar and Merle's heavy breathing disappeared. That day, I went home with deep ____________

Three weeks later, a woman named Dana Gumber ____________ a poor dog outside her yard, weak and extremely thin. Luckily, Gumber found the dog still had a collar. That afternoon, she ____________ a message on my cellphone: "I have Merle. Please ____________ me. I called her back and got a(n) ____________ answer: Merle was still alive.

I drove him to the animal hospital from Gumber's house. Merle was skinny weak after the long ____________ with wounds, but, surprisingly, none of his ____________ were broken. Over the next week Merle ____________ beautifully.

【推荐3】Wang Guilan, a 72-year-old Chinese woman, has been known as “Super Grannie” for her ________ of running. Most people choose to ________ after they retire from work, but Wang Guilan is not one of them. She started ________ at the age of 50, but soon realized it was her passion and developed close relationships with other runners. In 2021, she set a new record by becoming the ________ person to ever complete a 168- kilometer marathon. And so far, she has completed over 100 marathons.

Wang Guilan’s impressive achievements have attracted attention from runners of all ages. A runner in his twenties expressed his ________, saying, “This lady is as old as my grandmother, how can she run so fast? ” After running the 110 km version of the marathon with her ________ in 2020, Wang waited for them to ________ for about 5-6 hours so that they could ________ the finishing line together. Therefore, this year, she took part in the marathon ________ and chose the longest distance.

So how does a 70-year-old stay in such a good ________ that she can achieve what most people half her age can’t? According to Sina, one ________ is that Wang Guilan runs at least 20 kilometers every day. In addition, she follows a ________ diet and sleeps for at least 8 hours every day to ensure that her body is well-rested and energized.

Wang Guilan’s passion for running has also inspired many people in China. She has been invited to give ________ at various events and has even been featured in a documentary about her life. Her message to everyone is ________ but powerful: “Age is just a number. As long as you have the determination and the willpower, you can achieve anything you ________ your mind to.”

【推荐2】There was a time I had to count every single penny I spent. I had to keep a _______ in my head while shopping. I would stand there and _______ things up over and over again. It was during the holidays when I was _______ at Trader Joe’s because it had the most gluten-free (无麸质的) food and I had a little child _______ diagnosed with celiac disease (脂泻病). I stood in the frozen food area adding everything up.

The total was too _______. I couldn’t buy everything. I didn’t want my credit card to be _______ . I looked through everything trying to _______ what to put back. I _______ everything everyone else loved, but put back the one thing I loved, which was a simple frozen _______ of chicken meat. But it was what put the total over __________.

I __________ the feeling of not being able to __________ that $3.29 package of chicken. But that was life and I __________ and forgot about it. It was what I had to do.

That night our __________ rang. It was __________ because it was extremely cold and late. I went to the door, opened it, and on my front steps were bags of __________ On the top of the first bag, I saw the chicken meat, the __________ kind I had put back hours ago.

I still have no idea who put all of that food on my doorstep. I cannot describe the feeling of realizing that even in __________ I wasn’t alone. My kids were so __________ about all the delicious food. My heart was filled with the feeling of __________. At that moment I knew I was not alone.

【推荐2】A long time ago, there lived a girl named Lilly.When she started going to school, she was_______. All her classmates bullied(欺侮) her for her shy behavior. If the teacher asked any questions, she wouldn’t answer because of her shyness. But she was a_______student and she knew all the_______.

Out of all the subjects, her favorite subject was sports. She always_______to be a football player on her school team. But the students always made fun of her. _________, she didn’t care what her_______would say as she wanted to_________that she could be a football player.

So during the day, Lilly_________her school, and at night, she would practice football at her home. Her mother installed(安装) some more lights in their garden so that her daughter could_________properly .

Finally, the selections for the inter-school for football competition came. Lilly, without a thought, ____________to go for it. Her classmates____________her, and said, “Boo! you will not make it. Back off ! ” But Lilly decided not to____________their words.

As she began to play, everybody was______________ her excellent skills.The judges were so wowed by her confident______________that they not only selected Lilly but also made her the captain. Now, everybody wanted to become Lilly’s friend and soon she became the__________girl in the school.