【推荐1】In 1939,Miriam should have started first grade. ________ she spent that year—and the following five—trying to________ Decades later, though, the now-89-year-old Holocaust survivor finally got something she had always been ________ for : a high school diploma (文凭)

Miriam showed her ________ that she had never had asked a Jewish high school whether they would ________ its graduation ceremony. The principal passed the ________ on to the students. He brought a few seniors to Miriam's home to hear her story.

Miriam's life was good until World War II started. Miriam and her family spent months ________ from the Nazis, running in a continuous state of fear. Soon after, the family was ________ camp in Siberia. Miriam was not freed until March 1946—nearly a year after the war ended.She and her remaining family members went to a camp in Germany. They rebuilt their ________ in whatever way they could.

Getting a formal education was never an option for her. She and her husband________their two sons to school, thus giving them opportunities they never had. The two sons ________their mother. So did the students who heard Miriam's story. They had a class meeting and discussed how to ________

On August 16, during a(n) ________ in the school gym, Miriam was given a high school deploma formally. All her family and members of the Jewish community watched with ________. Wearing her cap and gown, she walked to the platform. She ________made it!

【推荐3】Donna Urquhart is an experienced runner. She ran 1,402 kilometers over the course of 28 days in Antarctica (南极洲), _______ the record for the longest-ever run in a polar region.

Urquhart spent 10 months training for the _______, turning to some unusual training methods. A company allowed her to run in a _______ storage unit where she ran in temperatures below zero. Besides, she ran along the beaches with uneven (凹凸不平的) surfaces that are like the _______ grounds in Antarctica. All those proved useful _______.

The difficulties that Urquhart faced in Antarctica were _______: taking in about 5,000 calories each day, _______ in a tent. Combined with the sound of _______ winds and the continent’s 24 hours of sunlight in the summer months, these were _______ favorable to a good night’s sleep. Urquhart would usually wear four layers of coats and keep ________ her own body temperature while running.

Urquhart launched the Run Antarctica aiming to encourage more women to ________ sport. Though still unsure about what her next running challenge will have, she has set a ________ of raising $1.5 million for charity.

“Confidence is a real issue for females,” says Urquhart. “And a sporting environment provides them with a great opportunity to ________ themselves.” This served as a huge ________ for her to take on a challenge that no other woman had attempted before. “It was actually showing that we can push our ________, and explore what seems impossible,” says Urquhart.

【推荐1】Years ago, I began to take a job in a small hospital’s emergency department. On Christmas Eve,________wanted to work. As the________member of the group, the night duty went to me.

At 9 pm, the ambulance________a man in his sixties who was having a heart attack. His condition was________, but I did my best and he also hung in there. Before I________ in the morning, I stopped to see him. He had________the night and was sleeping.

The following year, I got Christmas Eve duty________because I remained to be the newest member of the________. At 9 pm, the ward clerk told me there was an old couple in the hall who________ to speak with me. The man________himself as Levin and said, “You probably don’t________me, but last Christmas Eve you saved my________. Thank you for the year you gave me.” He and his wife hugged me, handed me a small gift, and left. I was very________ and touched.

The following year a new ________joined the group, and my family was.________that I could stay home on Christmas Eve. ________ , I wanted to see if Mr and Mrs Levin would return. This time, I ________for the shift (轮班).

Once again, the Levins appeared at 9 pm. We all smiled, and Mr Levin said he’d come to see me every Christmas Eve, and that________he didn’t come, well, I would know that it just wasn’t his year.

The last year I saw him, he brought me a package. I________ unwrapped the package and found a beautiful bell inside. On it was written a single ________: friendship.