【推荐1】It was a cool and breezy night. As I stood on the deck, I could feel the warm tangy smell coming from the sea. Earlier on, the ocean liner (邮轮) was still full of people who ________ and drank on the deck. Everyone was ________ asleep now and as I stood there, I could hear the hypnotic (催眠的) ________ of the waves.

I sat down at a corner and decided to rest my ________ head on my backpack. Slowly, my eyelids grew heavy and I dozed off. Suddenly, I was awaken by the rain ________ that fell on my face. The wind was blowing stronger and the waves got higher. The calm sea had turned ________. I struggled to stand up but lost my balance and fell as the ship was rocking ________. Many rushed out but they ________ from one side of the ship to another. The raging waters were crushing the ship and thunder seemed to smash upon our heads. People started to run about to seek shelter. After a long battle with the storm, it appeared to ________. We breathed in ________.

Suddenly someone shouted, “The ship is sinking!” Waters were rushing in as the side of the ship was damaged. I was ________ for words and stared blankly. “Hurry, John! There is no time to ________ !” I was ________ upon hearing my name as I was totally absorbed in the worries in my brain. I turned around and saw the rest of the passengers began to ________ a lifeboat. Without second thoughts, I joined them.

Until today, that terrifying ________ is still imprinted in my memory.

【推荐3】Over the weekend, a flood (洪水) damaged houses, roads, and bridges, leaving many people nowhere to go. The_______flood damaged Hagan’s bridge, leaving him and his wife_______from the community (社区). He turned to social media but never_______he would receive a call from his grandson’s coach Ryan Jesop. “The Hagans have done so much for this area, so it was an easy decision to_______,” Jesop said.

The Switzerland County football coach drew up a plan telling his team to build a new bridge _______the old broken one. Hagan received a(n)_______that a team would be at his house Monday at 9 a. m. to work. “People I’d never seen before were walking down my driveway to help us,” Hagan said. “It was_______and brought tears to my eyes.”

_______, the steel frame base structure (钢架基础结构) of the bridge wasn’t damaged by the flooding. Dozens of people went to the bridge and_______the old one plank (木板) by plank. Then the team built it back up by__________an assembly line (流水线). “The__________of our team is to help them through teamwork,” student Linebacker Gabriel Rose said. The team__________the project in only a few hours. “They were here at nine o’clock, and I looked at my__________when it was done and it was 11:45,” Hagan said. The Hagans now reconnected with their__________thanks to their grandson’s football team. As for Coach Jesop, he is chalking it up as the biggest__________of the season.

【推荐1】Melvin felt sad. His classmates had been_________him for weeks. They called his sneakers “dirty.” Yet Melvin has a very good friend, Mello. Mello _________it when kids made fun of Melvin.

One day after school in October, Mello called his mom. He started crying. His mother asked why. Mello said he was _________of his classmates teasing Melvin. Mello asked if they could buy Melvin_________and he could use his own money. He wanted Melvin to know they_________.

His mother was happy that Mello wanted to do this. Not every kid would give up something so another child can have it, he said. “He is the most_________person,” James said. Mello thinks people should _______ nice to others. “It just put a real _______ in my stomach to see somebody have to go through that,” Mello said.

That night, Mello and his mom went to a store. Mello used $135 he had_________from his allowance to________the pair of back-and-white Nike Dunks. The next day, he gave them to Melvin at school. Mello was so________ to give the shoes to Melvin.

Melvin said he was “grateful” for Mello’s__________. “I was totally__________,” he said. Melivn said he is doing some extra chores at home to try and __________ his friend for the gift. But Mello insists________. “You don’t have to pay me back,” he told his friend. “It’s just a gift.”