【推荐3】A couple of weeks ago, when some friends and I took a trip to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, I immediately _______ it. Since we are all living in North Germany which is not very _______,it only took us a few hours on the train _______ we were at the heart of this _______ city. The minute we stepped off the _______, we were surrounded by _______ architecture and weaving canals.

We stayed at a youth hostel( 旅社),which was a typical tall Dutch house with lots of stairs. I _______ staying in youth hostel; it is such a great _______ to meet people from all over the world and _______ your different experiences and ________ We stayed in a room with an Argentinian, who we befriended right away, and we spent a lot of ________ together.

During our stay, we made sure to make the most of what Amsterdam has to ________ We took a boat trip through the ________, which gave us some great ________ of the fantastic architecture and canals. We also made sure to go to the Van Gogh Museum, which is one of the city's most famous tourist attractions, and consists of a ________ collection of his work, along with details of his ________ and the work of other artists that knew him. One of my favourite parts of the trip, though it was rather ________, was our visit to the Anne F rank Museum. She was a Jewish girl who hid with her family for 2 years before the Nazis ________ them and sent them to the death camps. It was a very ________ experience, and certainly worth seeing.

Overall, I think Amsterdam is one of my favourite cities that I have ever been to, and I would love to ________someday!

【推荐1】Natalie and Callie, both 13 years old, started raising monarch butterflies(帝王蝶) for fun in2020.

But after realizing the monarchs were an endangered species, their_______soon turned into a serious mission.

They learned that the population of monarch butterflies had_______since the early 1990s, due to habitat _______and widespread use of chemicals(化学药物), which made the milkweeds(马利筋草) the butterflies_______ for their main diet dangerous to eat.

So the girls teamed up with a national nonprofit group to plant a native garden_______for the monarchs. The garden grew organic milkweeds that_______and kept the butterflies. To help_______the locals to sustain(维持) the monarch population, they created an exhibition about the monarchs in the local library. They also wanted to put up an educational sign in town, but it_______a lot. To cover the expense, they set up a stand at the Farmers Market to sell their_______milkweeds for people to plant. Although the fundraising days were long, they finally________in earning enough money with their hard work and people’s support.

The team has won the Silver Award for their________of taking care of butterflies, but they are not________with their work. ” Our next step is to cut down on the use of________to guarantee a safe environment for the monarchs,“ said Natalie. In the award ceremony, their teacher Brian________, ‘‘I am so proud of them for their constant________’’.

【推荐2】McCoy was looking for a safe place to take drugs (吸毒). He had been there for just a minute or so when something clearly out of ______ caught his eye: an expensive brown leather handbag. When he picked it up, he found that it had been ______ of everything but an electric bill. Remembering how angry he’d been by his own ______, he determined to return it to its owner.

He decided to start with the ______ on the electric bill. It was on the other side of the city. On the way, a couple of people asked to buy the handbag, but he ______. After traveling much of the day and approaching the address, he luckily ______ the owner, Kaitlyn Smith, on the street.

McCoy wasn’t in good shape then, looking exhausted (疲惫的) and sick. At Smith’s ______, McCoy told her his story. He’d been in ______ of a landscaping business until 2018, when a car accident left him ______ to drugs. Smith, ______ at what this stranger had done, asked whether there was anything she could do to help. “I’m a drug addict,” McCoy ______ “I don’t want to disturb your life; I’m probably gonna let you down.” Smith gave him her phone number, ______.

Two days later, she got a call from McCoy. Realizing that McCoy was ______ about making a fresh start, she bought him a plane ticket to Florida. After 28 days in the rehab (戒毒) program, McCoy is drug-free. His life is back on ______ now, all because one victim (受害者) could feel ______ for another’s loss.

【推荐3】When I settled in Chicago, my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a problem and had to go to hospital for a ________examination.

It seemed a small thorough examination compared to the one I was about to face, but things started to go________right from the beginning. Not having a car or ________the city, I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A to B. ________ I’d left myself plenty of time, soon it was ________that I was going to be late, because I had mistakenly get on a bus that was taking me in the ________ direction.

I ________the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do. I looked into the eyes of a________ , who was trying to get past me.________, instead of moving on, she stopped to ask if I was OK. After I explained my ________to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street, where a bus would take me back into the city to my appointment. Sitting there waiting, I felt ________ that someone had been willing to help. Then , hearing a horn nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend   ________at me to get in. She had returned to offer me a   ________ to the hospital.

Such unexpected ________from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive. As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose ________, for all things are possible.