【推荐1】I have new company these days as I go outside. Every time I go out the door Miss Alice is sitting at my front door, waiting to be ________. And when I finally return home, there she is asking for ________ again.

It wasn’t always this way. The very first time I saw Miss Alice she was ________ under my house, having just had a litter of kittens (一窝小猫). When I looked under, I got a clear ________ that I was in for an attack if I got near. It took a lot of ________, love, and cat food from my daughter to ________ her. At first, she didn’t want to be touched at all. Then she would only allow a(n) ________ petting. Now my daughter can carry her like a little baby.

It still makes me ________ to see how my daughter’s loving spirit made this once ________cat as lovable as a most playful dog. I guess that is the ________ of love. It can save a hurting heart and uplift a(n) ________ soul. It can even turn her into a ________ dog in a cat suit. ________ the love into your own life then. And let your own love ________ everything you think, everything you say, and everything you do. You will be delighted at the joy you will find, the good you will do, and the lives you will ________. You will be amazed at how much your life will change.

【推荐2】Battling with cancer at the point of becoming a teenager was painful, but I chose to help and encourage those less fortunate children to build up confidence.

As I entered adolescence, a time when I should have been pushing boundaries and becoming increasingly _______, I felt terrified about moving forward, assuming my newfound freedom would be taken away from me through another _______ of the disease.

_______, 13 years on, I’ve remained in recovery. I’ve lived in many places, in the UK and abroad during university, and _______ a job in the NHS supporting children in schools with their mental health. I’ve turned the sufferings of my early experiences into _______ to support young people displaying early signs of mental illnesses, in the hope that this will provide them with the tools to _______ their own well-being.

My own experiences _______ me to pursue this career. The treatment I received for my physical health during my cancer _______ had luckily been timely and effective. But support for my mental health, both during my treatment and _______, was limited. I think the medical community and society generally still have progress to make when ________ children who have experienced ill-health, especially in terms of ________ health.

________, there have been worthy organizations and people, who provided me with the opportunity to connect with other ________ people with cancer through different kinds of activities. These strengthened my self-confidence after treatment, and I now ________ for them to provide this experience in treatment to other children in my ________.

【推荐1】Alvin, 66, was deep in the woods in Grand Cane last December when something like litter on the ground caught his eye. It was a _______ balloon with a note attached.

“Dear Santa,” the note _______. “My name is Luna. Four years old. This year I have been _______. I would like candy, Spider-Man ball, My Little Pony. With love, Luna.”

Alvin’s heart hammered in his chest. It reminded him of his childhood wish. He smiled and set out to _______ Luna’s wish. He posted a photo of the balloon and the Christmas wish list on his Facebook page, asking for help _______ the sender.

Meanwhile, Gonzalez, the mother of four-year old Luna, had no idea that such a(n) _______ was underway. It had been a hard year for her family as COVID-19 spread. On a _______ tough day last December, she _______ the idea of having Luna send a letter to Santa by releasing a balloon. They enjoyed a _______ Christmas together, and then the calendar turned to a new year.

One day, Gonzalez received a call saying that someone had found Luna’s balloon. Her jaw ________. She logged on to Facebook and saw Alvin’s ________. She called Alvin and finally agreed to let Alvin fulfill her daughter’s wish list.

“Santa dropped your balloon ________,” Gonzalez told Luna, “but one of his elves (精灵) found it.” Not long after that, Luna received three boxes’ worth of ________with a note signed “Alvin the Elf.”

Now, having received so much ________, Gonzalez and her girl intend to pay it forward this year. After all, when Alvin could have just ________ that balloon in the trash, he went more than the extra mile.

【推荐3】A side by side photo of a man's back with a 13-year period of time apart took over Chinese Internet recently. An Lei, 38, is a _______ of the Law Enforcement Team from the Department of Traffic and Transportation in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province.

The _______ on the left was taken in 2008 when An, _______ a jacket printed with an “earthquake relief” slogan, assisted in disaster-relief efforts in Wenchuan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, _______ it with a picture of him in 2021 when he, wearing a protective suit with the slogan “Go, Jinpu!”, volunteered after the COVID-19 pandemic _______ in the Jinpu New District of Dalian.

In 2008, _______ a magnitude-8.0 earthquake struck the Wenchuan area, 25-year-old An _______ to the front line to join in the disaster recovery and relief work. A photo of him carrying the insulation (隔热) boards of emergency shelters was taken by someone. _______ a decade later in December, 2020, An was on the frontline again, serving as a volunteer in _______ of transporting close contacts of COVID-19 cases in his hometown Dalian after new coronavirus clusters emerged there.

When An ________ a throwback photo of himself from 2008 next to a snap from 2021 on his WeChat social media account, the then-and-now photos began to ________ on Chinese media. Winning nationwide applause for his dedicated service, An considers what he has done as nothing ________. “During the epidemic, I'm just one of tens of thousands of ________ here,” he said, adding that as a member of the Communist Party of China, he felt ________ to help others in the best way he could. Besides, his 9-year-old son called An after seeing his father on media, saying, “I ________ to be someone just like you when I grow up, Dad.”

【推荐1】Yesterday, my daughter had to go to work earlier than usual. Since the gym where I work out is not far from her ___________, I decided to take her to work and then go to the gym.

At quite an earlier hour, the gym was ___________ full of men and women of all ages, working out. I ___________ go to the gym at this early hour, and was ___________ to see so many people. It seems that many go to the gym before going to ___________. Some want to lose weight, others want to ___________ their body, and a great number of people like to build their muscles (肌肉). I know how difficult it is for most people to start exercising. Most people know it is good for their body, ___________ they are too lazy to go to the gym, ___________ in the morning. They ___________ to spend an extra hour in bed before starting their ____________. In the afternoon, they are too ____________ after work, and want to stay at home or go out to meet friends.

If you’re one of them, you need to overcome (克服) your ____________. If you ____________ going to the gym and exercising, you will start to ____________ it. This usually ____________ when you see you’re losing weight, that your body is getting into a better shape, and that you feel stronger.

It is the same in every other area of life. Everything becomes easier if you have great motivation.

【推荐2】One of the presents in my house this Christmas was a late 18th-century volume of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (大英百科全书). It is a window into the discoveries and thinking of the time. The encyclopaedia is an entertaining reminder of how _______ some of our current truths are bound to be. Certainties in areas we haven’t yet understood will look just as ridiculous as some of these in centuries to come. And one of those we are still remarkably _______ is the effect of food and exercise on our bodies. We’re surrounded by confident _______ on how to eat, how to avoid or reverse obesity (肥胖), and yet the advice seems pointless while the world gets fatter. Much of what we think we know is a pile of assumptions rather than _______ .

Our confusion is the theme of Spoon-Fed, a book by one of Britain’s leading nutrition researchers, Tim Spector of King’s College London. Its subtitle is: “Why almost everything we’ve been told about food is wrong.” It is a call for us to _______ more.

One by one Spector offers answers to recent food _______. Coffee can save our lives, he says. Three to four cups a day reduces the risk of heart disease and may cut the risk of death by 8 per cent. Butter does not damage our hearts, Spector argues, and salt is vital. Eggs have gone “from heroes to villains and back again”. Don’t say no to all red meat on _______ grounds; occasional small quantities of high-quality unprocessed meat provide important vitamins and iron and are “probably good for you“. Exercise is so good for longevity and happiness that it should be considered our No 1 drug, but the one thing for which it’s _______ useless is losing weight. Vitamin pills are a multibillion-pound industry with almost no proven _______ but which can cause real harm. Even vitamin D, which Spector used to study and believe in, he now _______.

Spector also offers more than a set of currently _______ tips. The science of nutrition has not been solved by him, as he would be the first to admit. His most _______ point is that there is no one size that fits all. Our bodies are complex, and our reactions are _______: yet nobody wants to pay for the research that might explain why.

Some combination of food choices, genes, environment and the chemical reactions generated by our microbiome — the unique microbe (微生物的) combinations in our body ― yes different _______ for each of us, leaving some lean and two thirds of us too fat. This is the territory Spector wants to explore further and which might just allow us to _______ the global trend to obesity, with all the risks we’ve witnessed this year.

【推荐3】A teenager encountered a helpless bumblebee (大黄蜂) and _________ it. It’s now a loyal _________ of hers.

It all started two weeks ago when Lacey Shillinglaw, 13, found the large bumblebee _________ in the road while walking her dog. She _________ the bee and noticed it had a broken wing.

She tried to put it in a _________   spot, on some flowers in a nearby park, but it _________ to stay put. It buzzed back over to Lacey and crawled all over her, and after an hour she _________ and headed home with the creature on her shoulder.

Despite repeated _________ to leave the insect outside, it has refused to leave Lacey’s side. At night Lacey puts it in a little pot beside her bed, and while there is no lid, the animal stays put until morning when Lacey is _________. Lacey takes it into the __________ to feast on nectar (花蜜). However, as soon as the teen goes back inside, it is right beside her. “It’s completely lovely. It’s on her 90% of the time during the day. We have all the doors open a lot and it just never __________,” said Lacey’s mother.

“I’m so happy and I just __________   spending my time with her,” said the girl. “It’s so lovely and I love our   __________.”

Though Lacey’s story is very touching, female bumblebees may attack if they feel they are __________. So next time you see a (n) __________ bumblebee, make sure you’ll not get attacked if you want to help.