【推荐1】Being brave enough, girls are free to explore in their learning and life. That exploration leads to the________of their talents, passions and drawbacks. On Saturday night we saw one of our students act so bravely that it took my________away.

One of the lead characters of our show, Blue Stockings, was played by a science teacher, Ben Walker._______, Ben broke his nose very badly playing football on Saturday and consequently couldn’t________. Ella Jones, a Year 1 student and part of the cast, who _______to rest on Saturday, was________to play Ben’s role.

Think about that. She had three hours' _____, playing a role of a man she had never played before, in front of a/an _____ audience, and if she couldn’t ______, she would reduce the impact of the whole play. Not the end of the world, but it would be disappointing for all     _______

She would have run, but Ella _____to the challenge. She said, "I was astonished;_____, I figured the show must go on and I wanted to_____. I wasn’t scared _____I arrived at the theatre and realized how much there was to ______.It wasn’t just about lines, but it was the stagecraft(舞台表演技巧). I was___about the other actors because I know how _______it is to perform a role with someone who isn’t as invested, especially if it is an emotional scene.”

Asked how the show ___, Ella said, "It was amazing, and the audience seemed to love the male character I played for the first time." She added, "Being scared doesn’t mean you can't be ______. Anyway, I___."

【推荐2】Madison Williams was studying in her bedroom in Dublin, Ohio, in August 2016 when the door burst open. It was her mother, Leigh Williams, with a(an)______ story: “A little boy fell into a septic tank (化粪池), and no one can ______ him.” Then she made this ______ of her 13-year-old daughter: Can you help?

Madison and Leigh ran to a neighbor’s yard, where they found the boy’s ______ mother and other adults surrounding a septic tank opening. Its diameter was ______ wider than a basketball. The boy had ______ in and was drowning in the sewage (污水).

Madison quickly ______ the situation. She was the only one who could ______ through the small hole. Without ______, she told the adults, “Lower me in.” Inside, the tank was dark, and the air ______. In the process of finding the boy, her left wrist was injured by a hidden pole so ______ that the hand was useless. But Madison went on skimming the surface of the sewage, hoping to ______ the boy. “Every once in a while, I’d see his little toes she says. “Then I would try to grab them.” After several failed ______, she finally managed to grasp his foot tightly with her ______ hand. “Pull me up!” she shouted to the others above. Ten minutes after Madison had entered the tank, she and the boy were ______ out.

But the boy wasn’t out of ______. He had been taken away from oxygen long enough that he wasn’t breathing. He was ______ on his side, and an adult gave him several hard beats on the ______, one right after the other, until the boy coughed up liquids. It was only when Madison heard him cry that she knew he was all right.

It took Madison longer to ______ than the boy. She experienced months of physical treatment for her wrist, which, says neighbor Mary, made the girl’s actions more ______.

【推荐3】I owned a book publishing company for many years. One day in 1997, I was ________ by an article in a newspaper that ________ the topic of graffiti (涂鸦) “Random Acts of Kindness”. Then I determined to ________ a book of people's stories about kindness. I stuck a marketing label on the back cover of the book that ________, “Join the Kindness Revolution!” I thought it might ________ people to open the book.

Obviously, it ________, because millions of people bought the book and over 20, 000 of them wrote us a letter ________ to join the Kindness Revolution.

Later, I appeared on over 600 ________ and they were almost all a(n) ________ of the same thing. Every time, I would tell a ________ from the book then ask listeners to call our hotline and share theirs. In the process, I was ________ to hear thousands of different stories. It is al-most impossible for me to ________ what that experience was like because each story was a powerful jewel of link between two people who had ________ nothing in common except they were both people.

It had a deep influence on my life. And I would say that the single most important thing we can do is to truly ________ others. That small act opens the door of all ________.

【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3】Around three years ago, I was at a stop sign when I heard slightly barking coming from in a car parked on the street near me. It was very _________ and the dog was trying to get some of the cooler fresh air outside the car. Without thinking I _________ my car and got out to help him.

There was no way to _________ the dog because the car was locked. Thinking of the irresponsible owner I became _________. I didn't know if I should _________ the window and take the dog or try to contact the owner. Just then, I _________ a police car on the opposite side of the street. I ran out to seek for help.

When the police officer helped open the door, the dog _________ both of us and ran quickly towards the garage the car was parked in front of. We _________ the dog to make sure he was OK. Then we saw _________ the dog had run: The dog’s owner was __________ in the middle of his garage.

Obviously the man had a condition that caused him to have a(n) __________. This one was particularly __________ and required medical attention. After the incident I learned that had I not __________, both the dog and the man would likely have died. I was overcome with __________ and my eyes swelled up. I realized how much of an effect you can have on other people's lives by doing the __________ thing. I was so quick to __________ assuming the dog’s owner ignored his pet. And if the police officer had not been around I might have just left a(n) __________ on the car after I took the dog.

I cannot __________ what I would feel if I knew that man had died because of any number of things that may have gone __________. It made me understand that things are not always as they __________, and there are always several sides to every story.