【推荐1】Once upon a time, my father and I got lost in a forest in France. I must have been about twelve or thirteen. Anyway, it was before the time when most people ______ a mobile phone. It was in the Loire Valley. About half an hour, my dad ______ the truth. “Oh, it seems that we’re lost.” We walked around and around in circles, trying to find the path, ______ with no luck. I could tell my dad was starting to ______, even as he was trying to hide it from me. We had been in the forest for hours then and both knew my mom would be in a state of absolute ______. At school, I had just been told the story of the hikers who had died in the wilderness and I found it easy to ______ that would be our fate too. “If we keep going in a ______ line we’ll get out of here,” my dad said.

And he was right. ______ we heard the sound of cars and ______ a main road. We were eleven miles from the village where we had ______, but at least we had signposts. And I often think of that strategy, when I am totally ______ — literally or metaphorically (比喻). I thought of it when I was in the middle of a ______, when my heart beat rapidly with ______ and didn’t know how I could carry on living. Walking one foot in front of the other, in the same ______, will always get you further than running around in circles. It’s about the ______ to keep walking forward.

【推荐2】I decided at age 10 that I was going to be a teacher because I _________ superpowers. When I was in primary school, I could clearly see that some of my _________ had superpowers because I was always the quietly observant one, _________ things.

Our English teacher could magically _________ us to different worlds every day, simply by reading stories to us from books we would otherwise never _________ . This was our secret because fifth graders were considered too _________ to have stories read out to them. Then our headmaster, a teacher as well, _________ everything about every child. You couldn't _________ his laser-like (激光般的) eyes that could see right into you—through flesh, bones and all. And our geography teacher could _________ the invisible (隐形的) . I remained rather quiet and unnoticeable. ____________ , she would spot me. The unspoken ____________ in her superpowered eyes told me: “I see you, I know you, I understand you.”

As I learned from them, the ____________ of a primary school educator is to teach children, not subjects. What seems ____________ to me is that all those teachers calmly create ____________ in their ordinary classrooms. No one ever noticed that they were so creative in ____________ young human beings.

Teaching is not just a job—it is a science and an art, and it ____________ emotional labour and input. When I ____________ after teaching for three decades, what gives me ____________ is remembering the children who felt happier in school because I was their teacher. When I meet others who ____________ to gain superpowers, like the brand-new teacher struggling to perfect her skills, or the one in a rural school traveling seventy kilometers each way just for the pupils, I feel ____________ to belong to the same group.

【推荐3】After warming up, I was ready for the 1,500-meter race. I was _________ my teacher to guide me to the starting line. However, he was _________ and kept me waiting. When I noticed girls of my age lining up at the starting line, I felt _________. Suddenly, I heard the gun (起跑信号).

My heart dropped. All the training that I had done was _________.

Yet there was something inside me pushing me to _________ the competition. With my heart beating wildly, I _________ to the starting line. When I passed it, the other runners were already 200m in front of me. But when I heard the crowd (人群), I _________ that I was not running alone. I had a whole crowd of people _________ me. This made me want to _________. I tried my hardest and got closer to the other runners. I started to __________ some of the back runners and finally there was only one runner in front of me. I could hear people __________ as I chased (追) her down the straight. I crossed the finish line with a huge smile. I made it!

Everything was so unreal when I was almost deafened by the cheers of the crowd. After the race, strangers came and __________ me. But deep down I should thank them for bringing out the __________ in me.

No one would have __________ me if I had just sat down and felt unhappy with the day, saying, “I missed my race.” However, the experience shows me that there are more chances than we imagine and it’s never too late to __________.

【推荐1】A taxi driver specially gave a free ride to a mother and her little boy Tyler who had a sudden attack of an illness on the road.18 years later, a touching ________ followed.

66-year-old Carl booked a taxi to the hospital. He had ________ from work and had developed health ________ due to old age. He was waiting outside his house when a taxi approached him ________ . Carl waved at the young driver. He got in and ________ the driver to drop him off at the hospital.

They didn’t ________ much during the half-hour drive. When Carl ________ his wallet, he found he had no cash. “Hey, do you accept cards?” he broke the silence, only to be ________ to tears by the young driver’s reply. “Sir, you don’t have to pay me. All the trips I make to the hospital are free!” Carl was greatly ________ and asked, “Free? But why?”

The driver smiled, “When I was little, I suffered from an attack in need of ________ treatment on the road, and a kind taxi driver drove me to the hospital for free and ________ my life. My mother told me the driver never ________ for trips to the hospital. His ________ inspired me, so I do the same!”

Carl’s heart felt lighter and happier. “What’s your name, young man?” he inquired the driver. And tears of joy ________ his eyes when the driver said, “My name is Tyler.”

Be the light that helps others ________ the darkest of times.

【推荐2】Dogs cannot speak and write poetry like humans, but their love is as pure as snow and as innocent as an angel. In fact, there are not enough words in the universe to _______ a dog’s loyalty and love for its owner. This is something 81-year-old Harry Smith _______ to himself when his dog saved his life upon realizing he was in danger.

81-year-old Harry Smith, a resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, was out on his electric wheelchair to enjoy the sunshine with his dog Sarah. Suddenly, the wheelchair _______ off-track and rolled down a lake’s embankment (湖堤), where it got _______. When Harry tried to free it from the mud, the wheelchair _______ and threw him over into the lake. It was a very _______ moment for Harry, who cannot swim. He was neck-deep in water, and he started shouting in panic.

Sarah quickly _______ what was happening and began barking loudly from the lake. Because of the non-stop barks and water splashing (哗啦) by the dog, two people across the street were _______.

Edward Suhling and his friend Aby Jacob Chacko _______ to see what was wrong. ________, a patrol (巡逻) car was passing, and they ________ Police Officer Adam Doty for help. Together, they managed to pull Harry out of the water.

Harry, who was close to ________, looked deathly pale. But upon medical check-up on the   ________ , he was found well enough to go home. His rescuers helped him get back to his house, with the dog happily following.

Although they were praised for their good deed, Edward and Jacob ________ Sarah for saving her owner’s life. Edward told TCPalm that it was Sarah’s loud barking which he heard and none of Harry’s ________ for help.

【推荐3】None of my friends are going to the art camp. Despite my ______ for drawing, I decided not to go because I had a hard time jumping into something with no ______ faces around.

Sitting under the bright sun, I thought about the art camp and wished I felt a little braver. To distract myself, I started sketching a pine. ______ myself I was happy to skip the camp, I drew the pine’s strong trunk and ______ the graceful branches, making sure the upper ones ______ gently toward the sun, At this time, Mr. Weston, my neighbor ______, “You’ve done a great job capturing the strength of that tree on paper.” He added, “Actually, you have to spread out the ______ near the surface so the tree can get enough water and grow tall. If you ______ the root ball too deep, the tree withers (凋零). I learned that root grow out, not down from my experience of planting pine trees.” “That ______,” I said. I made adjustments to the root part and then added shading to the branches to give them depth. “You have a good ______,” Mr. Weston said, and then nodded goodbye.

I thought about what Mr. Weston told me as I ______ at the towering pine. I’d never realized how ______ a tree’s roots stretch outward. It made me think about art camp and my own roots. I wasn’t stretching them out at all. ______, I was planting myself into one deep spot because it felt safer. I ______ realized that if I wanted to grow, I had to start reaching out too. That night, I took a deep breath and filled in the ______ for art camp.