【推荐1】Growing up and playing hockey(冰球) with her brothers in the area, Manon Rhcaume learned pretty quickly that, despite her _________, she was often cut from teams _________ because she was a girl. Although it was _________ for the youngster, she continued to work hard and _________ her skills to prove she could _________ with the boys.

It didn’t take long for her to make a _________ for herself. In 1984, she became the first girl to _________ in the well-known Quebec City International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament.

When the Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League(NHL) team, came calling the following year, it was a _________ Rheaume could not pass up. When Rheaume arrived in Tampa Bay, she remembers there was a big bouquet(花束) of flowers waiting for her in her dressing room, along with a _________. “It was from a radio station in Montreal and the card __________ ‘Go further, good __________ to you, we’re all on your __________ and you’re not alone,’” she said. “When I got that, I realized a lot of people were __________ me to be successful.”

Although her experience with the NHL was brief, Rheaume encouraged countless girls to __________ their hockey dreams. Rheaume said, “Hard work and never giving up is what makes you __________. ”

【推荐3】My 7-year-old daughter Leeny always has her nose in a book. She even _______ reading in the car on the long drive to summer camp, which was where she _______ the book. My family has always been overeducated, but we were _______. I didn’t own books. I borrowed books. However, when Leeny realized she had lost the book, she _______. “Sorry. I can’t find it,” she said. “It’s only $ 20, right? What’s the big deal?”

I felt the need to make her feel _______ for the book. She agreed to help me clean the chicken coop (笼子) _______ my paying the library fine. I thought this idea was very clever because cleaning the coop is some work I had been _______ for months. It was summertime and dust floated in the air. But my girl thought shoveling chicken poop (铲鸡粪) was the most _______ she’d had on a Saturday morning. In fact, she looked as if she might lose another _______ in order to clean the coop again. I stood, somewhat ____________, watching her.

It took me a while to realize why my punishment had ____________. The fact is that I was there, too, shoveling chicken poop, fetching the clean straw and feed. Leeny’s little sister, Vicki, was watching a cartoon while my husband paid bills. Only Leeny and I were ____________. She had me all to herself for the first time ____________ Vicki was born, and she was enjoying all the attention for once. I don’t know what she learned about responsibility, but I didn’t ____________ the book any more. We ____________ over that unpleasant job and spent quality time together: mother, daughter, and chicken poop.

【推荐1】The snow was falling and the roads had become dangerous. The schools were dismissed early, but much to my surprise, my ____ wasn’t canceled. So I went, feeling especially heroic. As far as I could see, I was risking my life to keep my ____. Snow or no snow, I would be on time for my scheduled donation at the local __ center.

When I got there, I discovered I wasn’t____. Four more “hero-types” were already lying back in donor chairs with lines____ to their veins(静脉), and machines quietly pumping away to____ their life--saving gifts.

Seeing my fellow donors honoring their own commitments, I realized why I was there. I lay back in my donor chair, ready to make a___ to the life of someone I would never____.

To be honest, I’d never really thought about why I donate. I just did it. ____ a few months ago, during one of my ____ donations I learned that my blood was specifically for a cancer patient and for a newborn baby - both patients needed what I would give in order to live. I’ve viewed my visits to the blood center___ ever since.

My wife Karen is a____, too. And more importantly, she has been on the bone marrow(骨髓)list for fifteen years, ever since she____ to provide bone marrow to a kindergartner with leukemia(白血病). That little girl died before Karen’s bone marrow could help her, but Karen was called again recently. Her test results were still on file, and it turned out she was a potential ____ for someone else. The caller asked Karen if she would still be willing to become a bone marrow donor. “Yes,” she said and then immediately began answering questions on the pages of paperwork for further testing. It was to   ____   against time.

I wish I could say that this race was___ . Unluckily, it wasn’t. The caller later thanked Karen for her participation and asked a few more questions - including whether or not she’d____ on the donor list. “Of course,” Karen answered.

We still keep making appointments. I don’t know whose life my donation may ____. Most likely it will be a____, but on some day the person needing blood could be you or me or maybe a loved one. It is worthwhile to___ our time to donate. I like the sense of giving.