【推荐1】Born on the 24th of April 1958, in Wigan UK, Ian William Halliwell, popularly known as “The Social Golfer,” started playing Golf in 1972, during his early_______years. With high enthusiasm, the Social Golfer has been a_______golf player throughout his life. Dreaming of getting in the Senior Tour, Ian wanted to give it a try when he retires._______, life has other plans.

In 1996, Ian was_______with a brain tumor (肿瘤) on his left side. The fatal disease caused _______ on his balance nerve. The talented player had to put a hold on his passion for a while. However, he knew he would come out _______. In 1997, after going through two major surgeries, Ian _______ from the deadly illness, getting another chance to continue with his _______.

After _______ a life-threatening illness, Ian's life decided to take another turn that ________ turned his life over. In 2006, he had a major stroke (中风).The stroke was so critical that it ended with him being seriously ________ to the extent that the doctors told him that he might not walk ever again, ________ playing Golf.

Upon ________ that he had lost the chance of playing the Senior Tour, he was ________. However, the huge setback in Ian's life wasn't ________ enough to demotivate (挫败) the high-spirited individual. He was advised to consider ________ and tell his story to the world by Bernard Hunt MBE, a former European Ryder Cup Star.

With the optimistic thinking of “A ________ is not an inability,” Ian became a part of the British Inclusive Golf. Basing on his own ________, Ian wrote “Living the Dream,” published in 2012.While describing his life as “still living the dream,” Ian is a man of ________. The way he has ________ his life is not something many individuals can, which is helping him create a legacy (遗产) for which he will be forever remembered.

【推荐2】I was driving to the grocery store on a warm morning in May. I smiled as I watched the golden sunshine_______off the leaves. It was such a_______and heavenly time.

My calm was broken,_______,as I rounded a curve (拐弯处). A huge U-Haul truck was coming my way several feet over the center line. I swerved (转弯) as far onto the side of the road as I could to_______it. It was followed by not one but two other U-Haul trucks just as_______.I wondered if all the stuff inside of them_______the same person. I slowed down my car and waited for my heart rate to_______.It was then that I_______a self-storage business along the side of the highway, building new units (装置) for all the people who couldn’t fit their_______into their houses. I saw a (an)________couple carrying boxes into one of the units. It seemed strange that a couple just out of their teens could already have too much stuff.

I lost my own________for owning stuff when a house fire in the middle of the night destroyed everything my family owned. The only thing I had left was the underwear I was wearing. Yet, our whole family had awakened________to escape. In the weeks that followed friends and family gave us a lot of stuff to get us back on our feet, but none of it seemed as________any more. What was important was seeing Mom’s smile, giving Nana a hug and a kiss, and watching Dad snooze (打盹) in his chair________a hard day’s work. What was important was the stuff of________,not the stuff of this world. Since then I have tried to limit the things I________.I didn’t want too much stuff to________my life. I wanted to only buy what I needed and to spend my days________learning, growing, and________my family and others.

I assumed that only by doing so could I make my________.

【推荐3】Our neighbors had a loud party last night. We weren’t _______ but this was one of those celebrations that I didn’t mind. They are a bunch of young, single guys and I would have felt out of place.

What _______ me was the way they behaved. One of the young men came over _______ in the day to “warn” us of the upcoming event and said it would be over at about 11 p.m. That was the first step. Even more _______ was what they did next. “Here’s my _______,” offered our neighbor _______. “Text me if it’s too noisy.” That was a level of _______ I had never experienced in all my years of being a neighbor!

And it really worked in their favor. My husband and I were so friendly that even when the event went past the _______ end time, even when the music reached high decibels (分贝), and even when we couldn’t get through on the phone number, we felt no _______. We knew they would stop and be ________ eventually.

It takes such little effort to make people feel that they ________ and get people on your side. Everyone needs to let loose every now and then, especially in these uniquely tough times. But people who do it without ________ others are few and far between. I hadn’t fully ________ my neighbors until this week. We had adopted that all too American “live and let live” posture. But now I see them in a new light and with greater ________. They didn’t just bring noise to the neighborhood; they shone the light of ________.

【推荐1】Mrs. D loved teaching. She always invited me into her office during _________ to chat about what was going on in my fifteen-year-old mind.

She always had a smile on her face. Every student agreed Mrs. D’s _________ spirit and think it could make even the most _________ students believe in themselves.

I remember walking to her office one day for one of our regular lunchtime chats. That week had been particularly _________ because the exam confused me. _________, I had just found out the person I thought was my best friend _________ my deepest secrets around school. I told her that my best friend was actually not my friend at all, and I felt that I couldn’t _________ anyone.

“I understand that was your friend, and you thought she was treating you with the same _________ you were showing her,” she told me, “but don’t let that make you _________.” The fact that she’s __________ treated you means she has problems that can’t be __________ within herself. This has __________ to do with you.

Just like that, my life was __________. As I went off to college and entered __________, I realized how __________ these words were. My life is so blessed thanks to Mrs. D.

【推荐1】A Race Against Death

It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.

On the 20th of that month, Dr.Welch ________ a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious (传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be   ________ if it struck the town. Dr.Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. ________, the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.

How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s ________ was already full of ice, so it couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the ________ roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.

By January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were ________. Nome’s town officials came up with a plan. They would have the medicine sent by ________from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled (狗拉雪橇) drivers—known as “mushers”—would carry it to Nome in a relay (接力).

The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. When he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon’s face was black from the extreme cold.

On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to cross a frozen body of water called Norton Sound .It was the most ________ part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice,which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would ________,and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.

A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his ________. He had to leave the trail (雪橇痕迹) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to ________ the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog, Balto put his nose to the ground, ________ to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to ________. He had found the trail.

At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dogs ________ in Nome. Within minutes, Dr.Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.

Nome had been ________.

【推荐2】Freshmen in high school can be cruel, and we ______ were to a young man named Matt who was in my class. We were always ______ him about his size. He was at least fifty pounds overweight.

One day he sat near me in gym class. Someone ______ him and he fell on me and banged my foot badly. With the whole class watching, I was put on the spot to either shrug it off (耸耸肩) or ______ a fight with Matt.

I shouted, “Matt, let’s fight!” Peer pressure forced him into the ______ whether he liked it or not. With one punch (一拳) I ______ his nose and the class went wild.

Just then the gym teacher walked into the room. He saw that we were ______ and sent us out to the running track. He said, “I want you two guys to go out there and run that mile holding each other’s hands.” The room broke into laughter. Matt and I were ______ beyond belief, but we ______ went out to the track and ran our mile-hand in hand.

During the course of our run, I remember looking over at him, with blood still on his face and his ______ slowing him down. It suddenly ______ me that here was a person, not so ______ from myself. We both looked at each other and began to ______. In time we became ______.

For the rest of my life, I have never raised a ______ against another person.

【推荐3】McCoy was looking for a safe place to do drugs. He had been there for just a minute or so when something clearly out of _________ caught his eye: a luxurious brown leather handbag. When he picked it up, he found that it had been _________ of everything but an electric bill. Remembering how angered 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 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. 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 crime victim could feel ____________ for another’s loss.