【推荐1】It was a dream born in fire. Andrea Peterson was 5 when she and her mother were _________on the balcony of a burning building.

“Throw the kid down!” said one of the _________ below, and little Andrea _________ into lifesaving arms and a life-long _________:She wanted to fight fires.

She told that to the firemen who had saved her, and they _________ good-naturedly, the way grownups do when a kid says he wants to be an astronaut or a sports star. “You’ll be a good teacher or maybe nurse, ” the firemen told her. “but you can never be a fireman.”

And then, the obstacles life presented _________ her dream. Her husband, Dennis, was diagnosed with cancer. Peterson spent 31 years_________ Dennis. In 2007. when they both realized Dennis was coming to the _________ of his struggle. he was _________ but worried about her: “But what are you going to do?”

“I’ll be fine, ” she told him. At 6l, she went on an ambulance ride-along and Peterson felt that __________ childhood calling. She __________her emergency medical technician license and responded to fire calls with the ambulance. She found that her years of caring for Dennis had __________ her for that.

The fact that everyone else in her training unit was between 18 and 21 didn’t __________ her. She passed the tests and her dream became a reality.

Peterson was __________. She knew that the window on her physical abilities wouldn’t stay open forever. __________ , “I did get my dream,”she said.

【推荐2】I was said to be the worst student in my class, and my family thought I was hopeless. I had to_______grade six. At that time a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to our school. 

One day after class, she_______that I was staying alone during the lunch break. She came to me and began to talk to me. It was just a_______conversation. After that day, she gave me particular_______and it made me feel special. I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling that someone believed me, and my_______started to improve in her subject. 

Months later, she moved into a house near my home. We would walk home together after school. Her constant (不断的 ) support helped me,_______in my studies, as I knew she would_______my grades both in her subject and other subjects. I finally _______second in my class. 

Then, after grade six, she started to drift away(渐渐疏远)_______still kept a constant check on me. By the time I was in grade seven, we hardly spoke, but by then I had become the best in my class. When I left my school, I was ________with her, as she never answered the ________when I called her. 

Then I graduated and went to a good university. One fine day, our paths(路)________again. I met her at a wedding. I could not________asking her, “Why did you stop talking to me?” 

“You are a clever boy. I wanted you to be a tree standing on your own roots, not depending on (依靠)others. Now here you are and I feel________of you. You are your inspiration and do not need to________a shoulder,” she said. I could not say anything, but I smiled. I’ll always thank her.

【推荐3】Ross had serious health issues at birth and was given a less than 1% of living. Despite this, he ____ his first days of life, but the health ____ continued. Shortly after birth, doctors ____ that Ross had a brain injury.

____ by his parents and family, Ross continued to ____ his life. By the time Ross was only 2 months old, he had already had 1 heart surgery and 3 brain surgeries. Despite many ____, Ross made it through those early days and months. The key was his ____ attitude, faith, and spirit. And having a ____ that supported him in everything he wanted to do! His family ____ to never say “no” to things that Ross wanted to do or try.

And Ross wanted to do a lot! He wanted to be like everyone else and had a big influence on the people and world around him. Where others saw ____, he saw things they had in common.

Ross was also a ____ friend to many. He genuinely cared about other people and always tried to ____ his great attitude to those around him. When people were ____, he would encourage them.

Ross____ a lot of his strength from his faith and his family. He once told his school nurse his ____ food was his family. They just filled him up with so much love.

【推荐1】I had some rock climbing experience when I was in college. I was ready for a(n) _________ once again to escape the noisy urban environment. Then came the _________. My friend Michael, an excellent rock climber, told me he had been planning to go rock climbing in Yosemite Valley and asked me to _________ with him.

I accepted his invitation. When we arrived at the destination, Michael pointed upward and said, “This is it. Get ready.” It was nearly vertical (垂直的), 2,000 feet high. “You are kidding!” I said, _________ he would tell me to cancel it. _________, when he began unpacking ropes, I knew he was _________. I had to put on my climbing shoes and adjust my pack though I felt quite _________ to take up the challenge.

Michael moved fast. When the rope was almost out, he secured (系牢) _________ and yelled at me, “Come on. Climb!” _________, step by step, I made my way straight up. About 300 feet off the ground, I looked down. I was __________ in mid-air, but I still had 1,700 feet to go. Then my legs began to __________. I called out, “Michael. This is beyond my __________”.

I had told Michael that we should be __________ and stick to the belief that we shouldn’t give up easily. Now he yelled to me, “Cheer up. As you once told me, you have no choice but to __________.” He was right. I had to __________ myself. So I gathered my __________ and began to climb. I finally reached Michael.

Enjoying a good __________ of Yosemite Valley at the top with Michael, I felt proud that I had __________ it. Most importantly, from that __________ I learned we should never give up easily whenever we meet some difficulties and that hard work will __________ eventually.

【推荐3】Germany is a highly developed country. Many people think its people lead a luxurious (奢侈的) life.

One day, my friend and I ________ a restaurant. We noticed that a young couple were having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on their table. I wondered if such a(n)________ meal could be fine and whether the girl would leave that ________ man.

As we were hungry, my friend ordered more food for us. When we left, there was still about one third of the food we had ordered on the table.

When we were leaving, the young man spoke to us in English. We ________ that he was unhappy about us ________ so much food. “We paid for our food. It is none of your ________ ,” my friend told him. The young man was so angry that he ________ took his phone out and made a call to someone.

After a while, an office r from the Social Security Organization (社会保障组织) arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he gave us a 50 fine (罚款), which ________ us.

The officer told us in a ________ voice,“ ________ is yours but resources (资源) belong to society. There are many poor people in the world who are ________ hunger (饥饿). We have no reason to waste resources.”

Their attitude to eating put both of us to ________ . We need to correct our wrong ________ . We are from a country which is not very rich. To save face, we often think we should order more than we can eat, which ________ our friends our generosity (慷慨). We should realize that resources don’t belong to a(n) ________ person but they belong to everyone. We can’t afford to waste them.