【推荐1】Sea turtles are considered a national treasure in Sri Lanka. However, in recent years, the sea turtles have faced great ________ .

Growing up on the beach, Chamara Indika, 35, was ________ about it. In the beginning, he ________ himself to the protection of sea turtles as a volunteer. He gave his spare time to raise ________ of caring for sea turtles and carried out sea turtle protection and rescue missions.

Later, he decided that this was not a long-term ________. “One person’s abilities are very ________ but I wanted to make real changes, big changes,” said Indika. ________, Jack Xiao, the founder of Chinese YIK International Volunteers (YIKIV), reached out to Indika and offered his help to protect sea turtles. With his assistance, Indika set up the Nil Manel Foundation in Sri Lanka.

The organization ________ professional training and guidance for the volunteers, spreads knowledge of turtle and carries out conservation activities. Volunteers can then work to spread their new knowledge to more people.

At first, the volunteers’ main job was to ________ and care for injured turtles locally. Then they found people and animals eat turtle eggs on the beach. So volunteers started transferring eggs from the beach to a protection center with ________ cultivation (培育), under the professional guidance of zoologists. It guaranteed higher ________ rates.

Thanks to their efforts, the living rate of newborn turtles has reached new highs, and conservation awareness has also been increased. Now straws and plastic bags, which cause many turtles to die ________, are being refused by many volunteers.

“It made me feel that all my work had ________. But it was not enough to rely on myself and the current volunteers. It would be important to ________ this knowledge down to future generations,” said Indika.

With persistence and hard work, Indika firmly believes they will make a(n) ________ to the sea turtles.

【推荐2】There’re many ordinary people who have been volunteering for decades. When Sholapurkar got a call from the Red Cross ______ whether he could help get in touch with some ______ donors, he said “Yes!” and acted at once.

He started contacting voluntary donors. Through efforts, he ______ scores of people to go to the blood bank and donate their blood. “There is ______ in the air when people think of donating blood. So it’s my task to help them overcome fear, ______ confidence in them and tell them through my own safety practice that it’s ______ to donate blood,” Sholapurkar says.

Sholapurkar has been donating blood for more than 40 years—163 times to be ______. “As I complete 90 days after a donation, I feel my body and mind ______ me towards a blood bank,” Sholapurkar laughs.

For Sholapurkar, regular blood donation is not only a healthy ______, but also one way of showing that you ______ others. “Voluntary blood donation is just a(n) ______ thing. Nobody can force you to do it and you just do it ______ love for other people. It brings you a sense of ______ when you know your blood will be used to save someone’s life. That’s a very powerful feeling indeed.” He also ______ his first donation experience, “My mother was rather upset first, but she voiced ______ when I explained to her how blood donation helped.”

Sholapurkar has worked in various non-profit ______ like the Red Cross over the years. He has devoted most of his time ______ the message of the significance of blood donation. He tells people not to be under the ______ that blood donation has side effects. Actually, a donor will remain healthy and ______ to other people’s fitness ______.

【推荐3】Last summer,Steller drove to work in Minneapolis.She ___at a traffic light,where a man was asking for __.She rolled down her window.

＂Hey!”she shouted."I'm driving around giving __ haircuts.Do you want one right now?”

The man looked to be in his 60s and missing a few teeth.He laughed,then paused. “Actually,”he said,"I was __ hoping to get a haircut."

She pulled off the road and took a __ chair from her car.The man,named Edward, took a __,and she cut his curly graying hair.__ Steller was done,Edward looked in a mirror."I look __!"he said."I'll have to___ to put my teeth in next time.”

By now,Steller has given 30 or so such __ to people around the city.They all lead a __ life,and she is aware of the __ of her cleanup job."It's __ a haircut,"she says.＂I want it to be a gateway,to show ___and respect,but also to get to know people."

Steller knows that a haircut can change a.__.One changed hers:As a teen,she suffered from a disease that was so __,and her hair thinned very much.Seeing this,her mother arranged for Steller's first professional haircut which helped her feel cared about and less __.

Today a branch of the Red Chair Project is the Steller Kindness Project,in which people who offer acts of __ are invited for a free haircut at Steller's salon.In exchange,they tell their __,which Steller shares on her website.Her hope is that by reading about kind acts, others will be inspired to ___their own.

【推荐2】You can’t imagine how crazy I was about football when I was young. For years, my life follow a(n) ______: I slipped out the house and played football until dark. But I was ______ infected with malaria (感染疟疾) one day. Soon enough, my mother rushed me to the hospital. And the doctor said I needed to be ______ into the hospital.

My dad often spent the night with me in the hospital while my mother ______ my sister at home. Then came the happiest moments when my father told me wonderful ______.

My father was a(n) ______ storyteller. In the hospital; he would tell me a story or two, or, sometimes, if he was not too tired, many in response to my request. He ______ bicycle sounds and the howl (吼叫) of the wind so vividly that the pictures would never ______ away from my mind. So happy were these moments that sometimes I even wished to ______ my hospital stay.

Because of my mom’s strict and careful care later, it became ______ difficult to recover slowly. No longer sick, no more stories. ______, I went into my father’s room one evening.

“Dad, you tell me stories only when I’m sick.”

My father laughed, “You are already eight and can read by yourself.”

He ______ me a book and said “Go and read that. It’ll tell you stories.”

That night, I opened the book and read what turned out to be the most ______ story that I had ever read.

What I discovered that night ______ my life. I became thirsty for books and became a voracious (求知欲强的) ______. Through reading, I felt as though I were on the magical journey to the endless.

【推荐1】I took a hard fall on my right wrist and hand in the middle of our third game of the high school basketball season. ______ , that just happened to be my shooting hand.

According to a specialist, I had a major break in my radius (挠骨). Despite the bad news, I was somewhat ______ to learn that I wouldn’t need an operation. Only ______ would cure this wound. I was ______ to wear a cast (石膏) on my right wrist for eight weeks.

Almost immediately, because of the limitations of my shooting hand, I ______ myself to learning to ______ left-handed. It was a daily ______, but I put all my mind to using this time to ______ and come back even stronger than before.

Eight weeks later, my cast was finally ______. However, my right hand and wrist had become very weak because of the eight weeks of ______. My former shooting accuracy (精准) ______. I had to decide whether I should give up or try to become the best I could be? Finally, I ______ the latter. I set a simple ______ to make 1,000 shots a day. I wanted to ______ it to my pre-injury ability. A thousand shots a day is a major commitment ( 必须做的事), but I’m ______ to say I kept that commitment until my freshman year in college.

I finally ______ some major goals in basketball. Being ______ early in my career played a huge role in my development as a successful player. Adversity (逆境) presents ______. Never ever stop ______ yourself and go after your goals. My dream came true and it ______ 1,000 shots a day.

【推荐2】My beautiful 18-year-old daughter was admitted to psychiatric(精神病的)care. I _________ her twice a day. She was the only _________ who had visitors regularly. On the contrary, some were _________ to have a visitor once a week.

I was asked by the patients to _________ a Christmas basket on their behalf for the nursing staff, and l was _________ enough money that they offered me to be spent on the luxury basket. My _________ Olive came into our office when I was _________ to make the basket while students were playing outside. She could see l was _________ and unwell as I was struggling to put the basket together. Olive offered to _________ , made a great job of the basket and then helped carry it to my car.

When I __________ and brought the basket to the patients in person, they were absolutely __________. I was there when they __________ it to the nursing staff; who'd never been given anything like this before and they were so __________ and appreciative. It was a beautiful __________ as those in psychiatric care acknowledged those who cared for them.

A few days later, I __________ a thank-you card and a box of chocolates from the patients for __________ them with their basket.   I can't tell you how __________ I was also at that time when seeing their smiling __________. These were people who were unable to __________ outside hospital. They were __________ people who were unable to look after themselves and were on medication, but their hearts still found gratitude towards the nursing staff and me.

【推荐3】Li Ziqi didn’t own happy childhood. When she was a child, her parents got divorced and her father died early. She started _________ with her grandparents. Their life was poor but affordable. Her grandfather was a _________ in the village. When there was a ceremony going on, such as a wedding or a funeral, her grandfather would be in _________ of the cooking.

At the age of 14, she _________ out of school and went to work in big cities trying to support herself and her family. In 2012, her grandmother had an illness, _________ Li Ziqi came back home to pursue her dream of becoming a web celebrity while _________ her grandmother.

She started _________ videos of cooking meals, using all ingredients in her farmland. _________, in 2016, after overcoming many difficulties, her videos received a huge amount of _________. In 2017, Li Ziqi became a new online celebrity in China, which is the __________ of many people at home and abroad. In front of the camera, she always appears in a set of traditional Han clothing, which makes her videos more charming and __________. Many people show great interest in her __________ as well as her cooking.

Also, her __________ help more foreigners learn and understand Chinese traditions and culture. The spirit of __________ for independence and self-reliance conveyed by her life experience has __________ great attention at home and abroad.