【推荐1】Four teenage girls. Two tents. No cellphones. A severe thunderstorm. One hundred and thirty hours of nonstop _______This was what Julia Ruelle, 16, just _______ .

“It was really _______,” said Julia Ruelle of her recent weeklong adventure to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with three childhood friends.

Earlier this year, Julia, having completed a _______ for a brain tumor (肿瘤) in April, won an essay contest and was _______ a five-day camping adventure with up to three friends. Its aim is to get kids away from technology. She struggled to choose the _______ three — Anna Wander, 16, Madeline Wilson, 16, and Julianna Torelli, 15. No _______ are allowed, so getting their approval was kind of _______. Having a satellite phone and promising to check in twice during the week finally won their _______.

The four girls arrived in Ely on June 10 for training. They ________ the next day at 7 :00 a. m., and quickly developed a ________— getting up early every morning, going boating ________, then having lunch at the campsites,________ by swinging, reading, talking, and napping. I love how you are separated from everything in your life, especially ________.

Anna said. Without her phone, she said, "I'm less ________ about things. "We got along pretty well," said Madeline. "We were always talking before bed, about specific things and thoughts ________." "But we might sometimes have had __________," Julianna added. No one was even hungry or homesick, but they were ________ nervous one night as they waited out a thunderstorm.

After the adventure, Julia will continue to take physical examination every three months to make sure the tumor is gone. "Mental health can be ________ so much in the Boundary Waters. It really helps to __________ and reconnect with yourself," said Julia.

【推荐3】When my dad finally finished the triathlon (铁人三项)in Montauk, the crowd cheered. It showed me how his hard work paid off and it excited my_________ . I wondered whether a small boy of my size could _________ something like that. I found myself _________this out loud and my father overheard me. He _________me and said I could train with him.

Training with my clad turned out to be very_________. We would get up very early for a morning jog or go for a swim in the pool after school. After a few weeks of training, I _________ my first triathlon. Before the competition, I nervously waited for the_________.

When someone fired the gun. I was off,_________towards the distant buoy (浮标)that marked my turn. I finished the half-mile swim and ran towards my _________. I was dripping wet,trying to __________it. Once on the bike, I experienced an excitement specific to __________. I went through the transition zone and__________ my running shoes. At the start of the run part of the triathlon, my__________ already felt like they were made of cement (水泥).

For me, the real competition began during the run, because now I could see each competitor as a target. No matter my__________in the field, each racer was either following me__________ being followed. The run part of the race was in fact__________tolerance.

“Shut up, legs”, one of my favorite sayings, kept me from thinking about the__________feeling. Then I crossed the finish line. I took a breath and then began a(an)__________with the other finishers. The sense of__________was there for all of us.

Looking back, I remember the small boy on that day in Montauk who doubted whether he could__________it, like his dad. Now, that same boy is not only a huge fan, but also a training partner as well.

【推荐1】One day, I was visiting Dubai, traveling with a few passengers in a bus. At our first stop, I got out to take some pictures. At our second stop, I noticed that I had _______ my shoulder bag at the first stop. The worst part was that my passport (护照), visa (签证), and other _______ things were inside that bag. I was very _______, as I had to return to India the next day.

During this process of searching for my bag, I came into contact with so many_______ whom I found to be involved in my situation and _______ to me. The tour guide helped me to locate a taxi _______ I could travel back to the first stop to find my _______. The taxi driver stayed with me for almost 3 hours. He gave me his mobile phone so that I could _______ others. He took me to the nearest police station and helped me in communicating with the _______. He gave me constant (不断的)________ words by saying, "Nobody loses their goods in our country; don't ________; you will find your bag."

A local man, who actually found my bag, ________ the bag and found a number to a travel agency(旅行社). He ________ them and sent his driver to a common place from where I could get my bag back.

There was real ________ inside me that day. I kept thinking of what would happen next. Could I find my bag ________? What would happen to me ________ my passport and visa? When I got my bag, I even wasn't able to say a ________ THANK YOU to all the people who helped me in such a(n)________ situation. I don't even know their ________. I will never forget their faces and their ________. The world needs more humans like them and I decided to try to become one of them.

【推荐2】Jane had lived her entire life in a small town. While she had spent decades dreaming about_________,she never took action to make it happen.

On her 65th birthday, Jane made a brave decision. She sold all her _______and with a back-pack, she set off. The first days on the road were _______—she felt like she finally lived the life she had always_________.

Yet, after a few weeks, she began feeling _________. With each new step, her legs hurt more and more. _________,she slammed (怒摔) her backpack on the ground and sat down with tears. Staring hopelessly into the road ahead, she shouted loudly. “I have nothing left in my life!”

It _______ that a life adviser heard her words. He decided to help her, so he caught hold of her backpack and _______quickly. Shocked and in complete sadness, Jane cried more loudly. “That backpack was all I had. Now everything is_________.”

About twenty minutes later, she collected her________,and slowly walked forward. Then ________, she saw her backpack on the road n short distance ahead of her. She was so__________that she couldn’t help exclaiming (喊叫),“Oh, thank heavens! Now I can continue onward.”

As we journey through our lives, we may________ incredible disappointments. During this time, it seems we’ve lost everything. __________, actually, we are holding a backpack of support.

So don’t lose ________. Keep going, and you’ll achieve your dream.