【推荐1】One day, I was driving my truck on the Harare-Mutare Highway in Zimbabwe. When traffic _________ to a crawl (徐行，爬行), I realized there was an accident _________. Drawing closer, I saw that a bus had _________ into a fuel tanker, and the bus was on fire. More than 60 people were _________ inside the bus when the accident occurred, so without a thought for my own safety, I jumped from my truck, _________ into the fire.

I was one of the _________ people on the scene. I knew the passengers in _________ needed my help. _________, I ran into the bus and started pulling out victims. By the time the rescuers arrived, I’d single-handedly rescued eight people from the fire! _________ all the people were rescued, I was covered in __________ third-degree burns.

I was taken to Kadoma General Hospital to be __________ for my wounds. When word about the accident __________, people all over Zimbabwe praised me for risking my __________ to save people I didn’t even know. People from all over the world have sent donations to aid in my __________. A stranger even sent me $250, 000! Now my condition is __________ and I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of kindness and generosity I have since received.

【推荐1】Arthur Muir, a 75-year-old retired lawyer from Chicago, became the oldest American to ever conquer Everest, the world's tallest mountain top. He _________ the record set by Bill Burke, who was 72 years old when climbing Everest. The most _________ thing is that he had only started mountaineering seven years ago.

Muir had been _________ with mountain climbing ever since his father gave him a book about the Himalayas when he was a child, and that fascination only _________ when Barry Bishop, a legendary climber of Everest, visited him in 1964. _________ he never followed his dream of picking up mountaineering until a friend _________ him to do so seven years ago. Once he did, he couldn't stop his steps of _________ his dream.

Muir cut his mountaineering teeth on mountains in South America and Alaska, before finally _________ the challenge he had been dreaming of his whole life.

In 2019, Arthur Muir set out to conquer Everest, but his attempt ended in _________ after he injured his ankle __________ falling down from a ladder during his climb. Last year, he made __________ attempt and got his name into the history books.

“By the time I got to the top, I was so __________ that I didn't really absorb what was happening around me. Frankly speaking, I was worrying about whether I had the energy to get down __________ ,” said Muir.

Though Muir currently has no idea how he'll top this __________, it's safe to say he hasn't decided to stop climbing yet. After all, nothing is impossible for a __________ heart.

【推荐2】Dr Vellayan looks like any other animal doctor. But he does more than what his job _______ of him as the head of the hospital at Zoo Negara.

Dr Vellayan is not only the _______ animal doctor but the anaesthetist (麻醉师), sweeper as well as light fixer. _______ , Dr Vellayan doesn't mind having to _______ these non-medical duties, though having six full-time zoo workers to help him.

His day begins at 7:30 a. m. when he goes on his rounds _______ the animals in the zoo. Dr Vellayan takes along some treats for his _______ when making his rounds. He always _______ along with him some leaves, fruit and lemon grass.

During his _______ , he will observe the sick animals to know how they have _______ to treatment and update their medical __________ and fill in a daily report book.

His rounds usually end at 10:30 a. m. Then he will catch up with paperwork, prepare __________ and so on. Other daily tasks he has to do are record-keeping, ordering of drugs,   __________ daily reports, handling the preparation of food for the animals and taking __________ of the cages.

His day does not end at 5:30 p. m. He may be __________ at home but he is on call 24 hours a day. Actually, he has been __________ to work while on holiday or while attending meetings. However, he has made a (an) __________ with the experts from University Putra Malaysia to treat the animals. The experts must come to help if something is __________ with the animals.

Although Dr Vellayan's __________ is very demanding (费力的), he has never had another vet to help him. __________ , he considers himself fortunate that he has several zoo workers to help him make sure of the __________ of the 4000 animals in the zoo.

【推荐1】One evening I was running late for a meeting and I passed a friend in the hallway. My friend asked the daily ________ question, “How are you doing?” ________, rather than give the expected response, “Good, how about you?” I decided to ________ my dissatisfaction with traffic, people who can’t put down their cellphones at traffic lights, ________ vision in the rain and everything else about my ________ journey to work.

Instead of showing sympathy, my friend asked a challenging question, “What would have happened if your guardian angel hadn’t created those ________ ?” The inference (推断) was that I might have been ________ something much worse than being late for a meeting. My ________ reaction was to laugh and walk on, but later I began to ________ what he had asked. Over the next few days, the more I thought about this question, the more ________ I was able to see in it.

I thought about my ________ experiences as well as the things that had happened to me, and the seed he had planted started to grow. I remembered my uncle who was late for a flight and the flight he had ________ crashed down. I remembered when ________ kept me from accidents on the same road I was traveling on.

Ever since my friend gave me his advice in the form of a ________, I have become less stressed. Keeping the advice in mind makes me more ________ and has improved my life.

【推荐3】I had not hugged a friend or a family member for more than two years.

I hadn’t had that ______ until recently when my sister-in-law came for a brief visit. For everyone’s safety, we met outside. Despite the ______ weather in January, her hug warmed me from the inside out. I realized how much I ______ embracing loved ones — the warmth that ______ long after our arms untwined (松开).

There was war in my home town in Bosnia, so I found every moment was full of ______. On one peaceful morning, I begged my mom to let me go outside after weeks wilting (蔫) indoors. She ______ agreed. I was outside for only 10 minutes ______ I was caught in an explosion. I ______ to my neighbor’s house for safety and threw my arms around her neck while my legs were ______ underneath me. She hugged me with both arms and ______ me into her house. I was still in her arms when the ambulance arrived.

______, I made a full physical recovery, but the emotional ______ never left me. Years later there was another explosion near my house, when my father was away to buy a loaf of bread. When he came back inside, I gave him the biggest hug ______, choked in tears as I held him tight.

That same night my parents managed to arrange my escape from our war-torn city. They desperately wanted at least some of my childhood to be ______. I was 16 and came to America on my own. A generous host family took me ______. Over next several months, I suffered ______.   The only way I shared my feelings was by giving Oscar, their dog, a big ______.

Now, due to our pandemic lives, hugging a stranger is the ______ thing on our minds. For many of us, ______ hugging a relative or a friend comes with stress and anxiety because of risks and precautions (防范). I ______ that in the not-so-distant future we can safely hold one another again, a friend, relative, or a stranger.