【推荐1】As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she_________ at the audience, _________ to see her mother. These two, Albert and Doris Fleming, had _________ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their _________ compete in this sports meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. 

The music_________ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music carry her along into her turns, and she began skating with much _________in herself. The cold fear she always had in the last seconds before skating onto the ice was _________. She was feeling the movement of the _________ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, and _________ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was finished. 

The crowd loved it and cheered as she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other __________. It was the remark that always came after a free-skating performance. But what should the __________ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy __________ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting __________ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the result was __________. The new champion of the United States Women’s Figure Skating was Peggy Fleming from Pasadena, __________.

【推荐2】Ivan Fernandez Anaya is a long- distance runner from Spain who competes in cross-country and marathon races. Ivan showed his_______on a race track in Navarra, Spain, and he lost the race _______showing the world what true sportsmanship looks like!

Ivan was just about to finish a cross-country race when he_______Abel Mutai, a Kenyan athlete who' d been in the lead, began to slow down as he_______the finish line. Abel did not understand Spanish so he got _______by the signs and thought he had already_______. Ivan saw what was happening in an instant and could have_______dashed past his opponent (对手) to win the race himself._______, he slowed his own pace and pointed Abel towards the_______finish line so he could win.

“He was the rightful ________,”Ivan said later. “He created a gap (鸿沟) that I couldn't have closed if he hadn't made a ________ As soon as I saw he was stopping, I knew I wasn't going to________him.

Everyone who witnessed the whole________was rightfully impressed with Ivan' s actions! He didn't ________to do that, only__________that being an athlete with right________is one of the most important aspects of sports. Later, a journalist asked Ivan why he didn't________the opportunity to win the race and he________his reason for doing that, “…But if I did that, what would be the________of my victory? What would be the honor of that ________? What would my mom think of that?”

【推荐3】My least favorite part was participating in sport meets, for I loved running by myself. This year, _______, I was encouraged to take part in an 800-meter track competition by the _______.

Now I was on the track! I breathed deeply and tried to _______ my worries. I walked over to some of the runners and started to _______ with them.

I stepped up to the _______ for the event. The starter raised his starting gun and _______. With twenty-five runners around me, I _______ my coach’s words, “You may be small, but you have _______ power.” So I kept up with athletes twice my _______. I picked up the runner in seventh place and based my steps ________ him, making it a little bit faster. One by one, I ________ to make it to the top four bursting around the lap.

It was the last lap! So I widened my steps, speeding up my ________. I caught up with the runner in first place and we ran side-by-side down the last 100 meters—I ________ him by a hair at the finishing line.

The coach was excited ________ I had shortened my original ________ by twelve seconds at least.

【推荐2】In my childhood, there were no smart phones or computers. Still, I never felt bored. The field, _________and woodlands around my home were the perfect playground.I can remember once hiking to a nearby_________and walking slowly around it. At the back of it I was amazed to find an old dirt road that I had never seen before. It was full of muddy tyre tracks and deep woods bordered it on both sides,but _________it still seemed like a fine adventure.

I_________on and on for what seemed like hours. I was sure someone was_________in my ears to ask me to turn around and_________back home.But I was_________and even a bit stupid,so I walked on.There was still neither a car nor a house_________.My legs were getting tired.I noticed that the sun was starting to go down and I grew_________.I didn’t want to end up____________on this road in the dark night ,and I was worried that it would be dark____________I could make my way back to the lake again.

I continued to walk on with the fear growing inside of me. My heart was____________and my legs were aching.When I____________one last corner and____________my house,I jumped up and down and laughed out loud.I knew the way home ! It was still over a mile away ,but____________felt like feathers.I____________into the house with a big smile just in time for dinner. Then I ended my adventure with a good night’s sleep.

I remembered this recently when I saw a____________that said,“All roads lead home."This is true.I also remembered a sage(智者)compared life to a journey.Are we going to make this life a terrible ____________or are we going to make the life a joyful one? It____________our own choice.

All roads no matter how they twist and turn,can____________us home in our hearts. May you always walk your path with love! May you always help your fellow travelers along the way!

【推荐3】In the process of celebrating my 60th birthday with a 60 day kindness challenge, I got the greatest birthday surprise from my daughters. When they asked me what I______ for my birthday, I said," please do a ______ act for someone in my   _____"They took it way______

They got in ______ with all my friends and family members and asked them to do the ______ thing I had asked of them, as my birthday ______. Then they asked them to ______ them after they had done their _______and tell them what they had done. They also asked their friends to do the same.

On my birthday,I was presented with a______ scrapbook(剪贴簿） filled with pictures and all the kindness acts written out in their own words,_______ me what they had done and how it made them feel.

The "acts" ranged from_______ frequent flyer miles(飞行积分） so someone could visit their mom, shortening showers' duration(长度）to help with the water _____, bringing an elderly neighbor coffee in the morning, stopping to buy a_______ person lunch, ______ at a Red Cross blood drive, to many, many other beautiful gestures.

I cannot tell you how ______ I was by this gift, and even more touched that their young adult friends would ______with such love and enthusiasm. I cannot ________a better gift. I share this story with the _______that many a beautiful "someone” passes on this idea. The joy of it is ______！

【推荐1】Diagnosed with cancer at the young age of 27, Rebecca Saxon thought her life was over. However, in her darkest hour, inspiration _______ her and she made an attempt to transform her misfortune into _______.

During her cancer treatment, Rebecca _______ a successful business “Something Blue Bridal Shoes” — a _______ range of wedding footwear, which is about wedding shoes for brides.

Rebecca mentions, “ I started doing _______ of wedding shoes with blue soles (鞋底) when I was halfway through my cancer treatment. I really felt frustrated and painful, _______ through that whole ‘Will I live or die?’ situation. But I made a decision that I was going to _______ myself up and fight this cancer. The sketches (草图) were my just _______ and the way I _______ the many hours spent in a hospital room.”

“I had no idea what was going to happen to me. But I knew I had to be ________ if I was going to overcome this treatment. I told myself this was not going to be the end for me. I was determined to ________ my negative feelings and start drawing.”

“When younger, I had always loved ________. Several of my friends were getting married ________, and weddings were very much in the air. So ________, I would be drawing designs for bridal gowns and other garments.”

“________ then I started sketching wedding footwear-designing shoes with ________ blue soles which were super comfortable too. I thought it would be a lovely way of ________ the ‘something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue’ tradition. ________ really helped me deal with my treatment.” Rebecca luckily defeated her cancer in August 2017.

________ the encouragement of her boyfriend, Mike Bandar, she then turned her dreams into her reality and set up “Something Blue Bridal Shoes”. Each brand shoe from the collection has a blue sole, ________ the age-old tradition of what a bride should wear at her wedding for good luck.

The first couple of weeks in my writing classes are always a bit unsettling. I’m unfamiliar_______ the students, most of them trying to_______ themselves to their new environment. When Jennifer _______ me with a question on the second day, I was_______ for the chance to connect at least one name with a face.

Her writing wasn’t perfect, _______her effort was. She worked hard and pushed herself to achieve. She was excited to _______, which made me enjoy teaching her. I didn’t _______ then how much she would also teach me.

One Friday afternoon, Jennifer_______ after class. She wasn’t clarifying an assignment or asking a question about a paper I’d returned. _______, she said quietly: “I didn’t attend classes yesterday. I was at the health center the whole day.” I gave her a sideways look, __________“It was just a virus. I’m fine now,” she __________ me. Then she was gone.

Two nights later, her father called to tell me that Jennifer would be__________ a few classes. She had been hospitalized with meningitis (脑膜炎). I__________ him again a few days later, and again after that. Her condition grew worse. We made trips to the hospital room. I was __________ terrified when I saw the pale, thin and weak girl who, only ten days earlier, had displayed life and __________ in my classroom.

A week later, Jennifer herself called me to tell me she was on the road to __________“I’ll be back,” she insisted. “I have no __________,” I told her, fighting back tears. I remembered what her father had said in his first phone call: “School____________ everything to Jenny.”

Then five weeks later, I walked into my classroom to find Jenny in her seat, smiling. I caught my breath as her rail-thin body approached my desk, and she ____________ all of her missed assignments, completed with thought and excellence. The __________ of her will to overcome shone out of her pale, weak, eighteen-year-old face.

【推荐3】Growing up in rural Malawi, Africa, William Kamkwamba’s life was filled with ancient way and mystery. His family was _________   and they lived in a small house without electricity. At night, they went to bed early because the kerosene（煤油）to light the lamps was _________.

A terrible drought in 2000 left many Malawians _________. Security was having sacks of corn and not having them was _________. He still wanted to learn and when he was _________ from school by his inability to pay the _________, he found the free library. There he read a book called Using Energy, which _________ him in science and gave him an idea that _________changed his future. In the book, William found a picture of a windmill, and a brief _________ of how it could be used to generate __________ from wind. He realized that if he could __________ a windmill, his village people could live a far better     ________.

The next year witnessed William’s __________ and determination. He began to collect any material __________ --pieces of wood, broken bicycles--and started to build a windmill. He __________ many challenges and failures. Finally, at the age of 14, William __________ his first one. Seeing electric __________ coming from William’s house, the village people came running. He had found a way to __________ the wind.

William Kamkwamba has made the world realize that even the starving kids in Malawi have much to __________. He struggle with his dreams and __________ hardships in his life, yet he always worked hard, and never gave up.