【推荐1】From the time I lined up my dolls on the sofa in playschool, I wanted to be a teacher. “Open your books.” I would _____ my teddy bear and dolls. Then I would ______ teach them whatever new things I had just ____ at school.

For me, dream was one thing, and ______ was quite another. My family was too poor to ______ my further education. Finally, with others’ help, I attended a state university. However, I ______ needed more money to pay for my other expenses, so I found a part-time job, ______ test tubes in the science department. At then I believed that every dirty test tube I washed meant I was one step closer to my _______.

When working as a substitute (代替) teacher in the local area, I learned they were planning to _______the biology teacher I had substituted for. I was sure the _______was meant for me. However, the headmaster said, “You’re too ______. This last teacher had a lot of discipline problems because of his age. We want someone older -- with more ______.”

I cried all the way to work, disappointed and _______. Suddenly, a stranger who I met by chance asked me what had happened. I told him how much I wanted to _______and how sad I was ______ because of my age. Then I also shared some of my thoughts with him. He _______ me, “Never lose heart. I believe you can make it.” The next morning my phone rang. It was the headmaster calling to offer me the _______position. I was very ______ and asked him why. He explained, “You made quite an impression on the chairman of our Board of Directors. He ______ that you should have this position.” A few weeks later, I stood by the door of my classroom, welcoming my ______ on their first day of school. When they were settled, I said with a smile, “Open your books.”

【推荐2】A girl complained to her father about her life and that things were so hard for her.

Without a________, the father took his daughter to the kitchen. He filled three pots with________ and placed each on a high________. In one he placed carrots, in the second eggs, and in the last coffee beans. The daughter sucked her teeth and waited________, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes the father turned off the heat. He fished (捞出)the carrots and eggs out and placed them in two plates. Then he poured the coffee into a cup.

He asked________, “Darling, what do you see?”

“Carrots, eggs, and coffee.” she replied.

He asked her to________ the carrots. She did and said they were________. Then he asked her to take an egg and________ it. After pulling off the shell(蛋壳), she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to drink the coffee. She________, as she tasted its rich aroma (芳香).

“What does it________, Father?” She asked.

He explained that each of them had________ the same adversity (困境), boiling water, but each reacted________. The carrot went in strong and hard but it turned soft and________. The egg had been fragile(易碎), but after sitting through the boiling water its heart became hardened. The coffee beans were unique(独一无二), however, after they were in the boiling water, they had________ the water.

“Which are you?” Father asked his daughter. She was then wordless as if________ in thought.

When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond(回应)? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

【推荐1】A visit to the hospital is rarely a pleasant one. As I made my way to the ward(病房), I took a deep breath and_______ a smile. After all, nobody needed another_______ face in the room.

As I entered the ward, I overheard my relatives making plans for a funeral. My grandfather had remained _______ for almost a week, with a _______ diagnosis from the doctor. Was this really the end for him? _______ at my grandparents' place since young, I_______a very close relationship with them. He would sneak me downstairs for ice cream when Grandmother was in the bathroom, while I _______added more sugar in his morning drink because he had a sweet tooth that Grandmother disapproved of.

I wanted to_______ this quiet man. I did not believe it was his time to go. I had read about paper cranes(鹤) and wishes coming true. For every one thousand folded paper cranes, we get a wish granted by the gods. Ridiculous as it sounds to the adults, I managed to_______ my sisters and cousin to carry out this sacred plan.

The last few cranes were ________but a week later he was still in a deep sleep. The one thousand paper cranes had not delivered our________ to the gods. We only had one wish -was that too________to ask for?

Just when all hope seemed________, a call from my aunt changed everything. She wanted us to come to the hospital immediately my grandfather was awake. A visit to the hospital is ________a pleasant one. However, this time, I was________by the scent(香气) of flowers that visitors brought. I stepped into my grandfather's ward and saw him holding our jar of paper cranes. This man of few words looked up at me and said, “My good girl, thank you.”

【推荐2】“Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight?” I _________asked my father. “I have to work late tonight. I doubt whether I’l1 be able to _________ it on time. I am just too busy right now,” he replied.

My mind could not _________ the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to _________ my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He always used the same _________. Why had I even bothered to ask? _________ there was always a slight hope that tonight would be _________.

As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends _________ me. “Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill.” I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the _________ as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called, ______________ three others. I followed my classmates to the ______________. When I reached out my hand to shake the ______________, a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother’s camera ______________ my eyes and I knew my dad wasn’t there. I walked back to my seat ______________.

Back at home, seeing my dad’s car in the garage, I told myself he would not be ______________. But the strong smell of alcohol hit me as soon as I ______________inside, and I could feel my tears ______________.

I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him ______________ on the couch.

______________ did father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more ______________ than his whiskey bottle.

【推荐3】Two weeks ago my grandfather passed away. It really put me into deep _________ because my grandfather held a unique position in my life. For me, my grandpa was not only a _________ family member but a tutor (导师) who encouraged me to work hard and _________ well. I’ll never forget the first time I read a long piece of his writing. It was when I _________ for Princeton and he offered to write to the university on my behalf. He wrote in beautiful _________and used poetic language, unafraid of sounding too “flowery”. I read the _________out loud so that I could hear the rhyming sounds. My grandfather _________ hard work. Every time he came to visit us in New York, he would _________ my brothers and me for our good performance, which inspired me. I knew he had worked hard to _________ the big family during the Great Depression. He was awarded many military __________ for winning many battles in the Navy in World War Ⅱ. At the funeral, a friend of my grandfather’s walked to me and said that my grandfather had told him about a small __________ I had written. After it came out, I sent it to my grandfather __________received no reply. This man told me that my book hit my grandfather’s heart and brought __________ to his eyes. My grandfather said he was so__________of me. Now I feel it’s even more worthwhile to write well because I know my grandfather __________ it. I know he lives in my heart forever.

【推荐1】Every morning, Terrill Haigler, 30, puts on his uniform and prepares for his day. He ties his work boots, throws on his green_________vest（背心）and puts on his work gloves for a job he loves: being a garbage man.

The sanitation（卫生）worker knew that he had to_________the gap between sanitation workers on the front lines like himself and the community. So Haigler started_________and posting videos on Instagram to_________the everyday lives of what sanitation workers are_________during the pandemic（流行病）。

“I feel that the public don't understand why the trash_________ are bad for people's health,” Haigler said. "So, I started an Instagram page just to give people a（n）_________of what it is to be a sanitation worker." Haigler wants people to know how_________a garbage man is.

People started watching the_________. And once his following rose, Haigler set out to__________his fellow employees.

He__________a T-shirt with a trash man logo. In just a few weeks, Haigler has sold more than 1,000 T-shirts and has__________more than $25,000. He uses the money to buy__________protective equipment and cleaning__________for sanitation workers in the city.

Now, he has more than 18,000__________. With his social media followers increasing, Haigler started receiving__________from fans. They sent things like drinking water, food and cold treat.

Since the start of the pandemic the__________of trash has increased at least 30%. With this increase, not only is he working harder and longer, he also constantly worries about his__________, as he does not know whose trash he's picking up or if that person is tested positive for COVID-19. "We're__________fighting the pandemic like everybody else. So give us some support and give us a little__________," he added.

【推荐3】Gulnara Tolmacheva is from Russia, who has always wanted to be a tutor. She has _______ and realized her dream in Karamay, a Chinese city in Xinjiang far away from her home in Novosibirsk. Now, she lives in Xinjiang and _______ Russian in a local university.

_______ having interest in the Chinese culture during her childhood, Tolmacheva didn’t _______ China until 2009. “In Urumqi, I saw different ethnic groups and busy night markets,” she said. She was especially surprised at the way people of different ethnic groups were getting along in Xinjiang. _______ by the energetic and culturally _______ city, she chose to study Chinese in Urumqi in 2013. Tolmacheva and her family _______ to Karamay in 2019 after getting a job offer there. Little did she know about the city _______, but now she considers Karamay as her second _______. “The friendship and __________ of my students and colleagues made me feel at home,” she __________. She added that her work was going well, and her son was healthy and happy.

Tolmacheva was __________ by the kindness and warmth of those around her, and she decided to work even harder to motivate her students. “The __________ environment is very important. So I tried my best to teach them Russian songs and organize short plays during courses,” she said. Having realized her dream of learning Chinese in Xinjiang, Tolmacheva is now __________ about finishing her doctoral degree and is planning to write some Russian textbooks. She does have a great __________ for her job.