【推荐1】Sadiman，a 67-year-old man，single-handedly restored an entire forest to save his village from hunger. He is a（n）_______ in Dali village，Indonesia. The Gendol hill was seriously deforested because of widespread logging（伐木）activities and a series of forest fires that took place in the 1960s. The extreme deforestation made the Gendol River. _______，leading to serious water crisis.

He came up with the _______ to restore the hill when he was working there to make _______ meet. Sadiman started to _______ banyan（榕树）trees on about 500 hectares of the forest. He has been doing this for the last 21 years all by himself and his sacrifice is _______ surprising. His poor _______ conditions didn't stop him spending his hard-earned money _______ the seedlings for plantation to restore the forest. A banyan tree seedling _______ about $5. 00，which was much money for him. To meet this __________，Sadiman began to plant clove（丁香）tree seedling in his yards. Ten clove tree seedlings were worth a banyan tree seedling. Sadiman's devotion was beyond. __________，yet he was called a "crazy person" and some of his seedlings were __________ pulled out of the ground by irresponsible people. __________，this didn't stop him from planting the seedlings.

Non-stop since the early 1990s，Sadiman has __________ on planting trees and taking care of them to ensure they grow strong and healthy. __________ his continuous hard work，the forest has started to recover. More and more springs and streams have been __________ to provide a reliable water supply for the area. People are becoming __________of the importance of the forest in the bigger __________. The Gendol Hill，once wild，now returns to its former glory by one man and his action to __________ the whole region from drought（干旱）and __________. He truly is a one man army！

Fireworks are beautiful and we all enjoy appreciating them. But let’s stop and think about the price that we_______for just a few minutes of_______

To begin with, the amount of money we spend on fireworks is_______ The excitement is gone_______ Let’s face it, what we really are doing is burning_______ Yet, year after year, thousands of cities and towns spend our tax dollars on fireworks displays. Those tax dollars would be put to much better_______feeding our hungry and housing our homeless.

Second, there is the matter of_______ Fireworks contain chemicals that are harmful to people and animals. Over the years, these chemicals will_______the air we breathe and the water we drink.

Third, let’s_______the trash left behind after a fireworks display. What a__________! One would probably expect that those who__________the fireworks would have the politeness to__________the trash afterwards__________, they don’t. The mess they leave behind__________the kind of attitude many Americans have toward our__________

Fourth, fireworks are__________ Some fireworks can damage your hearing, especially the fireworks used in public displays that give off a big BANG. Losing your__________is too high a price to pay.

__________ all the safety warnings, we still see injuries and deaths as a result of fireworks. Approximately 10,000 Americans are injured every year by fireworks.

In my view, all consumer fireworks should be__________ Public fireworks displays should be kept to a minimum and should be paid for through volunteer funding, not tax dollars. Finally, those people in__________of fireworks displays should be responsible for cleaning up the mess they make.

【推荐3】Ecotourism is often regarded as a form of nature-based tourism and has become an important alternative source of tourists. It is broadly defined as low __________ travel to endangered and often undisturbed locations. It is different from traditional tourism because it allows the traveler to become educated about the areas. And it often provides funds for conservation and __________ the economic development of places that are frequently poverty-stricken.

Ecotourism and other forms of sustainable travel have their __________ with the environmental movement of the 1970s. Ecotourism itself did not become prevalent (流行的) as a travel concept until the late 1980s. During that time, increasing environmental awareness and a desire to travel to natural locations as __________ to built up tourist locations made ecotourism desirable.

Since then, several different organizations specializing in ecotourism have developed and many different people have become experts on it. Martha D. Honey, PhD, a co-founder of the Center for Responsible Tourism, __________, is just one of many ecotourism experts.

Opportunities for ecotourism exist in many different locations worldwide and its activities can vary __________.

Madagascar, for instance, is famous for its ecotourist activity as it is a biodiversity hotspot, but also has a high priority for environmental conservation and is devoted to reducing poverty. Conservation International says that 80% of the country's animals and 90% of its plants are __________ to the island. Madagascar's lemurs (马达加斯加狐猴) are just one of many __________ that people visit the island to see.

Because the island's government is __________ to conservation, ecotourism is allowed in small numbers because education and funds from the travel will make it easier in the future. __________, this tourist revenue also aids in reducing the country's poverty.

Despite the popularity of ecotourism in the above-mentioned examples, there are several __________ of ecotourism as well. The first of these is that there is no one definition of the term so it is difficult to know which trips are __________ considered ecotourism.

Critics of ecotourism also cite that increased tourism to __________ areas or ecosystems without proper planning and management can actually harm the ecosystem and its species because the infrastructure needed to sustain tourism such as roads can contribute to environmental degradation (恶化).

Ecotourism is also said by critics to have a negative impact on __________ communities because the arrival of foreign visitors and wealth can shift political and economic conditions and sometimes make the area __________ tourism instead of the domestic economic practices.

Regardless of these criticisms though, ecotourism and tourism, in general, are increasing in popularity all over the globe and tourism plays a large role in many worldwide economies.

【推荐2】The video of a 14-year-old one-armed boy in Yunfu, Guangdong Province, playing basketball spread quickly on social networking sites recently, drawing national ________ for his strong will and excellent ________.

Zhang Jiacheng lost his right arm in an accident when he was five years old. But the challenge did not make him ________ his dream.

He first began playing basketball in 2018 after ________ up for a free basketball training course at school. Two years later, he is better at it than many of his able-bodied _________. Many users left comments under the popular video, saying that watching him play one could ________ say that the boy is physically _________.

National basketball player Yi Jianlian was among those who ________ the boy’s determination. He reposted the video, commenting that the heart is ________ the strongest part of one’s body, depending on the boy’s _________.

________ national basketball player Zhu Fangyu, who is now general manager of the Guangdong South China Tiger Basketball Club, praised the boy’s skills and invited him to their team’s basketball game.

Zhang said ________ excites him as much as playing basketball and being the disabled does not stop him from pursuing his dreams. His spirit should inspire not just minors but even adults to overcome difficulties in life and pursue their dreams.

It is emotional to see the school’s free basketball training program give a differently disabled boy the opportunity to prove his _________.

It is hoped that society will ________ to Zhang in order to realize his dream of becoming a professional basketball player. In the future, society should provide more such support and ________ to other people who are differently disabled to make their dreams come true.

【推荐3】When Holly Ford walked past a long disused phone box on the outskirts (郊区) of her home village, an idea began to form which _______ her love of baking with a new use for the box, which at that point was _______ by almost everyone.

“It’s been amazing how much support we had,” said Holly, who got_______ from the community council to use the call box. Others have _______ the ‘‘Adopt A Kisosk” scheme (方案) run by British Telecom where it is possible to buy a phone box for as little as £1 and _______it to new uses.

“Nobody told us it wouldn’t work, but a few locals did think that people would just_______ themselves to cakes without paying”

These _______ proved to be wholly unfounded. The honesty box has always been used correctly by customers, with the box remaining entirely _______.

“It’s a busy stretch of road for traffic in the summer,” Holly remarks. “And we do get quite a few_______ that people leave for us saying how much they like the idea.”

Only open during the summer months, Holly has turned the box into layers of ________ for her cakes and other local produce. Able to make close to £100 a day, she also ________ regular charity bakes (烘烤参会) in the community.

“I’m not sure the honesty box approach would ________ in a more urban area. But for where we live it’s perfect and it’s surprisingly easy to make something like this happen. It’s important to introduce the work on social media and to keep your ________ in the idea.”

Cakes In The Call Box also puts Holly in the position to judge which cakes most________ the taste of passing travelers with a sweet tooth.

“The brownies are the go-to, always,” she tells me, “though I do like ________ the range. I’m working on Swedish buns with cardamom at the moment. Maybe next summer they’ll be in the box!”

【推荐2】Wang Yaping, 41, became China’s first female astronaut to conduct a spacewalk on November. 2021.

Wang’s dream of becoming an astronaut was _________ by Yang Liwei’s 2003 space flight, which was China’s first manned space mission.

“Now China has its first man in space, when will our country have its first _________ .” thought Wang, who was then working as a fighter pilot in China’s air force.

After years of _________ training and excellent performance in various _________, in May 2010, Wang became a member of China’s first batch of female astronauts. The joy of being _________ did not last long as the cruel nature of the training quickly _________.

In the first year, Wang could not get the top level in the high-G training, which simulates (模拟) the environment when the spacecraft _________, enters orbit and returns. Because of the overwhelming force of gravity, blood can’t flow to the brain _________, causing a temporary _________ of oxygen and even blindness. Astronauts must __________ the spacecraft while enduring (忍受) these conditions. Wang improved her performance by doing __________ core-strength exercises every day and finally managed to reach the top level.

Wang realized her space dream as part of the Shenzhou-10 mission. She was confident that the crew could fulfill this challenging mission.

Meanwhile, to prepare for their __________, Wang and her five-year-old daughter promised to focus on their respective (各自的) __________. “I promised to __________ the stars for her. She wants to share them with her classmates,” Wang __________.