【推荐1】Harper Gage was 5 years old when she took part in the world Karting Association’s national go-kart (卡丁车) race. Harper thought she would _________ in the top half for her age group. But her first season as a go-kart racer did not end the way she _________.

Harper was the sixth out of 17 racers near the end of the eight-lap race. _________, her car’s engine died with only two laps to go. “She’s pretty _________.” her mother, Lauren Gage, said after the race. “But we are so _________ of her.”

Just one year, Lauren _________ that her daughter should race. Harper was born with hearing loss in both ears._________, she can hear clearly when wears hearing devices. But the devices don’t fit under Harper’s race helmet (头盔), so she races _________ them. Harper doesn’t think hearing loss puts her _________ in the race. The engines are so __________. Harper said that she can hear when another car is close and ready to get ahead of her.

Harper learned about go-karts at age 3 and loved it when her family __________ a racetrack. She told her parents she wanted to __________ it, too. Lauren was worried that Harper would crash into another go-kart since she wouldn’t __________ it. But Tom Gage Harper’s father, told his wife that their daughter would be OK. When Harper turned 5, her amateur (业余的) racing career began, but she wishes to race __________ one day.

When asked about her __________, Harper shyly giggled and said, “I want to drive fast.”

【推荐2】This week we drove over to spend some time with Aunt Carmeleta. We don’t see her _________ because she lives in Tennesee, which is far from us. However, this past week her husband Ken drove their motor home to Michigan to _________ a party.

As always, it was _________ to see Carmeleta. She met us at the motor home door _________. She gave us each a big hug and scurried(碎步疾跑) around to make us _________.

The first time my friend, Bill, met Carmeleta, he said, “She can’t be _________!” Bill had never met anyone so kind, _________, and full of mercy(仁慈) as Carmeleta. But after knowing her for well over 50 years, he _________ she is.

I’ve been _________ to know Carmeleta my whole life. She has __________ me more than she could ever know. When I __________ to her how people were talking bad about me, she would __________ me, “Just keep being yourself. __________ yourself for who you are.” I’m sure she saw areas where I needed __________, but she only showed love, patience, and mercy to me.

Next month Carmeleta will be 89 years young. I say young because she never seems to __________ for me. And she is still full of love, kindness and mercy. She accepts people where they are, and she is for real!

【推荐1】A classroom of kindergartners listened attentively as their teacher, Robin Hughes, read them a book about snow. But as Hughes turned pages and _______ them photos of children making snow angels, she noticed some students looked _______. Hughes was shocked to know that only a couple of kids had seen snow. So she _______ her sister Amber Estes for help. “Could you make a snowman for me?” Hughes texted Estes. That text led Estes to build “Lucky”, a tiny _______.

Days later, Estes _______ her the snowman—completed with blueberries as eyes, a carrot as a nose and two branches as arms-on a nearly 800-mile journey in a _______ filled with ice bags. Hughes opened the box eagerly. To her surprise, the snowman had arrived almost _______.

The kids _______ saw the snowman in the classroom. “I was so excited just to see their joy,” said Hughes. Ever since, at least twice a day, Hughes brought “Lucky” out from the cafeteria _______ and put it on a silver plate so students could ________ the snowman and asked questions. Cheers and wows filled the classroom every time the snowman was ________. Whenever the snowman started to ________, she took it back to the fridge.

“In a time when things are not ________ for kids in the classroom, this little snowman has created ________,” Hughes said. She planned to melt the snowman before Earth Day and use the ________ while planting a flower at the school.

【推荐3】Will Gladstone remembers first learning about the blue-footed booby (鲣鸟) in his fifth grade science class. They are a _________ of the Galapagos Islands. The blue-footed booby population there has _________ dramatically since the 1960s. With this fact in mind, Will _________ to help protect the species, though he had never seen one _________.

A few days later, he came up with a plan: he could sell blue _________, the same color as the bird’s feet, to _________ money for protection efforts.

Will launched his online site The Blue Feet Foundation in March 2016. The website was up for months _________ Will and his younger brother Matthew sold their first pair of socks. “We reached out to many people and they wouldn’t take us _________… because we were just kids.”

But being “just kids” doesn’t _________ them. They made an Instagram __________ for the foundation and started to sell via social network. They have sold about 10,000 pairs to __________ in 46 countries, collecting $90,000 after costs.

Will’s and Matthew’s efforts are already having a(n) __________ impact. Their fundraising sponsored a blue-footed booby population survey in 2017 by a team of 10 researchers. The researchers report that they did see many more __________ birds than in their previous study in 2012.

The brothers have __________ several awards for their work, and their kind act makes a __________ to the world.