【推荐2】The stage lights dimmed (变昏暗), and I took a quick look from behind the heavy black curtains into the audience. Blinded by the lights, I quickly _________. It seems that a great number of eyes were looking at me. I took a deep _________ as the music of my dance began to play. I entered the stage and began my _________, the graduation test of the classical Indian dance.

After a decade of learning, I was finally ready to take on the most difficult act. The test is the most important _________ in a dancer’s life as it pays respect to all the factors in one’s life that _________ the dance form: one’s culture and family.

The performance is undertaken only by the most focused and _________ students. It is a difficult process that requires much _________. For more than six months, I spent two to three hours every day _________ these dances. Many times, I _________ myself to my physical and mental breaking point, but still I would not stop. I could not give up. There was always so much more to do and so much more to __________.

I discovered a lot about myself in those tiring hours, and I forced myself to meet my __________. Even when I was at the end of my limit, there was always something __________ me on, forcing me not to give up.

Fortunately, I made it. What I had done __________ the success. It was in those hours that I learned what a dancer __________ is. Those time was evidence that I could achieve something I __________ to do.

【推荐3】Being brave enough, girls are free to explore in their learning and life. That exploration leads to the________of their talents, passions and drawbacks. On Saturday night we saw one of our students act so bravely that it took my________away.

One of the lead characters of our show, Blue Stockings, was played by a science teacher, Ben Walker._______, Ben broke his nose very badly playing football on Saturday and consequently couldn’t________. Ella Jones, a Year 1 student and part of the cast, who _______to rest on Saturday, was________to play Ben’s role.

Think about that. She had three hours' _____, playing a role of a man she had never played before, in front of a/an _____ audience, and if she couldn’t ______, she would reduce the impact of the whole play. Not the end of the world, but it would be disappointing for all     _______

She would have run, but Ella _____to the challenge. She said, "I was astonished;_____, I figured the show must go on and I wanted to_____. I wasn’t scared _____I arrived at the theatre and realized how much there was to ______.It wasn’t just about lines, but it was the stagecraft(舞台表演技巧). I was___about the other actors because I know how _______it is to perform a role with someone who isn’t as invested, especially if it is an emotional scene.”

Asked how the show ___, Ella said, "It was amazing, and the audience seemed to love the male character I played for the first time." She added, "Being scared doesn’t mean you can't be ______. Anyway, I___."

【推荐1】At the mid-May in 2018, the 69 year-old amputee (被截肢者) Xia Boyu finally stood proud on two artificial legs on the peak of Mount Qomolangma, a symbol showcasing to the world the power of_________.

More than 40 years ago, Xia_________ both of his feet to frost bite after lending his sleeping bag to a team member during the trip to climb Mount Qomolangma.

Even though artificial legs were not _________in China at the time, Xia strongly _________ that he would one day fulfill his _________dream and so, before that day came, the best thing to do was to_________ himself by training constantly. Three years later he finally got his new legs, which enabled him to_________his sports career.

However, fate once again took a _________turn when he was in his 40s. In 1993, illness _________ on the stumps(残肢) on his legs, which required another third of his lower legs be amputated. Three years after that, he was diagnosed with lymph cancer.

Over the years, Xia never gave up his dream of climbing Mount Qomolangma. ____________ to his final successful climb in 2018, he had tried four other times to climb to the summit, but each time Lady Luck gave him the ____________.

The last time he ____________ his dream was in 2016. The then 67-year-old was only 94 meters from the summit, but a snow storm ____________ his way. Taking his team members’ ____________ into consideration, Xia made the ____________ decision to go back.

On May14, Xia felt ____________ and a strong sense of fulfillment ____________in him, standing on the peak of the highest mountain in the world.

“The key is to focus on your dreams, instead of the ____________ you encounter along the way. I didn’t regret anything that I had done and accepted everything that life had ____________ me, but I never stopped fighting against ____________,” Xia said, stressing that fulfilling one’s dream has nothing to do with age, disability or the thoughts or expectations of others, but a firm belief in yourself.