【推荐1】It was early in the morning when people heard unusual noise. They had no choice but to ________ to see what it was. The workers ________ the Parnu River cautiously to ________ the strange noise they overheard. It was not until they were about 100 yards out that they could ________ what it was. It turned out that there was a ________ animal.

The animal making the noise seemed to be a “dog”! They realized ________ this “dog” was in trouble and things could get more ________ if they didn’t help in time.

Like any other person with a ________, the men dashed to the helpless “dog”. They jumped into the freezing water and ________ as fast as they could towards the “dog”. Upon rescuing the “dog”, the men quickly ________ the animal in a thick blanket to provide some much-needed ________.

The men phoned their local animal hospital, and then they were ________ that they should take it there as quickly as possible, so that’s what they did. The whole time there, the animal didn’t ________ at all. In fact, it slept all the way silently there.

Unfortunately, the vets felt confused and didn’t ________ know what they had on their hands. So they phoned a local hunter. Thankfully, the hunter hurried down to the ________ and recognized exactly it as a wolf they ended up saving!

Sure enough, the wolf began to return to its ________ ways the moment it started to recover. It was a one-year-old wolf. The ________ arrived for the wolf to go back home, When they ________ the cage, it walked forward slowly and looked back several times. Not until they waved did it fly like a(n) ________ from the string and then disappeared into the ________.

【推荐3】My memories of those nights I spent with my great-grandmother are still vivid. I _______ them all, because I have nothing else to remind me of her. While my friends _______ display treasures left to them by their grandmothers—precious china, antique silver, jewelry—all that I have of her is a scarf I’d made her.

My great-grandmother didn’t have a china-and-jewelry kind of _______ . While we were under the _______ , she told me many sad stories. I felt the _______ a mother feels when her only son is _______ missing after a battle. I felt the sorrow a wife feels as throat cancer robs her beloved _______ of speech and ultimately of life. I felt the _______ of the Depression, what it was like to lose your home and to _______ produce that had gone bad. My great-grandmother never cried when she ________ her past, and afterward, she always said, “Oh, kid, it’s a great life if you don’t ________ .”

A few years ago, my life took a ________ turn, and curiously, I found my great-grandmother and her stories frequently occupying my mind. I realized then that ________ she had not left me any precious objects, she had left me a treasury of stories and a wealth of memories. By turning her soul inside out to me during those nights in bed, she’d given me the greatest gift—her ________ , her courage to face life head-on. Her legacy gave me the ________ I’d lacked. If she could survive the difficulties of her life, then I knew I could, too.

【推荐1】Bend, a small town in Oregon, is called “moon country.” Before the astronauts ever ______ it to the moon, they trained in Bend. When Jim Irwin came to Bend for ______, he made friends with Floyd Watson, a(n) ______ resident, who was the building inspector for the city. Five years later, Irwin was ______ for the Apollo 15 moon landing.

When the news that his old friend would go to the moon came to Watson’s ______, he chose a piece of lava rock (火山岩) near Devil’s Lake, and ______ it in paper. Then he posted it to Irwin with a letter where he ______ him and made a request, “I am sending you a ______ piece of Central Oregon lava, which I hope you will be able to ______ to the moon for me.” Off went the letter, and Watson thought ______ of it. A few months later, on July 26, 1971, Irwin ______ to the moon with David Scott and Alfred Worden.

And a few weeks after their ______, Watson got an unexpected letter from Irwin. “I did carry your piece of lava to the moon and left it there,” Irwin wrote and enclosed (附上) a ______ of it, with the small piece of Oregon lava ______ with an arrow and the words “Oregon lava on the moon!” For Watson, the letter and the picture were ______. And, of course, he never looked at the moon the same way again.

【推荐3】Around 50 Mars missions have been launched globally so far since 1960. Yet more than half of them have _________ to reach the planet some 55 million kilometers away from the Earth. So after China’s Mars probe, Tianwen 1, was _________ on July 23 last year, there was an _________ wait for its progress. 

The craft landed_________ on the surface of the planet on Saturday. The news has been met with both _________ and celebration in the country. The landing was _________ exactly as planned, which has made China the latest member of the club of the world’s pioneering _________, and shows that China has _________the technologies independently. 

It is the can-do spirit that has played a key role in China’s scientific and technological development in recent decades_________some failures in exploring outer space. 

China made its early__________in rocket and space technologies starting from the 1960s when the country __________largely a backward agricultural country. __________, the country has made the most of what it had over the past more than six decades, making efforts to move ahead in the aerospace cause. 

Late last month, China sent Tianhe into space,__________a series of launches that will complete the building of the space station around 2022. 

All these achievements have__________greatly to the peaceful use of outer space. During its Mars mission, China has worked with European __________and other countries and will help push humankind to travel faster and farther in the future.

【推荐1】Music can make us happy, peaceful or sad. As an orchestra(管弦乐队) conductor, Amy Anderson brings music to life, allowing people experience many ____________ that music can give.

Anderson fell in love with music when she was a child. She began playing the piano at seven and started composing at nine. She bought many videos ____________ by the world’s great orchestras and conductors and listened to them for hours on end.

During a concert, the audience see the ____________ of a conductor and the arm movements he or she makes. What audiences do not see is all the work the conductor has done before the ____________.

Months before a concert, Anderson studies the music by ____________ it on the piano. She listens to recordings, reads about the composer’s life, and reviews historical events that would have influenced the composer. Her goal is to recreate the music as the composer ____________.

While conducting, Anderson uses her whole body to ____________ how the music should sound and feel. Her ____________ are dramatic(激动人心的) when the music is ____________ and gentle when the music is peaceful.

To help young musicians better ____________ how to play the music, Anderson might tell them to imagine a ____________ and leisurely walk or a ship being tossed(颠簸) by waves.

“It is music’s ability to reach people that I value most,” said Anderson. She has seen audiences at her concerts ____________, clap together in rhythm, and shout “Bravo!” ____________, audiences are moved to tears. After one concert in Serbia, audiences ____________ around the orchestra’s buses and cheered for the young musicians as they climbed aboard.

Anderson is happy, knowing that she and the musicians have changed lives for the better, ____________ spirits and brought joy to people.

【推荐2】I was invited to attend a presentation at the Kentucky School. That evening I found gratitude had amazing______to change our attitude and our life.

The young musician Mr. Patrick was ______ onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers danced _____the keys as he made beautiful music. He then began to sing as he played, and it was wonderful. But what shocked me most was his _____ smile.

Mr. Patrick was born with no eyes and an illness in the legs, which _____ him lame for life. However, as a child, he was _____ artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first birthday, he discovered the piano. ____ his mom hit any note on the piano, and within one or two ____, he’d get it. By his second birthday, he was playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” His father was _______. “We might not play baseball, but we can play music together.”

When Patrick was at the University of Louisville, his father ______ classes with him. He was also a part of the 214-member marching band! He was a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player; and he and his father did it together. His father ______the night shift (夜班) in order to accompany his daytime band practice. Patrick says,“My dad’s my _____.”

But even more than his _____ musical talent, it was Patrick’s“attitude of gratitude” that ____ my soul. On stage, between songs, he talked to the audience about his life and about how ______ he was with a great father. When his performance was over, Patrick and his father were on the stage together. The crowd rose to their feet and _____ for over five minutes.

We all face misfortune in our lives. ____, it’s not the hardship but how we _____   to it that will determine the joy and happiness in our lives. During ______ times, do we spend too much time feeling ______ for ourselves, or can we, with gratitude, learn how to dance in the rain?

【推荐3】The Grand Ole Opry, in Nashville, Tennessee, has always been American’s most important concert hall for country music. Every Saturday night the place is filled with country music_______.

One _______in January 1967,it was a very _______night at the Opry and for the first time a _______man was an attraction. _______music has always been thought of as “white music”．For many, it was a strange _______to see Charley Pride step_______the Opry stage. Some people felt _______about whether a black man could sing country songs._______Charley’s smooth voice quickly________over the Opry ________.Charley was so good that before long, he was country music’s biggest________.

Like many country singers, Charley was ________on a farm. He spent his youth milking cows and picking cotton. But he knew he wasn’t going to make ________his career. Later, he became a baseball player.

Charley made it to a major league team. But he didn’t stay on for more than one season.

In the winter, after the baseball season, Charley ________at a local nightclub. One evening, Red Sovine, a great country music star,________Charley sing and told Charley to forget about________and go for a singing career.

Charley took the ________and became a true hit­maker. His________were always near the top on the list. Some were number one all over the country.

Today Charley Pride is ________one of the biggest stars in country music. But he says his real wish is to own a baseball team.