【推荐2】When I studied in my high school, I did an experiment about how the temperature affected the growth of a plant. That experiment made me ________ that science teaches us the domino effect (多米诺效应) in the environment. It teaches people our ________ so we know where we are from. That day I ________ decided to be a scientist and that will be my greatest ambition in life. Ever since that day I have studied harder ________ in all my science-related subjects. After school I do much research on how I can become a ________ scientist in the future.

One of my ________ in becoming a scientist is Barbara McClintock. She has been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. At 25 she already had her PhD in botany and after that she started her ________ as the leader in the development of maize cytogenetics (玉米细胞遗传学) and she was ________ to that research for the rest of her life.

If I am lucky and given the ________ to achieve my ambition as a scientist, I want to be like Doctor McClintock. She ________ something that helped the other scientists ________ the thing about genetics that did not just help her generation but also the future generation.

I know I will be able to achieve my ________ as long as I put my heart and perseverance into it. If I am lucky enough to achieve my goal, I will share my ________ with all the kids who also love science and want to become scientists. My future will be as ________ as the stars in the night sky. My future is still far but I will make the most of all in the ________ to achieve my greatest ambition of becoming a scientist.

【推荐3】I always come across random acts of kindness in my life. Many years ago, I was visiting Costa Rica when I found myself in a/an _______ situation: my credit cards and bank cards went out of _______ abroad, and I only had $5 to my name.

I had no way to get money. I didn’t know anybody in this country. I only knew basic Spanish, and besides the cash the only possession I had was a return ticket to my country in almost two _______. Back then, there was no such thing as mobile phones, and _______ email was very limited. To find help, I decided to go to the _______. With the only coins I had, I headed to the bus terminal(终点站), which _______ almost the exact amount. About 4 hours later, I arrived at a village called Santa Rosa Abajo.

I knocked door to door, _______ in my very poor Spanish that I was a foreigner travelling in Costa Rica with no money but I _______ to stay here for over ten days. I begged them for a _______ —such as cooking, cleaning and looking after their kids. Everybody replied, “Oh my, but so poor are we that we have no ________ food or space. Maybe you can try the next ________.” And they’d point me to another house.

________, I arrived at a Chinese restaurant. The owner of the restaurant was very ________. She gave me food and called the Red Cross to come to rescue me. With the ________ of the Red Cross, I spent my remaining days in Costa Rica.

This is one of the best trips I’ve ever had, because I realized that when you’re in a position to be able to ________ help, it actually makes you feel happy.

【推荐1】The thing happened last year. The ________ was conducted compulsorily during the COVID-19 outbreak. Most people were forced to stay at home and many lost their jobs. But one day I had to ________ to the company because of an emergency conference. And that was when something memorable came into my eyes. It was the ________ of a boy standing on the road with a ________ in his hand. He seemed to be from an educated family from the ________ words on the large notice. It read, “ I need money badly for my mother’s ________ ! Thank you for your attention, dear friends! ”

I was anxious to catch up with the conference. Therefore, I didn’t stop the car. Unemployment and poverty were a ( n ) ________ sight in the large city. No wonder we motorists drove by without offering assistance. We were taught that giving money helped ________ a dependent lifestyle, or it made many people unwilling to earn their living.

As I ________ away from the boy with that large notice, I was extremely ________ . Could it be a shame? What should I do? Turn back or move on? As I ________ with these questions, I saw a car ________ in front of the boy. A man got off his car and went to talk to the boy, “ Take the money and wish your mom a successful operation. ” ________ , the man lent the boy a hand. As I ________ , somebody else sprang into action and did what I could have done. Since then I’ve been ________ that it is important to do something for someone in need, whether it is big or small, because something is better than nothing!

【推荐3】For the second year in a row, a 12-year-old boy has turned into secret Santa, buying Christmas presents for over a hundred children in foster (寄养) care who might not otherwise get to enjoy the holiday season.

Jonathan Werner said he was inspired to ________ his charity project after hearing about his father’s own childhood ________ in foster care. “Based upon stories that I have from him, it didn’t really sound like they had much of a Christmas,” Jonathan said.

This year, 138 children will receive basic ________ and personal favourite items Jonathan ________ for them. He chose the items on multiple shopping trips based on ________ that local social workers shared with him to help guide the process.

Jonathan said he bought about 600 presents overall, ________ approximately $11,300. To________ the gifts, he sold popcorn to local community members and this year, he made more than he was________. But throughout the journey, Jonathan said he’s simply happy to ________. “I have definitely ________ a lot throughout this________. I’ ve learned ________ management. It also makes me really ________ to help those kids,” Jonathan said.

His parents say they couldn’t be more ________. His father Steven Kolk said, “I’m ________ of what he chose to do and the number of people that he can ________ with this project.”

“It’s really special. I have seen it move not only me ________. But I’ ve also seen it inspire other children and friends of ours. It really brings ________ to your eyes and makes you feel like he’s really making a ________ to people,” Serena Kolk ________.

【推荐1】I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early _________ of gardening may not have originated from my love for nature. It was to _________ my parents.

At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with _________ at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, “something else to _________!” Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father even thought it a waste of time.

At that age, I always did something _________ to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found _________, I would plant a garden!

I planted some lily seeds in the yard. But they failed to _________. I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses. Wild _________ joy, I found the first rose bloom. One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. _________, I was touched by this land of wonder.

________, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even __________ at me because he found it was __________ to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s __________, I put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were merely weeds __________ flowers.

Regardless of their __________, I kept on planting my garden and __________ to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they __________ to care and love.

It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to __________ my parent. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show, which makes my parents feel very __________. And now I could say it is my affection for __________ that makes me a real gardener.

【推荐2】My 83-year-old mother was very ill and I had to put my life on hold to look after her. I ______ a bowl when she felt sick, and lit fires to keep her ______. I cooked and persuaded her to take a few______.

It’s hard to take care of a dying parent, whoever you are. It was ______ hard for me because I am a doctor myself. I couldn’t help looking at her in two different ways. The medical ______ saw the body with the coldness that medicine______. But the ______ saw the woman who had given birth to me, sent me off to college and had been a ______ presence in my life for over half a century. ______, my mother didn’t appreciate how hard it was for me to ______ her. I remember an exchange between her and the nurse who came to see her once a week: “You could get some more help with care.” “Oh, I don’t think I need that,” Mom said. Mom didn’t understand that the ______ would have taken some of the burden off me.

None of the treatments her doctors gave her ______. She refused painkillers for a long time, but finally the pain ______ her. When she accepted the painkillers, she accepted the ______ that she would die.

While living, being and dying with Mom I ______ something precious dawning. We became closer. We ______ so many stories from our past that it was ______ our memories had become one. In the past our relationship had been difficult. We had often ______. But when the end came, both of us ______ accepted that we looked at the world in different ways. We were daughter and mother and we loved each other. That was all that ______.