【推荐1】Michael rises every morning at 4:00 and walks into his sandwich shop. By 5:50, he's making the rounds of the shelters on Centre Street . He ____out 200 sandwiches to the homeless before beginning his workday .

20 years ago, when Michael _____ a homeless man named John, he began to help him with effort then. Day after day , he brought John some food and , when it was really cold , a _______place in his car while he was working .Once he asked John if he wanted to get cleaned up . It was a (an )______offer , because Michael thought John would refuse.______, John said , “ Are you going to wash me ? “ Michael knew that he was ______his promise . It was at that moment that Michael ______to help the homeless .

Michael received no _______, saying , “ I'm not getting media attention . I just want to do some good in my ______.

Michael made 200 sandwiches every day in the past 20 years. “I don't simply_______ the sandwiches on a table for them to ______up . I shake their hands and ______ them a good day . “ Once Mayor (市长)Koeh came to make the rounds with him . They______the media , and it seemed like it was just the two of them . But of all Michael's _______,working side by side with the Mayor was not as important as working next to someone else.

A man had _____from the sandwich takers, and Michael worried about that. He hoped the man had moved on to a more______environment. One day, the man came back, greeting Michael and carrying________of his own to hand out. He said Michael's daily food , warm handshakes and wishes had given him the _______ he badly needed . After achieving some success, he decided to do the same thing as Michael,

The moment needed no ______. The two men worked silently , side by side , handing out their sandwiches . It was another day on Centre Street , but a day with just a little more _______.

【推荐3】As a student, I have always loved to write. I have used writing as a means of expression and _________.

Luckily, I met Dr O' Foran -a unique_________ teacher in the second semester of my junior year._________waiting for students to come to her, she went to them. She often said, "I_________ to get to know how you work and why you are here, so I can best_________you. As every good teacher should do, she_________ us to be the best students and writers we can be. She truly treated her students as_________ not as machines pumping out perfect papers. She took account of our_________, our goals and our dreams, and changed her_________ to meet our needs.

I remember one time I__________my edited poem and waited for my teacher’s positive comments__________. But when I later opened the document, I received a mixture of praise and suggested__________. I resubmitted the poem after making a few improvements, hoping I had__________ my work.

However, the next comments I received were more suggested changes. I was__________. I was used to teachers' praising my work and imagery(形象的描述). But Dr.O' Foran was__________. She knew my abilities and my goals. My work may have been fine for another student with__________goals, but it wasn’t for me.

I made more changes and__________ more words. What I discovered was a piece of__________work in my eyes.

I was proud of my poem, __________ after I had put in much hard work, thanks to my teacher who urged me to __________ the work she knew I was able to create.

【推荐2】I noticed a dad and his son at the park. The son wasn’t able to ______ , but the dad seemed ______ sitting in the sand. The dad ______ to me that his son could only make some ______ . The boy had been in speech therapy(言语治疗)for years. After so much ______ in therapy, the boy was able to maintain eye contact for a few seconds and the father was ______ with the achievement (成就)! He told me what a pleasure it was to see all of the years of hard work ______ despite the expensive therapy.

As we talked about therapy, the dad ______ with me that his goal for his boy was to someday be able to go for ice cream together. He ______ he could do the same with his child as his father did. ______ , the son stopped putting his fingers in the sand, looked at his father and said, “Hi.” Seconds later the boy went back into his own world. The dad wanted to ______ something, but he couldn’t. His love for this boy was so ______ that the words would not come. But what did come were tears. Those tears conveyed(传达)how ______ he was of his son. A father ______ his child more than words will ever be able to convey.

Although they were strangers to me, I am ______ to have shared this valuable celebration of progress in that boy’s young life.

【推荐2】A businessman was in debt and couldn’t figure out what to do. He was sitting on a bench in the park with his head down, thinking what could _______ the company from bankruptcy. _______ , an old man appeared in front of him.

“I see that something is _______ you,” he said.

After listening to the businessman, the old man said: “I think I can _______ you. ”

He asked the businessman what his name was, wrote him a _______ and said: “Take this money. We will _______ here exactly in one year, and you will be _______ to return it to me at that time. ”

After that, he turned around and _______ just as suddenly as he appeared. The businessman saw a check in his hands for an amount of 500,000 dollars, signed by John Rockefeller, one of the _______ people in the world at that time!

“I can ________ all of my problems in no time!”

He thought. But instead, the businessman decided to ________ the check into his safe. Thinking about its existence gave him the ________ to find a solution to save his business.

With the return of his ________ , he made profitable deals. Over a couple of months, he got out of ________ and started to earn money again.

Exactly one year later, he returned to the ________ with the same check. At the agreed time the old man appeared again. Just as the businessman wanted to return the check and share his story of success, a ________ ran up and grabbed the old man.

“I hope he wasn’t bothering you. He always runs away from the hospital and tells people that he is John Rockefeller.” She said to the businessman.

The businessman was ________. During the whole year, he was creating and building a business, buying and selling, ________ that he had half a million dollars. And suddenly he understood that it was not the ________ , real or imaginary, that had changed his life. It was his new confidence and belief that gave him the strength to ________ everything that he had.

【推荐3】As she pulled herself over the summit of El Capitan, Emily Harrington knew she had made history. The 34-year-old completed the ___________task in 21 hours, 13 minutes and 51seconds, becoming the first US woman to free ___________the difficult Golden Gate route. Since she started climbing as a l0-year-old, El Capitan has fascinated Harrington. She’s spent numerous hours practicing to become___________to climbing it. Free climbers use just their hands and feet to climb, with a_________to catch them if they fall. Such a high risky and _________life-threatening challenge requires years of preparation, both mentally and physically.

However, an attempt last year ended in disaster after Harrington hit her head on a rock, and suffered concussion (脑震荡). ___________, she did not suffer any long-term injuries. It’s absolutely a mental _____________to return this year and try again. Harrington was pushed to her limits when she fell, her hands___________when at approximately 2,800 feet off the ground. It felt like a_____________fall, for the rope was going to catch her. But she felt the______________of blood pouring down her face. She realized that she had hit her head ____________. The wound on her head was deep and it seemed as though the challenge would have to be ______________again. But this time she hadn’t suffered concussion. Stopping the blood flow and determined not to let another fall____________her dream, Harrington had one more go.

“We should be less afraid to be afraid. It’s a very valid emotion we shouldn’t______________     from. In many ways, we can use it as fuel and strength. “Harrington is currently staying put during the pandemic, hoping to be ______________climbing around the world when it’s safe. More dangerous trips come after a lot of thought.