【推荐1】When smoke was found coming out of the back of the school bus early Tuesday morning, the bus driver, Teresa Stroble, immediately knew what to do. Thanks to her ________ thinking, more than 50 students’ lives were ________

While ________ a group of 56 students to their middle school in Duncan, South Carolina, on Tuesday, Teresa Stroble noticed the heavy ________ rising from the back of her bus. She ________ pulled the bus over, evacuated(疏散)the students, and asked ________ to call 911. Firefighters arrived at the scene shortly after the fire began and quickly ________ the fire, which was so ________ that people driving by were able to feel its heat inside their cars. Parents of the children on the bus were ________ the fire, but thanks to Teresa Stroble, the news they received was all ________: not a single child had been hurt.

Since then, Teresa Stroble, who has been a bus driver for seven years ________also works as a teacher’s assistant (助教), has been ________ for her brave actions. “We are so ________ of our bus driver,” headmaster Scott Turner told local CBS News. “She was ________. She also kept the students calm. She made sure they were safe. She didn’t leave the bus ________ they all left. She is our hero today.”

【推荐2】The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was _________, so he became _________ when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree._________, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”

The man was _________ by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was     _______. He _________ at her, stating, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl_________ at him with _________ in her eyes and cried,” Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew _________into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.”

The father was __________. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her __________ .Only a short time later, an accident __________ the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an __________ kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, has been given a gold container fled with__________love and kisses...from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more __________ than this.

【推荐3】Dad was not only my best friend, but my compass. While he was alive, he_______me with his actions and advice. He taught me one important_______:“Believe in yourself.” If there was one phrase my dad_______liked to hear, it was “I can’t!” He never got to finish high school and_______two jobs to support his large family，_______he never complained. Through education and years of hard work, my dad became an excellent journalist.

When I was in high school, I had a_______time with maths. He tried to help me, but I still struggled. So my maths teacher suggested I meet with him at 7：00 each morning before school for_______help. I told Dad, “That’s crazy! I’m tired! I can’t do that!” He replied, “You’re doing it. I’ll send you to school. Every morning at 6：45, we’d leave the_______ Despite working 12 hours every day, Dad never once_______driving me to school.

After months of learning I was facing the final exam. I was so________. On the day of the final, my dad hugged me and said, “Luke,________yourself. You can do it.” His words made me realize I needed to trust in my________and in the hours of work I’d put in. When I got my________proudly, the first person I called was my father. He cried, “Yes! You deserved it!” Even now, whenever I________that a task is too much for me, I think back to that exam. No matter how________something is, if you’re willing to work, you can succeed. I’m forever grateful to Dad for that lesson.

【推荐2】I became the youngest person in the world to climb Broad Peak in 2018. Then I set my _________ on Mount Qomolangma.

Even highly _________ mountaineers face barriers like extreme altitude, avalanches (雪崩), and freezing temperatures. Still, I was _________.

I turned 19 on March 11, 2021. On the 24th day of the month, I landed in Nepal to summit (登顶) Mount Qomolangma—the _________ point on Earth at 8,848.86 meters. I spent close to two months at Base Camp and took shorter hikes up the mountain to _________ the conditions and the low-oxygen environment.

Base Camp sits at an elevation of 5,364 meters, tall enough to cause _________ emergencies. The route is mostly a long, slow, technically _________, oxygen-starved journey. I was nervous at first, but I didn’t rush as I moved around layers of _________ shifting, huge ice blocks.

I witnessed fellow climbers _________ and heard some screaming for help at the top of their lungs. Sometimes, I stopped dead in my __________. I gasped for air, but I had no choice but to keep __________.

I was in Qomolangma’s Death Zone for 24 hours. Oxygen is so __________ in the Death Zone and the body’s cells begin to die. Hikers have to __________ oxygen tanks. Most deaths from climbing Qomolangma __________ in the Death Zone.

On May 11, 2021, I became the fourth teenager in the world to climb Mount Qomolangma. I was on top of the world, literally! I felt like I could __________ the sky.

【推荐3】With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He____played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always ___his head without a word.

One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗). ___of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever____his sapling best shall get a gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get the gift.____seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he____an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never___ it.

Several days later, he was ___to find it not only didn’t die, but also grew so many fresh____. Compared with those of his brothers’ and sisters’, his appeared greener. His father kept his __ , bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding ___after growing up.

From then on, the boy slowly became____and confident. One evening, he suddenly ___his biology teacher once said that plants ___grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?

When he came to the courtyard, he found his father working near the tree! Immediately he____: Father had been secretly____his tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.

Decades passed. The boy didn’t become a botanist. ___, he became the U.S. __. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

__ is the best nourishment (滋养品) of life.___ it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!