【推荐1】The heaviest snow in a hundred years hit the south of China. It snowed_________for half a month. Many people were_________in railway stations, bus stations and airports. People did everything they could to fight the_________ ; nobody was killed from cold and_________ . Gradually, the trapped people all went back home_________. While fighting the snow, people_________their animal friends until a moving story of a swallow couple appeared on the Internet.

The couple hadn’t eaten anything for several days_________the snow. They tried to fly into people’s home to warm themselves, but every house was_________tightly. They got to a side of a balcony (阳台)where wind couldn’t reach. They jumped and flapped (拍打)their wings to_________the attention of the people inside the house, who were__________their own things. The wife’s body was__________. She couldn’t move any longer. The husband came near and__________her with his wings. The husband lost his heat soon because of his opened wings.

The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to__________his flowers and saw a dead swallow outside. __________ it, he found they were two embracing (拥抱) together. Thinking of the__________the snow had brought to people, he was moved to tears. He took them in for giving them some warmness they couldn’t feel any longer. He found a small box, filled it with some hay (干草) and lay the couple in. He buried them in the garden of the community.

【推荐2】In August 2017, the town of Katy, Southeast Texas was badly affected by Hurricane Harvey. Nearly 700 of its homes and 80 businesses were _______ or destroyed. But the locals didn’t wait for the rain to stop before opening their doors,refrigerators and _______ to first responders (第一反应人员), neighbors and even strangers. 

Beaver Aplin, owner of a chain of _______, was preparing for the opening of his newest location just outside Katy.When the _______ hit, Aplin opened the store _______ without thinking twice. He put the word out, telling the victims to _______ what they needed, free of charge. 

Meanwhile, the locals ran, drove and paddled (用桨划船) to _______ their neighbors. A nearby Bass Pro Shops donated all 80 boats it had and then its head office _______ dozens more. Other residents found _______ ways to join in. Shakeib Mashhood used social media to gather more than 100 volunteers who gave out food and water and ________ storm-damaged homes. 

These were just a small part of the ________ of heroism that came out of Katy. But Mashhood, like many others of his fellow Texan heroes, ________ he didn’t do anything special.  

Even first responders coming from the outside of Katy could instantly feel the town’s ________ spirit. “We helped people in lots of other areas, too, but Katy was amazing. Neighbors were going from house to house to ________ everyone they could,”David Scherff told Katy Magazine.“I was so ________ that I even had thoughts of moving here.”

【推荐3】The Cajun Navy is a group of volunteer small boat owners who help people during bad storms and floods. The group ________ volunteering during Hurricane Katrina. During that storm alone, they ________ more than 10,000 people from flooded homes and rooftops! Since then, they have saved more ________ around the US! The Cajun Navy has gone to save during many of the worst ________ that hit the US, such as Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Florence.

Using their ________, they always go into places where people and animals are trapped by floodwaters. They bring their small boats and great skills to find those who are ________ and then they ________ them to safety. How strong and ________ they are in struggling with floodwaters!

Many of the volunteers are fishermen and ________ boat pilots. They, who come from the southeast United States, are expert in ________ through a series of swamps (沼泽) and narrow waterways. The skills they have help them find the way around ________ floodwaters.

A reporter ________ his feelings and meanwhile ________ them after the Cajun Navy stepped in to help during bad flooding in Louisiana. “The ________ were volunteers from the Cajun Navy, who had no ranks, no uniforms, no ________ medals awarded to them for acts of bravery. It was a(n) ________ heart, not a commanding officer, that called them into risky ________ to carry endangered citizens to higher and safer ground,” he said.

The Cajun Navy is a great example of character in action. They do also ________ others. And more and more volunteers join the group. They often put themselves in danger to ________ others. And they do not do it for money or attention, but ________ because they can help and they want to help.

【推荐2】My new Japanese friends stared at me from the other side of the small, square table. There_________in the Centre of the table, a bowl full of pasta, with black squid (乌贼) ink sauce. When I _________ that Italian food was my favorite, they just took me to the best Italian restaurant in the city. So there I sat, _________clear on my face, as my three friends stared at me with big smiles on their faces. I had tasted and enjoyed a variety of spaghetti sauces. _________, I had certainly never eaten or imagined eating pasta covered in black ink sauce.

I took the fork and spoon and put a _________ serving onto my plate. The first feeling I experienced as the spaghetti noodle touched my tongue was not_________, but interest. It was strange, but interesting. My friends smiled at me from_________the table. With their teeth and lips as_________ as night, they looked like dead bodies. I tried to explain this to them and in the_________I learned a new Japanese word. For the next twenty minutes we got __________ in calling the waitress over to our table and making her laugh as we ordered more drinks, smiling broadly the whole time.

__________, like people, come in all shapes, sizes, and colours. It is said, “The true voyage of discovery lies not in__________new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Our days are filled with mini-adventures that are__________so quickly without a thought, I would have__________this adventure completely if I had actually known what I was ordering when I ordered it, but I was__________for the mistake.