【推荐2】For me, becoming an Olympian was not developing a gift of natural athletic ability, but an act of will.

In the summer of 1979, I started _______ for the Olympic trials(选拔赛) to be held the next year.I felt happy as I made progress towards my big _______. But then in November, an _______ situation appeared. I injured my back and couldn’t move. I had to leave the _______. Everyone felt _______ for me. Everyone but me.

I never believed this would _______me. However, my _______ was slow. With only a few months remaining, I knew I would never make it _______ I did something. So, I started training in the only way I could in my mind.

I bought films of the world­record holders in pentathlon (五项全能运动).Sitting in a chair, I _______ them over and over.I lay on the bed and imagined the experience of ________ at the trials. Some people thought I was crazy, but I wasn’t ready to ________ yet. I trained as hard as I could without moving a muscle (肌肉). I ________ this practice with all my heart.

By the time the trials actually began, I had been ________ enough to compete. ________,as I walked across the field, I heard a voice on the loudspeaker announcing my name.I could hardly hold back my ________ as the announcer said, “Second place,1980 Olympic Pentathlon: Marilyn King.”

【推荐3】Wayne Gretzky was about five when he first saw Gordie Howe, a Canadian professional ice hockey (曲棍球) player, on television. He immediately became a   ___ of the Detroit Red Wings star. “I was really ____.” he said. “Not everybody gets to meet his hero and ____ when you meet them it isn’t as good as you think it’s going to be. I got so lucky that the guy I ____ happened to be so special.”

Howe joined the Red Wings in 1946 and spent most of his long career in Detroit. He won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s top ____ on six occasions and also ____ the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player six times.

“He was a(n) ____ guy.” Gretzky said. “He never asked for anything from anybody, ____ he would do anything for anyone.” Gretzky added that it wouldn’t   ___ whether you were a server in a restaurant or the Prime Minister; Howe ____everyone the same. “He had a way to be able to ____ to anybody and put everybody at ease.” he said. “He was just a really ____ person.”

“When I was 10 he told me, ‘Make sure you ____ your backhand.’” Gretzky said. “So I always had a great ____ in and scored many goals with my backhand. A   ___ we had as players was that our backhand was ____ and solid (坚固的) and I think that’s the one thing I really ____ from him.”

“Howe said to me when I turned pro and signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association at 17, ‘You worked hard to get to the professional ___, but nowadays you’ve got to work much harder. So many guys who have turned pro sort of ____ about that.’ That was the one thing he told me that ____ stuck in my brain.”

【推荐1】On Dyec. 13, 2014, Nubia Wilson turned 16. But instead of _______with an exciting Sweet 16 birthday party, the California teen devoted this milestone to _______the lives of orphans in Ethiopia.

Through several summers of volunteer work at an Ethiopia orphanage, Nubia learned firsthand the severe poverty so many children _______. In an email to The Huffington Post, Nubia said that she was _______struck by the children’s lack of access to _______— their school only went through the fourth grade.

Over the course of her volunteer work, Nubia became interested in one _______, Hermela. She writes: Out of the many students in the kindergarten class, Hermela became _______and attached to me to a point where it was becoming _______for both of us to leave each other. She is now in the second grade. The thought of Hermela not being able to have her meal and _______education after the fourth grade became __________and I knew I had to do something.

That’s when Nubia decided that she didn’t want a traditional Sweet 16. __________, she wanted to use the money her parents would have spent on a party to establish __________grade class for Hermela and other kids.

“The money could provide a(n) __________solution that will serve for many years compared to the one-day __________of my party,” Nubia wrote to Huffpost Live.   In short, I want Hermela to continue __________.”

After telling friends and family her __________, Nubia set up a(n) __________page “Keep Hermela Smiling” on CrowdRise. Her __________will raise funds for the Fregenet Foundation, which funds education and community services in Ethiopia.

So far, Nubia has __________＄2,781 of her ＄10,000 goal. Nubia says that her parents have been extremely __________; they’re selling most of their Ethiopian artifacts to help raise funds.

Nubia’s birthday may not have been a party, but it’s truly a celebration.

【推荐2】The journey Betty had with her swimming was long but beautiful. She suffered some terrible illness in her early childhood. After years of _________, she finally became healthy.

Two years ago, while Betty was watching a sports program, a dream came into her head-to be a swimmer. Last summer, she wanted to _________ a local swimming team. So she practiced hard and finally _________ in being a member of it. However, the team training was a difficult start. She coughed _________ in her first few weeks. But she didn’t want to _________. She kept swimming and didn’t miss a single practice. She had a strong will to be the best she could be. _________ there were many difficulties, nothing could keep her _________ trying.

Then came the final award (奖项) ceremony at the end of the year, Betty didn’t _________ any award but was still there to cheer on her friends. With the ceremony near the end, she suddenly heard the coach announcing (通知), “The highest honor (荣誉) goes to Betty! She has inspired (激励) us with her _________ and love.”

It was the __________ moment of Betty’s life. With all she had been through in her ten years, this was the hour of true success.

【推荐3】Are forests always created by nature? A man from India proves that this is not necessarily _______.

Abdul Kareem, who used to be an airline ticketing agent, has a great love for the _______. _______ he never went to college, he can talk about plants and trees like an expert. In 1977, he bought a piece of _______ wasteland with the dream of growing trees on it. In the beginning, people thought he was _______ to waste his time and money on the land. But he simply _______ them and kept _______ the soil and planting trees there. The land was so dry that it had to be _______ several times a day. Kareem had to _______ the water from a source that was a kilometer away. In the first two years, none of the trees he planted __________.   However, in the third year, several young trees started growing. Greatly __________ by the result, Kareem planted more trees and his man­made forest began to __________.

Kareem let his forest grow   __________， without using any chemicals to help it grow or __________ insects. He __________ the ability of nature to renew __________. That’s __________ he did not allow fallen leaves or twigs from the forest to be removed.

After years of hard work, Kareem has not only realized his dream __________ transformed a piece of deserted property into a beautiful forest as well. Today, his forest is __________ to 1,500 medicinal plants, 2,000 varieties of trees, rare birds, animals, and insects. Now, scientists from all over the world come to visit his __________. They hope to find the secret of his success.

【推荐3】Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely walk, Svetlana had always dreamed to enter the Olympics scene some day.

However, her _________ ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere. The last thing she _________ was a blinding flash of light. In hospital, when told she would never _________ again, she couldn’t believe it. Three months later, she was _________ out of hospital on a wheelchair. Then a friend came to her house to visit her with an old Child’s storybook. A bookmark in it made her _________ to page 117. The name of the _________ was ‘The Day Clara walked’. She was determined to return to stage whatever it might cost.

_________, after a year’s hard exercise, Svetlana _________ and was able to display her gymnastics. While she was sitting on the green bench _________ the Athens Stadium, memories __________: first, the pain and the tears, the book under her pillow, the words of relatives full of advice and comfort, and the pity in those eyes that had once held __________ for her talent. Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on __________, their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder, __________ she could balance the hoop (健身圈) as well as her teammates. She registered for the Olympic Games and finally she received __________ from the Olympic Committee.

Her __________ was interrupted by the attendant who said, “It’s time”, two words that she had been __________to hear for so long. Smoothing her dress, she walked into the stadium, each __________ firm and steady. Everything was __________, and the applause rang loud in her ears, her heart hammering violently against her chest.

Later that night, Svetlana pulled the gold medal out of her pocket and placed it on the old __________ on the shelf, which opened to page 117, to the chapter ‘The Day Clara Walked’, tears __________ her vision.