【推荐3】I love wildlife. So when my friend said that we had a chance to _________ brown bears in the High Tatras, I didn’t think twice about it, and we _________ arrangements to go the following week.

The trip was a great _______ ! We walked for hours and stayed in a _________ mountain hut(小屋) which was usually reserved for park rangers. It actually took us some trouble even to locate it. As soon as we arrived, our guide _________ to us that we would be fully integrated(融入) into their research programme and would be tracking the _________ of bears wearing GPS transmitters. On the first day, we were woken up at sunrise and, after _________ some warm clothes, set off into the forest. Our guide walked very _________ and we had trouble keeping up with him. Suddenly he _________ across a small hill. He must have caught sight of a bear. We followed him as fast as we could, but by the time we reached him, the bear had __________ into the bushes. Later in the week, though, we did manage to observe several bears feeding on berries. We were so excited. Yet, __________ hurrying to take photos, we __________ our breath, stayed about 30 meters away and just watched them. Our guide insisted that we should keep our __________ from the bears so as not to __________ them.

Observing bears in their natural habitat(栖息地) was really __________. I had never experienced anything like that before. If I hadn’t had to go back to school, I would happily have stayed on for several more weeks.

【推荐2】A man in Elkhorn City, Kentucky is being called a “local hero” after he saved a driver from a burning car.

Justin Quesenberry was eating at home when he heard a loud ______ not far away. He rushed out, only to find a car, near the edge of a hillside, was on fire.

Neighbors gathered ______ in no time. They called 911 and waited for fire engines to come ______. Due to the smoke and heat, the crowd failed to ______ the car. Quesenberry predicted there was little possibility that the driver could ______.

Once the car windows were broken, some air made its way through the front seat, showing the driver was still alive. “You are on fire! Get out of the car!” Quesenberry ______. But the driver didn’t have any ______ and he just fell down in the driver seat. Without ______, Quesenberry fought through the fire and climbed inside the car. He ______ to pull the driver out of the driver seat ______.

Moments later, the fire grew brighter and the smoke became darker before the fire department got to the scene to ______ the fire.

If Quesenberry got ______ and let fear take him over, every second was a great ______ to the driver’s life.

The driver was sent to the ______ immediately, and the officials say that he is now ______ from the injury.

【推荐3】“They’re following me!” I thought to myself. I noticed two young men on motorbikes slow down next to me. As I drove, they kept watching me through their helmets (头盔). Such kind of experience was not ________ in a big city so I didn’t have to worry about it. They would go away sooner or later. Instead, I was troubled by a truly ________ thing in my life 一 I had just lost my job. I could hardly control my feelings. Then suddenly I discovered that whenever I stopped at a traffic light, the two bikers would also stop alongside, ________ me closely.

This continued through three traffic lights. Their purposes were unclear to me.

________ and nervous, I drove as fast as I could to stay ________ of them, but they kept following and I couldn’t shake them off. Finally I reached home and felt a sense of ________. But to my surprise, they had ________ me all the way to my doorstep. Even scarier, they were now off the bikes, trying to talk to me.

Feeling safer on this familiar ground, I started to get ________ Then I walked over and wanted to teach them a lesson. “ Please don’t ________ us, ” one of them said, “We saw you crying inside your car and wanted to make sure you were OK. Do you need ________ of any kind?”

I ________ at once what had happened. The men had seen me breaking down in my car and followed me just because they ________ about the feelings of a stranger.

I never saw them again. I didn’t even ask for their ________ But even today, more than 10 years later, I am still ________ by the warmth they brought to a stranger, and remember them for their kindness.

【推荐1】I used to do the luxury(奢侈品)business, but I failed in the global financial crisis (金融危机). I lost everything, including my_________ and my rich life. I kept looking for work for a long time, but_________ luck. My confidence was gone.

A friend of mine owned several car washes(洗车店)，and he_________ me a job. I refused. To me, working in a car wash meant_________. When I didn't have money for a niece’s birthday_________, I knew I had to do something. So I called my friend back and_________ the job.

On the third day of the work, a beautiful woman, who was my assistant five years ago, pulled in_________ a brand-new Lexus. Wearing a red jacket with a car wash logo on it, I was about to die from shame. There was nowhere to run, no place to_________ However, something that happened_________ really changed my life. While her car was getting__________, she said she was happy to see me, that I'd been a great __________, and that she was glad I was working. Too many of her friends were __________, and at least I wasn't trapped behind a desk. I realized how __________ I truly was, and I decided I would try my best to increase my friend’s business. __________, over the next few months, I __________ a large number of deluxe washes (豪华洗车服务). I saw hundreds of people every day, and none of them thought I was a failure. They all __________ me. Then, about six months later, one of my old clients (客户)called asking me to help set up a new __________ company. A few months after that, I moved the company to Asia and met new cultures and __________ markets.

Therefore, not from behind a __________ but from a red jacket gained my __________ and came to my success.

【推荐3】I looked down at Paisley the Dog, my stomach filled with butterflies. This was our moment. This was what we had _______ for.

I didn’t want anyone to know it was our first _______. I remembered what my teacher had told me. “If you _______ your dog while you’re doing the heeling exercise (随行训练), it looks like you don’t _______ your dog.” So I looked straight _______, marching across the grass.

The whole exercise went _______. I knew we were impressive. Usually in training classes, people would keep _______ while watching Paisley follow my movements. But why were they whispering now? “About turn!” the _______ called. I turned crisply, making sure not to look at Paisley. I needed to _______ that I fully trusted her. ________ spread through the crowd. What was so funny? I stood taller still. I was a kid, sure. At fifteen, I was the ________ at the trial. But I knew what I was doing. I had no ________ for jealous (忌妒的) people.

The judge called a few more moves and then our task was ________. I was about to reach down to give Paisley a well-deserved scratch when I found she wasn’t there. It was then that I ________ the dog had been sitting aside, watching me do the entire heeling exercise ________. My face burned with embarrassment.