【推荐1】From the moment my husband brought home three chicks, our nine-year-old Sophie hasn't let them out of her sight. She lovingly _________ them Trixie, Bearty and Captain Flint.

Sophie has done _________ things with them. One hot day, she wanted to take Captain Flint to the _________. I wasn't so sure about it: Could chickens swim? Sophie _________ a stick on her swimming ring for Captain Flint to sit on, and the two floated down the stream.

_________ Sophie dressed as a chicken for Halloween and _________ to persuade us to let Trixie come along. The neighbors’ _________ were extremely funny. “Wait, is that a real chicken you're holding?” Trixie cooed (咕咕叫) the whole time.

The chickens are teaching us about love as well as _________ and grief (悲伤). Sadly, Captain Flint _________ an untimely death after a hawk attack. We ____________ her. Before the accident, the chickens weren't ____________ in the house. To cheer Sophie up, we've permitted one chicken inside at a time if Sophie immediately ____________ after the visit. The chickens brought a flash of ____________ back to our lives. In a few short months, they have, taught us to ____________ what we can't change and find joy where we can, for which I am so ____________.

【推荐2】Chris was born in a smaller cardboard with three other kittens. He was in a smaller box marked “free kittens” when Emily ________ him and took him home. After that, he would be ________ a box to sleep in.

Chris slept in different boxes even in Emily’s sock drawer, if she left it ________. Emily’s mother suggested Chris need a(n) ________ house of his own, but Emily thought little of it.

One day, Emily came home from school and she searched everywhere, but no Chris. ________, she found the big cat hiding himself inside her mom’s new glass vase. His fatty body almost ________ the vase. “We have to ________ the vase to get him out!” Emily cried. “No,” said her dad, “If the vase is broken, the glass pieces might hurt Chris, maybe we can ________ butter (黄油) to the inside of the vase and pull him out.”

Emily’s mom buttered a lot inside of the vase and her dad tried to ________ the unhappy cat out, but they ________ . Realizing the awkward situation, Emily suggested visiting a ________ . Soon they arrived there with a(n) ________, frightened, buttery cat in a vase. The vet had Emily and her family ________ in the hall when he gave Chris a shot to make him sleepy.

Half an hour later, Chris was brought out successfully. Not only Chris, but the vase was still in one ________! The next day, Emily brought home a refrigerator box and made it into a rocket ship. Now Chris sleeps in it and dreams of ________ space mice.

【推荐1】I was disappointed at not being accepted into the national IT competition I’d applied for. I sat on the sofa, lost in _____, chewing on my lip and staring outside.

I went upstairs,_____ and upset. Grandpa’s door was open for me as usual. There, he was waiting for my _____ with great excitement. I stood silently, forcing a smile to cover my sadness. He seemed to _____ my thoughts immediately, giving me a hug. I was shocked that such a _____ body was full of so much energy.

Only then did my emotions start_____ out. I told him that all my _____ were for nothing, and that I was feeling discouraged. Grandpa smiled at me gently and said, “Don’t worry. You’re far stronger than you think.” Then he _____, “Life can be full of ups and downs so what we need to do is still have our hopes and _____, neglecting the anxiety that makes it easy to give up.”

He patted me on the shoulder, with a determined look, and said, “Cheer up. I firmly ______ that you have the ability to succeed.” Grandpa’s encouragement soon made my ______ disappear.

The next day, I thought about all my problems and______ a plan. Now, I believe that with a positive attitude towards failure, I’ll ______ reach my goals.

Looking back, I realize that we should share our setbacks and progress in life with our______. As my grandpa showed, the ______ of our family members will benefit us forever.

【推荐2】Mona Lisa, the famous picture _________ by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505, is getting _________ by the year. Visitors have noticed _________ but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Nearly 6 million people go to _________ the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. ”It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be _________, and then you look at her and she _________," said Professor Livingstone.

_________, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile.

Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always _________ it with him, until it was_________ sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519. In 1911, the painting was __________ from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the __________ hidden under his coat. He said he planned to __________ it to Italy. The painting was sent back to__________ two years later. During World WarII, the French __________ the painting in small towns to keep it out of the__________ of German forces.

【推荐3】Hundreds of medical students crowded into a lecture hall in the Bronx, New York on Feb.26, 2024. Dr. Ruth Gottesman, a 94-year-old honorary professor at their college, _________ that she would donate $1,000,000,000 to the college — the _________ donation ever made to any medical school. She said, “Starting from August this year, Einstein Medical School will be tuition (学费) _________.”

Then enthusiastic cheers _________ in the hall, and the students jumped up and _________ wildly. The tuition fee of this college is $63,000 per year, and many graduates _________ over $200,000 in debt at the beginning of their _________.

The college stated that _________ Gottesman’s donation, all students in the school will no longer need to _________ any fees starting from this term.

David Gottesman is the ____________ of First Manhattan, a Wall Street investment firm, and a close friend of Warren Buffett, the stock god. The ____________ between the two began in 1963 and lasted for decades. Under Buffett’s guidance, Gottesman ____________ a significant amount of valuable shares.

In 2022, David Gottesman passed away at the age of 96. Ruth was ____________ shocked to learn the exact size of money ____________ her husband died. “I was surprised to find that he left me a large fortune,” she recalled. The will left by her husband is very ____________: “Use it to do anything you think is right.” ____________ with this huge money, she hardly hesitated and decided to donate it all to Einstein Medical School. She said that all her children supported her ____________.

She also expressed her hope to ____________ outstanding students who were ____________ hesitant to apply to Einstein Medical School due to financial reasons by ____________ tuition pressure.