【推荐1】I spent many years doing things seemingly “important” to me. I was told that college is great and that all that _____ in life is to get a good job, a partner... These _____, just like for many of you, were so _____ fixed in my mind from childhood.

During one of my summer holidays, I finally realized my _____. I already studied for a couple of years, and I spent almost no time _____ what I would actually want. I studied throughout weekdays and did things _____ me nowhere at weekends.

The last year of my studies was _____. Something was bound to change in difficulty. I had already begun

Taking care of my body also ______ me to look after what I was ______. I no longer ate fatty and sugary food. To my ______, I wasn’t leading a bad lifestyle anymore. So I was becoming ______. The best part about it was that I didn’t even have to try hard, so I enjoyed the ______! It might be a paradox(矛盾) to some, but I feel more ______ by doing intense(剧烈的) exercise. ______, exercise keeps me cheerful and I realize one’s ______ begins, with physical health.

【推荐2】A 70-year-old Chinese woman has been called “Super Grannie” after it was reported that she is _________ about running and has completed over 100 marathons (马拉松) so far.

Most people _________ to take it easy after they retire (退休), but Wang Guilan, from Liaoning, is _________ not one of them. She only started running at the age of 50, as a _________ to keep in shape, but soon realized it was her passion (酷爱). She ran her first marathon in 2004 and hasn’t _________ since. From 2005 to 2017, she completed the Beijing Marathon thirteen times, and this year she set a new record, becoming the _________ person to ever complete the 168-kilometer Liaoning marathon.

“This lady is as old as my grandmother, how can she run so fast? That’s _________,” a runner in his twenties said after seeing Wang compete _________ the Liaoning marathon in April. Last year, she ran for the 110 km version of the marathon with her _________. It was reported that she waited for her friend to catch up for about 5-6 hours __________ they could cross the finishing line together, but this year she took part in the marathon by __________, and chose the longest distance.

So __________ can a 70-year-old stay in good condition to complete a marathon, while most people half her __________ couldn’t finish? One reason, according to Sina, is that Wang Guilan runs at least 20 kilometers every day. And she __________ running on mountain roads in her native Liaoning, but in winter she runs on asphalt (沥青) roads.

Wang Guilan __________ believes that age is just a number, and plans to continue running and enjoying the sunset of her life for as long as her health allows it.

【推荐3】Short bursts of exercise can make you fit in the long term. To prove this, Gillen’s team randomly assigned participants to three _________. One rode an exercise bike at a moderate (中等的) level of _________ for 45 minutes, three times per week. A second group did three times _________ the 10-minute high-intensity workouts. A third group _________ a control and did nothing.

After 12 weeks, both exercise groups had _________ their insulin (胰岛素) resistance and also increased their _________ (as measured by their capacity to use oxygen during exercise) by about 19 percent. The gains were _________ between the groups, even though the group doing _________ workouts with high intensity intervals had spent only about 22 percent as much _________ as the group doing traditional longer workouts. But people in the second group do find these __________ interval exercise programs enjoyable enough to __________.

Turning to shorter workouts is not just a way to __________ time. It can also help you continue to make fitness __________ even when life gets in the __________.

“Let’s say you have exams coming up or your job is __________ and you only have a couple of hours perweek to exercise,” Androulakis-Korakakis says, “__________ feeling like your strength and muscle will __________, turning to a minimum-amount __________ can still help you continue __________ your body.”

“It’s hard to __________ that you don’t have 10 or 15 minutes that you can find. That’s just not checking your email one more time or getting off social media,” de Lannoy says.

【推荐1】Getting accepted to Harvard Law School was a feeling that Rehan Staton will never forget.

Staton had a stable life growing up until his mother_______the family moved out of the county when he was 8. His father then worked multiple jobs to _______. Rehan and his older brother, but the family struggled _______ they often had no food or electrictity.

Rehan's academics significantly suffered. As his grade _______ , he channeled his energy into sports. He was _______ in boxing and won national and international competitions which he hoped would become his way out of _______. However, his dream were _______ when he suffered a shoulder injury in the 12^th grade.

Rehan's poor grades as a senior resulted in him being _______ by every college he applied to. So he took a job at Bates Trucking and Trash,_______ rubbish and cleaning dustbins.

Rather than add to his despair, the job marked a ________ point. His co-workers found his ________ , uplifted him and urged him to go back to school. Finally he was ________ to Bowie State University. By the end of his second year, Rehan decided he wanted to go to ________ school.

Rehan was ________ for the support he got from his co-workers. “It was the first time in my life that a group of individual had really just ________ me, and told me I was intelligent."