【推荐1】It's strange, but I don't really remember about the hurricane itself. It all happened so _________. I was sitting in my room when the roof（屋顶）just _________. All of a sudden, there was sky where the roof had been and I was very _________. Without a roof, staying inside was really _________. It was August, so it was really hot and it smelled so _________ everywhere! Living in the _________ air, we became breakfast, lunch and dinner for the mosquitoes（蚊子）. We had lost our home and everything in it. But as Mom kept on _________ us, we were all together and safe. Mom's words made us feel _________. I remember us all lying under the midnight _________ and looking up at the stars. Even though we had lost a lot, moments like those gave us __________ for the future.

Although it was only a few days before we were __________, it felt like months. We were taken to another town in a faraway county. Now, one year has __________ and I'm back home in New Orleans. We are working together to __________ our homes and our lives. Now we have another chance to look up at the __________ of New Orleans, their beauty inspiring us and giving us __________ to move on.

【推荐3】Pennsylvania is full of mysterious places! One of those is an old turnpike (收费高速公路) abandoned for decades. People in Pennsylvania view it as a museum. My dad loves________, and he learned it was open to the public. ________, when I was 14, we took a bike trip to ________ this road!

My dad chose a 16-mile________ of the road for us to ride. Part of it included an old tunnel called Sideling Hill which is over a mile long! To prepare, we checked our ________ and made   sure our lights had batteries. In the morning, we loaded our bikes into the car and set off.

As we ________ the tunnel, I felt nervous as it was absolutely black inside! But Dad ________ me. He said he would be ________ me. He reminded me to stay ________ and keep my light on!

When we entered the tunnel, the sound of our bikes was heard through the darkness. I shined my flashlight around and saw walls________with graffiti (涂鸦). And I felt like I was being ________! I was pretty scared, but ________ following Dad. He helped me relax. After riding ________through, I could see light coming from the other end motivating me to keep going. And I was so delighted to ride out into the bright   afternoon!

________ going through difficulties in life, I remember this trip. It reminds me that my father is always beside me. He turns on the light of hope in my heart and gives me courage to keep riding through life’s ________tunnels.

【推荐2】Washington is home to lots of trees, and lots of fireplaces and wood-burning stoves too. But what if you _______ there and couldn’t cut or buy wood? _______ Shane McDaniel and his twin sons, Harrison and Henry, are _______ to lend a hand. The three men cut truckloads of wood——then _______ it to those in need.

The idea _______ as a father-son bonding project. “I had to cut wood with my dad. He just _______ doing it,” says Shane. He wanted to pass along that feeling, _______ he and the twins spent the summer of 2018 like the _______.

The _______ was a great wall of wood piled up around their house. It was too ________ for the McDaniels to use themselves, and Shane started thinking of others. He ________ on Facebook: “If you are in need of firewood and cannot ________ it, please inform me and you will get it for ________!”

The response was ________. Some kind people raced at once to Norm’s, the convenience store Shane owns, with more ________ for the pile. Single mom Katelyn and her daughter ________ a wood-burning stove as their sole ________ of heat, so it was a ________ to receive a truckload of firewood from the McDaniels. “To get that much wood brought me to ________.” she said.

“Giving is getting,” Shane said. “It has nothing to do with whether it will be ________; it’s about how much it’s needed.”

【推荐3】One of the greatest things about getting out of the city is heading into nature and really communing with (与……融为一体) the Earth and wildlife. But sometimes, the ___________ finds its way into the city.

A man named Tom Bell lives in London. When he went up to his rooftop to take a break one day, he realized he wasn’t alone . But don’t worry. His _________ was of the fuzzy (毛茸茸的) variety. A wild fox had made its way up to the roof just in time to ___________ the sunset. It was getting _________ and cold, but fortunately, there was a blanket laid out and ready for it! The tired fox just wanted to have a sleep.

Tom quickly _________ the event online with the world and received many likes. People were obviously _______________ by the truly unbothered fox. _____________ the lucky man, the fox got up there through the fire escape. A man named Steve even played it some music to make sure the fox had the _______________ evening!

In fact, London is home to many foxes, _______________ not all of them are this cute and beautiful. They’ve come to be called urban foxes and they began to make themselves ________________ in London back in the 1930s when the city’ s growth started ________________ their natural territory (领地)．And they live in cities all over England. It is supposed that there’s a population of about 33,000 urban foxes in total in the country.

Once Tom shared his __________________ house guest, others around London also started __________________ photos of their urban foxes! Well, it’s probably safe to say that we’re a little envious (羡慕的) of these lucky persons and their fuzzy visitors. It is __________________ to see that people and the wilderness can live together __________________ .

【推荐1】In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live.These things come to represent what I call _________ and love.

I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did _________ the water. Any kind of _________ ride seemed to give him pleasure._________ he loved to fish.

I liked being _________ the water, moving through it, _______ it all around me. I was not a strong _________, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my fears. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and _________ those summer days with my father. My father would stand there in his suit, the _________ person not in swimsuit.

After swimming, I would go to his office, where he let me ____________ anything I found in his drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk ____________ he worked in the lab, an assistant might come in and tell me I shouldn’t be playing with his ____________. But my father always ____________ and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s ____________.”

A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is ____________.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but who, in that childhood, looks at us.

【推荐3】“What are you doing?” my fifth-grade teacher asked as I bent over the side of my desk. “I’m _______ my backpack. The bell rings in a few minutes.”

“Unpack your assignments. You still have five minutes. We _______ until the clock runs out. The more you do here in class, the less you have to do at home,” she said. She was a very kind woman, but I knew she was _______ this time.

Having no option, I _______ pulled my math assignment back out and _______ one problem at a time as the minutes on the clock ticked away. The bell finally _______, and I stuffed my homework in my backpack as _______ as possible and ran out.

I cannot remember how many times per day she would say, “Use your time wisely.” It worked. It became second _______ for me to work until the bell rang. In middle school, I continued the _______ she instilled (灌输) in me. I worked on my assignments until the bell rang. And she was ________. The more I did in class, the more time off I had at home for projects and hobbies. I instilled that mindset in nearly every ________ of my adult life: my education, my career, and my family.

At age ten, I didn’t ________. I do now. Learning how to use your time wisely also means learning what’s ________ to you. It’s not just a ________ in using the time you have, but in enjoying those moments and ________ the time spent with loved ones.