【推荐1】It was a weekend in May 2018 and my partner, Gabe Rosescu, and I were taking a road trip to visit friends in Nelson, British Columbia.

At around 5:30pm, we were driving on a_________ mountain road. I was_________updates to my family and enjoying the view. We weren’t aware there’d recently been_________ in the area. When I looked up from my phone, I saw a wave of mud and an enormous tree rushing down the mountain. We tried to_________ the car, but it was too late.

The mudslide _________our car dropping nearly 300 metres down a rocky cliff. It landed on its side among some trees. I don’t know how long I was_________ , but I woke up to the painful sound of Gabe．He_________ over the steering wheel(方向盘)，and there was blood everywhere. Outside my passenger window there was a steep cliff.

We were both injured. We had no phone_________ , so all we could think to do was yell for help. We were _________when, after just a few minutes, we heard someone call back. Four bystanders had __________ us and waded(涉水) through waist-deep mud to rescue us. We couldn’t walk, so the men took turns __________ us up the rock face and helping us make our way up to the road. They took me to the closest __________ . All along the way, they kept __________ Gabe to keep him awake. We were saved finally.

We’re even more __________now. We look at everything differently. __________ the injuries we sustained, we’re grateful that we’re still living a pretty good life.

【推荐2】Every year my parents go out to the streets of San Francisco to hand out gifts, sleeping bags and other clothing to the homeless in the Winter season.

My parents ________ their first homeless person of the day. He was ________ and a bit confused (迷糊的). My parents asked him what happened. He said he had all his things ________. His name was Tom Cronin. My parents then asked if he would like to have them ________ his family for him, and he pulled out of his pocket a ________ with his brother’s name on it. What happens next is a crazy ________.

After giving him ________ and a sleeping bag, my Mom came home and asked me to ________ the name of his brother. After I had found the ________ of his brother in Big Sur, my Mom contacted him. He told us Tom suffered from epilepsy (癫痫), which sometimes made him lost and unable to take care of himself.

Brother Dan came to San Francisco and ________ the streets with my Dad, but there was no ________. Then a (an) ________ was created by Dan called Findtomcronin.com. What happened later was ________. People started emailing Dan.

Less than two weeks later, police officer Rodney Barrera ________ Tom and immediately brought him to the ________ room. The hospital contacted Dan. With the efforts of so many, a family was reunited.

【推荐1】Have you ever thought about making a huge fortune from the things around you during your whole childhood? Actually, Zhang Yue is a person whose business became _________ in that way.

The place where her success happens is her _________, where Zhang grew roses to start her business. Surrounded by roses as she was growing up, she just looked on them as _________ things. It was only after graduating from university overseas and _________ to visit her parents that Zhang realized the _________ of her business—the conditions there are ideal to plant roses. Zhang therefore decided to stay in her hometown and grow roses, which _________ many people at the beginning.

As someone who grew up in the country, Zhang already knew _________ about growing plants. _______, she had to overcome a number of obstacles in nursing her business to the success. The biggest _________ at the initial phase was that few villagers in the village believed she could __________ a multi-million yuan business from __________. Her career didn’t take a turning point until a major Asian manufacturer of cosmetics(化妆品)__________ purchase her product and help with its __________ to the whole world. It was only then that the locals began to __________ her. Now her product is one of the best in Asia.

Like Zhang, an increasing number of young people are thinking of starting their own business. Seeing her peers who also dream of success and __________, Zhang says, “To succeed in business, you need __________ a good idea, hard work and determination. What really __________ is a sound business plan, plenty of capital to __________ equipment, good management and promoting skills.” She __________, “Most of all, you should be __________ enough and consult the experienced business people.”

【推荐2】I’m Alina Morse, a fifth grader from Michigan. I have always wanted to _______ my own business. Since I was about four years old, I have been writing a journal of business ideas.

During a trip to the bank with my dad, a teller _______ me a sugary lollipop (棒棒糖). I love candy. _______， my dad had told me that too much sugar was bad for my teeth. So I asked, “Why can’t we make some _______ lollipops?” At last, I _______ my family — both of my parents have professional experience in sales and marketing — to get my idea _______ the ground.

Our first step was research. We spoke to _______ and food scientists. We went into stores and searched online for information. We _______ that tooth decay (蛀牙) was being a serious problem in America. Then we decided to make lollipops with the teeth cleaning materials at home but it didn’t _______. So we found a factory.

The idea quickly ________. I started a company that sells Zollipops, a kind of sugar­free lollipop, to help ________ the risk of tooth decay. Its sales were topping $70,000 in 2014 and increasing more than four times in 2015, ________ $100,000. We have been working to make the lollipops more stable and less ________ in hot or wet environments. We are very ________ because the new Zollipops will be ________ later this year.

【推荐1】Princess Power

“Elsa, it’s you!” It was the four-year-old’s _________ birthday party, and her favorite Disney character Elsa from Frozen had arrived. The two cheerfully began to sing the movie’s big song, “Let It Go, ” and were soon _________ by Tinker Bell and four other fairy-tale princesses: Anna, Ariel, Jasmine, and Snow White.

You would swear they were _________ at the most _________ place on earth. But this wasn’t Disney World. It was the pediatric（儿科）cancer ward at a hospital on Long Island in New York. And the _________ were college students who _________ for A Moment of Magic, a _________ organization whose mission is to _________ the spirits of sick children.

It all began once upon a time with a family movie night _________ Frozen. McGrane, now 23, __________ that she and Elsa had __________ blond hair and big blue eyes. McGrane and her friend McAndrew were then searching for a new community project, __________ one with kids.

That sparked an idea- __________ Disney princesses and visiting pediatric cancer patients.

“When kids are in a __________ for so long, they don’t get all the magic that most kids do, ” says McGrane. “It’s nice to give them time to be __________.”

【推荐2】As a kid, my life was like a kid adventure movie. My parents always played the parts of _________actors in the movie, leaving me as the shining star.

My father could _________ anything even if he was not a repairman. He always seemed to know exactly where he was going, and knew the most efficient _________ to get there. I never heard him express any doubts. His air of _________ made our home a safe place.

But since I became a father myself, I’ve come to _________ that my dad must have had moments of confusion. It never showed, and we never talked about it. I also began to _________ my father’s efforts as he worked _________ to provide for his family. Later I _________ stories about his dreams _________ in the name of being a “father”. Despite his talent in baseball, he gave up that__________ career to become my dad. I began to understand the balancing act he faced: family vs. the dampened __________ of his own soul. He __________ his personal dream to go after what was considered a higher calling — that of giving his kid a(n) __________ to follow his dreams.

Now I hope to give my kids the greatest gift my father gave me — warm, gentle __________ of their childhood. No matter how difficult their lives may become later on, they’ll always be able to take __________ in those sweet memories.