【推荐1】Born in a comfortable family, Florence Nightingale was educated by family teachers and then by her own father. As a result, she was _________ five foreign languages, and had a good knowledge of history and philosophy.

On February 7, 1837, Florence Nightingale heard, by her _________, the whisper of God telling her that she had a task in life. It took her some years of seeking to _________ that mission. In 1844, _________ her parents’ rejection, rather than marry like the majority of the girls, Nightingale chose a(n) _________ path to work in nursing, which was then not quite a respectable job for women.

Nightingale went to Kaiserwerth in Prussia to experience a German _________ program for girls who would serve as nurses. She worked for a short time for a(n) _________ near Paris. Her idea began to be _________. In 1853, she became the unpaid director of London’s Institution for the Care of Sick Gentlewoman.

When the Crimean War broke out, _________ came back to England about terrible conditions for wounded and sick soldiers. Nightingale __________ to go to Turkey. She took a group of thirty-eight women as nurses to the war front. From 1854 — 1856, Nightingale headed nursing efforts in Turkey, creating more clean conditions and ordering supplies. She __________ won over — at least enough to get cooperation — the military doctors.

Soon, Nightingale __________ more on direction than on actual nursing, but she __________ to visit the wards (病房). Her rule that she be the only woman in the wards at night __________ her the title “The lady with the lamp.” The __________ rate at the army hospital fell from 60% at her arrival to 2% six month later.

【推荐3】With smiling eyes, quick minds and good humor, Jia Ling seems like a natural crosstalk performer (相声演员).

Jia Ling was born _______ April 29th, 1982 in the city of Xiangyang, Hubei Province. Having studied acting _______ she was 11, Jia Ling entered the nation’s top drama college — The Central Academy of Drama at the age of 19, but she _______ to learn crosstalk there.

Jia Ling is not an overnight success. After graduation in 2003, she was living in a basement (地下室) that was just eight square _______ and without a bathroom. However, Feng Gong, who is one of the top crosstalk performers in China, opened the _______ to her success. He provided her with chances to perform. Jia Ling seized (抓住) the chances and worked hard to improve her skills.

As an excellent performer, the young lady first _______ the Spring Festival Gala in 2010. With her unique style and great sense of humor, Jia Ling _______ by many people. Since her crosstalk is unique, fashionable and attractive, she becomes _______. Besides _________ as a crosstalk performer, Jia Ling is also a talented actress. She has ______________ acted in several TV series. “My acting experience has given my crosstalk more ideas and creativity,” Jia Ling ______________.

Now, Jia Ling has become one of the top crosstalk performers in China. She is trying hard so that crosstalk can ____________ to more people. She has set up her own club called New Laughter Inn. There people can enjoy traditional or ____________ crosstalk performances. She hopes it can influence her generation and even the next generation and ____________ more and more people love crosstalk.

Jia Ling ____________ being a crosstalk performer and she says she is confident about the future of crosstalk because people will always want to laugh.

【推荐1】Do you know that the Czech Republic is among the countries that possess the most castles in the world? Among those 2, 000 castles is Hluboka Castle. ________ it is not ranked in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, its unbelievable ________ attracts both domestic and foreign tourists. After living in Prague for more than six years, I was finally able to organize a trip to this ________ castle this summer.

It was a lovely summer day when my two university friends and I decided to travel to Hluboka Castle. The castle is ________ in a town of the________ name, Hluboka, which lies in the southern part of Prague. At 7: 30, we________ the bus station in the main train station of Prague, and after two and half hours, we arrived at our ________.

We walked about 10 minutes from the bus station to the city center. There we had to climb a smooth slope to reach the castle, during which I could already hear the horses’ hooves（蹄脚） and carriage wheels rolling across the ________.

We first saw an extensive English garden with a lawn and colorful flowers. It was first built in Gothic style by King Premysl Otakar II in the 13th century. Later ________ by the famous German-Czech noble house Schwarzenberg, the castle was rebuilt several times. The ________ style was changed first to baroque and later to the same romantic style as England's Windsor Castle.

There are several routes for________, but we only________ the route for representative rooms, which contained the bedroom, dining room, kids' theatre and library. It is ________ for Czech castles to have a guide to________ the history of the castle, which I ________ very much. The castle is________ in many ways. It is mostly decorated by huge tapestries（挂毯画）and jalousie windows. There are also armories （军械库）________ hunting weapons, armor and horse saddles.

I have seen many castles in many countries, but Hluboka Castle still surprised me. After discussing with my friends, I realized that unlike other countries, Czech castles are usually not possessed by kings but ________ families-such as Schwarzenberg, who during their peak period owned ________ castles on Czech land. I am amazed by the interesting history and amazing________ that Hluboka provided.

【推荐3】The part of the environmental movement that draws my firm’s attention is the design of buildings. Today, thousands of people come to ________ building conferences, and the idea that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly ________ in years to come. Back in 1984 we discovered that most manufactured products for decoration weren’t designed for ________ use. The “energy-efficient” sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis ________ indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet. So for 20 years, we’ve been looking for ways to make these materials ________   for people and the planet.

Home builders can now use materials, such as green paints, that release significantly ________   amounts of chemical compounds, which people believe don’t ________ the quality of the air.   ________, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being “less bad” but on creating ________ healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil or ________ by industry again and again. For example, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer has already ________ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable.

Look at it this way: no one ________ to create a building that destroy the planet. But our current industrial systems are basically causing these conditions, whether we like it or not. So   ________ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are ________ a positive approach. We’re giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a ________   effect on the world. It is not just the building industry, either. Entire cities are taking these environmentally positive approaches to design, planning and building.