【推荐1】Jennifer Williams’s mother, a librarian, used to read to her three children every day until they went to college. It was her mother who got her ________ books.

When Williams, now 54, became a primary school teacher, she wanted her students to fall in love with ________ just as she had. But early on, she ________ that some kids held ________ access to books.

“It’s very ________ to teachers which kids are read to and who are not at the end of the first day of school.” she said. To Williams, the ________ was simple: Give kids books. In 2017, as part of a city event, she ________ 900 used children’s books over three days. Most people would be ________ with that. But she set a ________ goal for herself: Donate one million books. It sounds like an ________ number, but as Williams ________ on Facebook: “Don’t complain if you aren’t ________ to work hard.”

So she got to work, first by ________ friends to donate books or money to buy books. ________ after that, as news of Williams’s project ________, strangers started leaving bundles (捆) of books on her front step. Quickly, Williams gives them to local schools and also ________ books to little free libraries.

In the four years, she’s been doing all this, and she has come to be ________ as the Book Lady and has donated more than 78,000 books — still 922,000 more to reach her ________! So she’s not slowing down. It’s too important for kids with few ________.

“Reading can take you anywhere,” she said. “You can travel in time and space. If you can read, you can ________ almost anything.”

【推荐2】When young, I read only comic books. Novels seemed to be too_______! For me, a comic book was a rollercoaster ride_______ a novel was five hours in rush hour traffic.

My mother would complain, which totally_______ my comic book reading experience. One summer, she even _______me: “Read at least one novel this summer, or we’re not going to go on our camping trip.” What could I do? I had been looking forward to that_______ for months!

My mother took me down to the local _______, where the librarian _________The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I unwillingly_______ the book.

When we got home, I cracked the book open and started reading. I _______ I’d read the first few pages then skip to the end because I knew my mother would ________ me about it. Imagine my ________ when my mother called me to dinner and I was halfway through the book! ________ a comic book was a rollercoaster ride, the novel was all the rides at Disney world rolled into one!

I ________ reading the entire Chronicles of Narnia series that summer, which I consider the________ of my great friendship with books. Now I read one book a week, and sometimes my wife________ that I read too much.

【推荐1】When I was 16, I worked at a fast food restaurant. That was when I came across two new family ________.

One afternoon in the fall I went out to ________ boxes and flatten them for recycling. When I opened the ________, I found a little cat crying outside. He got a little wet because of the morning rain. I picked him up into the kitchen, ________ him and fed him water and food. My boss was ________ when seeing a stray cat (流浪猫) in the kitchen and asked me to take him out immediately. I quickly got some towels and a box and made him a little ________ and put him in my car. It was cold outside so it was ________ for the cat to stay in the car.

After work, I rushed to my car to ________ him. I found another cat scratching my car door to ________ her brother. So I picked her up too. I had to carry them into my house ________ because my mother didn’t ________ a cat. Our cat had died earlier that year and she was in ________ and determined that she would not ________ any cats.

I ________ the two cats in my room for four days. One day my mother caught me taking cat food into my room, followed me and ________ me. Seeing her, I was ________ but I told her I had no choice but to ________ them. I told her we could just keep the boy and find another ________ for the girl. She yelled at me that we couldn’t ________ them. I knew I had her ________.

My family had Penny and Rizzo for the next 15 years.

【推荐2】One year after Tom was born, his parents had a car accident. They never ______. Tom’s 85-year-old grandmother was too ______ to take care of him. As a result he was put up for adoption. He was adopted by a middle-age couple who had no ______ of their own. They were not rich and received little education, but they were ______ people.

As Tom was growing up, he ______ a lot of problems at school. he didn’t learn quickly and had trouble with reading. His ______ sometimes laugh at him. What they said made Tome _______.

As he couldn’t catch up with the other students at school, he dropped out of school and came back home. But he didn’t stop learning. He had a big dream. Though he didn’t learn fast, he kept ______ himself at home.

After many years of learning at home, he ______ overcame his difficulties. Today he’s a very successful speaker and author. While he was growing up, he lacked ______ because of others’ making fun of him. It took him many ______ to realize his dreams.

When listening to his videos and tapes, he shows confidence. He tells about his ______ and how he overcame the challenges in his life. He has a very ______ sentence: “You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present situations unless you change.”

For those who have low self-confidence, I suggested you ______ Reading about Tom’s world. Many people have so much potential(潜力) to be discovered. If you have a dream, then start today to ______ yourself towards it. If someone like Tom who has difficulty in reading can make such achievements, why can’t you succeed?

【推荐3】A 10-year-old American girl, Selah Schneiter spent five days climbing El Capitan with the help of her father and a family friend and reached the top of the sheer rock on June 12, 2019. It _______ takes skilled climbers four or five days to complete. She may have been _________ the youngest person to climb one of the most _______ peaks in the world.

Reaching the top “was really _______,” Selah said. “I was also kind of sad because it was over,” she _______.

Selah has been climbing since she could_______and had been asking her parents for years to climb El Capitan. And she spent nine months preparing_______ and mentally.

“Our big motto was ‘How do you eat an elephant?’ ‘Small _______,’” said Selah. And the only thing she feared was the possibility of a big _______ because it would mean “having to go down”.

Her mother stayed home and received daily________ about progress in EI Capitan. She knew her husband would turn back if there were any safety________. “I was worried she would ________ serious injury,” she said. “But by day four I knew they would ________. I’m just really________ of her. Her ________ astonished me.”

【推荐2】Another two points! Crowded by defenders, Charlie, one hand lifting the ball high, _______ toward the basket…

At 10, he lost small areas of hair. It grew back, but then at 12, all of his hair _______. An aunt sent tea recipes, hoping one might cure him. Nothing helped.

Soon, Charlie discovered how _______ hair loss could be. Other kids called him _______ names. He began to withdraw, _______ his head under caps. At school, he was stopped for breaking a no-hats rule. A note from his doctor gave him _______ to wear hats, but they only drew more _________ attention. Through it all, Charlie’s mother gave him _______ he needed. “She was there for me in good and bad times. When I was hurting and feeling bad, she was _______ even more for me.”

________, something incredible happened: Charlie grew taller. One summer, he grew seven inches! Then he began spending time on basketball. Basketball helped him ________his alopecia (斑秃). “I put my frustration into motivation to the point where kids weren’t looking at me as a kid with a condition but a kid could play basketball really well.”

The bullying stopped and his ________ career began. All along the ways he has helped others. He started the Foundation to help kids with alopecia.

Charlie wanted all kids like him to feel good about who they are. “We’re all special in our own different ways. ________ it, and enjoy life ________. I’ve always tried to ________ myself with good people and good environments. Believe in yourself, and all dreams are possible.”

【推荐3】One day I had heard whispers at home about moving to New York. But I thought that can’t be _______and had nothing to do with me. However, a few days later, my family and I _______ into our Buick, and we were on our way to Long Island. How could I be _______at the age of 13 when my friends meant so much?

We were moving into a new _______, and in just days, it was time to go to a new school, Freeport High School. Oh, that first day of walking into a “foreign” classroom and being _______.

My junior year at Freeport High School, I wanted to become a cheerleader. How _______! The way those white, pleated skirts _______back and forth when the girls walked, not to mention the red sweaters and big megaphones (扩音器). Most of all, _______, it was the amazing red winter jackets with fur-lined hoods (兜帽). It would be great to be one of the _______and popular. I went to practices, and then came ________. I carried my cheerleader shorts and blouse in a bag while other girls had their outfits on hangers (衣架), ironed to ________.

When the moment arrived, my face ________ and my legs trembled. It was impossible to ________ any kind of smile. I knew they wouldn’t call my name for the ________. On the bus ride home, though, I sat next to another girl who also had tried out, and we both ________ we could accept being rejected.

After opening my front door, my mother’s question sent me ________ onto the floor. It was difficult to recover because I had wanted so ________ to be a cheerleader.

I didn’t know that three years later, I would ________ my college cheerleading team at SUNY New Paltz. The next day, I ran to the town jeweler to finally buy that megaphone necklace that ________ on my neck to this day. If only we could look into the future to see that some of our ________ would be achieved.