【推荐1】Jenna had graduated first in her class and was ready for new challenge in high school.

However, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to try-outs (选拔) for cheerleaders (啦啦队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be ___________ for her to be chosen. Two hours later, the judge (裁判) read a ___________ of the girls for the second try-out. Her name wasn’t on the list. Feeling ___________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with ___________. She had always been a good math student, but now she was ___________. She moved on to English and history, and was ___________ to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to ___________ math for the time being.

The next day in ___________ class, Jenna spent most of her time working out the problems that had given her so much ___________. By the end of class, she finally got them right. As she gathered (收拢) her books, Jenna ____________ she’d continue to try to fit in at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to try. High school was just as her mom had said: “ You will feel like a small fish in a big pond instead of a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the best fish you can be.

【推荐3】I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it. I went there for camping with my parents. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to EI Capitan, a huge rock of 3, 300 feet straight up. I touched that ________ rock and knew immediately I wanted to ________ it. That has been my life’s ________ ever since—climbing the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my home.

About 7 years ago I started seeing a lot of waste,________ beer cans, empty boxes, around the area. It’s beyond me why visitors started respecting the place less and treated such a beautiful ________ place this way.

I made an attempt to clean the place myself, but the job was too ________. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so tired of it that I had to ________ an idea to change the situation.

In 2018, together with some climbers, I set a ________ for a cleanup. On that day, more than 300 people appeared there. Over three days we ________ about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was ________ how much we were able to achieve. I couldn’t believe the difference we made—the ________ looked clean!

Each year these climbers come for the ________ from everywhere. In 2022 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash.

There are many people around us who are ________ with their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by ________ rather than complaining. We need to teach by example. After all, everybody has his ________ to protect the environment.

【推荐1】The LEGO story started in a Danish woodworking shop. At the time, Ole Kirk Christiansen was just a(n)__________ carpenter working in a local shop. But he always had big dreams. As a young man, Christiansen turned　his love of playing with wood into a ___________ and, in 1916, he opened his own shop.

At first, his shop produced furniture like ladders, stools and ironing boards. But in 1924, his sons __________set a pile of wood chips in the shop on fire, __________ the entire building and the family’s home.

Despite a total _________, Christiansen saw the fire as an excuse to simply ______ a larger workshop.Tragedy (悲剧) continued to ______, however. In 1929, the American economic depression broke out, and　his wife died in 1932. Affected by _________ and financial disaster, Christiansen unemployed many of his workers　and __________ to make ends meet. _________ did he know that those tragedies would be of importance for his　business to __________.

Since times were so _______, Christiansen made the hard decision to use his wood to create _________goods that might actually sell. The decision didn’t pay off at first. But his love of toys pushed the company ahead,even when it was __________ the toughest times.

It turned out he was a brilliant toymaker. Soon, his wonderful models of cars and animals and his adorable pull toys gained a national popularity. His bestseller, a wooden duck __________ mouth opens and closes when pulled,is now still a hot hit. By 1949, his company created a plastic product called the Automatic Binding Brick. And their toys became more and more popular as the years passed.

【推荐2】As she pulled herself over the summit of El Capitan, Emily Harrington knew she had made history. The 34-year-old completed the ___________task in 21 hours, 13 minutes and 51seconds, becoming the first US woman to free ___________the difficult Golden Gate route. Since she started climbing as a l0-year-old, El Capitan has fascinated Harrington. She’s spent numerous hours practicing to become___________to climbing it. Free climbers use just their hands and feet to climb, with a_________to catch them if they fall. Such a high risky and _________life-threatening challenge requires years of preparation, both mentally and physically.

However, an attempt last year ended in disaster after Harrington hit her head on a rock, and suffered concussion (脑震荡). ___________, she did not suffer any long-term injuries. It’s absolutely a mental _____________to return this year and try again. Harrington was pushed to her limits when she fell, her hands___________when at approximately 2,800 feet off the ground. It felt like a_____________fall, for the rope was going to catch her. But she felt the______________of blood pouring down her face. She realized that she had hit her head ____________. The wound on her head was deep and it seemed as though the challenge would have to be ______________again. But this time she hadn’t suffered concussion. Stopping the blood flow and determined not to let another fall____________her dream, Harrington had one more go.

“We should be less afraid to be afraid. It’s a very valid emotion we shouldn’t______________     from. In many ways, we can use it as fuel and strength. “Harrington is currently staying put during the pandemic, hoping to be ______________climbing around the world when it’s safe. More dangerous trips come after a lot of thought.

【推荐3】At 35, Yong Duckworth is the oldest student at Chrisney Elementary School in Chrisney, Indiana. Duckworth attended first grade last September, ________to learn English. Since arriving in the U. S. 13 years ago from Korea, Duckworth had________private teachers and adult (成人) education classes. Nothing________.

Then Duckworth called Chrisney headmaster (校长) Leroy Meyer.“I could hardly________her,” says Meyer.“The best I could make out was that she________someone to help her learn English. She wanted to know the________by age 40, so she could open her own business.“

After ________to find a private teacher for Duckworth. Meyer suggested that she attend first grade at Chrisney. Duckworth________at once.

Duckworth’s experiences at Chrisney have been________ones. She is as much a mother as a classmate to the other students. During story hour they sit around Duckworth. She asks them to__________“please” and“thank you,” and hugs (拥抱) them when they need _________.

Duckworth studied English in junior high but________learned to speak fluently. She once opened a clothes shop, but her business failed because of her language problems.“Too much people hurt me because I speak ________English,“ says Duckworth.“In Korea I had many people tell me I’m a smart lady. Here broken English makes me__________.”

These days, her 4-year-old son, Simon, is her main motivation (动机) to learn English.“Duckworth knows she’s going to have a challenge (挑战) __________Simon”, says Duckworth’s husband Ben.“He’s going to start coming home with questions and she’s going to have to be able to answer them.“

“I worry some day he asks me, ‘Mom, what is this? ‘If I can’t tell him, I’m sad,” says Duckworth.

“Duckworth is having a great influence on young students at Chrisney,“ Meyer says.“When they see a (n) older person going to school, they realize how important education is.”