【推荐1】Brie Peters had a passion for music. She grew up singing in school choirs, learning piano and ________ people with her musical abilities. It was almost a ________ for her to pursue a degree in music, although she recalls now that she also thought about going into ________ at that time. But many people in her life ________ her to major in vocal performance, so she did. “I always felt like I was told what to do, never having a choice for myself,” she recalls.

Her music career showed instant ________ after she graduated from college. She sang in front of thousand of people worldwide. But soon she began to feel that there was more she could do. “Working with thousands of people in large groups ________ a time wasn’t ________ enough for me,” she says. “I ________ the eye contact and the personal care that truly makes a difference,” She adds. She wasted no time and began ________ her degree in nursing right away.

Peters is now celebrating her ________ into the Master of Nursing program at the University of Minnesota. She’s ________ beginning her nursing journey later.

She admits that nursing is hard work and can be ________, but has ________ doubted that it’s worth it. “People come into a hospital ________ for help. It is such an ________ to be a part of that and spend my life caring for those in need,” she says.

【推荐1】A Special Auction (拍卖)

WaylonClitsman was heartbroken to hear that his favorite teacher, Kim Katzenmeyer—or “Miss K” as he called her was retiring.

He even tried to bribe (贿赂) her, _______over all his money, US$52, because she was leaving on a mission to _______money for cancer. It didn’t work, but the _______ made Waylon Clitsman realize how good it feels to _______. Miss K was stepping down from her position as a (n) _______so she could dedicate her time to Beat Nb, a _______that raises money for cancer research.

Waylon made a plan to help Miss K, and _______to take the pig he’d raised and sell it off at the county fair and donate all the _______. But after several people heard about his _______the auction took a very unexpected turn.

The boy hoped they would bid (竞标) higher than the __________price of US $3-to-4 per pound. His plan__________. When the bidding started, the price __________to US $11—but then one of the bidders, Dan Droadowicz, had a (n) __________ and struck a deal with his competitor. He __________the bidding on the pig and then he donated it back to be __________at the auction again. The second __________bought it for US $ 10 a pound and then he gave it back, too.

Finally, a third competitor, Dave Moll, was free to buy—then, he, too, __________donated the pig back for a third time. Moll said, “I had had no __________to spend that much money or __________the pig back. But that’s what the people ahead of me did, and I felt like it was the __________time for me to do so, So I did.”

【推荐3】“I don’t want to see that cat in our yard again,” my husband said as he shooed the beautiful cat back into the neighbor’s yard. “I don’t appreciate her cat ________ in our yard,” he insisted. Sighing, I sent off a quick________ to our sweet neighbor, Cheryl, informing her of my husband’s ________ of cats. “I’ll do my best,” she replied some time later, “but it’s kind of hard ________ where she goes when I let her outside.”

The following morning, John stood at the window in our bedroom. “You aren’t going to ________ this,” he said in a low voice. “Come look!” “Oh, my God!” I cried ________. Right in the center of our yard were two ________ groundhogs (土拨鼠). John raised the ________, and the two raced into the woods ________. That evening, I happened to glance out the window, only to see a big fat groundhog chewing on the flowers we’d planted. “Something’s got to be done!” John shouted. He surfed the Internet and looked up what ________ the groundhog could cause and how they could be ________. “The groundhogs do not like cats. That’s ________… in fact, they hate the ________ of soiled kitty litter. Um… why don’t you text Cheryl and let her know the cat ban has been ________?” I couldn’t help smiling to myself.

That evening, we spotted the sweet yellow cat in our yard searching mice. The groundhogs were nowhere to be ________. “It’s a beautiful evening, isn’t it?” My husband smiled as we sat on the sofa.