【推荐2】Snowy wanted to be a show jumping horse. Every day she would ______ her mum to allow her to jump. Finally, her mum decided she was ______ enough and they went into the jumping arena (竞技场).

Snowy was very excited, but when she saw how ______ the jumps were, she started shaking. “I can’t jump that high. It’s a good idea that we ______” she said. Her mum said, “I wouldn’t expect you to ______ that high. There’s a log (原木) on the ground. Why not start jumping over that?” Snowy gathered her ______, walked to the log and then managed to jump over it.

“I did it!” she shouted happily. “______ her mum said, “You can’t just jump over logs if you want to be a show jumper. ______ the low jump over there.”

Again, Snowy was ______ but she tried it and found she could do it. As time went on, Snowy progressed to taller jumps, until finally she ______ the arena and looked at the tallest jumps. In the previous training weeks, something ______. These jumps seemed much less ______ to Snowy. She jumped over them easily. Her mum looked with ______ at her and said, “This is what happens when you start ______ and build your way up.”

So never be afraid of ______ in life, but start small and keep trying. Then you’ll be able to do anything.

【推荐3】Days ago I visited my grandfather in hospital. He has Alzheimer's-a_______that usually starts slowly and gets worse over time. I thought I was prepared to see him. I knew chances were small that he'd_______me.

In fact, he had no idea that he_______had grandchildren. But he was excited that somebody came to visit him. I tried to_______who I was, but failed. And my heart broke into a million little_______

I was tired of explaining things. So I just_______ He smiled back. Like a long time ago, when he'd take me_______the hand and made this big world feel a little bit less scary for_______Now I have to take his hand.

We sat in_______for a little while, before he told me to call my grandma. This was the first time I had tried so hard to________tears. He forgot she died four years ago and thought she was on her way to________him up.

My grandpa used to be the person I________when I needed my car fixed, or something like that. ________, that man left this world a long time ago, and left behind a________that is lost and scared.

I________his hand, and every once in a while I told him how good he looked and how much I liked the________of his shirt and how it brought out the blue in his eyes. I told him that my________was on the way whenever he asked about her, and I________the glass in his hand was always filled with water.

I can't take away his________. I can't help him remember. I can't make the disease go away. All I can do is hold on to the________-hold on for both of us.

【推荐2】A wave hit my face and I swallowed salt water. My chest was already burning as I struggled to _________ I had no air to call for help. In desperation I _________ one hand and waved it to get the lifeguard’s attention. Two young men were suddenly near me. “Help,” I _________ to whisper.

One of them grabbed my arm. The other grabbed his arm. Together they pulled me toward the _________. The lifeguard entered the water with his _________ “You can stand here,” he said. “The water’s shallow.”

I shook my head. I was too _________ to stand, much less walk. They _________ me over the board.

“You were caught in a riptide (激流)” the lifeguard said _________ the three of them carried me onto the sand, still shaking, trying to catch my breath.

“Are you all right now? ” one of my _________ asked.

I looked up at the two of them and ____________. For the first time I got a really good look at them. They looked ____________ as if they were twins.

“Thank you so much for saving my life. And thank you too,” I said to the lifeguard.

The few others had ____________ on the beach. I felt embarrassed and ____________ to walk back to my towel. After just a few ____________ I looked back again for the twins.

“There you are!” Dom said when I got back to the towel. I looked back at the ____________. Then I sat down with my friends to tell them about the angels.

【推荐3】Ten years ago I adopted my dog Rudy from a shelter just days before they were going to euthanize(使安乐死)him. We’ve had a special _________ ever since.

As a single woman in my 50s, I’ve found his _________ really meaningful. We do everything together. Every night we have a little bed time snack and then I get in my bed and he gets in his doggy bed right next to mine. But a year ago suddenly Rudy _________. Every night when I got in bed he’d jump up on my bed and start licking(舔)my face. I’d _________ make him get off but the next night he’d _________ the same licking.

I was considering taking him to obedience(驯服)school when it suddenly _________ me that he was licking the same spot on my jaw over and over again. I _________ my jaw and it seemed okay but it was so _________ for my dog that I decided to just trust him.I went to see a(n) _________ to clear my doubt but still felt silly telling her why I came. The doctor agreed to do some __________. It turned out I had a tumor (肿瘤) in my jaw. It couldn’t be felt from the __________ but somehow Rudy knew it was there. Though I’ve go much __________ now, the doctors said if I’d __________ until the tumor was big enough to be felt, it’s likely would have __________ . I saved my dog’s life and now he’s __________ mine!