【推荐1】I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.

One morning I _________ a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its _________, so I jumped out of the tractor to _________ it while Don stayed in his seat.

Lamb and mother _________, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so _________ because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. _________ Don had somehow made the _________move.

My heart froze in my chest as I _________ the tractor heading towards the _________. I ran desperately but failed to __________. It crashed through a wooden fence(栅栏)and disappeared. The__________thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me.

Heart in mouth, I __________ the fence and looked over. The tractor was __________ against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the __________ road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I __________ the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently__________, and ran back to me quickly.

The police __________ and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn’t quite believe my __________ it turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been __________. Don was given a special __________ that night — I didn’t want him thinking I was angry with him.

【推荐1】At a young age, Darrius Simmons fell in love with the piano. As he watched others play, he was _________ by the joy the piano gave them. He wanted to experience that, too, but knew for him it would be a/an _________.

“I decided at age 10 that I wanted to learn how to play the piano, _________ it was going to take a little bit _________ work for me to learn,” Simmons says. “I knew most people had 10 fingers while I had four, yet I was pretty _________ I could make it work.”

The Warren, Ohio teenager was born with a genetic _________ called ectrodactyly (先天性缺指畸形). He has three fingers on his right hand and _________ finger on his left. But it didn’t _________ Simmons from following his _________. With no formal training, Simmons taught himself by ear how to play the piano. He practiced and practiced, finding a way to ____________ the keys with four fingers while mastering the pedals with his prostheses (假肢).

Simmons knew he would have to ____________ his own style of playing. “I couldn’t base it ____________ the technique of somebody who has 10 fingers. It just wouldn’t ____________.” He says. “That’s ____________ it was hard for me to take piano lessons. It’s very ____________ for somebody who has learned how to play with 10 fingers to adjust and teach me with only four.”

The now 18-year-old not only learned how to play and read music but also began composing.

His mother, Tamara Simmons, isn’t surprised by Darrius’ ____________. She knows how focused and ____________ he can be.

From mastering music to beating ____________ challenges, Darrius Simmons sets out to ____________ the world. “I like to be somebody’s ____________,” he says. “If I play in front of a whole crowd and I see one person smile, that’s a job well done.”

【推荐2】I had a great dream when I was in my twenties. I wanted to travel around Africa with my _________. So I left my hometown with great confidence and _________ Cape Town, not really _________ what to do next. Luckily, before my trip actually started, I met a kind, old Nigerian man. He gave me the best travel _________ I had ever received. “Be like a(n) _________ on your way around the world.”

It sounded _________, but it really changed my idea about travelling. He helped me realize that travel is about learning and _________ local cultures. “It’s far too easy to go into a(n) _________ country and believe your ways are better. But if you study, ask questions and try to learn from the locals, you’ll have far richer _________ ,” he promised me.

On other vacations, when I was on my tour way to Cancun. I was just a __________. I only stayed there for a week to see the __________ and places of interest and then left. The culture didn’t __________ me. I left the cities and towns without really knowing anyone or anything that existed in those places to which I had paid a visit.

This time, I promised to myself that I would be a __________ traveler. After seven months of __________ backpacking in Africa from Cape Town to Cairo, I realized that having a student-like mindset (观念模式) helped extend my trip and helped me learn a lot, which __________ me more than any other trips ever did to me.

【推荐3】I woke up early the other day. When I was washing my face, I received a(n) ________ from a taxi driver who had my friend's mobile phone. It was easy to ________ that my friend had left it in the ________ the might before. The driver had called others, but I was the first one to ________. The driver asked me where he could drop the phone off. I told him the street where I ________, quickly jumped out of bed, and got dressed to ________ him on the corner of the street. The driver drove all the way from Queens to ________ this phone. I believed if he had taken on a passenger or two, he could have made some good money from driving that distance.

When I met up with the driver, I thanked him for making an effort to find the ________ ". I was so happy for my friend because of this man's kindness. My friend recently moved to New York from abroad and I could imagine how ________ the phone was. I further asked the driver if I could get his ________ so that my friend could ________ him as well.He said my thankfulness was all that he ________ and drove off.

I emailed my friend and told him I had his phone.Later that day, I met him and described how I had received it. My friend said he couldn't believe such kindness ________ in this big city. He told me he could not ________ to pay it forward.I was so touched after experiencing the kindness. It just ________ my day.

【推荐2】I was invited to a three-day activity in New Jersey. I didn’t _______ to go because I was working, and it didn’t really call my attention _______. But my friend insisted I go. I felt really _______, so I decided to go. We travelled and spent the first night in a hotel. There were so many people. The _______ was so pleasant and everybody was very kind.

We attended lots of activities in the morning and then at break I was _______. I saw somebody else who was alone and I _______ the girl to ask if she needed help with her wheelchair (轮椅). She said _______ in a shy way.

We _______ our food and found a table, the only available and we _______ together and began to eat. We talked a lot about various things. I was so open to her and after a few ________ she was open to me, too. I didn’t even ask her ________ and she didn’t ask mine, but we were having a ________ time. At that time, I was learning English and she was learning Spanish so we agreed to ________ each other.

She was very interesting and taught me something really important that I will never ________. I finally asked her name and shared mine. Today we still ________ to teach each other. We have remained friends ever since that day.

【推荐3】As a child, I was fascinated by the theater and began taking classes at the age of seven. Throughout my teenage years, I _________ in plays, television shows, and movies. Acting gave me a chance to _________ things that I wouldn’t have had the courage to try in real life. I was able to step outside of myself and become someone else, _________ and bold(无畏的) on stage. _________ , in real life, I was often nervous and hesitant.

Acting also allowed me to explore different time periods and places, as I _________ and lived in different eras and worlds. I played a variety of _________ , from aliens to ringmasters, and _________ new skills along the way. Performance was a great way to _________ my shyness and inhibition(拘谨). I gained confidence in myself and learned to be more _________ and daring.

Despite the fun and __________ of acting, I eventually decided to move on. I had grown tired of living inside someone else’s story and was ready to be my own person. I was grateful for the __________ and guidance of my family, who had always __________ me of the importance of my education and __________. Looking back, I realize that my time as a(n) __________ actor was a time of self-discovery and __________. I learned a lot about myself and the world around me, and I will always be grateful for the experiences and lessons I learned through acting.