【推荐3】After getting married nine years ago, I moved to an absolutely new town._________as I was, with various new things to explore, I was still lonely. I was desperate to establish_________.

This could explain my enthusiastic "Count me in!" when_________to participate in a half marathon. Considering my usual 3 miles, I must have been_________—13 miles seemed a（n）_________task.

However, the initial_________gradually wore off. I found comfort in burying myself in training. Though taking it slow, one mile, and then two, I gradually made_________. Mile after mile, I managed to step beside my new friends. We talked about our favorite music and_________funny stories about our children. At about mile 10, the conversations_________. We shared our past and hopes for our future, our fears and regrets. By the time we were running 12-mile legs, I was__________that I'd made lifelong friends.

__________, the day of the race arrived. At the start line, armed with my friends, I already felt like a champion. My time training had__________. I managed to hold a steady pace and kept up with my__________. Finally, we crossed the finish line together.

Although it started as a__________of building social ties, running not only provided me with friendships, but with a skill that would__________me the rest of my life.

【推荐1】Born on the 24th of April 1958, in Wigan UK, Ian William Halliwell, popularly known as “The Social Golfer ,” started playing Golf in 1972, during his early_________years. With high enthusiasm, the Social Golfer has been a_________golf player throughout his life. Dreaming of getting in the Senior Tour, Ian wanted to give it a try when he retires._________, life has other plans.

In 1996, Ian was_________with a brain turnor(肿瘤)on his left side. The fatal disease caused_________on his balance nerve. The talented player had to put a hold on his passion for a while. However, he knew he would come out_________. In 1997, after going through two major surgeries, Ian_________from the deadly illness, getting another chance to continue with his_________.

After_________a life-threatening illness, Ian's life decided to take another turn that__________turned his life over. In 2006, he had a major stroke(中风). The stroke was so critical that it ended with him being seriously__________to the extent that the doctors told him that he might not walk ever again,__________playing Golf.

Upon__________that he had lost the chance of playing the Senior Tour, he was__________. However, the huge setback in Ian's life wasn't__________enough to demotivate(挫败) the high-spirited individual. He was advised to consider__________and tell his story to the world by Bernard Hunt MBE, a former European Ryder Cup Star.

With the optimistic thinking of “A__________is not an inability,” Ian became a part of the British Inclusive Golf. Basing on his own__________, Ian wrote “Living the Dream,” published in 2012.While describing his life as “still living the dream,” Ian is a man of__________. The way he has__________his life is not something many individuals can, which is helping him create a legacy(遗产) for which he will be forever remembered.

【推荐2】The road to success

Near the small town of Grottoes, Virginia, a narrow dirt road goes from the house of Stephen Curry’s grandfather to the woods nearby. A far cry from the bright lights and shiny ___of the National Basketball Association (NBA), it was along this road that Stephen’s grandfather built a simple basket by___a piece of plastic to a telephone pole.

Like his father, basketball star Dell Curry, Stephen spent many childhood hours playing on this muddy basketball court. He probably didn’t realize it at the time, but it was ___he learned to be creative and flexible as a player. You see, with every ___, the weak plastic backboard gave way. The bumps and rocks that lined the road under the basket caused the ball to bounce in all directions. Knowing where the ball would go wasn’t easy. He had to ___his own playing style as a result. Shooting with great___ was another thing he learned. Only shots perfectly aimed at its centre went into the heavy, thick basket. In this way, practising day in and day out helped Stephen ___his skills.

Despite his father’s successful career, Stephen was thought by many people, including his high school teammates and coaches, to be too short, too thin and too weak to follow in his father’s footsteps. But Stephen carried on. Playing basketball was his___. He would not give up. He finally ended up playing college ball at a small,____ school, Davidson College, not too far from where he lived. His creativity and perseverance made him Davidson’s star player.

___ for the NBA in 2009, Stephen joined the Golden State Warriors. He performed beyond everyone’s expectations with his accurate shooting and continuous efforts. In 2015, Stephen won his first NBA championship, and he led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975.

After receiving the Most Valuable Player award for two years ___, Stephen explained his philosophy, “I never really set out to change the game... What I wanted to do was just be myself... I know it _________ a lot of the next generation, a lot of people who love the game of basketball to value the ___ of it, value the fact that you can work every single day to get better. You’ve got to be able to put in the time and the work. That’s how I got here. That’s how I continue to get better every single day.” Inspiring others to believe in themselves, Stephen Curry is living ___that what other people think of you does not have to influence what you become. Through self-belief, hard work, perseverance and some help from an old hoop, he has shown that anything is ___.