【推荐1】On New Year’s Eve, a teenager survived a terrible house fire. It’s all thanks to the _________ of the family dog, Macho.

Nicole Evans, a single mom, received a(n) _________ call while out of town, learning that her house was on fire. Macho, sensing the coming _________, immediately took action and _________ Nicole’s teenage son, Griffin, around 5:30 a.m., warning him of the _________.

“He kept barking(吠叫)at Griffin and then just gave him a small _________, a couple of them, and awakened him. And Griffin said, ‘What’s happening?’ And as soon as he turned around, there was just no _________ that he had to leave. He had to go _________,” said the mother. “It was probably the _________ experience of my life, when something happened to the person you __________ the most. And there was nothing you could do about it and you couldn’t __________ with him,” she added.

While the __________ of the fire is still under investigation(调查), the family is left with a total loss of their home. Despite the material losses, Nicole __________ the great value of Macho’s quick thinking and loyalty(忠诚).

After the __________, the community has united around the Evans family, __________ a charity group to collect money to help them get their lives back to normal.

【推荐3】Austrian biologist Johannes Fritz has dedicated his career to helping northern bald ibises (鹮). This rare species of bird was _________ in the wild 50 years ago; however, through careful _________, he’s been able to “rewild” 277 ibises in his home country. To ensure that they survive the _________ of the winter, Fritz even _________ young birds a new migration path from Austria to _________ with the help of a flying machine.

Fritz guided the first group of ibises in 2004. _________, that path has already been affected by climate change. After noticing that three _________ failed to make the trip, he and his team _________ the birds and drove them where they needed to go. This was only a/an _________ solution, of course. Soon afterward, Fritz was designing a new __________ for the ibises which would help them __________ the dangers of the Alps.

Using a three-wheeled vehicle, Fritz __________ with the birds. He taught them a new migration path that __________ about 2, 5000 miles, which is about three times __________ than the old route. Rather than go to Italy, the ibises now ________ to Spain’s southern Atlantic coast. It takes Fritz and the birds six weeks to make a __________ trip.

Some may wonder how Fritz is able to teach the birds in his flying machine, and why the ibises __________ to follow him. The answer is quite __________. Fritz and the Waldrapp team have taken care of the birds their whole lives — __________ them and supporting them. So they __________ follow him, despite not knowing their new destination.

【推荐2】Principal Jody Sowards, is being applauded and regarded as a hero for saving the life of Jonathan Wells, an 8th grader of Huntington East Middle School.

The teenager was attending his basketball training in the school’s hall when he________collapsed (昏倒). The principal was immediately________that a student was in need of________“I turned the corer and saw a young man lying on the floor,” Sowards said. “That’s when it really________me that somebody did need me.”

After assessing the teenager’s________, looking for his pulse and checking on him if he was________, the principal leaped into________at once by performing CPR (心肺复苏术) to save the boy’s life and later________him to be taken to the ambulance before he was taken to the________hospital.

The doctors________that Jonathan’s left coronary artery (冠状动脉) had not been pumping enough blood. His mom Katesha Wells said that her son had been born with some heart problems but that had never been a(n)________for him to join in sports until now.

The teenager is________well, receiving a physical treatment. He delightfully praises his school________for saving his life that day. He________to return to school and________sports as soon as possible.

“Seeing him be able to walk and talk without any difficulties right now, I think it’s a(n)________.” Sowards said. For his quick response and________actions that had helped to save the boy, Sowards was awarded the “Superintendent’s Superhero Award”. “It’s part of what my leadership________is,” Sowards modestly explained. He also gave________to all the others who were________that day to save Jonathan.

【推荐3】My childhood was mostly silent. It was full of love, laughter, anger and sadness like any family, but these things occurred _______. The knowledge instilled (灌输) in me was _______ by watching my mother as she moved through her silent world.

I loved to watch her hands, which were always _______ me things by showing me how, as she watered, weeded and dug her garden. The hands were rough with cuts and _______, but filled with wisdom.

Sometimes, those same hands spoke to me literally. Basic _______ language started in the family quite suddenly but then _______ just as quickly. My mother _______ that lip-reading was quicker. She would look at me intently and _______ words such as, “watch this” or “this is how”, or “never touch this plant”. We often went for hours like this, _______ a word spoken and yet we were talking in various ways the whole time.

As I grew up, I began to ________ why my mother spent so much time in her garden. Her deafness had come during an era of little tolerance for diversity, and much ________ of disability. The world outside was demanding and unforgiving while her garden was full of kindness and ________. For her it was the only place under her ________.

My mother’s knowledge is deeply ________ inside me. I now have gardening hands, with cuts and scars, and cherish their ________. With any luck my kids will have them one day, too.

【推荐2】Several high school football players made their hometown very proud when they rushed to help a woman trapped in her car after having an accident.

On a recent morning, Cesar, Treyvon, Antwion, Messiah, Tyson and Alto were on their way to school when they heard _______ from a crashed car. A woman, believed to be in her 50s, collided (碰撞) with another vehicle. The _______ made both her passenger’s and driver’s side doors shut.

Together, the young men worked to open the passenger door in a(n) _______ to save the woman trapped in the car. But they soon _______ they would also have to open the driver’s door in order to _______ the woman from her badly damaged car.

“We’re pretty big people. We’re _______ . We play football, so we lift weights a lot. We used all our muscles, but the door was just _______ bent and broke,” said Treyvon Adams.

As the players helped the woman out from her crashed car, Treyvon _______ the driver of the other vehicle to ensure his safety as well.

Meanwhile, inside the school, math teacher Luis Goya called 911 when he _______ the crash. Mr Goya later ________ with CNN, “We are very ________ of them. This is the kind of news that we ________. That is more positive.”

After the group of guys ________ in freeing the woman trapped in her car, they received significant ________ for their heroic act. But Treyvon said, “We’ve been ________ in a lot of different ways. We appreciate it, but I feel we just did the right thing.”

【推荐3】For his entire life, Sergio Peralta dreamed about playing catch. When he was born, his right hand didn’t fully _________. Ever since he was a child, his classmates have asked about his hand, and some have even _________ him. Computer science teacher Jeff Wilkins noticed Peralta was the only student who _________ his mouse to the left side of his keyboard. He then saw Peralta didn’t have a right hand.

When Wilkins _________ Peralta and his mother about a prosthetic hand (假手), they expressed interest but knew building one could be _________ for a high school class. In early November, Wilkins _________ assigned three of his students to the project. “I didn’t want to get his _________ up. I’d rather under-promise and over-deliver than over-promise and under-deliver on something like this,” Wilkins said. The group did so while keeping their _________ a secret. They measured classmates’ hands to calculate Peralta’s _________ fit.

After working for about a week, the students used the school’s 3D printer to __________ a model. Students said they __________ Peralta wouldn’t like or use the hand, but as soon as he __________ the model, he could bend his fingers. Then Wilkins threw him a yellow rubber ball again and again. Students yelled in __________ when he finally caught the ball. Peralta said he only __________ the prosthetic hand when he sleeps. “This just showed me a different way to __________ the community,” said Jaramillo, a senior who involved in the class project.