【推荐2】A Heroic Driver

Larry works with Transport Drivers. Inc. One morning in 2019, Larry was ______ along 165 north after delivering to one of his _______ Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on. As he got closer, he found another vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed _____ shooting out from under the ______ vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and _____ the fire extinguisher (灭火器) . Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.

The man who had his bright lights on came over and told Larry he had   ____ an emergency call. They then heard a woman’s voice coming from the, wrecked (毁坏的) vehicle. _____ the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay ______ until the emergency personnel arrived, but she thought the car was going to ______. Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move ______she injured her neck.

Once fire and emergency people arrive, Larry and the other man ______ and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the ______ if he was needed or ______ to go. They let him and the other man go.

One thing is ______-Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His ______ most likely saved the woman's life.

【推荐1】Learning to Accept Defeat

Defeat can be a lot of things. Learning to accept defeat is a bitter pill to ____ but the patience you store is so __.

A few months out of college, I was____the job site indeed in the hope of finding my first job. I just needed to have financial stability away from my parents, and___ to them two degrees was worth the extra fees.

Out of the 34 jobs I ____ ,only four called me back for an interview. I was so excited to finally be given a（n） ___to show my worth and importance. I would say the interviews went __. I hit every question with a solid answer, and even made the     ___ laugh a little. I was sure I'd get four calls back. They said they would ___me of their decision after Thursday. Friday came, and I still had no calls, no e-mails.

After getting in contact with all the places, they broke the news to me of how other people were more ___or I wasn't what they were looking for. I was shocked and ____.I thought I had it all, until the door decided to slam（猛然关闭）in my face four times.

But my parents    ___ me to keep trying and not to give up. I ___ myself back up and decided to look for jobs again. Eventually, one ___ well and I got my first job after what felt like a lifetime.

Forget about all the negatives, and focus on what the positives could be. You never know what the right door is _____ you keep knocking.

【推荐2】My parents were so proud of me, especially of something I accomplished. This is one of my happiest memories and, sadly, also the _______ I have of my parents. They _______ in one evening when some drunken men crashed their car into them.

From then on, I was _______. I missed them greatly, but_______surprisingly well on my own. If they were alive, they would be most _______ of the moment I met my best friend, Eliza Jones. I'm also most proud of that _______

It was a June evening. I was seventeen years old and sitting on a tree branch, listening to the music the water created under the bridge. Just then I noticed a(n) _______ appear on the bridge. Suddenly it stopped on the top of the bridge and _______ to the river.

I _______ up and launched myself at the falling figure. I had never swum at this ________. I had to catch it; ________ I would never forgive myself. I swam faster and faster and ________ the figure. I laid the person on the riverbank and found it was a girl, about my age. She asked me why I tried to ________ her. I said I couldn't just watch someone didn't ________ her life. Then we talked and I found we both liked to read about fairies.

She told me she was a writer who wanted to travel around the world and write amazing fantasy novels. I was glad she had a target for the future. I said, ''Tomorrow morning the sun will rise, bringing with it the ________ of another start. '' And she promised she would continue living well. After that I had a fond memory of the bridge.

【推荐3】On a freezing December afternoon, Tyler Freburger was standing in front of a set of mirrors wearing a suit picked out for him by a tailor to attend a funeral. As a homeless veteran (老兵) living in Baltimore, Mr. Freburger would usually have difficulty _______ such an outfit (一套衣服), especially one selected for him _______. But in this instance, he was _______ the nonprofit Sharp Dressed Man.

Since 2011, the organization has been helping men improve their lives by _______ them for job interviews and other_______with well-fitting suits. This is not a “grab any jacket off the rack (架子)” kind of experience; _______, the nonprofit provides a “measure-to-fit” personalized styling experience. The nonprofit was _______by clothing designer Christopher Schafer. He opened a shop in downtown Baltimore not long after _______ from London, where he learned the art of_______and design. Once when Schafer was ________________ some custom suits to a customer, he was ________________ handed two bags of gently ________________suits in return.

“He said I ________________ him with how I made his custom suits fit, and he couldn't wear his old suits anymore.” Schafer found a nonprofit that would ________________ the suits, but as time went on, more of his ________________ did the same thing. At the suggestion of a friend, he decided to found his own nonprofit, Sharp Dressed Man.

The organization's space ________________ a traditional men's clothing store, ________________ with volunteer tailors and racks of clothing. It's open one day a week for those who have been referred.

Schafer sees the nonprofit as filling the ________________ between job training and the ________________required for a person to land a job. “If you treat a guy with ________________ he has a better chance of treating himself with it,” he says.

【推荐1】Rediscovery

I used to be a happy child with a loving family and many friends. I had a ______ that could brighten a cold winter day and I had a special love for life.

At twelve, my life had a huge breakdown. It was then that I _____ OCD (强迫症). I started to wash my hands ten times an hour, and I constantly ______ my kitchen oven to make sure that it was off. This way of lifecontinued for four painful years, and by then, my OCD had led to depression (抑郁). I was no longer the ______ little girl I had been.

In the tenth grade I finally ____ to my mother that I was suffering from depression along with my OCD. My mom took me to a doctor and I started taking _____. Over a few months, the medicine did help the OCD, but I still was struggling with depression.

One autumn evening, I hit rock bottom. I thought suicide (自杀) was the only _____to my depression problem, so I decided to write a suicide note. As I was ______ it, my eyes fell on a photo. It was a ______ of an adorable little girl, wearing her red soccer uniform and holding a bike helmet. She had a bright smile that showed she was full of life.

It took me a few minutes to______who the girl in the photo was. The photo had been taken when I was seven years old. I almost couldn’t believe that smiling child was me. I felt a chill go down my spine (脊柱). It was like my younger self had sent me a ______. Right then and there I knew I couldn’t kill myself. Once I had been a strong little girl, and I had to become ____ like that again.

I tore up my suicide note and _____ that I would not rely only on my medicine. I would have to fight the depression with my mind, too. I could make myself happy again.

It has been two years since I _____ myself. The real reason I am healed is that I took action and refused to let depression ______my life. I learned a lifelong _____: Never give up. Everyone has challenges in life, but everyone can _____. I am living proof of that.

Now I am prepared for whatever _____ life may bring. I have a role model to ______up to for strength, and who is guiding me ______ life. My hero is a seven-year-old girl, smiling back at me from a photo on my desk.