【推荐1】The Water Angel（天使）

From June to September, the temperature in Phoenix is so high that it can easily hit the century mark. But that doesn't stop hikers（徒步旅行者）from _________ the 1.3-mile hike to the top of the city's famous Camelback Mountain. _________ warn that the path is "extremely difficult." " If you continue, _________ a liter（升）of water per person is _________ ". And another sign farther up declares: "If you're halfway _________ your water, turn around!"

Unfortunately, many people _________ the warnings. _________, Scott Cullymore doesn't. When he's not working, the 53-year-old can be _________ hiking up and down Camelback a couple of times a day, giving _________ cold bottles of water to worn-out hikers. He has helped so many hikers that he has __________ a heavenly nickname: the Water Angel.

Cullymore was on Camelback Mountain one day in 2015 when a British __________ died after being lost for nearly six hours in the July __________. That experience __________ him to start helping people caught unaware by Arizona's __________ form of Mother Nature. If a hiker has a red face and is not sweating anymore, he __________ his backpack（背包）, pulls out a bottle, and hands it to the person.

One hiker who was __________ water says. "You think you know the heat, but then you get out here in the __________ and it surrounds you like a blanket," said Austin Hill, who was hiking with a high school friend. "We were __________," he said, pointing to Cullymore. "We __________ into this Good Samaritan here." And with that, the Water Angel leaves in __________ of another hiker in need.

【推荐2】There was once a famous king whose name was Tamerlane. Like Alexander the Great, he wished to become the master of the whole world. So he raised a great _____________ and made war on other countries. He conquered (征服) many kings and _____________many cities. But at last his army was beaten； and Tamerlane escaped alone.

For a long time he wandered in_______________from place to place. His enemies were_____________ him. He was about to lose all hope.

One day he was ___________ under a tree, thinking of his failure. He had now been a wanderer for twenty days. He couldn’t ___________ any longer. Suddenly he saw a small object climbing up the trunk (树干) of the tree. He looked more_______and saw it was an ant (蚂蚁)_______ a grain of wheat (小麦) as large as itself.

There was a   ___________in the tree only a little way above, and that was the home of the ant.

“You are ____________, Mr. Ant,” he said, “but you are carrying something that is too heavy for you.” Just as he spoke, the ant lost its footing and fell to the ground. But it ______________ held on to the grain of wheat. Tamerlane ________the little insect. It tried the second time, the third time...the twentieth time — but always with the same ____________.Then it tried the twenty-first time.______________, one little step at a time, it climbed across the rough place where it had fallen so often. The next minute it climbed ____________ into its home, carrying the grain of wheat. “Well done!” said Tamerlane, “you’ve taught me a lesson. I, too, will try, try again, till I succeed.”

And so he did.

【推荐3】I have been teaching violin lesson for over 20 years. Over the years, I’ve never had the _________ of having a prodigy（神童）though I have taught some talented students. However, I’ve had my _________ of what I call “musically challenged” pupils.

One such student was Robby. He _________ the sense of tone and basic rhythm. But he made every effort to do the _________.

Over the months he tried and tried while I listened and tried to _________ him. Then one day Robby stopped coming to my lessons. I guessed that he might _________.

Several weeks later I mailed to the students’ homes for the upcoming concert. To my _________, Robby asked me if he could be in it. And I was _________ by his sincerity and persistence（坚持）.

The night for the concert came. I put Robby _________ in the program. I thought I could always __________ his poor performance through my “curtain closer”.

__________ Robby came up onto the stage. He __________ that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto 21 in C Major. He __________ himself and started his play. His fingers were __________ on the keys. After six minutes he ended in a grand crescendo（高潮）and the audience were all on their __________ in wild applause.

Robby stood up, __________ and said, “My mom had cancer and passed away this morning. She was born __________ and this is the first time she heard me play. So I wanted to make it __________.”

There wasn’t a __________ eye in the gymnasium that evening, for Robby taught all of us present the meaning of __________ and persistence.

【推荐1】On Dec.26, Gelinne was at home. Suddenly, his daughter cried “Look!” Gelinne looked up just in time to see a small ________ a few hundred yards away, losing ________.

As the plane disappeared behind the trees, Gelinne, a former ________, realized it would land in the creek. ________, he ran down to the waterfront. The plane had slid to a stop on the broad, frozen creek, far from shore, sinking. The pilot was standing on the ________. Gelinne knew from his previous training that even a few minutes in the ________ water could kill the pilot.

Gelinne ________ the ice with his foot and decided not to take any chances walking on it. So he and his son, John, pulled two kayaks (皮划艇)out. “If it can float on the water, it can ________ on the ice,” Gelinne said.

The kayaks’ paddles (桨)proved too weak, so the ________ tried using sticks to push the boats along. When Gelinne reached the plane, the pilot was standing on a tail wing, surrounded by open water. Gelinne pushed his kayak off the ice and into the water, thinking, “What if he panics? What if I fall over?”

With his son nearby, Gelinne focused on keeping the pilot ________, joking, “Just ________ the kayak as if you were hugging your wife.” The pilot grabbed the kayak’s bow. Gelinne knew he had to get the pilot onto the shelf of ________ ice. But each time Gelinne tried, the kayak ________ the ice. He needed help.

Soon a police officer arrived and radioed for help. A boat appeared and ________ the pilot, Steve 71, and rushed him to safety, who would be treated for minor injuries.

The boat had arrived just in time, Gelinne recalled. “I’m 60 years old,” he says. “There was no way I could get him to shore.” Still, he was ________.

【推荐2】Two years ago, Nikki Tysoe ______ got on a bike. Today, though, she’s become so ______ to the cycling world that she’s even helping to bring pedal power to mental-health nurses at the hospital where she ______ .

In April, the National Lottery-funded charity Access Sport introduced a program that provides bikes to Tower Hamlets’ Royal London Hospital. Nikki ______ herself to pushing for this to be extended to Goodmayes Hospital, a mental-health facility in northeast London ______ she’s a project manager. She says having the bikes not only enables nursing staff to travel safely to and ______ work during the coronavirus crisis, but also allows them to ______ steam during their breaks.

Nikki wanted to do something to make life a bit better for the ______ in the hospital. There’s a lot of focus on the hospitals at the moment which are having an awful time and this is also a ______ time for mental-health staff. The bikes provide a complement（补充） to a “wobble room”，spaces designed for nurses and other staff if they are feeling pressured and need some ______ and relief during the pandemic within the hospital. The bikes are surely an extension of that.

Junior doctor Aiman is very ______ for that program. “Using the bike means I can get to work safely” she says. “This has taken out a lot of ______ from my daily life and allows me to focus on my patients. It’s definitely improved my mental well-being. ” Stress levels are generally high in nursing and having bikes would make a ______ .

______ Access Sport has provided Nikki with bikes, her dream is to have three or four bicycles permanently on site. Following the success of the bike loans, Nikki is working to extend the project ______ lockdown.