【推荐2】Hawthorne and his younger sister, Linda, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. They had only a little money. As they had not paid the ______ for several months, the landlord was breathing down their necks (盯着他们).

One day, Hawthorne took Linda’s shoes to be ______, but he lost them on the way home. He was afraid that his parents would be ______, so he begged his sister to keep it secret. Linda agreed and the two decided to ______ Hawthorne’s running shoes. Linda’s school hours were in the ______, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Hawthorne. He could then run to his school, which began in the afternoon.

Hawthorne heard about a long distance race that was held only for the ______ in the city. When he learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home ______ and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.

The day of race arrived. Hawthorne had a ______ start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired. Getting more and more exhausted he thought only of Linda and his ______ to her. Dreaming of the new shoes he would win for his sister gave him strength, and he stayed right ______ the two fastest runners, determined to finish third. Suddenly, as the finish line drew near, another runner collided(碰撞) with Hawthorne from behind and he ______ to the ground.

Hawthorne looked ______ and saw the other boys rushing ahead. Refusing to give up at this point, he jumped to his feet and ran as fast as he could and won the fourth prize. ______ he would let her sister down, Hawthorne couldn’t help crying. Just then he suddenly heard the announcement from the broadcast that he won the ______ prize as the runner who collided with Hawthorne was disqualified for breaking the rule. Holding the shoes during the award ceremony, Hawthorne felt overjoyed and ______ as he eventually won the shoes for his sister.

【推荐3】In early January 2024, Jimmy struggled through snow and ice to summit the Vinson Massif, Antarctica’s highest peak.

After decades of traveling and mountaineering, Jimmy could _________ another achievement, a great adventurer, which _________ reaching the highest peak on every continent, and visiting both the North Pole and the South Pole in addition to visiting every country.

Jimmy had _________ spent ten years of his life, between 2007 and 2017, visiting every country in the world. The _________ journey saw him meet with many difficulties and gain achievements as well. But once he’d managed to visit every country in the world, Jimmy went into a _________.

“It had been a huge life goal, over a _________ of my life. However, when I finished that, I was a bit _________,” he said. “I started eating badly, _________ weight and ignoring my own _________.”

Jimmy decided that the best way to ____________ this was to challenge himself again. He began running ultramarathons and climbing mountains, and soon found that with the ____________ and direction, he was back to loving life again. He’s hoping that he doesn’t ____________ bad habits again after completing the latest challenges. For now, Jimmy is putting all his ____________ into helping others to achieve their travel goals.

“From an adventure perspective, what I really want to ____________ to people is just how many benefits they can get from ____________ experiences. All good things come after suffering,” said Jimmy.

【推荐1】Fifteen years ago, an earthquake in Turkey hit the school where William Jefferson studied and he was buried in the ruins

He was ________ after 24 hours, but his legs, severely injured, had to be ________. At first, William was ________ and didn’t want to talk to anyone. Later with his parents’ support, William had the courage to spend the following five months in ________ and learned how to get around with his prosthetic (义肢) legs.

________ his prosthetic legs, William regained the ability to walk. Then he was able to return to school. With ________ grades, he got admitted to Ankara University. Later, he ________ his master’s degree with straight A’s and began to work at an educational organization.

In his spare time, William ________ videos on social media about his life and received many________ from other disabled people. They wondered how he could walk so well. That was when it occurred to William that he could make a contribution by helping those ________ to find suitable prosthetic legs and train them to walk ________ again. So he found a job as a doctor studying in prosthetic recovery. It ________ William to see disabled people unable to get out of their homes because they cannot move freely or fear being looked at. This is what ________ his work with recovery.

“I hope that one day when we walk down the street with prosthetic legs, we are not treated ________,” said William. “I plan to continue helping more people with ________ to be less disabled, to move more freely and enjoy life in the way they want.”

【推荐2】“If there is no sun, turn to the stars; if you can’t be seen, sing louder...” These are the lyrics of a song written by a rock band made up of people with rare_________.

The eight amateur(业余的)_________ were all born in the 1980s and only _________ at charity events. In real life, they all have jobs but meet _________ on Wednesday nights for rehearsals(排练) to _________ their music skills.

“What we want to show to the public through our music is that _________ doesn’t mean the end of the road. We can also make our _________ heard in our own way. Our aim is to draw attention to people with rare diseases and to _________ the way others look at them,” said Su Jiayu, the band leader. He has Marfan syndrome, a rare disease with major _______: thinness and tallness.

In 2005, the two founders of the band, Wang Yiou and Cui Ying, who also have a rare disease,________ that there was no Chinese band representing people like them. So they __________ the band.

Its __________ are from different backgrounds, all with rare illnesses, but with a shared desire to__________ themselves through music. None of them had had __________ of writing a song or known how to play an instrument __________, but they never thought of ________. Ma Ge, a genius guitarist of the famous Sky band, was __________ by their performance at a charity event. He decided to ________ the young group to reach a higher level.

In 2019, the band released their first album, __________ 10 original songs written by the band members themselves. And they __________ to release their second album this autumn.