【推荐1】I quit my office job in 2012. At that time, a strong sense of _______bothered me. I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do with my life. So I devoted myself to ___________I took acting lessons, traveled, volunteered on farms, and so forth. After a period of time, I realized my problem had _______changed. My idea bank was full of _______. I had countless ideas for what I could perform to _______ a meaningful life. However, the number of the choices I had made me _______. Being passionate(热诚的)about so many things, I didn't know what I should _________ to find a way forward.

By chance, 1 read a book written by Stephen Covey, in which he _______ that people "begin with the end in mind" when they need to make choices. The idea means knowing your final goal _______, and then you can more ____________ make the choices and take the ____________ steps to reach your goal. Thanks to Covey, I knew what I should ____________. I showed an interest in ____________at an early age, and hoped to make a difference some day. So my interest ____________ my final goal. And fortunately, after about two years of effort, now I have devoted myself to this ____________ work — a professional dancer.

In daily life, a large number of people may have the same ____________ of not knowing which one to choose when they have lots of ____________ for many things. According to my own experience, I have realized that in order to ____________the uncertainty about choosing, knowing the final goal first really matters. Not only did it help me know ____________ what should pursue, but it also functioned as a firm belief that ____________me to take action to make it.

【推荐2】Once a year, around the time when Christians celebrate Easter, Muslims celebrate Ramadan and Jews celebrate Passover, I often invite my 24-person team to a joyful and special dinner at my place. To _______ the needs of all my team members, I usually _______ different kinds of typical food from different religions.

I think this _______ reflects the wider philosophy of my science lab: we aim to be a _______ yet united group of people working in a global scientific network. My lab _______ people with different _______. One of the most obvious _______ is our religions. Yet when people _______ my lab, they gather together, first through their common _______ for science, and then as they get to know one another and enjoy spare time activities, we become a cohesive (有凝聚力的) team. I am ________ this cohesion (内聚力) and the new friendships in my lab, and do my best to encourage them.

I’m also really ________, while looking for new members. I interview many people before I ________ the right ones for my lab. They must be ________ capable of course, but it’s just as important that they’re friendly, interesting and interested in others. They should be prepared to ________ various points of view and cultures.

As the person in charge of the lab, I see preserving a variety of cultural backgrounds as an important part of my job. Such an accessible, varied and supportive ________ promotes new ideas and scientific breakthroughs.

【推荐3】A group of graduates, successful in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaining about stress in work and life.

Before offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a variety of _________ — porcelain (陶瓷), plastic, glass, crystal (水晶), some plain-looking and _________, some delicate (精致的) and expensive — telling them to _________ themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you _________, all the nice-looking and expensive cups were _________, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is _________for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the _________ of your problems and stress. It is definite that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. _______ all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you all went for the _________ cups. And then you began __________ each other’s cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and __________ in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and __________ life, and the type of cup we have does not change the __________ of life we live. Sometimes, by __________ only on the cup, we fail to __________ the coffee.

【推荐1】I had always hoped to travel to Hawaii but couldn’t afford it. By chance, a friend _________ “pet sitting”, a service to help look after pets when owners are away from homes. I quickly began _________ opportunities on a pet sitting website. There were only a couple of sits available, but I tried my luck, sent an _________, waited a few days and _________ landed a three-month job in a beautiful house.

A month into my sit. I had explored the _________ pretty well. Impressed by such a beautiful island, I decided to start a travel blog to share the beautiful beaches. _________, for every photo of a beautiful beach there were 10 photos of rubbish. It was not _________ for me to ignore (忽视) the plastic pollution _________. So I began to share photos of the rubbish I _________ and how much I could __________ on my daily dog walks. The blog was used to raise __________ and highlight plastic-free travel.

I changed my way of living and even my __________ to adapt to more organic foods without plastic packaging. It’s been over three years now and I __________ to do what I can.

This journey has led me to some amazing __________ polluted places, and I have even organized some country-wide beach clean-up activities. My __________ now is to keep ongoing.

【推荐2】More and more people around the world are taking a look at urban farming. It can make our food as ________as possible. By growing what we need near where we live, we decrease the “food miles” linked with long-distance ________. We also get the freshest ________.

Growing fruits and vegetables in cities will benefit the community greatly. ________can earn extra income by ________ excessive produce at community events and farmers’ markets. As such markets grow, they may ________ full-time staff from the community. Thus more job opportunities will be provided.

Another benefit of urban farming is that it can make our cities ________. It will add plants, bring fresh air, and ________shading. It can help raise people’s awareness about the environment. With more rooftops and yard gardens, local people would have more peaceful places for ________. What’s more, a greener city will attract tourists.

However, there exist some ________. For example, land in cities is often expensive. If more urban gardens are ________, the rents and house prices will be raised. Urban soils are often loaded with poisons. This requires soil improvement ________planting can be done ________ . Narrow space in cities can ________ the size of a farm. And getting enough water and sunlight can be a(n) ________task. Considering all these problems, it seems that we still have a long way to go.

【推荐3】Around 13000 years ago North America had a wider variety of mammals（哺乳动物）than modern Africa. There were multiple horse species，camels and some now-extinct animals. And such_________creatures were not just found in North America. On every continent mammals on average were a lot larger from around 2.5 million until about 11700 years ago.

Scientists have long debated what caused all these large creatures to go extinct while many of the smaller ones_________.A team of researchers led by biologist Felisa Smith analyzed evidence from millions of years’ worth of mammalian extinctions and found that on each continent large mammals started to_________around the same time humans first showed up.

If the extinction trend continues, many more large mammals will soon disappear as well, as the primary threats from humans have_________from overhunting to indirect processes such as habitat loss. In their new study Smith and her team analyzed a database of all land mammals that lived from 65 million years ago until today. “We found_________no effect of climate on mammalian extinction over 65 million years,” she says. But starting around 125000 years ago and continuing until today, large mammals have been more likely to go extinct than smaller ones, the researchers found. The average_________of surviving mammals has decreased as a result. And those large-mammal extinctions are tightly coupled with the_________of humans. For most of mammalian_________history, an animal’s size was not predictive of its extinction risk. That_________only appeared once humans began to live alongside large mammals.

This finding does not mean climate-related changes could not have__________some wildlife populations, enabling humans to more easily bring about their eventual downfall.__________, it suggests the greater likelihood of large mammals going extinct is tied to human activities. The animals that evolved without the risk of hunting from humans were suddenly faced with a new__________. They simply could not__________fast enough to survive the invasion of humans.

Smith says the lesson to be learned from the new findings is that our ancestors prepared us to be extremely skillful killers. “What’s__________now,” she says, “is that some of us are comfortable enough, have a high enough standard of living, that we can start thinking about our use of the Earth,” Rather than simply behaving as__________, many of us are now in a position to become environmental protectors.

【推荐2】Rushing over to take a picture with Mickey Mouse, Emma Sinclair, from Australia, smiled at the camera and said, “I can’t ______ to tell Grandpa about this.” In 2015, she came to the US to fulfill her dream of visiting Disney World in Florida. Her grandfather, Spike, and she shared a ______ of Disney and he wanted her to come there.

There was another ______ for her trip. At three years old, she was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis (神经纤维瘤病), which caused tumours (肿瘤) to ______ in the brain and nerves. After age 15, she required many surgeries to receive treatment for the disease, but she ______ life and entered university.

She loved children, but she decided not to have children,______ of passing on the disease to them. ______, she became a part-time worker and cared for 40 kids, giving her such______. She wanted to make each moment ______ , which was why she went travelling.

In 2 020, a______ tumour was found in her brain. She ______ the use of her right hand from the surgery. She had to learn to get around with the assistance of a wheelie walker as her ______ was affected, and teach herself to do basic tasks with her left hand.

Though her treatment for the tumour remains ongoing, she has lots to______. She has welcomed a Cavoodle into her life, training it to be her service dog in case her condition______. She hopes her story can remind others that no matter how hard life is, we have to face it ______.