【推荐1】“New Recruits (招募) Wanted.” This________caught my eye and revived (重新唤起) the dream I had since my childhood. But, just as________, I reminded myself that I was getting close to sixty. Hesitating for a while, I finally entered the hall and filled out a(n) ________.

My dream of becoming a firefighter began when I watched the television show Rescue 8,   ________ with the cooperation of the Los Angeles Fire Department when I was young. Unfortunately, life doesn’t follow young people’s dreams. A career in construction, a family to     ________, and many other factors got in the way of volunteering with the local fire department. Now, ________retirement, my wife and I have just relocated to a beautiful village near Seattle. I have time to give.

To my delight, I was accepted for ________. Yes, I was the oldest recruit, and it was so   ________that I was ready to drop out one day. When I got home from practice that day, a friend came over. I was about to say I could________do it anymore when he passed me a beautifully-illustrated book of firefighters who are in     ________ , with a personalized message of inspiration, encouraging me to follow my dream. As I looked through the________ , I felt amazed at the courage and devotion of these brave ________ . It gave me the strength I needed to carry on.

Over the next few weeks, the training continued to be tough, but I never lost     ________again. I lost twenty pounds, but eventually I was certificated as a firefighter. And now I can drive the big red trucks and ________ my community. When most of my friends are retiring, I’m ________ a new career I love. And I know that you're never too old to take on new challenges; never too old to follow your dreams.

【推荐2】I have a degree in business. But it was my father’s _______ for me to seek to attain a business major. He thought that having a business major would _______ me more available choices and make me more _______ in entering a global labor market. I took his advice. However, even though my college experiences were _______, I had no interest in any _______ of commerce, let alone having a long­term career (职业) as a businesswoman.

After I _______, I worked as a marketing planner at a computer company. My _______ and working environment were great; yet I _______ didn’t feel happy doing something that held little _______ for me. After two months of working there, I made up my mind to __________ and decided to do what I love, namely teaching history. I have now been doing this job for over twenty years. I am __________ of being with my students.

If you are in a __________ where you don’t love what you are learning or doing, please ask yourself what you are really __________ about. Take some time to think about what career could bring __________ to you.

I like this motto “Success is not the key to happiness. __________, happiness is the key to success.” If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

【推荐1】In March,another lung infection attacked me.However,I was___ because I didn't have to go to work.

My work was more dangerous than my lung infection.My customers tended to be rude.The majority of my co-workers loved gossip and ___。Every night when I began my walk to work,I felt fine. __ the time I had reached my____ my head hurt and my stomach felt __ As I walked through the door,I was tense and ready for a __

So,when my lung infection calmed down,I___ to find another job.Surfing through employment listings online,I found an ad for a human-only circus.The work was basic and ___within my power.So I __ my resume.A few days later I __ an interview and ended up getting hired.

The pay at the circus was ___The hours were longer.The work was more physically ___However,I loved it.I was in an environment where my colleagues were ___ so I was never tired when I __ at the end of the day.It took a while for me to fit in.For the first few weeks of work,I was __，and I was always looking over my shoulder.I was __ to befriend my co-workers,for fear that they would___ me later.Despite all these,I began to __ that I was smiling and laughing at work and that my colleagues and I ___each other. When problems arose,we talked them through instead of slinging mud(血口喷人）。I am now so happy that I have made a __ decision.

【推荐2】I've always been crazy about running. Ever since I was a boy, running has made me feel free and _______. But when I was a young adult, I became _______ accidentally. I had to give up running for years. Then I _______ about running with human guides, and I decided to give it a _______. I was even able to enter the New York City and Boston Marathons five years in a row. In 2019, I _______ the first half-marathon with the help of guide dogs.

But I know it's not _______ for everyone to have a clever, caring guide dog like my Blaze. I founded a(n)_______ called Guiding Eyes for the Blind, to help the blind _______ running guide dogs that can help them live more active and _______ lives.

In the fall of 2019, I asked a similar question to a group of ________ and technologists at Google. I wasn't expecting much more than an interesting ________, but by the end of the day they had built an application that ________ a phone to recognize a line taped to the ground, and gave audio cues（语音信号）to me while I ________ with Blaze. Within a few months, we tested it on an indoor ________   on my own and found I was able to run eight laps. It was the first unguided mile I had run in ________ .

After months of ________, the team was finally ________ to test the tech outside for the first time. I'd been ________ 30 years to run outdoors on my own. When I arrived at the finish line, I was ________ overcome with emotion（情绪）. For the first time, I didn't ________ a blind man. I felt I could take charge of my own life.

【推荐3】One summer afternoon, when I was about eight years of age, I was looking at a beautiful rainbow. Somebody said, “If you should go to the ____ of the rainbow, you would find there great pots of gold and silver.” Without ____, I rushed from the house, and set off toward the woods.

I was so sure that I knew just ____ that rainbow ended. I remembered how glad and proud I was in my thoughts, and what fine presents I ____ to all my friends out of my riches. So thinking, and laying delightful plans, almost before I knew it I had ____ the thick forest, and the end of the rainbow was not there! ____ I saw it shining down among the trees a little farther off; so on and on I ____, through the thick bushes and ____ rapid streams. The woods grew thicker and darker, and the ground wetter. Suddenly I met in my way a ____ porcupine (豪猪), who made himself still larger when he saw me. Fearing that he would attack me, I ran from him as fast as my ____ feet would carry me. In my ____ and hurry I forgot to keep my eye on the rainbow, and when, at last, I ____ and looked for it, it was nowhere in sight! It had ____. I burst into tears, for I had lost all my ____ and had nothing to show for my pilgrimage (journey to a holy place) but muddy feet and a wet and torn body.

But I soon found that my ____ had only begun: I was lost! I could not tell which was east or west, but ____ about here and there, crying and calling, though I knew that no one could ____ me. All at once I heard my nickname called, so I jumped up. It was my eldest brother. He hugged and kissed away all my tears, and then he told me what the rainbow____ is: “It is only painted air, and does not _____ on the earth. But it tells us something more. When you set off on a pilgrimage, you will be ____ by the rainbow through all the dark places of this world to treasures in your heart, better, far better, than silver or gold.”

【推荐3】At school, art class is fun. We _________ with different techniques and generally get creative. However, a field trip to an art gallery is often _________. Last year my art teacher organized a trip to an art exhibition. The gallery was full of older people, who obviously didn’t want to be with _________ students. We all got _________ and couldn’t stop chatting. Our teacher was getting _________ and kept telling us to be quiet.

The next day we complained to our teacher about the _________ of activities for teens at art galleries. She _________   that a visit should be both educational and fun. That’s when I decided to go online and look for art galleries that have special _________ for teens. Eventually, I _________ to find a huge range of activities and proposed some to my teacher.

I also used the __________ to learn about artists. Recently, I found a contemporary artist called Martin Bailey. I’ve __________ seen artists who combine different techniques, but Bailey is totally different. He does unique illustrations with __________ household objects such as umbrellas, headphones and even cookies. His art is simple, but it makes you see things __________, For example, he notices that a flower is similar to a mop(拖把) and puts this __________ into life by drawing a little man with a real flower mop. It’s really __________! I hope I’ll be able to go to an exhibition of his work in the future.