【推荐1】An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 had struck the mountain．Matrone couldn't _________________ it any longer．"Let's get out of here," he told his wife, dressing quickly．They _________________ the parking lot, where others were digging their cars．Fifteen minutes after the first earthquake, another earthquake _________________, this one measuring 5.6．

With a dozen vehicles freed, guests _________________ down the driveway．But when they reached the main road, the path was _________________ by a six-foot-high wall of snow．Matrone got out of his car and _________________ the snow drift．There was no road, just piles of shining _________________．He turned and yelled down to his wife, "We're _________________!" And they made their way back to the _________________．

A handful of guests sat in white sofas．Matrone paced the reception area, __________________ discussing choices with his wife．This was when the snow on the mountain began to __________________．

They heard the snow slide before they saw it．As the wall of snow and ice __________________ downward, it pressed the air into a terrible low __________________．The snow slide gathered speed and size, grabbing rocks and trees and anything else in its __________________ as it roared down the mountain．

The snow and the __________________ of everything it had brought down the mountain with it tore the hotel from its foundation, collapsed it into a pile of ruins, and sent remains __________________ more than 100 yards away．People caught inside were left __________________ in the ruins．Everything had gone dark．

When the __________________ finally arrived, eight hours after the disaster occurred, there was no movement anywhere．All was now __________________．Hard rescue work began．It was bound to be a __________________ tragedy．Who would be the survivors?

【推荐2】I run a hotel in London. My knowledge on volcano is from my son’s science textbook, which says “volcanic ash is formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when dissolved gases escape __ into the atmosphere”. During the days with the terrible ash cloud which spread Europe from Iceland in May, 2010, I was   __   to a London radio station called LBC. People called in ___ their stories of trouble. Some had missed   __   for holidays, and some couldn’t get home following the volcanic eruption.

The story that most   __   me was a call from Peter, who had just gotten __ the previous weekend to Maz. They had planned to   __   their honeymoon to the Dominican Republic but could not   __   the ash cloud. When James O’Brien, the radio presenter, asked if he was unhappy, Peter said: “Not at all. I’ve married the   __   girl in the world whom I love, so…no… I’m not __ at all.” Both the presenter and I were so impressed by the beautiful __ .

A little later, after receiving many cancellations(取消预订), an idea __ to me and I called LBC. I spoke to the producer of the show and asked if she could keep __ with Peter to offer him and his wife a room for the weekend at my hotel __ . She later __ to say Peter and Maz were delighted and would love to take up the __ . The producer asked if I would like to __ offer it to them on the radio show, but I said no as I didn’t want it __ to the public.

So, two days later, Peter and Maz arrived at the hotel and   __ . I was so pleased to have made a bad situation better for a young couple. Nobody could ever imagine how   __ I was of myself.

A big storm took us by surprise. We didn’t ____1___ to be hit hard so we didn’t leave our home. When we realized our yard was ____2___ and more water was coming, it was too late to move.

We had to climb on ____3___ of the roof (屋顶) to get away from the water after it started entering the house. The ___4___ went off, it was extremely dark and we were ___5___. We had to tie ourselves to each other, because the ___6____ was very strong. I had my laptop with me and kept posting cries for ___7____. We stayed on the roof for eight hours ___8___ we were rescued.

It was a ___9__ night. Some people lost their lives. Many houses were completely ___10____. Our neighbor’s roof was blown away. ___11___, although our house was also hit, it remained intact (完整的).

At present, we keep going back, taking many photos — a requirement __12___ the insurance company. We expect them to make an assessment of the damage, and then hopefully, ____13___ our losses. And I’m particularly __14___ that my university projects were lost. That means more work for me and I am due to graduate in December.

We are now ___15____ at a friend’s house in Brooklyn. We won’t be able to return to our house in months. There’s no information about the support for the ____16___ of this storm. All we hear is to go to the shelter.

But now I’m ____17____ because my family and I are alive. And it’s important to ___18____ that there are still people ____19___ food, shelter, or gas in the cold weather. It’s a truly terrible time for the city now but I believe everything will ___20____.

【推荐1】It’s fortunate for children to have siblings(兄弟姐妹) accompanying them. And the kids would be luckier to have a brother as___________as Christian Hamerter. The 1l-year-old boy, attended a father-daughter dance with his 7-year-old sister Skylar after finding Skylar was___________by their dad.

In the days leading up to the___________in March, it was all Skylar was___________for, talking about it all day. On the other hand, her mom Trelysia felt more and more___________. At this time of year, their father is always fully___________in official duties. He didn’t attend last year’s dance due to a conference, ___________having made a promise. Then, she was right to be worried. On the big day, ___________, his father was sent abroad on business. “It was___________that he failed to go there for a second year. Skylar____________because she had her heart set on going.” Trelysia wrote in a____________. “I felt so bad and also cried uncontrollably.”

That’s when Christian____________! The big brother wanted his sister to feel loved and special. And he picked out a suit and gold tie, a perfect____________for Skylar’s gold dress. “The action filled me with____________,” the mother wrote, “for 1 just know that I’m____________a kind man──and an amazing father one day. He has____________that he can be.” Skylar had a great time with Christian there without her dad’s____________. Even better, now she knows her brother would always come to her____________.

The post warmed hearts of the people it ____________and picked up more than 110,000 reactions____________the sweet gesture.

【推荐3】One day, a boy was playing in a garden. He was running after butterflies and trying to catch them. He was very _______ to see the colorful flowers, too. Then he saw a frog skipping and _______. As he ran behind the frog, it went into the pond. A cow was eating grass in the garden. He saw how the cow was _______ grass. A fly then came there and buzzed over the _______. It swung its tail to make the fly move away. The child clapped and _______ .

The boy was enjoying the beauty of nature. He said, “Nature is _______. Its beauty attracts everyone.”

When he saw a squirrel, he ran after it and _______ near the bed of roses. He tried to pick some of the roses, but a thorn (刺) _______ his finger. It was very painful. The boy started _______ and ran to his mother who was in the ________.

His mother asked him, “What is the matter?” The boy said, “The thorn of the rose ________my finger while I was picking it and now I feel ________ pain.” His mother said, “That was your ________. You should not have tried to pick the flower. The flowers are meant to be ________ and not to be picked. Besides, natural beauty should never be ________. We should help to protect nature.” The son said, “I will ________ remember what you have just told me, Mom.” The mother said, “Let me know what you have ________ today.” Her son explained, “We should protect ________living beings, whether animals or ________. We should never harm them. We should not harm nature. ________ we do, it may harm us in the long run, too.”