【推荐1】We all know that “Practice makes perfect (熟能生巧) ” is a very popular saying both in Chinese and English. It means that if you want to learn ________, you have to practice (练习) it many times, and then you may remember

________ you learn. Also we can say the more you know something, ________ you can do it. No matter (无论) what we do, those words are very ________ to us.

We can take English study ________ an example. If we want to learn some new words by heart, we must learn them and read them again and again ________ we can remember them. Sometimes it will ________ a lot of time for us to remember, but once we remember, we can use them freely. If we ________ our best, we will do it very well. When you take an English exam and ________ some meanings and usages (用法) you don’t remember, how will you feel

________ that time? You must feel sorry. So English study means that you ________ practice (练习) more and more.

We can look at ________ example in learning. When we read the same story for many times, we can remember it ________ well that we can tell it to others. At the same time, we can also ________ some stories from what we have heard. So in our study and life, we should keep the sentence “Practice makes perfect” in our ________. In this way, we can study well and live a better life.

【推荐2】Many young Kyrgyz(吉尔吉斯人) dream of studying abroad, with Chinese universities appealing to them in recent years. Students who studied at Chinese universities talked about how education in China _________ their career and life prospects.

Bektur Papakov studied at Jilin University in Changchun in Northeast China from 2016 to 2019.

“For the first year, we studied the _________, so we can speak and use it and for the rest of the time, I studied for a master’s program in project management,” says Papakov. He says that he decided to go to China because it was a new _________, a new mentality(意识) and a new language, _________ that China’s _________ growth was another draw(吸引力). At the same time, Papakov says he _________ difficulties due to the language barrier and _________ differences, but the university was there for support.

Papakov notes that after studying, he returned to Kyrgyzstan and was able to open his own company. “Now, I have my own company in Kyrgyzstan. I think that the three years that I spent in China, the experience and _________ I gained helped me a lot when opening a company,” he says.

_________, Erkeayim Sulaymanova says that a diploma(文凭) from a Chinese university gave her a great __________ when applying to other universities and in the job __________. Sulaymanova says she studied at Beijing’s University of International Business and Economics.

“I __________ China as a place to study together with my parents. The decision was made owing to the country’s culture and good __________,” she says. Sulaymanova emphasizes that her experience of living and studying in China has __________ affected her worldview. “Now, I am studying for a master’s degree at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bishkek,” Sulaymanova says. “I also work in an oil company, and when I __________ a job, a diploma from China was taken into account.”

【推荐3】For a little girl growing up in Colombia, a science career with NASA may seem impossible. Trujillo, however, is an aerospace ______ who leads a team at the NASA laboratory ______ for the robotic arm of the latest Mars rover (火星探测器).

How did Trujillo go from simply dreaming about the universe to ______ exploring it? That's a tale of ______ written in the stars.

Born in 1983, even as a young girl Trujillo was ______ of her passion for science. But she doubted how far she'd be able to ______ in a male-dominated field. Then her dad offered to send her to Miami. Only 17 at the time, she ______ the offer.

Trujillo took a series of housekeeping ______ to put herself through Miami Dade College. Sometimes she was cleaning bathrooms to help pay her way through her ______ . But she didn't ______ "I saw everything coming my way as an opportunity."

Then came another life-changing moment. She became the first Hispanic (西班牙语国家的) woman to be ______ to the NASA Academy. Later, she became an engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

This February, when the Perseverance rover ______ on the surface of Mars, it was ______ by commentary (解说) from Trujillo in NASA's first-ever Spanish-language ______ .

Trujillo's own story is ______ that just beyond the barrier lies an entire universe of opportunities waiting for anyone willing to work hard enough to reach for the stars.

【推荐2】Picking up a free newspaper at the Tube station, I see the title “Hot! Hot! Hot!”. Today, the temperature in London is ______ to reach 30 plus degrees! The average high temperature in July is only 22 degrees, so over 30 is unusual for London. It’s going to be ______ on the Central Line, with no air conditioning.

Sure enough, going down the stairs and onto the ______ is like jumping into a volcano that’s erupting. This, _____, is nothing compared to the train. Because there’s no air conditioning, the temperature ______ the train can reach 35 degrees! It’s lovely at the beach, but not so when you’re wearing a suit and in a ______ of passengers! I’m sure the passenger next to me and I are ______ and becoming one!

Yes, each summer in London ______ seems hotter than the last. I suddenly feel a bit ______. Perhaps now is the time to start planning for the future? I should probably ______ my flat on the market and buy a boat.... Most importantly, I’ll need to learn to swim! I’ll join a beginner’s swimming class ______. Then I’ll be able to ______ even when the tall buildings are flooded.

______ my newspaper, I’m shocked by photos showing that a hurricane in Asia has destroyed a town. Experts say this bad weather has occurred due to ______ change. News like this makes me feel nervous. ______ it’s hard to avoid a disaster on Earth, perhaps I should start thinking about moving to space...

【推荐3】We live in the countryside. My mother is a ________ housewife. She takes care of a big family of 8, ________ she has to go to the grocery store in the town at least once a week. One afternoon, she went to the grocery store in a hurry and________ a cart to feed our big family for the coming week. She had a number of errands (差事) to run, but when she ________ buying everything she needed and pushed the cart out to the parking lot, she found she had ________ her keys in the car. She called a locksmith (锁匠), who ________ the car door for her. After ________ the locksmith a check, my mother got in the car and ________ in a hurry as she had a lot of housework to do.

About ten minutes later, my mother suddenly ________ that she had done something terrible — she'd ________ to put her cart full of hundreds of dollars worth of groceries into the car before getting into the car. You know that was a ________ sum of money for our family at that time. She hurried ________ and looked everywhere for her cart of the newly bought food. It was ________ to be found, and she was sure it had been stolen by someone else.

My discouraged mother made the 45 minute ________ back to our home. She felt ________ and couldn't help shedding tears. When she pulled up in the driveway, however, to her ________, she saw all the bags of the groceries in front of our home. In one of the bags, she noticed a ________, which said the ice cream was in the neighbor's fridge. One ________ person had seen my mother drive off and leave her cart behind, so she got my mother's ________ from the locksmith's check and drove all the way to deliver the groceries — to a complete ________.

【推荐1】A 3-year-old girl is back home after a man found her wandering on the city’s southwest side early Sunday morning.

Botello, who works for Villa Pizza and has seven children, said he was in the middle of a ____around 3a.m. when he saw a young girl____around the McConnell parking lot.

“I ran to the door and gave people their food,” said Botello. “I went back looking for her but failed, so I drove around for a minute. Without finding her, I started pulling into the parking lots.” He finally____the girl who was curled (蜷缩) up between two blocks, ____nothing but a T-shirt, diaper (尿裤), and socks. Botello wrapped her in a hoodie (连帽衫), then called the police. “I had some____in my car, so she was drinking some water and I rubbed her back, letting her know she was okay and she started falling asleep,” said Botello. “She was so____and cold.” When officers arrived, they managed to make____ with the little girl’s mother, who didn’t ____she was missing and thought she was asleep. It’s unclear how the girl got out or for how long, but the police believed it was an accident.

“I cannot____how her parents feel, but want them to go easy. I don’t think it was anything ____, nobody lets a little kid out.” said Botello. “I just did what I could. I assume somebody would do the same for my kids.” Botello added that rather than cast____, he hoped this incident pushed people to offer____in someone’s time of need. “Sometimes you want to turn a____ eye but, you never know who you’re saving,” said Botello. “Anybody could have____that little girl, there’s lots of foot traffic over there, so I’m glad she____ made it home safe.”

【推荐3】Many years ago, when I was in high school and working on weekends, I lost my wallet. After adding gas to my old car, I paid, and _________ my wallet at the gas station. I hadn’t even had time to _________ I had lost it when my phone rang. A man asked me if I had lost my wallet. I _________ my purse and to my _________, I had. He asked me to _________ him what was in it. I did so. He then told me where to _________ my wallet.

When I reached his _________, I noticed his wheelchair and a slope (坡道) going up to the house. I thought that it might have been _________ for him to lower his body and pick up my wallet. I knocked on the door and he told me to come in. I _________ him for finding my wallet. While I didn’t want to insult (侮辱) him by offering __________, I really felt like __________ something. So I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his __________, and he said, "Just pass it on." I said I would be __________ to do that. I was raised to be honest in any case and I would have done so, __________ promising this fellow I would, but I wanted to __________ his kindness, so I promised I would.

Ten years later I found a __________ lying on the ground. It __________ me several days to find the owner. He lived in another state, about 60 miles away from where I found the wallet. When he __________ me back, we __________ to meet, so I could return his wallet. He was actually __________ all his money was still in the wallet and he tried to hand me a $20 bill. I told him, "Thanks, but just pass it on..."