【推荐1】I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so ___, but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her ___ nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing ___. She practised dribbling and ___ over and over.

One day I asked Sally why she ___ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a ___. I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am ___enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t ___.”

I ___ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to ____. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head ____ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I ____ and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The ____ told her that at 165cm she would probably never play for a top team — still less she would be ____ a scholarship — so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely ____. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were ____. They didn’t understand the ____ of a dream.

The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was ____ offered a scholarship and ____ to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had ____ and worked toward for all those years.

It’s true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.

【推荐2】As I rushed among the tables, suddenly, a _______asked if I could mind a child. I was quite ________but I could tell the man was quite desperate. So I had to make a __________ with him that if he wanted his son to stay and wait for him, he had to__________something in the shop.

This was quite_________ for the man to do; I could_________ he was quite poor by the_________he was dressed. It looked as if he had tried to come in his__________clothes. But they still looked a bit old and worn out __________he had often worn them, just to make himself look best. Looking down I could see his_________were also a bit torn and the heels were in a terrible state. I thought he was going for a job interview. In the end he bought a small box of_________for his little son and seated him down in the corner. I could tell the boy was feeling down and only could__________with a bit of cheering up.

Seeing that the kid sat there for quite a while, I was a bit__________as the poor little kid was sitting _______ his own. People watched him and some kids even came over to pick on him. I was_______to see one of them even knocked his cookies off the table．He quickly went and got them back without saying a word．I was hoping his father would_____________up and come back for his son's_________.

At closing time, the only person left was the little boy．After a while, the father finally came in with a tiresome look. I___________he didn't get any job. As they were leaving, I offered the kid a little cake, but the man rejected it. I___________he felt as if I had just abused him．Of course I didn't mean to．But I could understand why he felt like that．I only wished them good__________whatever happened.

The man opened the door to leave－father and son hand in hand.

【推荐3】When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very _________ about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got_________ upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to_________the same thought. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think_________what a fish does?

As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really_________. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending meetings _________. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very_________to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is_________. Besides, water is usually with higher temperature in direct sunlight than in the shade._________, fish don’t have any eyelids (眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes. The more I understood fish, the more I became__________at finding and catching them.

When I grew up and entered the__________circles, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like__________.” But it didn’t completely__________. My dad never once said. “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” Years later, with great efforts to promote__________ services to people much older and richer than me, I came to__________what we all need is to think more like customers.

【推荐1】Maggie Doyne was 18 when she took a gap year between high school and college. She _______ a few of her belongings and set out to see the world.

Doyne’ s story began when she worked with _________ children at a school in northern India. One day, she saw a little girl named Hema carrying_________ to and from the village. She earned two dollars a day to support her family.

_________ by what she saw, she later found out that there were 80 million children across the globe living _______ Hema. She thought to herself for the first time, “_______ the 80 million, what if you just started with Hema?”

That’ s when Doyne decided to take Hema _______ and pay for her education. But helping Hema wasn’ t enough for Doyne. There were_______ children without families or homes. So she bought a small piece of land for $5,000 with her babysitting _______. Her goal was to build ________ for those children. “The amazing thing about this work is that it’s ________. Since I can help one kid, why not 10?” Doyne said.

The Kopila Valley Children’s Home ________ 200 children when it first opened in 2007, and it continues to ________. In addition to the shelter, Doyne has also opened a school in Kopila Vally.

Maggie Doyne’ s story is a great ________ that while we cannot solve all the world’s problems on our own, we can take the first ________ of solving one problem.

【推荐2】Sandra was a businesswoman in Orlando. Approaching her 50th birthday, she decided to ________ her love of cats and her work experience to start the Orlando Cat Café.

As a lifelong cat fan, Sandra’s main goal in opening the cafe was to help ________ cats up for adoption with proper pet parents. What she didn’t ________ at the time was that her cafe would help human visitors as much as the cats!

“The most ________ thing in the cafe is that they always have new cats and cats need socialization, so both sides ________!” says Laurie, who is one ________ guest. She, like many other cat lovers who ________ have pets at home because of allergies in the family, often comes to the cafe to experience the benefits of ________ with cute animals whenever she likes.

Plus, Sandra’s cat adoption ________ aren’t the only charitable initiative happening at the cafe! The coffee and food ________ for visitors are made by Axum Coffee, a company that was also started to ________ others. Axum is a city in Ethiopia where fresh water is ________ and even poverty is widely visible. In fact, the coffee and food are sold at a low price at the café, some of whose ________ go to the people of Axum, Ethiopia, to help improve their ________ of life.

“My cafe and Axum Coffee have a(n) ________ mission to reach out to others. We hit it off and became partners,” says Sandra.

Maybe the next time you visit Orlando, you’ll ________ Sandra’s cafe, and hit it off with one of the cats up for ________! Adoption specialists are always on site to help match the personalities of potential ________ with those of the cats in the play area, and it ________! More than 80 cats have been adopted since Sandra ________ her business in 2019.

【推荐3】On July 15, a small community in Colorado witnessed an extraordinary act of bravery during a fierce wildfire. Firefighter John Smith should have completed his ________ hours earlier, but his decision to stay saved a family’s home from destruction. His motivation came from the ________ to protect his community.

As reported by local news, Smith was nearing the end of his shift when he noticed a house in the path of the ______ flames. Without hesitation, he ________ to the scene, aware that every second ________. He quickly assessed the situation and realized that with additional assistance, he might save the house.

He geared up and grabbed a hose(水龙带), ________ the flames with intense focus. After hours of relentless (不懈的) effort, he managed to ________ the fire, preventing it from spreading to the nearby residential area.

Once the danger had passed, the homeowners were ________ and couldn’t express enough ________ to Smith. They knew that their home would have been reduced to ashes without his ________ efforts.

________ Smith, he remained humble about his heroic actions. “I was just doing my job,” he said ________. In his view, it was not an achievement, but rather a duty. “Anyone in my ________ would have done the same,” he added.

________ Smith and the family were strangers before the incident, they have since formed a strong bond. Smith may not have won any official ________, but his act of selflessness and courage won the hearts of the entire community.