【推荐1】I was working as a lifeguard at Tower 15 and two blocks to my right was another guard named Mike. The other day he called me, "Hey, I have _______ two kids who are swimming in the dangerous zone. I have to give them a warning. Keep an eye on us." I said "Sure." In case of emergencies, anytime we got out of our tower, we were supposed to _______ somebody else.

Mike hung up the phone and seized the lifebuoy. Then he realized these two kids had been _______ and that they were likely to be swallowed by the wave. _______, Mike rushed toward the ocean. I _______ the water and all I found was two small heads. The mother of the two kids knelt down on the beach with screams.

When I reached the mother, Mike was in waist-deep water, _______ the two kids. I turned to the mum and said, "Hey, it's OK. They are safe." I saw the terror started to_______.Then she glanced back and got her first good look at Mike. A new kind of _______ washed over her face as though there was another threat to her kids' lives. She snatched her kids without _______.

Mike had some seemingly __________ appearance, and his shaved head showed a scar. Maybe he had no __________ manners, but his lifesaving ability __________ his unsatisfactory skills in PR(public relation).In the mother's __________, Mike was a really terrible guy. However, that couldn't change the fact that he had just __________ her kids.

Mike just glanced at me and smiled. As I jogged back to my tower, I __________ I'd never let my own prejudice prevent me from recognizing a hero when I meet one.

【推荐3】Hundreds of community members poured into the home to express their condolences (哀悼) to Eli's family. I walked in and_________myself, saying I was the headmaster of a school in a neighboring city. I then told the following_________ to the family.

When I was in middle school, I was the troublemaker and always behaved_________in class. One day, when I was bored in class, I_________a paper ball at the teacher. With a bright red_________face, the teacher lifted the ball and said, “I will ask only once for the student who did this to_________and get out of the room. I won't_________class until that student leaves, "The room was_________. I was not going to give myself up. I never_________what would happen next. After 30 long seconds, a boy named Eli, who was always a__________and well-behaved student, stood up and walked out with his__________ down. He had no reason to help me but he__________to anyway.

I wiped my __________ and said, “I want you to know that Eli saved my life. Through that__________act, he conveyed to me how concerned he was about my dignity (尊严). That shook me up. From that __________ on, I took my life more __________. With a lot of work, I stopped being a __________.

When I heard that Eli __________, I had to go to let all know that if I've __________ people's lives through my work as an educator, it's all due to Eli's__________and selflessness.

【推荐1】Stan Lee tried many different jobs as a teenager but found his real interest when he began work for Timely Comics in 1939. He soon _______ to be editor-in-Chief and introduced a range of idols and hugely popular _______.

In the 1950s, the company _______ its name to Marvel, and Stan Lee was given the job of _______ a series of new comic-book characters that would compete.

Stan already had a few ideas that he was keen to _______, and so introduced The Fantastic Four to comic-reading Americans. The new heroes were an immediate _______, and Stan Lee could see that with careful and detailed planning, the new market could be well   _______ by Marvel.

As the new market _______, Stan Lee persevered with his ideas, and _______ a new approach to storytelling through comics. Stan could see that comic-book fans wanted more than just illustrated stories.

These new fans wanted to be part of a community where they felt ________ in the whole process of comic book creation. Stan made it and fans soon developed a ________ to particular writers or artists they favored. In cooperation with others, Stan introduced Iron Man, the X-Men, Doctor Strange, and Daredevil and so on. These superheroes ________ Marvel's single most successful comic-book character-Spiderman.

1981 __________ Stan Lee move to California and take charge of Marvel's TV and movie interests. Stan's energetic and uncompromising approach to the film industry made Marvel a (an) __________ name. Fans worldwide ________ awaited each new film, and Stan could enjoy the ________ that success brought.

Stan Lee was the ________ of many new ideas, but making the ideas work was the hardest part. Taking an idea, or a dream, and making it ________, require hard and constant work. Enjoy the process of ________ your dreams. Let your ideas and creativity flow, and you will ________ yourself, Stan Lee said.

【推荐2】Tan Yuanyuan, San Francisco Ballet’s first Chinese leading dancer, _________ the audience with her performance at the CCTV Spring Festival gala _________ the Year of the Ox. Her passion, joy and spring in her dance steps have _________ countless viewers.

Tan’s relationship with ballet began at the age of 5 when she was _________ in the striking beauty of a performance named Swan Lake on TV.

Her _________ to enter a dance school was strongly supported by her mother, who also had a great affection for ballet. She began to train _________ at Shanghai Dance School and graduated four years later. Her great efforts _________ paid off. She won many scholarships and awards at home and abroad. In 1995, Tan was admitted as a dancer by the company of San Francisco Ballet, soon after which she was _________ to be its leading dancer.

Looking back, she is _________ that her Chinese parenting has a great influence on the way she ____________ dance, and she is proud of it. “My parents often say, ‘The best is that what you do today is better than yesterday’,” she recalls. “I know there is no perfection in the world, yet that’s how I keep getting closer to being ____________ every day. The stage is always full of magic and potential. We need to remember to leave our comfort zones and stay ____________. I want to challenge my past, ____________ my presence and try more things in the future,” she says in an interview.

When asked about her secret to career longevity, she says, “Put all the efforts into your career. Do things with ____________ love and passion. Do not add age to your life but ____________ to your age.

【推荐3】Yao Ming is China’s most famous basketball player. He may have retired from the _______, but he continued to _______ young people with his hard work once more, this time _______ the classroom instead. This 38-year-old man first _______ Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2011 and graduated on July 8, 2018.

Yao Was born in a family of basketball player, _______ his father and mother insisted that Yao should get _______ education after his basketball career (职业). Yao’s first day at _______ was a big mess (麻烦，混乱), with hundreds of students _______ outside his classroom asking for _______ and signatures (签名). While many students lived in the university, Yao couldn’t — there was no bed to ________ the 2.26-metre-tall man.

In his commencement(毕业典礼) speech, Yao said, “If not for that promise to my father and mother, I might have ________ several times, especially since ________ had to take math. But over time, I came to believe that learning itself is more ________ than the result.” Yao also told his fellow graduates to think about what society needs ________ planning their next steps in life. Besides his role in the ________ management, Yao is also a wild Animal Aid ambassador as well as a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.