【推荐1】Jade lives in Australia, a country famous for kangaroos, but not for snow. Yet at12, she_________ to ski at the North Pole.

Despite the lack of _________ training space, Jade still built her _________ at the gym. She ran with giant tyres attached to her waist to _________ what it was like to pull a sled (雪橇) across ice. By the age of 14, Jade was _________.

The far north is not a blank carpet of soft snow, but Jade _________ the tough conditions. Even though every part of her body was _________ , she never thought of giving up. In April 2016, Jade made _________ , becoming the youngest person to ski to the North Pole.

When talking about her _________ , she stated that every human body is __________ whether you are a man or a woman. But when the talk was posted online, some Internet bullies (霸凌者) wrote __________ comments like “Make me a sandwich” to make her feel __________.

To prove women’s place is far beyond the __________, Jade and her team pushed onto the South Pole and made it. Holding a plate with a sandwich, Jade __________ had her photo taken and posted online. She dared the bullies, “I made you a sandwich. Now __________ 37 days and 600 km to the South Pole, and you can eat it.”

【推荐2】Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the _______. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. Two years ago, he _______his first piece Moonlight Sonata (奏鸣曲) by Beethoven. He _______ everyone around him. Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it _______ music teachers said his ability was very rare. Music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he _______law and music.

Samuel can’t _______why everyone is so surprised. “I _______with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any music _______. It comes easily to me — I hear the notes (音符) and can bear them in _______— each and every note.” says Samuel.

Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The _______were impressed by his amazing performance.

_______, Samuel’s ability to remember things doesn’t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel _______ someone read a story, and then he could retell the _______word for word.

As a teenager, he doesn’t know what he wants to do in the _______. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and _______his studies.

【推荐3】With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He _______ played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always _______   his head without a word.

One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗)._______   of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever _______   his sapling best shall get a gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get the gift._______ after he saw his brothers and sisters watering the trees,   an idea _______ him: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon.So watering it once or twice, he never _______ it.

Several days later, he was _______ to find it not only didn't die, but also grew so many fresh _______.Compared with those of his brothers and sisters, his appeared greener.His father kept his ________， bought the boy a gift and said he would become an outstanding ________ after growing up.

From then on, the boy slowly became ________ and confident.One evening, he suddenly ________ his biology teacher once said that plants ________ grow at night. Why not go to see the tree?

When he came to the courtyard, he found his father working near the tree! Immediately he ________： Father had been secretly ________ his tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.

Decades passed. The boy didn't become a botanist.________， he became the US ________.His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

________ is the best nourishment (滋养品) of life.________ it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!

【推荐1】When Rojas was biking to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last November, she planned to go bird-watching. Bingo! A mile into her walk, she saw a female ________ near the water’s edge. Rojas had worked at a wild bird rehab (康复) center and ________ that swans can be likely to attack people. But as she got close this time, it didn’t ________. She was certain that the bird needed ________ attention. Rojas put her jacket over the bird’s head to keep it calm, ________ picked it up and held it in her arms. And then a thought ________ her: What should I do now?

Her best ________ was the rehab center, but that was on the other side of town. How was she going to transport a 17-pound swan on her ________ all that way? Luckily, some ________ driving by offered her, her bike and the swan a (n) ________ to the rehab center.

Workers at the rehab center ________ that the swan had lead (铅) poisoning. They got the swan back up on its feet. ________ , the swan had a bacterial infection(感染). Two months after Rojas came to its ________ , the swan died.

It’s a (n) ________ ending, but the story shows just how far people are willing to go to ________ animals.

【推荐2】A poor boy was selling goods from one door to another to pay for his studies. One day he found that he had only one coin left, and he was ____. While approaching the next house, he decided to seek for a(n) ____.

But when a young woman opened the door, he only dared to ____ a glass of water. She looked at him and ____ that the boy was hungry. So she brought him a large glass of ____. He drank it and then asked how much he ____ her. The woman replied, “You don’t owe me anything. Mother taught us never to accept pay for a(n) ____. ” “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart,” he said, feeling stronger not only ____. The boy’s name was Howard Kelly.

Many years later, that woman became seriously ____ and was sent to hospital. When Dr. Howard Kelly entered the room, he immediately ____ the woman who once showed kindness to him. So he was ____ to do his best to save her.

The struggle was long, but he ____ to overcome her illness. After some time the woman received a bill for her ____. She was ____ that it would cost her a lot. Finally, when the woman looked at the ____, she noticed words that were written on the side: Paid in full with a glass of milk.

【推荐3】For the third time in a week, Jodie, one of my students, refused me again. Passing my office door, she gave halfhearted wave and walked down the hall. Something was ______ her but I couldn’t tell what. I thought it would pass. The next day when she all but ______ me again, a boyhood ______ came to mind.

I was riding my bicycle, gliding, carefree, down the street, following a local ______ campaign, and stopping ______ to pick up leaflets and sweets the candidate (候选人) had thrown to the crowd. My fender (挡泥板) made a strange ______ . One small part was holding it on. My father had ______ me about it, but I didn’t pay attention to his advice. “I’ll fix it later,” I had ______ .

I was miles from home; I turned back, taking a short ______ , even though I had to cross a four lane road that I wasn’t supposed to go near. I waited for a ______ in the traffic, then stood up and threw my ______ onto the bike. Just as I was about to make it across, the fender broke and slid down over the tyre, ______ it like a doorstop under a door. The bike stood on its ______ and I went flying over the handlebars. I fell on to the rough pavement and slid for about six feet. I ______ over to see the cars and trucks thundering towards me. I ______ myself to the edge of the road. For a long time I lay there. My hands and the skin of my stomach were very ______ .

All these years later I ______ my father’s words “Better fix that before it gets too bad to fix”. Small problems grow into big ones if they aren’t ______ to. Good relationships could disappear if conflicts aren’t ______ . So, the next time I saw my student Jodie, I asked her, “Can you come over to my office?” We needed to ______ .