【推荐3】Recently, as I neared the top of a difficult 35 foot climb at the local climbing gym, I made a dynamic move to reach the last hold. My right hand _________ the small, awkwardly placed hold, but I couldn’t _________, and my body fell away from the wall. Falls like this happen all the time. The rope catches you, and you rest in the air before getting back to try the _________ again.

This time, however, something went terribly _________. I glanced down as I fell from the hold, and watched in _________   as the rope raced through the harness (保护带) and disappeared from view.

When I hit the ground, a _________   impact rushed through my body. I _________ on my right side. Had I been upright, or in just about any other   _________ . I would probably have broken my legs, and possibly my back. Still, I broke my right   _________, but the emergency medical technicians told me with   __________ that I wasn’t paralyzed (瘫痪的). That was my biggest fear and I realized I’d   __________ the fall.

Somehow, I’d tied a bad knot when I   __________ the rope to my harness. I had surgery on my ankle, and I’m in a wheelchair for a couple of months, but I’m just a __________ to the world of disability. Now I can feel the ankle getting __________ by the day. For all of that, I am extraordinarily __________.

【推荐1】Regardless of the weather or the distance, Paul Wilson will make sure low-income students in his neighbourhood arrive at their college classes on time.

A retired engineer, 76-year-old Wilson has been offering free rides to college students for the past eight years. Since he first started _________ his car to the young people, Wilson has _________ an astonishing 64,000 miles, and has had countless pleasant and often humorous _________ with the students he transports to and from school. The students who he’s _________ have gone on to become physicians, teachers and engineers, but what they’ve also got out of their time in school is finding a role model and a friend in Wilson. Some students _________ call him “Grandpa”.

Tina Stern received rides from Wilson for all her four years in college, and the trips meant much more to her than just free _________. “It’s not just a ride; you not just sitting there in _______   silence or with your headphones on.” Stern said. “He asks you questions and actually remember the answers, so the next time you ride with him, he’ll _________ those things.”

Wilson first worked as a driver through a student-support programme of the non-profit organization On Point for College. Although the _________ asks the members only to drive students to and from their classes, Wilson often goes __________ to ensure the welfare and safety of the students. If they have problems with registration, Wilson is there to __________ them. If they run out of certain daily necessities, Wilson will drive to the nearest store and purchase what’s needed. If a student gets hungry on the long drives to and from school, Wilson never __________ to buy them a meal.

For many students, Wilson’s help is not only appreciated, it’s also entirely__________ for them to be able to complete their college education. Some students don’t have a reliable car, while others have to share vehicles with parents who work six days a week. For them, riding with Wilson has allowed them to complete their education-but according to Wilson, he benefits just as much from the __________. “I just love driving and I love these kids,” Wilson said. “It’s such a(n)__________ to be a part these kids’ lives, even just for a few hours, getting to know them and hearing their stories.”

【推荐2】We had two adorable cats named Boo and Scout. Scout ate anything we gave and _______ spending his days in the comfortable sofa while Boo was in food and more adventurous. Moreover, Boo was more observant, and he _______ to learn skills very quickly.

Though Boo had his daily outdoor _______, he always returned home at night to sleep in the basement with Scout. Our basement was _______ from the rest of the house by a heavy door. In the morning, I found it difficult to know when Boo was ready to venture outside or when Scout was ready to test the _______ of the couch. Both cats would sit quietly behind the door _______ I happened to remember them or opened the door for some reason.

To _______ the door problem, I bought a cat bell with a button. I tried to _______ Boo and Scout to press the button to make a ringing sound when they wanted out. I assumed that Boo would grasp the _______ quickly, but I wasn’t sure if Scout would understand.

________, within a week, Scout learned to ring the bell. When I heard the ________, I’d open the door. However, despite my best ________, Boo wanted to do nothing with the bell. He would always ________ the door to be opened.

Fortunately, the two cats solved the door dilemma ________. Somehow, Boo ________ to rub noses with Scout when he wanted to go outside and Scout would ring the bell for Boo.

【推荐1】When I was a little boy growing up, I would always change out of my good clothes after church and run outside to play for a few hours. When I came back inside, the house always smelt ________. It was my Italian Nana ________ our Sunday dinner. There would be freshly cooked Italian bread with butter. There would be noodles covered in red sauce (调味汁)________ cooked for hours.

I remember we would all ________ the old, metal dining room table. Then we would ________ with smiles, laughter and joy. I always felt so ________ and safe there. We always ________ the table with full stomachs and happy hearts.

As I got older and became an adult myself, I ________ to make smaller types of Nana’s Sunday dinners. I got the ________ of making sauce from Dad. Often I would get very close to making a dinner like Nana’s but it was never quite ________.

There finally came a point when I ________ what I was doing wrong. I was trying to get back a ________ while what I really wanted to do was get back a feeling. It wasn’t just the ________ food that made those dinners so wonderful, it was also the feeling of ________ that was there.

Nana always put her love into her cooking and her life as well. Since then I’ve tried my best to do the same. No matter what I am cooking or what I am doing, I always try to ________ it with love.

【推荐3】As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost; these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.

Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that _______ me so much. There was never total _______, but a streetlight or passing car lights made clothes hung over a chair take on the _______ of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no wind. A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My _______ would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would _______ very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.

Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, _______ on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home — that was no problem. After school though, when all the buses were _______ up along the street, I was afraid that I’d get on the wrong one and be taken to some unfamiliar neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.

Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or _______ by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a _______ one.

One of the processes of growing up is being able to recognize and ________ our fears. Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.