【推荐3】Standing by a lake, I was amazed at so many small rocks surrounding my boots. They were all created from_________surfaces, their edges softening over time.

Seeing them, I wonder what can be learnt from the rocks. As we know, even the tallest mountains can become flatter or_________, not as tall as they were 1000 years ago. Just like the rocks, I find my desire to better understand other people has_________with each trip around the world.

Once, I too was a_________rock. After decades of the water of life_________over me, my edges are softer and more understanding. I’m less likely to argue but more interested in learning how we can _________together.

Recently, while traveling in the Pacific Northwest, I watched a_________owner ask several young men to_________because they didn’t wear masks. On the door read a_________: “Please wear a mask before entering our restaurant. We don’t like it either, but let’s do what we can to__________this together.” The group of people argued about the note__________.

I sat__________, understanding both sides. I’ve been those men before, using my__________edges to chip away at (削弱，蚕食) the world.__________, now I realize that what I lost was the ability to put myself in others’__________. Learning to be more__________, I’ve found more happiness.

Time, like the waters rolling against once sharp stones, __________us and lets us see the world from __________point of view.

I placed a__________stone into my pocket. Mother Nature is__________a class again.

【推荐1】Gu Fangzhou was known as “the father of sugar pills” for an oral polio vaccine (骨髓灰质炎疫苗) he developed which _________ reduced the disease incidence rate.

Born in 1926, he faced a _________ time with his father’s death. In school, he was teased for his poverty-stricken status. _________ unfavorable conditions, he _________ admission at Beijing University. He _________ his early success to his mother’s _________. Motivated by medical experts, Gu was determined to turn around the public health sector for the better.

In 1955, a disastrous _________ of polio infected 1,680 people, which resulted in 466 deaths. The government _________ Gu to lead polio research. He made up his mind to invent a(n) _________ vaccine for the poor patients and to __________ polio.

To eradicate (彻底消灭) polio, it’s essential to ensure a cold chain for the vaccines. However, it was __________ to provide freezers in rural areas. The __________ was achieved when Gu succeeded in developing sugar-coated pills. To test the __________, he took the pills himself and started the human __________. He even gave the pills to his son and __________ his colleagues to do the same. “If I don’t believe in what my team produce, how can others?” said Gu when he __________ this trial.

After extensive testing, the pills were made available. The sweet taste made it easy to give the pills to kids and the pills were easy to __________ for rural communities without freezers. In 2000, Gu __________ China’s confirmation report on polio eradication as a representative with WTO. “We feel __________ that kids will no longer get polio,” said Gu. “That’s what we __________.”

【推荐3】In March 1975, my mother brought my younger sister Cissy and me back to our hometown.

Cissy and I were ________ to moving. We had moved 23 times before I was 18. Altogether I ________ 19 schools. But at 13 and 11 years of age, we were ________ being the new kids in school.

Staying in a motel (汽车旅馆) for weeks, we ________ found a two-bedroom home for $80 a month, which was in the landlords (房东), Mr and Mrs Hendrix’s back yard. It was ________, but Cissy and I thought it was a palace. ________, in October my mother lost her job. November’s ________ went unpaid, so did December’s. Cissy and I knew we’d soon move ________.

On Christmas Day, Mrs Hendrix knocked on the front door. Mom was out, so I ________ it. I’d received eviction (驱逐) notices before, so I knew what to ________. Mrs Hendrix held out a ________ to me, smiling as she said,“I thought you girls might enjoy some bread. I bake it every Christmas.” Unprepared for such ________,I managed a “Thanks”. Closing the door, we ________ the box. There were bread, candy, and new socks and gloves for us three. No eviction notice!

We lived over five years in our twenty-fourth home. The Hendrixes gave Cissy and me something we had never known in our ________ lives: the comfort of belonging, and ________.

【推荐2】I tend to go slowly when I drive in the mountains of my home. I am never in much of a hurry. The forest scenery is beautiful no matter what the _________.

This morning I was driving even slower than usual because an early March _________ had turned the roads slippery. I slowed even further as I _________ a sharp, snowy curve (弯处). That is when I _________ him. He was a majestic male _________ standing in the middle of the road. I _________ and came to a full stop. For a few seconds we just _________ each other. His eyes seemed wise and his manner regal (华丽的). He had _________ been on this world a lot of years and I didn’t want to _________ his time now. Finally, he nodded his head at me. I nodded __________ and motioned with my hand for him to go on. Seeing he had nothing to __________ he leapt across the road, up the hill, and back into the __________. I drove on smiling at the magic of this __________ and felt delighted that I had been going slowly enough not to hit this __________ creature.

Most of us __________ this life not knowing what we are __________. We wolf down our breakfast, hurry off to work, fly back home, and throw ourselves into even more __________ when we get there. We __________ if ever get to enjoy what each day brings us.

The next time you find yourself going too fast then, __________. If you do, your life will be so much better. And you might even end up not __________ a deer on your way home.