【推荐1】Every child admires a hero in his heart, and so it is with me. My dad is always playing the ________ of a hero, because he is brave, skilled, and respectful. I hear many children say their dads are their heroes, but my dad ________ me about becoming a man, which is ________ important for a young boy.

My respect for my father goes back a long way, as does patience. As an electrician, my dad has to ________ varieties of people every day, some of whom are nice but some are ________. Either way, he ________ his well-mannered attitude.

Dad is not afraid of many things, or even if he is, he doesn’t inform me of anything about it ________ he wants to seem ________. He may not be a big guy but since he works with his hands all day, he is very strong. Dad works outdoors in all kinds of ________ but the worst thing he has to do is ________ up and work in an attic (阁楼) in the middle of the summer. To tell you the truth, this is the ________ place you will experience as an electrician and when you come back ________, what is in your lungs will make you ________ for hours.

My dad and I have a very good ________. We talk about almost everything. We go hunting, fishing, and everything a dad and son would do. My dad and I enjoy hiking most because it gives us ________ outdoors and thus we both can have a lot more fun together. Indeed, there is nothing like that. He has ________ and taught me everything I need to know about ________.

I am ________ to be the son of Leo C., and would not have it any other way. People come up to me all the time to tell me I have a good dad. It makes me feel ________ that a lot of people think so ________ of him. He is a good teacher of my life and would do anything for me. This is why my father is my hero.

【推荐2】Past the breakers, about 50 feet from shore, two brothers were fighting for their lives. They had been swept out to sea in a strong current, their mouths barely able to stay above the _______. Thick fog made it difficult for beachgoers to see the guys, but the screams were unmistakable. And every second counted.

_______, four surfers in wet suits were nearby. Narayan Weibel, Spenser Stratton, Adrian York and Taj Ortiz-Beck, all 16, were on their surfboards riding up and down the coast on five-foot waves when they heard the _______. They turned and saw two bobbing (摆动) heads and four flailing (扑打) arms. “We looked at each other and knew these guys were about to drown (淹死),” Weibel told the reporter.

Weibel, Stratton, and Ortiz-Beck paddled (用桨划) toward the swimmers while York headed to shore to find someone to call 911. He then dived back in to _______ his friends.

As the surfers drew close, the brothers were _______. Ortiz-Beck pulled up alongside the one brother. Grabbing him under his arms, he pulled him up onto his board. Stratton and Weibel, meanwhile, were trying to help the other. He was large, 250 to 300 pounds, and he was panicked. “Calm down—we _______ you!” Weibel shouted.

York arrived _______ to help get the guy on top of the second board. They then paddled several minutes through a wild current to the medical help waiting onshore. The brothers were scared but _______.

“When we get a call like this one, it’s usually too _______ by the time we get there,” says Dillon Cleavenger, the lifeguard, “I can’t say enough about what these boys did. They were willing and prepared to ________ their lives.”

【推荐3】Milo is a dog, adopted by 20-year-old Makayla Swift from an animal shelter. One morning in November 2021, Swift opened her front door in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Milo immediately ________ to the house across the street. Milo seemed ________, so he ran to the one next door, Swift on his tail. “He started scratching (抓) the front door,” Swift says. “I’m thinking, why is he insistently trying to ________ her house?” She was embarrassed for not everyone wants a(n) ________ dog to leave marks on their property. But as she tried to drag Milo away, she could hear a voice yelling “help” coming through an open upstairs window. Hours ________, around 4 a.m., Sherry Starr had risen from her bed. “All of a sudden, standing there between the toilet and the tub, I ________,” she says. “I slumped on the floor.” Starr is 85. “I could not move at all”, says Starr, who was ________ between the toilet and the tub. Starr was scared and thought she was going to die there. Her best ________, she decided, was to listen for the letter carrier in the afternoon and scream. For the next few hours, Starr practiced yelling: “Help! Help! Helllp!” “Her voice was very ________,” says Swift. “You had to be right at the front door to hear Mrs. Starr yell for help ________ you were Milo, the dog.” It ________ heard Starr the instant Swift opened her own front door. Swift called 911. Rescuers thought they’d have to break down the toilet to ________ Starr, but they gave one last pull — and out she popped. Though injured, Starr ________ a trip to the hospital.

Swift has known her share of ________ for living alone. Two years ago, her mother died. She says Milo has helped her with her grief too. “That dog is a ________,” she says.

【推荐2】75-year-old Linda from Iowa has been providing food, clothing, and medical care for hundreds of foster (代养的) children since the 1970s. When she first began _________ kids in difficult situations, she was working in a local high school. Linda has taken hundreds of foster kids under her _________, and many of them have serious health problems, but that never _________ Linda.

“Linda mostly fostered young children with medical needs. She kept clothes in her garage (车库) _________ by size,” one teacher from her school said. “No one had to _________ a child going without clothes at Linda’s because she saved enough clothes, _________they arrived with nothing but what they were wearing.”

Anthony was one of Linda’s foster kids. He described Linda to others _________, “She was always ready for a child in need.” These kids were usually taken from a   _________situation and she’d take them in, _________ a cozy (舒适的) bed, warm meals, and love. She also helped kids having health problems to find all possible   __________.

“She always takes a picture of a __________child in her home, and places the __________ on the wall in the living room,” Anthony added. “That seems like a __________ thing, but it helps us feel like we’re at home.”

When Linda announced her   __________ from fostering new children due to health concerns, she was   __________ with a special ceremony of appreciation; but she said she would continue to help children in need.

【推荐3】Before she passed away from cancer, A.J. Walters made her husband Sean and daughter Brittany promise her one thing: Sean would accompany Brittany, a high school senior, to the homecoming game, where she was in the running for homecoming _________. A. J. was a beloved administrative assistant at Brittany’s high school. It was _________ to her that her daughter go. Brittany and Sean _________

Days later, on the morning of Friday, A.J. _________. Keeping their _________, that very afternoon, an emotional Brittany walked arm in arm with her father. They crossed the football field with the other candidates to await the_________ of the voting.

Brittany wasn’t_________ homecoming queen that day; Nyla was. But, like many in the community, Nyla had also_________ A.J. Out of _________, moments after receiving the crown, Nyla walked over to Brittany, removed the crown from her head, and__________ it on her friend’s. The two__________, tearfully holding each other for support. “She’d rather have her __________ than a crown,” Nyla said. By__________ it to Brittany, “I was telling her that she was her mom’s queen, and that she was loved by many, __________ me.”

“I felt so much love from her, and I just felt so much__________ for her,” said Brittany, “I can __________ my mom through Nyla. They have the__________ caring and giving spirit.”

Nyla is no less perfect for __________ of a crown. A friend of the Walters family said, “There’s an old__________ goes, “Real queens fix each other’s crowns.” But the fact is, real queens __________ their crowns to let other queens shine.”

【推荐2】Dressed in a kachhad, a traditional Nepalese clothes, Umesh Balal walked into his meetings at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) on climate change in Dubai with a sense of determination.

Balal, who has physical disability, was there to publicly ________ inclusion of disability rights in the climate change conference-an aspect that he said has long been ________by organizers of the world’s largest annual meeting on climate issues.

As a student, Balal was ________ about science and involved himself in research on environmental science. Those were his first few interactions that ________ the climate-related issues to him. Being from a mountainous region, Balal ________ more about how climate change had, ________ people there, which led him to develop climate anxiety.

The more Balal________ himself to climate science, the more he learned about the impact of climate change. People with more resources have better chances of ________ the climate crisis. But the less developed countries, for the ________ communities, usually don’t have the same opportunities, which will push them further into the ________.

And it is even harder for people with ________. Many people with disabilities in Nepal don’t have ________ to proper education or opportunities for growth. As a result, they aren’t able to advocate for their rights.

In an interview, Balal said, “________, I am honored that I come from a supportive family, where I had a chance of good education which ________ me to grow in life. This is what I ________ for others, to change the way they live their lives.