【推荐1】I have invented robots which improve the work of cars. My love of making things began _______ I was a kid. I really became excited about inventing after I learned about Thomas Edison.

One day in fourth grade, our _______ gave us a project in class. We had to write to a company and learn about the products. I thought and thought. _______ I chose the Thomas A. Edison Company. Soon after, the company _______ me a book about the life of Thomas Edison. How I enjoyed reading and re-reading about his _______! I like the recorded sound and the electric light most. The inventions were clearly printed on my brain.

My dad noticed my interest in inventing and _______ me. He showed me how to turn my ideas into_______and then into new things. Once, I surprised my dad _______ a model plane I made. Later, we found a _______ model plane in a store. I learned that ________ inventors often invent similar things. It is not unusual for this to happen. I also learned that not all great ideas ________. Failure is a common part of the inventing.

As my father and I worked together, I began to ________ that my dad was quite an inventor himself. He was always ________ a better way to do a simple job. His guiding hands, together with my ________ in inventing, led me to become an engineer and an inventor. Of course, I also thank Thomas Edison. He is my ________.

【推荐2】Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town, I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I _______a newspaper and some chocolate and_______into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to_________at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor,_______the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the _______ , there was someone sitting in the next seat. He was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and his hair was _______ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate！

_______, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any_______ . I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in _______ . Then he took a__________piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.

The boy gave me a strange look, then________up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something ________ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, ________I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had________ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to ________. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!

【推荐3】Mac was cycling along a road in Canada's Yukon, halfway through a 2, 750-mile bike tour to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. He was carrying a 30-pound camping bag, _________ he wasn't moving very fast. Suddenly he heard loud breathing behind him. “Man, that’s a big dog!”he thought. He looked to the side, but to his great _________ , he saw that it wasn’t a dog, but a wolf, running hard to _________ him.

Mac’s heart jumped. He reached for the _________ from his bag. With one hand on the handlebar, he _________the spray (喷剂). A bright red cloud covered the wolf _________ and it fell back, shaking its head. But a minute later it was by his side again. He sprayed a second time, and the wolf fell back again, but only to quickly restart its _________.

The wolf was getting closer and closer, _________ a dozen meters away. Mac waved and yelled at passing motorists, but meanwhile (同时)__________ hard. He knew clearly that he must be careful not to slow down. Otherwise (否则), he would become a _________ of the wolf.

Paul and Becky were driving along the same road. From a distance, they found what they _________ was a dog running after a man on a bike. As they got _________ , they realized it was a wolf.

Mac heard a car coming up behind him, and he slowed down. The car turned around the _________ then suddenly stopped in front of him. Mac _________ off his bike and dashed for the back door of the car. It was locked. Paul quickly unlocked the door so as to let Mac in, and the _________ man dived in, shutting the door behind him.

It was quite a while before Mac became calm and cried out: “I thought I was going to die!” and Paul and Becky were glad that they had given a helping hand to people in need.

【推荐2】Two years ago, when I turned sixty, I began to think of my life at the age of ninety. If I were at that age, I would still want to stay in shape to enjoy life, getting a lot of _______. Then I decided to _______ a senior fitness center.

I called a nearby center, “Do you have aerobics (有氧运动) classes _______ for seniors?” “Sure. Come! We start at 10 am,” the receptionist (接待员) replied and _______ . The next morning, I went there. One part of me doubted that the class was too _______. The other part feared it was too hard for me to _______.

When I came into the room, a woman _______ me, “Oh, you’re new. Welcome to have a try.” Then the music started. The hour-long workout woke up the muscles I didn’t often _______ in daily walks, suiting me fine. I became a _______ there. My classmates ranged in age from fifty to ninety. Most did the exercises in their own way, doing as much or little as they could. ________ no one kept score. Soon I learned physical well-being wasn’t the only ________ there. During breaks, people ________ happily. Whenever some people were ________ we asked around. Were they busy? Were they in hospital? Moreover, we signed cards for those who were ill.

Although I ________ to be in good shape now as I’ve hoped, I’m still grateful for things more valuable from the class-close friendships and new social _______.

【推荐3】The most unforgettable thing during my long summer holiday last year, of course was my trip ______ England. This was my first time to go abroad, so it really made me ______.

There were quite a lot of interesting places in England, ______ Oxford. When we walked around Oxford, we saw quite a lot of ancient buildings on ______ sides of the streets. One of the most famous tourist ______ in Oxford is Christ Church. It’s ______ one of the Oxford University’s 39 colleges. There is a huge hall in Christ Church, ______ was used as the dining hall at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter ______. I felt really excited when I heard this.

______ place that impressed me ______ during my trip was a place called Stratford upon Avon. It was a small town. Maybe you haven’t ______ it, but I’m sure you have heard about William Shakespeare(莎士比亚)—it’s the great man’s ______. In Stratford upon Avon, I could ______ Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Shakespeare Countryside Museum, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and a lot of places that are connected with ______.

I went to Shakespeare’s Birthplace. It was the house where Shakespeare was born and spent his early years. Its sitting room, hallway(走廊), bedrooms, and kitchen were furnished(布置) in 16th century style. I also went to see the Shakespeare Exhibition. It illustrated(以图解说明) Shakespeare’s life and career in both Stratford and London.

I really enjoyed this nice ______ to England, from which I learned a lot. I’m very happy that I could visit such an interesting country. I want to go there again in the future.

【推荐1】My mom is an environmentalist. We’ve always composted (制堆肥) and she’s always had some sort of garden. She also never threw anything away because she could see the second________in it. I grew into a ________ lifestyle. And I started ________ my carbon footprint and consumption.

I decided to________ my car for one month in May of 2017. If I needed a car, I was going to borrow someone’s to prove that I had the community to ________ this decision. I only ended up________ a car once, and I realized it didn’t make sense to own a car,________ it and pay for gas. So in September, I fully________ and sold my car.

I also fly a lot for work, and on my ________ from the travel agency, it will include how many tons of ________ you’re emitting ( 排 放 ) from just your single________ which is like a punch in the gut.

As a result, it has become a ________ for me to offset (抵消) my carbon emissions. I ________ my carbon emissions, and go onto carbonfootprint.com and purchase an offset in the________ of a donation. If we’re going to ________ the environment this much, we have to be doing something that’s going to offset the carbon ________ until there’s a carbon tax, which I truly hope is________   we will go next.

It’s also really important to talk about what we could see the ________ as, because it gets so dark so fast when people talk about________ change.

I don’t know what the ________ of me not having a car is, but I hope it’s something positive that I can’t necessarily see.

【推荐2】A sailor(船员) in one of Christopher Columbus’s three ships is eagerly(渴望地) looking for land. In the sailor’s eagerness to_________land, he makes his_________. He thinks that a cloud on the horizon (地平线) is land. The sailor, with great excitement, calls out, “Land!”

Greatly excited, the rest of the ship’s sailors run to the side quickly. They are_________at the thought of land.They have_________nothing but a very large area of water for weeks.

As the ship moves forward, the sailor’s mistake is made_________. The “land” is nothing but a cloud.So the sailors make a_________. They say, “You just saw the dirt under the cooking_________!”   The response (答复) may not seem_________at all today, but it was a humorous response to the living conditions on_________long ago.

When Columbus____________from Spain in August 1492 across the Atlantic Ocean, he travelled in three small, wooden ships. The living conditions were____________. Most of the sailors slept fully­clothed under the stars on the hard decks (甲板). Without a____________, food had to be cooked on the open deck at risk of____________the wooden ship.To prevent the ship from catching fire, the cook would always spread____________under the place where the cooking was done. The others would joke with a sailor who had wrongly____________he had discovered land. And they usually told him that what he had really seen was the dirt spread out by the cook for preventing fires!