【推荐1】It was a freezing cold winter night, and a pair of beagles were on a rural highway, seeking shelter. Cooper, the male, looked around the roadside for some place where his ________ companion, Pepper, might rest ________ for the night. She labored along, her way made ________ by the new life growing inside her.

That December night, Gus Kiebel, a county wildlife officer, was ________ home from work when he ________ the pair in the flash of his headlights. It was snowing hard, but he could tell the dogs were wearing________. He parked his truck and ________ the animals.

Gus held out his hands to the beagles, reading their tags by his ________. He pulled out his phone to call the number ________, but it was snowing so hard that his screen blurred. He placed the dogs in his ________and then he dialed the number from the dogs’ tags. A man answered and was immediately in ________when Gus told him why he was calling. He said he would not take care of them anymore and these beagles were ________.

Gus ________ a picture of the pair and sent it to his wife, Katie Kiebel. She told Gus to bring them home, which is probably what he was hoping to hear anyway but just wanted ________. The Kiebels prepared a bed for the dogs on their warm enclosed doorway, and ________ food and water for them. The ________animals lay together and fell asleep.

The next day, Katie took the dogs to the ________ to drop them off. Soon after Christmas, the beagles were ________ by a loving family. It’s a simple story, but it speaks to the best of our________. And when kindness and love triumph over________and neglect, it can feel like the greatest miracle of all.

【推荐1】In 9th grade, I joined a military training (军训) camp. The special eye-opener forced my friends away, who were _______ to be away from their families while I turned excited at the _______.

In the camp, the _______ was the first challenge. Honestly, I started to be _______ to my parents, who had insisted on doing my part at home. It’s not as easy as it sounds. Not to mention, they had to do everything themselves, from dishes to _______, for us without complaint. But in the camp, we got only 20 minutes during the break to make our beds, sweep the floor and do the washing.

Besides, from the moment I arrived, the camp impressed me most with a sense of _______. The days were long and demanding, filled with _______ designed to push us to our limits. We had a(n)_______ instructor whistling loudly at 5 a.m. Waken up early on cold December mornings, we were _______ to run four laps before breakfast. It was a real ________. If one failed, the whole team got two more laps.

Gradually, the pain ________. Later in the mountain climbing competition with Boy Team, we Girl Team was the champion! After those freezing mornings, we ________ it. Each member of our team worked so hard on our skills. ________, the shared experiences taught us a lesson of ________. We relied on each other for support. Overall, the experience, like the sun in that winter, warms my heart and ________ my way.

【推荐2】Back in 2015, I made some powerful comments to graduating students at Utah Valley University. I advised the students to live a _________ life. We all need to go out and live large, not just when we’re young, but throughout our _________ lives.

However, people often _________ to live large. Why? Because most of the time, they fear their _________ failure.

I’ve had a ton of failures, but some of those have led to some huge _________. Many years ago, I decided to lend a large amount of money using a restaurant as collateral (担保品). The decision was a big _________ on my part! I didn’t know much about that kind of _________, and I certainly wouldn’t know how to run it. _________ , I lost almost all of what I had loaned. I learned from it that I shouldn’t _________ what I know best — real estate (不动产). Later, I __________ that I could do __________ by owning the right kind of income-producing properties. I also, very successfully, risked the development of warehouses (仓储), where the __________ were even bigger. Those did come with increased risks, but they were risks I was willing to take because I knew them enough. The success I had in those risks __________ lessons learned from my failures and my efforts to live large.

Now, living large for you may not be about __________ in real estate. It will mean different things to different people, but __________ that the term refers to more than making money.

【推荐3】I was not a quiet woman by nature. As a backpacker, I was always looking for that next __________. Something new and exciting made me feel as though I had been the first person to ________ it.

I realized I fell in love with that ________ when I jumped on board a sailboat on the San Blas Islands. Now, five years later, I own a sailboat and ________ from the United States with my husband, John, to sail our new home back to Australia while ________ all that this beautiful, watery world has to ________ on the way.

We will live off the power of the wind to fill our ________ and move our boat, the ________ products from the ocean to fill our stomachs and the energy from the sun to ________ our electronics. We will not be over-consuming electricity or overfishing as these are luxuries (奢侈品) that are not ________ in the limited space that comes along with life on a sailing boat.

For people who are always ________ about life, sailing provides a (an) ________ learning space. These learning opportunities consist of ________ learning opportunities such as reading the weather, keeping maintenance, and learning anchoring techniques. Aboard our boat, we are constantly absorbing new ________ about things, like the electrical systems of the boat and the history of each country.

I am not to talk you into ________ me this way. For some this ________ a challenge; for others it is a chance to choose a lifestyle living off the grid (输电网). And again, I want to ________ that a lifestyle or trip like this may not ________ everyone: some may find it emotionally ________, while others in the same circumstances may find it to be emotionally tiring. ________, if you enjoy personal development and self-reflection, this aspect of sailing is extremely useful.

【推荐1】For me, becoming an Olympian was not developing a gift of natural athletic ability, but an act of will.

In the summer of 1979, I started _______ for the Olympic trials (选拔赛) to be held the next year. I felt happy as I made progress towards my big _______. But then in November, an _______ situation appeared. I injured my back and couldn’t move. I had to leave the _______. Everyone around me felt _______ for me. Everyone but me.

I never believed this would _______ me. However, my action was _______. With only a few months remaining, I knew I would never make it _______ I did something. So, I started training in the only way I could in my mind.

I bought films of the world-record holders in pentathlon (五项全能运动). Sitting in a chair, I _______ them over and over. I lay on the bed and imagined the experience of ________ at the trials. Some people thought I was crazy, but I wasn’t ready to ________ yet. I trained as hard as I could without moving a muscle. I ________ this practice with all my heart.

By the time the trials actually began, I had been ________ enough to compete. ________, as I walked across the field, I heard a voice on the loudspeaker announcing my name. I could hardly hold back my ________ as the announcer said, “Second place, 1980 Olympic Pentathlon: Marilyn King.”

【推荐2】Kyle Messier, a 31-year-old bike rider, won a 100-kilometer bike race that took place in Harrington, Quebec. While this is a(n) ________ achievement on its own, what makes Kyle extraordinary is that he had already ________ more than 650 kilometers to the race site.

His ________ from Waterloo to Harrington took him 3.5 days to complete. After his win, he ________ with some pizza, slept for a few hours in his ________, and then rode another 3.5-day back home. What becomes greater is that Kyle ________ to win the race while suffering from a toothache.

So what is the ________ behind Kyle’s success? He apparently ________ a technique known as active meditation to help him. This form of thinking can be done while ________ a physical action, which makes it perfect for cycling. When done ________, the mind will only concentrate on completing that physical action and nothing else.

Kyle has also trained himself to ________ the journey into smaller sections. He tried to ________ the positives he was looking forward to rather than the negatives. ________ the race, he just thought about the pizza he was getting at the finish line. Despite his great achievement, Kyle remains ________. He claims not to know how long the course ________ him to complete, as he didn’t even bother checking his finish time. ________, he simply stayed at the finish line to cheer on other riders.

Kyle’s incredible victory shows the ________ of having the right mind. The next time you face a seemingly impossible ________, try breaking it up into smaller sections, only focusing on the ________ things you have to look forward to. You may not get results that are quite as outstanding as Kyle’s, but it will certainly ________ you!