【推荐1】It’s 1:30 am in Kenya’s populated north, and 50 people are lying on their backs on the shore of a dried-up river, staring up at the night sky. These stargazers have travelled 250 miles to Samburu to _________ the Perseid meteor shower(英仙座流星雨). They are not _________: Every few minutes, arrows of light shoot _________ the sky like silent fireworks.

The Star Safari is organized by a Kenyan astronomer(天文学家), Susan Murabana, who has brought a 50 kg,170 cm-long _________ to allow the group to view Mars and deep-sky objects. But here in Samburu, where _________ pollution is minimal, the Perseid meteors—visible with the naked eye(裸眼)— _________ the show.

Every two months, Murabana and her husband put their equipment on to the _________ of their truck and _________ to rural communities, where they help up to 300 children to view the planets and learn about constellations(星座) and the _________ of astronomy. Her primary mission is to give __________ an opportunity that she wishes had been available to her.

“There is a common misconception in Kenya that astronomy in general is hard, boring, and only for boys,” she adds. “I’d like to __________ young ladies that it’s not right and that they, too, can become astronomers,” says Murabana.

“When I started this work, I was a lone ranger and I wanted to change that.” She says. __________ by a similar outreach activity, which lighted her __________ for astronomy in her early 20s, Murabana set up her own outreach program after her online master’s degree in astronomy in 2011.

She __________ Dr Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, as a role model. “I hope that one day, those small actions can make a butterfly effect that __________ the first African woman in space.”

【推荐2】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3】Kimberly and I had planned a trip to Europe for a long time, but we encountered some curveballs. Getting the departure time wrong, we had to ________ from the original train trip to a ship one.

Boarding the ship, we ________ it was not like a spacious hotel. The room was incredibly tight. The ________ in the small bathroom was a spout (喷头) connected to the sink. You turned it on and sprayed yourself,________ the rest of the room.

The week-long ship travel was full of ________. There were people from diverse backgrounds speaking different languages. We had stopovers on ________ of all sizes, where we cycled 30-40 kilometers. Then there were whole gales (狂风) — so fierce that even the buses couldn’t pass for safety ________. So finally we ________ back home.

We still appreciated the experience. Our real passion was about the ________ rather than the destination — the missed rides, the ________ ship, the mixture of cultures, and all the ________.

Sometimes people are so ________ to their comfortable life that it scares them to be off the beaten track. Yet, once out of their comfort zone, the different experiences are what actually ________. Mixing things up, trying new things, seeing something through another person’s eyes, being ________ to adventure — this is how you create ________.

【推荐1】I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early________of gardening may not have originated from my love for nature. It was to ________my parents.

At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with ________at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, “something else to ________!”Seeing the neighbors busy with gardening, my father ever thought it a waste of time.

At that age, I always did something________to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found________, I would plant a garden!

I planted some lily (百合花)seeds in the yard. But they failed to ________. I continued to sunflower seeds and roses. Wild ________joy, I found the first rose bloom (开花). One by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off.________, I was touched by this land of wonder.

________, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even________at me because he found it was ________to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mother’s ________, I put her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, were simply weeds________flowers.

Regardless of their ________, I kept on planting my garden and ________to enjoy the pleasure gardening. Plants make such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they________to care and love.

It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to ________my parent. Today I become known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show which makes my parents feel very________. And now I could say it is my affection for________that makes me a real gardener.

【推荐3】Since the age of three, Chelsie Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. That ambition   ________   ended in 2010 when Hill was in a car accident, which put the 17-year-old high school senior in hospital for 51 days and left her paralyzed from the waist down. For most people, that would have   ________   any hope of a dancing career. But for Hill, it was the   ________ . Far from being a(an)   ________ , her wheelchair encouraged her to fight. “I want to prove to everyone including myself that I’m still normal,” she said, “whatever normal means.”

Normal for her meant   ________ , so Hill did it in her wheelchair alongside her nondisabled high school dance team. Half of her body was taken away from her, so she had to   ________   it with her hands. It definitely took a lot of   ________   and patience.

After graduation from high school, Hill wanted to   ________   her dance network to include women like her. She met people online who had   ________   various spinal (脊椎的) injuries but share her   _______ , and invited them to dance with her.

The   ________ experience made Hill wish to reach more people. She moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she called the Rollettes. “I want to   _________   the stereotype of wheelchair users and show that dance is dance, whether you're walking or you're   ________ .” Dancing on ________ ,the Rollettes discovered, can be just as fast-paced and fulfilling as the foot-based   ________ .

Every year Hill holds a dance camp called the Rollettes Experience for wheelchair users to help them bring out their acting   ________ . In 2019, 173 participants from ten countries attended. For many, it was the first time they’d felt they   ________ . “It’s so powerful to have my teammates in my life, because they’re my teachers. I have more   ________ ,” one dancer excitedly commented.

Chelsie Hill   _________   what many of us never will: her childhood dream. She has been chasing her dream in the wheelchair. She’s a dancer. The Rollettes have helped her find something else just as   __________ .