【推荐1】Joe Royers , a helicopter pilot, was driving home from the Nashville airport when he received a call. The caller told Boyers her brother was ____   by rising floodwaters on their roof in Waverly. ______ , the caller had googled (用谷歌搜) “Nashville helicopters” and Boyers’ company was the first to _____. So she called in,

Boyers knew he would go back up. He put the brother’s _____ into his phone, and then he drove back to the     ____ . Soon, he was in the air.

The flooding, which eventually ____   20 lives, had already knocked out power and ____cell phone service, meaning Boyers couldn’t use his phone to _____   the house he was looking for. He flew on anyway to search for people. A teen was found, wet and   ____, holding on to a tree branch. Since there was no place for Boyers to   ___ , he lowered the helicopter and a rescued man   _____ out and waded (蹚水) to the tree to help the teen. After Boyers ____ the teen on a street, he was back in the air.

When   ____   rescue helicopters showed up, he was almost out of   ____   after rescuing 17 people. As for the woman who _____ contacted Boyers, she called back to say that her brother had also been saved.

【推荐2】Natalie and Callie, both 13 years old, started raising monarch butterflies for fun in 2020.

But after realizing the monarchs were an endangered species, their _______ soon turned into a serious mission.

They learned that the population of monarch butterflies had _______ since the early 1990s, due to habitat _______ and widespread use of chemicals, which made the milkweeds (马利筋草) the monarchs _______ for their main diet dangerous to eat.

So the girls teamed up with a national nonprofit group to plant a native garden _______ for the monarchs. The garden grew organic milkweeds that _______ and kept the butterflies. To help _______ the locals to sustain the monarch population, they created an exhibition about the monarchs in the local library. They also wanted to put up an educational sign in town, but it _______ a lot. To cover the expense, they set up a stand at the Farmers Market to sell their _______ milkweeds for people to plant. Although the fundraising days were ________, they finally succeeded in earning enough money with their hard work and people’s support.

The team has won the Silver Award for their ________ of taking care of butterflies, but they are not ________ with their work. “Our next step is to cut down on the use of ________ to guarantee a safe environment for the monarchs,” said Natalie. In the award ceremony, their teacher Brian ________, “I am so proud of them for their constant ________.”

【推荐3】Growing up in Mauritius, I love nature. Behind my house, there is a mountain named Le Pouce, where I spent much time _________the forest as a kid. However, my instinct (天性) for exploration _________at the water’s edge. Even though Mauritius is an island country _________ by the Indian Ocean, the thought of entering the ocean made me scared.

When I was about 10, this started to _________. I began learning about the _________ climate change presented to island countries, and I started_________ an interest in protecting the environment. I watched nature documentaries,_________ the steps I could take to change the world,_________ I still didn’t know how to effectively achieve it. Later, I took the National Geographic Society’s Exploring Conservation courses, which set me on a path to helping start and_________, The Oceanic Project, an organization dedicated to helping people understand the ocean and enhancing people’s__________ of protecting the ocean.

Gradually, I realized how much humans __________ the ocean for its natural resources and that it was not as __________ as I had imagined. My fear was rooted in a(n) __________ of falling into a river in my childhood. Determined to__________ it, I became a certified diver last year.

Diving plays a big part in my life now, and I work to__________ the protection of the underwater environment. I helped run a summer camp for young divers. During that time, I led a beach cleanup to help the participants understand how human litter could end up in the ocean. I got encouraged by the__________ of the activity when a parent told me her son insisted on __________ plastic items in their home with bamboo alternatives after returning home.

Protecting the ocean is very__________ and I’ll keep dedicating myself to it. And I__________ hope more people will join me. Only with everyone’s effort can we make the world a(n)__________ place for human beings.

【推荐2】Lei Feng has been a cultural symbol of generosity and altruistic (利他的) deed. And across China, many foreign volunteers have _________ the hearts of Chinese people with their selfless devotion to social welfare and are called “yang Lei Feng,” or foreign Lei Feng, by _________.

Peter Stanleigh, a Canadian, has _________ served various roles while leading a foreign volunteer team. Having _________ in Wuxi since 2001, Stanleigh is much better _________ by his Chinese name — Tang Lei. As the first foreign volunteer _________ in Wuxi, he poured the majority of his spare time and _________ into social welfare. “Lei Feng is a hero of volunteerism. So I have a strong desire and hope to _________ on to other people the spirit of volunteering. I have been _________ with the name ‘yang Lei Feng,’ something I __________ nobly,” said Stanleigh. In addition to volunteering in the English corner every __________, he and his wife also make appearances at nursing and welfare __________ just like Lei Feng, who said that he was similar to a __________ yet absolutely necessary “screw” inside a machine and promised to “never rust” while wholeheartedly __________ the people.

Stanleigh’s accumulated __________ service time registered in Wuxi has now been greater than 5, 000 hours.

“I think that a person is judged not by what he does but by what he does for __________. My life is belter because someone else’s life is __________,” he said.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the __________ to learn from Lei Feng by Mao Zedong. The Lei Feng spirit is __________ shown in the deeds of countless foreign volunteers like Stanleigh __________ China.