【推荐1】I love roller coasters. If I could ride roller coasters every day for the rest of my life I would die a really _____1___ man. I will stand in line for 40minutes just to get on a ride that lasts 30 seconds. Each step that I take brings me closer and closer to my ____2____ of going on a ride of a lifetime. The ____3____ has me skipping around like a 4 year old.

But during my first ride there, that kind of thrill turned to absolute ____4____ when I made it to the front. ____5____ waiting in line I was now having a second thought. Quietly, I negotiated within myself about my courage to go through with this _____6___.

From far away it looked ____7____ but when I was about to get in the driver’s seat I ____8____ I forgot my license. After some self motivation I finally made the move to ____9____ my seat.

On my way up I could clearly see the ups and downs ____10____ me. To me they were not only the route but also ____11____ challenges. Soon the track was full of such ___12_____tunnels that I could see only what was behind me but not in front.

___13_____ there were people around me with both of their hands in the ____14____ while I, knowing that things were going to get _____15___ , grasped the handle on my seat. I wouldn’t dare celebrate something that ____16____ me.

Just like roller coasters, _____17___ is full of ups and downs, darkness and light, and is unpredictable when we go through various __18______ situations. The best thing to do when we meet anything ____19____ is to lift our hands and ____20____ whatever we do.

【推荐2】Lu Yiwei, a 19-year-old from Shanghai, proved his floristry(花艺)skills by winning the gold medal at the 45th WorldSkills Competition in Kazan, Russia, last month.

"It is commonly believed that floristry is a job _______ for girls," he said. "But actually, it's not an easy one because it requires heavy work, such as moving wood and large, heavy flowerpots – things that are ________ when creating works – which requires ________."

Lu was _______ by a vocational school (职业学校) in 2017, a year after he graduated from junior high school at age 16. "The first thing I learned was design. Then my teacher told me that maybe I should study floristry because he felt I was _______ in that area," he said with a laugh. Lu said he was not _______ about the suggestion then. "Actually, I knew _______ about floristry. All I knew at the time was that some students in our school had won the 44th WorldSkills Competition in Abu Dhabi in 2017."

Lu said he was in a poor condition when he ________ the competition. "Almost two weeks before I had the final training in July, I was _______ of ideas, which was terrible for a competitor whose project needed new ideas. I got used to my new identity later, thanks to my _________ who guided me with their patience and scientific training courses."

His trip to Kazan was ________, but he enjoys the memory. He said he had ________ during the competition because he was getting more and more nervous as the competition _________. "We were given all our tasks about 15 minutes before the competition started. It was really hard because we had to _________   ideas for all in such a short time," he said.

"I didn't ________ during the World-Skills trials(预赛), as there were so many experienced and excellent competitors," he said. "But I was always ________. I think my positive ________ brought me opportunities and the final honor."

"Many of my classmates were pleased after winning medals at the competition, but they lost their _________. I won the gold medal at the age of 19, but I know that it's not my final ________. I want to develop more new ________." Since returning from Russia, he has started a new life at his school, again studying design.

【推荐3】I don’t usually keep houseplants. But after my diagnosis (诊断) of a brain cancer, I ________ the idea of having something new and green around.

My friend gave me a lucky bamboo plant. I started to care for it, which gave me a sense of ________ when I sometimes felt useless. My illness ________ my ability to walk, and the treatment left me tired, making it ________ for me to finish everyday tasks. As a family physician, I was used to being the one who provided care, not the one who ________ it. Although watering the plant was a ________ act, it taught me I could still be a________.

Over the next few months, I ________ the first round of treatment. I increased my walking distance and finally returned to work. I continued to ________ the plant. Soon it doubled in height with shiny leaves.

Then, mysteriously, it began to show, ________ of stress. No matter what I did, the leaves ________browning (发黄) and dropping. I grew ________ that it might signal the recurrence (复发) of my brain cancer.

Then I realized I had wrongly ________ my caring for the plant with my own survival. As my anxiety reduced, I turned to a(n)________ expert for help and transplanted the tree to a larger pot as ________ . We both began to thrive (旺盛) again.

【推荐1】When I was about seven or eight years old, I remembered going into the barn one evening where my father was doing chores. I was surprised to see him _______ his cap backwards. It looked funny.

When I asked Dad why his hat was put on backwards, he _______. There was a large water tank for the livestock that had to be filled _______. Because it took a long time to fill, he would turn the water on and then go _______ doing other things. The _______, of course, was that if he forgot to turn the water off, the tank would overflow, water would be _______ and it would make a mess.

Then he told the _______ he had his hat turned around. When he finished his _______ and began to take off his work clothes, he would _______ that the visor (帽舌) wasn’t where it was supposed to be. This would remind him the ________ was still running and he would go back to the barn and turn it off.

I saw my father ________ many other systems over the years. And I never forgot how helpful and ________ they were. Some may have even been life-saving. As we all know, people make mistakes and ________ things though they may try their best. Creating support systems helps us operate more ________.

When faced with a(n) ________ we surely can look for ways to create a system that will prevent it from occurring again. Instead of ________ people or yourself for mistakes, look for systems that can support people in accomplishing ________ they truly wish to achieve.

It could be as ________ as a checklist. In my work I ________ a lot of them. It could be little things like putting your car keys in the ________ place every time. It could be having someone check your work and it could also be a computer program that checks your calculations.

【推荐3】A tradition for my wife and me is to make holiday snacks and drive around town to deliver them to about 15 friends. We have done this over two years and gained a lot of _________. Last night, a thing _________ our heart and made us determine to _________ it.

First, we showed up to deliver treats to our 95-year-old neighbor _________ she was ready to go to sleep. Next, we delivered treats to friends who had just finished dinner and were expecting something _________ to eat. An eighty-five-year-old neighbor was talking with friends online about what Christmas meant and he said that our _________ was the _________ example.

One friend was not at home when we _________. We could judge that she was _________ on the phone, but when we told her that we were leaving some __________ for her. She told us she was on her way and asked if we would __________. She said that she really needed a __________. She told us that she had just __________ from the ER (急诊室). Her husband had an accident and suffered __________ to his spine (脊柱) and needed an operation. We gave her hugs. From a perfect dessert after a good meal to supporting a friend who was worried about her husband, our sweets __________ a lot to many.