【推荐2】With the plaster cast（石膏绷带）on my arm for weeks，I returned to the hospital to have it removed.

The doctor cut away my cast and asked me to _______ my arm. When moving it in every possible way, I was _______ by the fact that my elbow（肘）was actually fixed, which made me more interested in the job of the doctor. I began to think that he had a secret _______ that only a few people in the world had, and I wondered what it was. From then on, I was sure that I would become a doctor like him one day. At the age of four, I was already_______to discover the art of healing and share it with the world.

As my mom and I made our way out of the hospital that day I released her hand and ran away. I wanted to _______ my experience with everyone. I found an elderly man _______ from a wheelchair and ran to help him, saying, “Don’t worry, Grandpa. The doctor will fix your _______. Look how he fixed my arm!” I then showed him my newly _______ elbow. He gave me the biggest smile. I waved goodbye to the man and felt _______ to have shared my good fortune with someone who truly needed it.

Thirteen years has passed by since that day, and many things have changed. ________, I am still determined to discover the art of healing, even though I now know it is not as ________ as I originally thought. Last summer I had a chance to volunteer in ________ medical environments where I learned how to encourage patients to eat the healthy food they ________, and what doctors do when a child refuses a throat swab. Each of these experiences has taught me a lot, but most importantly they have further promoted my interest in ________. Although I have not yet discovered the art of healing, I know that every year I get ________ to it.

【推荐3】Rwanda is a small country in East Africa with about more than 13 million people. The landlocked country is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. _________, almost half of the population still live in poverty.

Many people live in _________ where there is no doctor. Medical supplies such as _________, vaccines (疫苗) or even blood are _________ to reach these areas.

Zipline, an American start-up company, now helps people in remote areas to get better _________. A multinational team of engineers has been _________ to build a drone (无人机) that can deliver medicine to where it is most needed.

Rwanda is where their plans have been met with _________ from the government and the country’s civil aviation (民用航空) authority.

“Rwanda is the first country to _________ us through the design process of the drone to figure out how to do this,” said Keenan Wyrobek, a _________ of Zipline.

If a hospital or a __________ is in an area that is difficult to __________, the Zipline drone can deliver the medical supplies easily and much quicker than via road transport.

Doctors or healthcare workers just need to send a __________ to the base station and the delivery will be dispatched (派遣) via drone quickly and __________. So the vital supplies are dropped off by the drone where the items are __________. Now it only takes 30 minutes from the time the __________ is placed to the delivery.

“I used to see the drones fly and think they must be __________ until the same drone came to me and saved my __________. They are amazing,” said Alice Mutimutuje, a mother who fell seriously ill once.

The drones have already successfully completed more than 12,000 __________in the last years. In January 2019, the company__________ their project in Africa and the 29 million people in the West Africa Ghana will soon benefit from this new__________, too.

【推荐1】As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this ____ at work in people of all ages. For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about playing with their new toys. But their ____ soon wears off and by January those ____ toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of ____ stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s ____ interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child ____ bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a short time, however, the ____ of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great ____ but are soon looking forward to ____. The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many adults, who now complain about the long drives to work, ____ drove for hours at a time when they first ____ their driver’s licences? Before people retire, they usually ____ to do a lot of great things, which they never had ____ to do while working. But ____ after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes become as boring as the jobs they ____. And, like the child in January, they go searching for new toys.

【推荐2】Since 2008, the average labour-force participation rate of 55- to 64-year-olds in OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries has risen by eight percentage points. A new OECD report, “Working Better with Age”, points out that the employment of older workers is ______, if prosperity is to be maintained. That can be taken as a sign that our society is finally ______ the value of its older employees.

Retirement gives you the chance to sleep late and avoid the morning rush hours. No longer do you have to sit through endless meetings or check email frequently. But work can keep the mind active and gives people a ______ in life. The first month of retirement may seem pleasant, but ______ is sure to come. Grand plans to learn languages and travel the world can quickly lose their appeal. ______, the company of colleagues provides a social network; spending all week at home can lead to loneliness.

Working longer should be easier now that most jobs require ______, rather than manual, labour. Of course, many people are working longer not because they enjoy what they do, but because they cannot afford to ______. That is not just because governments have been pushing up the state retirement age. ______, the average age at which people actually retire differs from the official age by several years. In part, that is because many people do not rely on the state pension as their only source of income and need work-related pensions to supplement it.

However, companies are gradually ______ pensions linked to final salaries with “defined contribution” schemes. Under the latter, workers end up with a pot of savings at retirement that needs to be ______. The income from such pots has been reduced by very low interest rates. Women tend to have smaller retirement pots (thanks to their years spent raising children), making their difficulties even more ______. They need to keep working.

Older workers may feel ______, particularly when it comes to promotion. Two issues seem to hold ______ back. The first is that older workers tend to ______ higher salaries, because of the seniority system. The second is a ______ of skills；one in three 55- to 65-year-olds in OECD countries either lack computer experience or cannot pass technology tests. Such problems can be resolved with proper training, but the over-55s should take it upon themselves to keep up with technological changes.

【推荐3】German universities, known for their excellence throughout the world in the early part of the 20th century, are in a state of decline, according to Michael Burda, an American economics professor at Berlin’s Humholdt University.

Burda claims that Germany’s 300_______ schools   are being hurt by “a long time shortage of general _______.”

“No statistic(统计数字) makes this more evident than a low proportion of young Germans actually _______ university-level degrees,” he says.

Only 22 percent of German students aged 24-34 _________ complete their university studies. That’s compared to 31 percent in the UK, and 39 percent in the US, _______ the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

One reason for the _______ is that Germany spends barely 1.1 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) _______ higher education, compared to 2. 6 percent in the US.

“A central reason why so few Germans pursue university degrees here is the deterioration(下降/退化) in the _______ of education. This certainly comes from the rise in the number of students per teacher. Those who have the _______ and the means often study abroad,” he said.

Since the 1960s, more than 90 percent of German higher education has been publicly ________ . Famous universities are still public institutions, financed by federal and regional governments

Private funding of universities is ________ in Germany. This comes from the country's lack of a donating tradition and rules limiting the amounts of tax-free donations.

But now ________ may be changing.

Professor Dieter Lenzen, president of Berlin’s Free University, agrees that ________ money has to be spent on higher education. But he disputes(对……质疑) Burda’s ________ that German universities are in decline.

“A decade ago that may have been the ________, but that was a result of the unsteady situation at the time of reunification. Now, things have changed for the better,” Lenzen said.

【推荐2】A woman and her dog walked through the airport, passing by dozens of people. Suddenly the dog _________ without making a sound, it sat like a statue and stared at a man carrying a suitcase.

The woman _________ the man carefully, waiting until he put down the suitcase. Then she shouted, “Police. Don’t make a move!” Other _________ moved in. They quickly _________ the suitcase. The man had been carrying a bomb in it! On the TV news that evening, the _________ was a hero. Thanks to this police dog, something terrible had been _________. Lucky, the police dog, had found the bomb in a way no human ever could. The dog had not _________ or heard the dangerous device inside the suitcase. _________, the animal had found it with its _________. Lucky had smelled the bomb.

A dog can sense odors (气味) that are thousands of times too __________ for people to smell. The part of a dog’s brain that deals with odors is much larger than that __________ part of the human brain. People depend on differences in __________ in order to tell things apart. A dog on the other hand, depends on differences in __________.

Everything and everyone has an odor. That’s why highly trained dogs are often used by the police to __________ people or find drugs. They have been taught to __________ specific smells. The animals’ sense of smell is so powerful that they can even tell if a person has recently touched a certain object.

Many of the different kinds of materials used in bombs give off exactly the same odor. A dog learns to search for it. If the dog finds a bomb, however, it must never __________ it. It must not let the person who is __________ the bomb know. Instead, the dog has been trained to __________. Police officers watch for this __________. Then, when the dog has finished __________ job, police can make their move.

【推荐3】Life is l0% of what happens to us and 90% of how we react to it. It isn't about what happens to us ________it's about how we handle what happens. We are __________ the control of our responses to life, but what effort are we putting to deal with our responses?

Our attitude towards life and our characters take on more importance. Living a good life can be easier if we develop our superior characters that can make our society __________ as well. Kindness, love, forgiveness, patience, sincerity, respect, care and __________ are some of the factors that can make life pretty easier._______our life with these crucial factors. Otherwise, our life will __________ difficulties and we will face more problems.

Positive characters can bring positive life attitude and great __________, No matter how or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares and even a __________ word of love can bring happiness. Care, respect and devotion can easily __________ dislike even hate. Patience and sincerity can prevent ________. Forgiveness can do wonders. We cannot get the qualities from any store or lecture. __________, it is nature's gift. These are the characters that everyone should __________, and we just need to use them.

If a(n) unexpected accident were to happen, what would we do? Sometimes we cannot even __________what life brings to us because something unexpected will happen. It becomes impossible for us to __________ that particular circumstance. But the thing that needs to be __________ every time is that who and what brought happiness to you. Pay your __________ to the one who has given you the pleasure. But if things make you sad, you can __________ to forget them, but you should remember "Never __________ your power and believe in yourself." We all got __________ to deal with the incidents that bring difficulties, Moreover, every incident gives us a __________, which we need to learn.