【推荐1】Today the whole situation in the food pantry (食物分发处)was a mess. At one point there was a line of over a dozen families   _________   food. We even ran out of the _________ things of cheese and cooking oil. But we tried our best to offer food to those who needed it_________

One woman was moved to tears, _________us that this was the first time she had needed help in feeding her family. We _________   her, expressing how at one time or another we all need a little extra_________We were short of one of our volunteers but did the best we could. We even _________ to keep the spirits of our visitors up by our _________   and love all the time behind our masks (口罩).

It was _________ that one of the food donators (捐赠人)brought in a box of fresh eggs to share. My fellow volunteers __________my treat of burnt butter cookies. Another friend of mine, Cheryl, was also __________that I woke early and cooked her a loaf of delicious bread. She needed a little   __________   as it was a difficult holiday for her between __________   from her operation and her husband’s car accident on the highway.

It was a great clay, feeding not only__________stomachs but spirits as well. I felt lucky and happy for our caring community. I was so __________afterwards, and as a result, I took a 3-hour sleep!

【推荐2】My first year living in Los Angeles, I was a birthday-party clown. I struggled a lot with my identity because, though I viewed myself as a _______   everyone in my life associated me with this _______ day job. To make matters more confusing, being a clown is_______an identity-masking job.

One night, someone said: .“Tomorrow you’re going to be Batman.” At the time I had a giant mustache. I knew: a clown with a mustache—that’s a huge red _______for parents. But I hadn’t wanted to_______   my physical appearance for that job.

The next day, I went to the party and I had to leave my car _______ far enough away so that the kids couldn’t see Batman _______ in a PT Cruiser(PT漫步车). I popped in through the front door : “Surprise! Batman’s here!” All the kids _______. But they didn’t want to see Batman sweaty and panting from a brisk jog, so I just kept _______ . I started to regret my choice to not ________ . I’m thinking, “Gosh, this party is not going to go well.” I’m so embarrassed. I wanted to________ and run back to my Bat mobile. But then the laughter kind of merges and changes into cheering and applause.

Then I was still about 20 yards away from the party________ I just started running and my cape was billowing(鼓起) in the________ , and—mustache or not—in that moment, I was Batman.

I saw the birthday boy with his dad, and the________ was   laughing, saying, “You see, son. I told you Batman had a mustache.”Just then I saw the ________ birthday cake with a frosting Batman drawn on it, and the Batman has a mustache. I just stared at it in________ . It looked just like my mustache.

Those kids were at the perfect age where they still believed in miracles and heroes and that the world is an________ good place—all the stuff that’s so difficult for us to keep believing ________ we grow up in a cold and complicated world.

That year, I struggled a lot with my________ ; was I a filmmaker, or was I a clown? But that day, at least, there was ________   in my mind what I was. I may not have been the hero that they expected. But that day, I was the hero that they needed.

【推荐3】My grandchild, Harold, was going to celebrate his 7th birthday. And he said he wanted some fudge (软糖) made by me as a gift.

About twenty years ago, there was a candy-making ______ in my hometown. The winners could get a year’s free sweets from candy companies. That couldn’t be more ______ to me, so I learned to make fudge at home. I tried a dozen times, ______ with little success. I ______ that maybe I wasn’t cut out for this, so I ______ . Harold remembered me telling of the ______ . Before I could explain, he went away with the ______ that I could make delicious fudge. Since he wanted in badly, I decided to try again.

I followed the recipe ______ , afraid that I could go ______ . Finally, I made it to the last step, which said I should “stir the cooked mixture until it doesn’t look shiny”. Well, the ______ didn’t tell me exactly when I should stop stirring. So I just followed my inner voice and stopped stirring at a certain moment. Then I put it aside to let it harden, ______ it would turn out fine. After a while. I went to ______ it, ready for another failure. Then something ______ happened- the fudge hardened to a perfect degree!

The success resulted greatly from my hidden knowledge, which I gained from many times of ______ . I started to realize that if you set your mind on ______ something, you will give your best and finally make it.

【推荐1】Jessica Long is a famous American swimmer who has won 23 medals at the Paralympics (残奥会), becoming the second-most of any U.S. Paralympian in history. Born in 1992, Jessica was sent to an orphanage (孤儿院) and was adopted (收养) by a family from USA when she was only 13 months old.___________ , she had lost her legs below the knees ___________   a rare disease at 18 months old.

___________ , as a young girl she found her dream in swimming, and she’s never let her___________ slow her down. Being the only girl athlete on her swim team made her work ___________ harder.

“There are so many things swimming has taught me over the past 15 years,” says Jessica. “___________ you are new to the sport or not, you have to ___________ on your goals. It’s not easy getting in the pool every day, but you have to stick to your training and honor the _________ you’ve made. You don’t become great overnight, but the sweat will ___________. ”

“There were times I wanted to quit,” she adds. “I remember training with the US Olympic swim team. It was incredibly ______________ —these are some of the best athletes in the world. But I saw this challenge as an amazing chance, and it ______________   a proud moment for me.”

From an orphan at 13 months to becoming one of the greatest Paralympic swimmers of all time, Jessica has truly come a ______________ way. She has faced many ______________ that would make most of us give up. But she has faced each one head-on, and ______________ . She never stops pushing to be a better person and a better swimmer. Her determination and fighting spirit ______________ her who she is today.

【推荐2】My parents and I moved to a small house on my third birthday. My first memory is our________Arlene________me strawberries from her garden through a chain-link fence. She and her husband, Bill, lived next door.

Arlene spent a lot of time working in the garden, and I,________any kids my age in the neighborhood to be together, was always talking to her from our yard. I was a ________.I think what drew me to Arlene and Bill is that they________got tired of listening to me.

One day, my parents asked Bill and Arlene whether they'd watch me while they________on a date. This worked________for everyone, so it became a somewhat monthly________. Arlene and Bill didn't have kids. They had a(an)________room in their house, which became “my” room.

At 5, I asked Arlene and Bill “________I adopted you as my grandparents?” They started crying and enthusiastically________. Soon________, they printed out an adoption certificate, and it hung on their living room wall________

Over the years, Bill and Arlene Howe________me in all my dreams. They encouraged me to________college, even though I didn’t have the________to go. And________I got accepted to Colorado State University, they presented me with a fund. They told me they’d been________away money since the day I adopted them.

Arlene passed away in 2013, two days before our adoption________.Bill gave her eulogy(悼词). At the end, he said, “Arlene leaves behind her husband, Bill. And the greatest joy of her life, her________, Katie.”

【推荐1】A missing woman Emma was found after three days stuck in the mud and her parents are calling it a miracle (奇迹).

The 31-year-old was reported ________ on June 26 by her parents, who said she left her cell-phone behind when she left home on Sunday night. When she didn’t return, they ________ the alarm. “So many times this type of story ends ________ and I didn’t have much hope at all,” the missing woman’s father said.

Local authorities were called to Borderland State Park in Easton, Massachusetts. Emma was ________ found when people hiking reported ________ coming from a swamp (沼泽地). Easton police officers entered the swamp and ________ to pull Emma from the swamp — she was then carried to ________.

Emma’s mom, Barbara Zinaman, said, “She ________ for help. She said ‘I need help.’ I’m still ________ after a week that she could even do that because she didn’t have ________ and she was also pretty dehydrated(脱水的).” “It was awful to be ________ in the swamp for as long as she was,” Zinaman continued. “It’s miraculous that they ________ her.”

Emma’s mother went on to ________: “I want to thank everybody that has texted, called, emailed, showed love and ________. The search and rescue teams and the county.”

Police say Emma will recover. While she is still ________, her injuries are not life-threatening.