【推荐1】When Marco was a boy, he tried everything to get his father’s love and attention. He studied hard to get good ________ and tried to behave well. He was shy and shorter than the other boys. Besides, his father was ________ and had little time for him. Except for his ________ for housework after school, there was no communication. Marco felt very ________.

One day,his maths teacher called him that some young teenagers were ________ a public speaking contest. She thought he should give it a ________. She firmly believed he could perform on stage (舞台) like other kids. Feeling her strong trust, Marco agreed to ________ the contest.

All winter, he took a bus to ________ twice a week in another city, where the competition would take place. Marco was taken by a strong ________ he never felt before. Finally, the big day arrived. His father, and yes, his maths teacher, were present. When he stepped onto the stage and began to speak, he felt ________ at home. He was funny,and acted very natural. He won! He noticed his father’s eyes were ________— he was so proud. It was then that his father ________ he should pay more attention to the child.

As the winner, his name was ________ in the local papers. He knew this was the ________ of his new life. It all happened because of a phone call, from one who ________ him.

【推荐2】Dowell may never be able to drive a car, but she can sail a boat around the world. Dowell is blind and competes in the Regatta, a（n）___________ she has competed in since losing her ___________.

Each year, dozens of ___________ with disabilities participate in the event. The ___________ is to provide a space for them to compete. Athletes with various disabilities---___________ from those missing legs to those who are blind---are invited to show off their ___________." They have done very well." Regatta president, Judy said. "That you may not have a leg or you have a disease-driven issue doesn't ___________ that you are not a whole person inside." Dowell is ___________ sailing so much. She ___________ often lives on a sailboat with her guide dog. She says that it is always a ____________ to live on a boat and sailing has given her a new beginning. Being part of a team is huge for her.

Munden is one of Dowell's closest ____________. Because of an eye disease, Munden ____________ blind. She found sailing six years ago. It gave her a whole new world of freedom and self-confidence. Dowell and Munden have ____________ many competitions against sighted and non-sighted athletes. They find the sport of sailing to be equal for all participants. ____________ physical ability.

Sailing can be adapted ____________ competitors' physical abilities. For Dowell and Munden, they compete with the assistance of a sighted guide whose only job is to ____________ them if there is a barrier. For other competitors, equipment can be altered（改动）on the boat to consider an athlete's ____________ needs. This is the ____________ for Sarah, who was paralyzed（截肢）from the waist down.

"I will be sitting in a scat that keeps me in the boat when sailing," Sarah said. "Everyone out on the water has a different ability. It's about ____________ your abilities and not worrying about the abilities you don't have. The disability is just another aspect of who we are, ____________ we are sailors out on the water."

【推荐3】On his 67th birthday, Dad had a heart attack. He was _______—he survived. But something _______ him had died. His passion for life was gone. He refused the doctor’s _______, and his bitter attitude made every visitor _______. Dad was left alone.

I asked Dad to come and live on our small farm, _______ the fresh air would do him good. A week later, I_______ the invitation. He criticized and complained everything here. Frustrated, I decided something had to be done.

One day I read an article saying several depressed patients’ attitudes had _______ dramatically(显著地) when given dogs. That afternoon I drove to an animal shelter, where a pointer’s eyes caught my attention. They watched me _______.

A staff member said: “He’s been here for two weeks with nothing heard. His time is up tomorrow.”

I turned _______ the man in horror. “You mean to ________ him?”

“Madam,” he said coldly. “We don’t have ________ for every unclaimed dog.” The pointer’s calm brown eyes ________ my decision. “I’ll take him,” I said.

On arriving home, I took the dog to Dad’s room. “Look what I got you!”I said ________.

Dad frowned and murmured. “I don’t want it.” Then, suddenly, the pointer ________ from my grasp. He sat down in front of Dad.

Dad’s anger ________, and soon he was hugging the animal.

It was the beginning of a ________. Dad named the pointer Cheyenne. Together they spent long hours walking down country roads and relaxing on the banks of streams.

Dad’s ________ faded, and he and Cheyenne befriended each other. Then, one night two years later, Cheyenne rushed into my bedroom as if telling something. Running into Dad’s room, I found he had __________.

Two days later, my sorrow ________ when I discovered Cheyenne lying dead beside Dad’s bed. While burying him near their favorite stream, I silently ________ the dog for restoring Dad’s peace of mind.

【推荐3】Eric Jones’s family caught the COVID-19, and with everything in lockdown, he needed a way to pass the time. When he learned how to grow pumpkins in the planting club, he was _________ to grow his own pumpkins. He thought it would be a _________ way to pass time and get rid of _________ . At home he found a piece of _________ in the backyard and put in the work to gather, clean, and plant seeds and wanted to _________ his crop in fall.

The boy’s work turned out _________ and his efforts paid off. He ended up with an enormous harvest. As it was much more than the family could _________, the boy set out to sell the pumpkins to _________ funds for Boone County Cancer Society. His mom did some advertising on social media, but she didn’t expect his crop to become a big _________ .

While pumpkins aren’t __________ the first choice when people buy vegetables, Eric had no problem getting customers to buy his. __________, they knew the earnings were going to support a good __________.

It was amazing that people __________ up for the pumpkins. Within a few weeks, those pumpkins helped him raise $ 720! At that point, he and his mom __________ to Boone County Cancer Society and __________ every penny to them.

What he did was very __________ to the organization. The director said fund-raising __________ a lot to providing treatment for patients who are __________ and Eric’s donation can make a __________ .

Eric plans to do it all over again next year! In his words, “The people don’t stop having __________ , so why should I stop selling pumpkins?”

【推荐1】One summer day, the bushes in our backyard began making all sorts of noise. Or rather, our dog, Bella, was in the bushes and made noise. Our 11-year-old daughter _________ Bella’s pawing(刨) at a branch, where there were several caterpillars(蝴蝶幼虫).

My husband and I _________ that our backyard-frequent hangout of birds-wasn’t the safest _________ for caterpillars. So we got a butterfly house where the caterpillars could _________ metamorphose(蜕变).

Each day, when we took the butterfly house to the _________, Bella followed. Each night, when we brought it back inside, Bella followed, and slept under the table on which it rested. We don’t know why Bella was so _________, but she was there for every step of the budding(萌芽的) butterflies’ _________.

Finally, the caterpillars _________ beautiful butterflies. It came as a _________ that Bella didn’t seem worried when our daughter __________ them. In fact, Bella seemed to understand that this was part of the life __________. It wasn’t until one last butterfly wouldn’t fly away that Bella expressed __________. She gently rested her head near the __________ butterfly, which flied onto her nose. Bella lifted her head, pointed her nose, and __________ one of those breathy dog sighs. With the sigh of Bella, the last butterfly flew off. It seemed a little __________ from a parent to begin one’s own migration.

【推荐2】Lily was a French Canadian girl who grew up in the farming community. When she was sixteen, her father_________her to drop out of school to contribute to the family income. With English as her second language and_________education, the_________didn’t look bright for Lily.

Lily’s father was a stubborn man who_________took “no” for an answer. He_________Lily to find a job. With small hope of gaining_________,each day she would just ride to the city, walk_________around and return home at dusk. On one of her_________,Lily saw a sign at a big company._________she knocked on the very first door. In her__________English, Lily told the office manager she was interested in this position. The manager____________to give the girl a chance. He directed her to type a letter, and then____________. Lily looked at the clock and saw it was 11:40 am. She thought everyone would be leaving for____________at noon, when she could____________away in the crowd. But she knew she should____________the letter.

On her first try, Lily____________one line of five words and made four mistakes. When she attempted the letter on her second try, she completed a full paragraph, but still made many mistakes. She looked at the clock:11:55—five minutes to____________. Just then, the manager walked in. He came directly to Lily, read the letter and said, “Lily you’re doing____________work!”

With those simple words of encouragement, her desire to escape disappeared and her____________began to grow.

Lily thought, “Well, if he thinks it’s good, then it must be good. I think I’ll stay!” Lily did stay—all because someone had given the____________and uncertain girl the gift of self-confidence when she knocked on the door.

【推荐3】We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it ________ to have too much?

I________back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also ________a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it ________.

When I got into college, things ________. I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this ________time, there was no sense of ________ to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a ________. Once that happened, I just kept ________ my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was ________really late at night to get my work done.

One day I ________ a former classmate of mine who was ________a lot of money running a sideline (副业). Since his regular job was ________, I asked him why he just didn’t do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would ________ have too much time and would just do what I did back in ________. He said that if he ________the job, he would lose his ________ to work and succeed.

So, try ________ your time with other work. This is why there is a ________ that if you want something done, ask a ________ person to do it.