【推荐3】It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.

On the 20^th of that month, Dr. Welch ________ a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious (传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be ________ if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. ________, the closet supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.

How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s ________ was already full of ice, so it couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the ________ roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.

________ January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were sick. Nome’s town officials came up with a plan. They would have the medicine sent by ________ from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled (狗拉雪橇) drivers—known as “mushers”—would ________ it to Nome in a relay (接力).

The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. ________ he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon’s face was black from the extreme cold.

On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to ________ a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most dangerous part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would ________, and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.

A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his ________. He had to leave the trail (痕迹) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to ________ the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog. Balto put his nose to the ground, ________ to find the smell of other dogs that had travelled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to run. He had found the trail.

At 5:30 a.m. on February 2, Kaasen and his dog arrived in Nome. Within minutes, Dr. Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.

Nome had been ________.

【推荐1】Exercise and I have never had a good relationship due to my fear of sports. From a young age, my dad ________ me into a dozen sports.________ I didn’t like any of them.

When I entered University of Regina, my dad ________ telling me “You have to find a way to stay ________ or “You don’t want to get the Freshman 16 pounds, do you?” So I ________ to give swimming a try, but I ________ managed to go to the pool twice during the fall semester (学期). Worse still, I was ________ to make myself believe that “Yeah, that’s OK.”

Spring semester came. A friend of mine ________ me one day asking if I wanted to go to Zumba with her. All I knew about Zumba was that it was basically exercise dancing to Latin and pop songs. It didn’t sound too bad. but I couldn’t be ________

I went, and that was it. Zumba became my ________ of tea. The teacher would always say: “Don’t worry about the steps. Have fun. Do your own thing. “That removed my ________ about sports. I didn’t have to be ________. I didn’t even have to be good. I just need to ________ the music and move. Zumba did ________ me from the Freshman 15 pounds, but it also did so much more. It let me make peace with my ________ past with physical fitness, and enjoy staying healthy.

【推荐2】One cold evening, I was waiting outside for a taxi in New York City. Later, I was _______by a man in his thirties. Obviously, he was angry, complaining how _______New Yorkers were. I knew my _______would only be about 10 minutes and a part of me wanted to keep _______and just move on, but I also wanted to try and connect.

I asked him why. He told me he had just come from JFK airport _______a customer, which means $70 in lost fare (车费), a fairly big deal. I tried to share his _______. Gradually, he calmed down. He mentioned he had read an article _______that the happiest people are those who give. _______, he hoped to have more chance to _______in his life, I was starting to ________being with him!

Arriving at my destination, I paid him, giving a generous tip. I also pulled out an extra $20 and said, “Sir, I share the same ________of giving with you. Here’s the extra money for you. ________it, since you’ve already ________$70 from JFK. But, if you want to experience the ________of giving, give it to the next ________.”

For a moment I thought I was so ________! But the driver ________me by saying, “Sir, I have a ________idea. You give that $20 to a homeless person and I will serve the next rider for free.”

It was an honor meeting the driver and learning the lesson of ________everyone is able to give and surprise ________with their generosity.