【推荐1】A 24-year-old woman has achieved an unbelievable achievement that many of us dream of − visiting every country on Earth.

Lexie Alford was born into a family of travel agents, which gave her the opportunity to ________ places such as Cambodia, Dubai and Egypt during her childhood, according to Forbes magazine. She began saving up at age 12 to ____ her goal of visiting all countries. By her 18th birthday, she had travelled to 72 nations. In October, 2016 she realized she could see the ____ nations on her list in time to set an official record. Many people ____ her travel on social media platform Instagram, so she decided to chase the world record partly to ____ others. “Honestly, in the beginning, I _________ wanted to push the ____ of what I thought I could do with my life and see as much of the world as possible in the _____,” she told Forbes. “It wasn’t until things started getting really_____ that I realized I was inspiring people around me, especially the _____.”

“I also loved visiting Northern Pakistan, for the natural beauty of the mountains and kindness of the locals were astonishing.” Lexie Alford said. “The most pleasant surprise about travelling to all these misunderstood areas of the world was that the countries that I had the ____ expectation for ___________ being the most incredible.”

“My_____ for young people is to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to do. If you want to travel, you have to dream BIG − to travel around the world and never ______; it’s only a matter of ______ until you make it a reality.”

【推荐3】From the time I was little until I turned 15, my mother would bring me to the houses she cleaned and I’d help her. I clearly ______ the summer before first grade, when I was ______ the furniture in Mrs. Belinda’s living room. That’s ______ I told my mom I wanted to grow up to be a(n) ______ like her.

I think I was just a little kid who ______ her mom, but she took me ______. She sat down next to me, saying that she had to clean houses in the United States because she didn’t have the educational ______ that I had. That’s when I really ______ why my parents had left Mexico when I was two years old to ______ their only child a better life. After they ______ in 1996, my dad did odd jobs and my mom cleaned houses.

When I started ______ going to college in middle school, I told my mother I wanted to be a doctor to ______ more so she wouldn’t have to clean houses. My mom told me I should do something I love and not count on money to ______ happiness.

When I was ______ a four-year scholarship to go to any public university in Texas, I knew I wanted to go to the University of Texas at Austin. Given my great experience before, I really wanted to major in ______. It’s true my parents got ______ thinking I might one day be on television. But really, they told me they were ______ to have a daughter ______ a high school diploma and on her way to go to college. I was the first in my family to get ______ in the United States, ______ I was on my way to become the first to go to college.

【推荐1】When I was 14, I invited some friends for a party at our home out in the country. I planned it well, but something _________ happened. When it was time for us to ride the bus, Nora, one of my friends, didn’t _________.

I felt _________. Why would she tell me she’d come to the party and then _________ without letting me know? So, I decided to call Nora and get some _________. I needed no apologies but I demanded to know why.

Nora _________ she had to stay away from school because she was sick. Anger still seized me and I _________ to listen. “What kind of friend are you?” I said. Nora began crying on the phone, hurt and surprised. For the rest of the school year, I _________ hung around with her again, and I forgot about my _________ call with Nora. __________ had happened between us at some point, but I shrugged it off.

Years later, I began to reflect on that ugly phone conversation. I __________ it. I recognized how selfish and __________ I’d been, caring only about myself. I wanted to make things __________. I composed a letter of apology to Nora and soon got her __________. So finally, we restored a __________ relationship, healing both of us.

【推荐2】A few years ago, I moved to Aurora, Ontario. I was a radio broadcaster, but I didn’t have the _______ of colleagues. That was because I worked not in the office, but at home, and I _______ it to the power of technology. Shortly after the move, _______, I found myself feeling lonelier than ever before. I was _______ to make a friend.

Then I saw her. From the window of my _______, I caught sight of a beautiful, tall girl taking her recyclables and walking _______, and I was attracted. I thought, “I recycle too! We have something in common!”

The question was _______ we would meet. “Should I knock on her door and say hi, or what if I just _______ to be running by?” But after _______ a few times around the block, I still didn’t see her. Finally, I decided to ________ the one thing I already knew about her — recycling.

The following Tuesday, I got up a bit earlier. Around 8 a.m., she ________ again, with the same confidence. “Just act ________,” I said to myself. Then I walked outside, ________ a trash can fast. “Nice to meet you. I’m Megan,” I said, trying to ________ nervousness back and appear calm. “Good morning. Michelle,” she replied.

________ a big smile, I walked back inside. After our “________”   recycling meet-ups continued for a few weeks, I gathered my ________ to invite her to my home. Then at my home we ________ down, sharing stories about our own life. We also found more ________ between us two young women: putting ourselves out for what we’ve been looking for — a new ________ to fall in love with.

【推荐3】I was on my way to the library to do some studying for history class. That’s _________ I saw my friends and their family knocking on doors.

As I was _________ outside one house, my friend’s brother walked past me and went to the _________ of the house. When a woman answered, I heard him say, “Excuse me. Hi! I am _________ money for my mom. She needs to have surgery (手术) but we don’t have _________ money. Could you please help with a donation (捐款)?”

The lady _________ him some coins and he said, “Thank you so much! God!” Then he walked on to the next _________. I could see he didn’t have much and I also saw he had been crying. _________ going to the library, I went to the _________ . I told them I wanted to ____________ all my savings. The lady in the bank said to me, “But, young man. I ____________ you were going to use that money to get into ____________ .”

I told her that ____________ else happened so she gave me the money. ____________ I walked to my friend’s house. They had only raised nine hundred and sixty-two dollars, which wasn’t ____________ a quarter of what they needed. I told my friend to take my ____________. When she saw it she realised straight away it was my university money.

The idea of going to university had been a very ____________ one for me - supposing I got accepted -but she ____________ the money more than I did. Now her mom will be going into surgery in the next two days. I ____________ all goes well for her and her family. My ____________ and wishes go out to them.