【推荐1】The Cajun Navy is a group of small boat owners who help people during bad storms and floods. The group _________ volunteering during Hurricane Katrina. During that storm alone, they_________more than 10,000 people from flooded homes and rooftops! Since then, they have saved more _________around the US! The Cajun Navy has gone to save during many of the worst windstorms that hit the US, such as Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Florence.

Using their_________, they always go into places where people and animals are trapped by floodwaters. They bring their small boats and great skills to find those who are_________and then they _________ them to safety. How strong and _________ they are in struggling with floodwaters!

Many of the volunteers are fishermen and _________ boat pilots. They, who come from the southeast United States, are expert in _________ through a series of swamps (沼泽)and narrow waterways. The skills they have help them find the way around __________ floodwaters.

A reporter __________ his feelings and meanwhile __________ their deeds after the Cajun Navy stepped in to help during bad flooding in Louisiana. The Cajun Navy is a great example of character in action. They do also __________ others’ enthusiasm to get involved. And more and more volunteers join the group. They often put themselves in danger to __________ others. And they do not do it for money or attention, but __________ because they can help and they want to help.

【推荐3】Gracie Hamlin is the type of woman who doesn’t just hope for a better world — she makes it happen. She always has a(an) _________for the underdog, hence, the name of her Atlanta nonprofit, W-Underdogs, which_________to keep kids off the street by having them work with_________and neglected animals.

Gracie moved to Atlanta from California with six dogs she’d_________after they’d been abandoned in the desert, and had a hard time_________housing where she’d be allowed to keep them all. She ended up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood. She was shocked by the prevalence (盛行) of young kids with no direction and the_________of stray (流浪的) dogs. So she_________an organization to help_________. W-Underdogs empowers at-risk kids by_________them in the rescue and care of stray dogs and cats. “I want kids to be heroes,” Gracie says.

The idea__________one day when Gracie was working in her garden and a group of young boys, six to eight years old, walked by,__________. They told her they had been attacked in the park. Their parents weren’t around, and she was__________about them.

She was also concerned about the__________of animal neglect and__________in the neighborhood. “I saw this as an opportunity to help the dogs and the kids. " She knocked on doors and asked parents if their kids could__________with her dogs. “I told them the dogs would keep the kids__________” said Gracie.

Every morning Gracie and the kids__________and take care of the animals they've rescued. Gracie teaches the kids how to train the dogs and__________them humanely. Not only do the animals become healthy,__________pets, but the kids also acquire life sills. They lean to be__________and empathetic all while boosting their self-esteem.

【推荐1】My son Joey was born with disability. The doctors _______ us that with treatment he would be able to walk _______— but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in _______ with the help of casts （石膏）and braces （支架）.By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a _________when you saw him walk.

The children in our _______ ran around as most children do during game play, and Joey would _______ and run and play, too. We never told him the _______ that he probably wouldn't be able to run as well as other children.

In seventh grade he ___________ his mind to go out for the cross-country team. Every day he trained with the team. He made great_______ and ran more than any of the others — perhaps he ________that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. The entire team ran. ________, only the top seven runners had the ________ to score points for the school. We didn't tell him he probably would never make it.

He ________running four to five miles every day — even the day he had a high fever. After school, I found him     ________ by himself. I asked him how he felt. "Okay,"   he said. The sweat ________ down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn't run four miles with a high fever, ________ .

Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were ________. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had ________ . He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he shouldn't ________ to make it. We never told him he couldn't do it. With the strong __________ ,you can achieve your dream.

【推荐2】Very often, it seems that the athletes we watch on TV effortlessly win the game. However, it’s _______to remember that things don’t always go their way. At one time or another, everyone has a bad game or becomes _______. Here two top athletes tell us about a time when they had to _______back and what they _______from the experience.

Maya Moore was a member of the U.S. women’s basketball team that won gold at the Olympics in 2012.” My team was playing at the national championships when I was 13. I could not hit a _______during the whole game. We _______and I felt like I let my team down. I was extremely _______. My mom helped me see that my _______does not define who I am. She helped me realize that it is how I respond to difficult times that _______. I learned to bounce back from ________times in life.”

Swimmer Natalie Coughlin has ever won 12 Olympic gold medals.” By the time I was 16, I had already ________for years to qualify(具有资格)for the Olympic team. ________, I tore a muscle in my shoulder, which meant I had to temporarily ________my goal. It made me hardly wish to ________because swimming was my whole world.The injury ________me to seek things outside of swimming, like friendships and hobbies. It helped me realize that swimming was not life and death.”