【推荐1】Preet Chandi, an Asian woman, returned from a trek (徒步旅行) across Greenland last year. She hopes to _______an unsupported trek across Antarctica to the south pole by herself. The 700-mile journey will take about 45 days. She will face the _______cold of -50℃ while dragging a sled weighing 95kg when she _______.

Preet Chandi _______it is a tough journey. But she feels well prepared after years of _______. In recent weeks she has been _______ tyres around the streets near her home. She has received a number of curious questions from _______. “If you come from a community that is not involved in _______ at all, it can be really hard,” she said, adding that a number of people thought she was to _______for Southall, in west London, not to the south pole. “It’s just beyond their _______.”

In the south pole, one may _______ nothing in front for days except snow. It is quite a mental _______. Thus, her partner has left messages inside her tent, while friends have _______voice notes for her to listen to on the journey.

When she returns, she plans to put aside some money to _______ more women to try outdoor adventures. She is pleased to see change in what has _______ been a male-dominated area. What an inspiring woman!

【推荐2】I always dreamed of becoming a full time writer. After two years as a salesman, I _________ my job and made up my mind to realize my _________. No one could tell me whether I would succeed or not. I rented a basement and _________ to write. I had so many things to write because the enthusiasm (热情) was _________ in my heart.

After a year or so, _________, I began to doubt myself. I found it _______ to earn my living by writing. None of my novels were _________ that year. But I _________ to follow my dream, even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of _________. I believed anyone with a dream must learn to struggle for the __________.

During the hardest period of my life, a friend came to see me and tried to __________ me, “Come to our company, __________ we will pay you 2,000 dollars a month.” 2,000 dollars was really a big fortune at that time. It would enable me to live a __________ life. As the money was dancing in my __________, something cleared my senses. Hadn’t I dreamed of being a writer, a full-time writer? “Thanks, but no,” I said __________, “I’m going to stick to writing.”

Again and again, I said to myself, “I will be __________. People will love my novels.”

__________ my first novel was published in 1991. I had the kind of success that few writers ever __________.

Twenty years have passed, but the effect it had on my life has __________. Now I often __________ the time working in that cold basement. I will say, “Anyone with a dream and persistence will be successful.”

【推荐1】After a long time of struggling with lung cancer, my father passed away, due to which, my life _________ a lot after my father’s death. As the eldest son in my family, I took the responsibility of raising the family. In order to _________ my sick mother and two younger brothers, I couldn’t help but _________ school and work to support my family. It seemed to me that life was always hard at that time. However, a thread of hope flashed in those _________ days. It was a rainy dusk when I exposed myself to the rain and walked in the street.

Suddenly the rain stopped! _________, I looked up, only to find that “the sky” was in fact a dark blue umbrella. Then came a deep voice. “Why not run _________ an umbrella?” A middle-aged man with one leg on crutch (腋杖) said to me, “run” in the rain, and you will get less wet. I shook my head with politeness, but his words shocked me deeply. Without my father’s _________, could I only be a slave to the fate (命运)?

While walking together in the rain, I knew he was a promoter from the city. Having received an order from his company, he had to spend much time on it. Looking at this guy, I had no sympathy but _________. I took the umbrella from his hand and walked with him all the way. He told me he once had _________ being a policeman. However, an accident __________ his dream. His present work was demanding and was not his cup of tea, but every travelling was a wonderful start to him. To his happiness, he never __________ heart and still “ran” on the road of life.

__________by what the man remarked, I headed for a southern city and became an insurance representative. After two years’ running, I got my __________ and the life condition in my family __________ better gradually.

Everything is so simple: to run without an umbrella! Only when you __________ the rainy season of your life will there be bright sky ahead of you. Never give up!

【推荐2】My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing. Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at ______. As for me, I ______both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.

The last time Dad and I set sail together is really ______. It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and ______ Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the calm lake. Dad hadn't sailed for years, but everything ______ well with the tiller (舵柄) in his hands.

When we were in the middle of the lake, a ______ wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit violently. Dad was always at his best in any ______, but at this moment he ______ .

“John! ______!” he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his hands.

In my memory he could fix any ______. He was the one I always turned to for strength and security. Before I could respond, a wave of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller ______ it was too late. Another huge wall of water turned over the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely ______ of him.

I swam to Dad ______ and assisted him in climbing onto the hull (船壳) of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward about his flash of ______. “It's all right, Dad. We are safe now,” I comforted him.

That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency. More importantly, I found it was my turn to start ______ for my father.

【推荐3】Pearl Moss looked out her front window in Bethel Park, Pennsyvania. She was instantly _________. A major snowstorm over the weekend had dropped_________ a foot of snow in her driveway, and there was more on the way. She was recovering from shoulder surgery and didn’t have family members nearby who could _________ to dig her out.

A few hours later, there was a _________ on her door. Moss looked out and was surprised to see two teenage boys with shovels (铁铲). David Shelpman and Aidan Campbell _________ in the same neighborhood as Moss and are on the football team at Bethel Park High School. Head Coach Brian DeLallo had emailed his team members on Sunday to _________ them that their Monday’s workout in the school gym wasn’t going to _________. DeLallo also instructed them to find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel their driveway. Shelpman and about 40 other team members took their _________ seriously.

Helping elderly and disabled residents to dig out after snowstorms is a Bethel Park _________ that goes back two decades. In Bethel Park, community support of the football team is strong. “Our games are always well __________ so giving back is the right response,” DeLallo said.

Pearl Moss said she’s grateful for the teens adding that if they hadn’t shown up, she probably would have been stuck in her house for a while.