【推荐1】I had just started my second year studying at Cambridge University when I was faced with the news I had never expected. A lump in my neck turned out to be cancer. I would________six months of chemotherapy (化疗)．

After the shock, I was struck by this thought: my________didn’t have any room for cancer. I had so much I wanted to achieve and so many goals I wanted to chase.

I was faced with the________job of telling my friends and family. Then, I had to decide whether to________in Cambridge and take five exams at the end of the year. My doctor advised against it, and so did my parents and teachers.

My doctors and teachers tried to convince me that taking some time off to________and relax would be the best thing for me. I could not think of anything________. I did not want to________a year of my life receiving pity from those around me.

Together with my parents, I tried to persuade the university to________me to stay at Cambridge and study only half the courses. At the end of the year I would take two exams. It was really a________to persuade them to agree.

Treatment began and I was up and down from Cambridge to London every other week. It made me feel________，but to a much lesser degree than I had expected. I was able to read, eat and socialize exactly as I used to. I slept a lot and rested a lot, but I also worked hard at my studies. It gave me focus, and it also gave me purpose. Completing my________at the end of the term felt like a great personal victory.

I took a________of continuing studying while undergoing treatment, and it________. I was successful in my exams — and more________， I made a full recovery.

Every person facing a disease like cancer must make the________that are right for them. I am proud that I made the decision that was right for me.

【推荐1】Four teenage girls. Two tents. No cellphones. A severe thunderstorm. One hundred and thirty hours of nonstop _______This was what Julia Ruelle, 16, just _______ .

“It was really _______,” said Julia Ruelle of her recent weeklong adventure to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with three childhood friends.

Earlier this year, Julia, having completed a _______ for a brain tumor (肿瘤) in April, won an essay contest and was _______ a five-day camping adventure with up to three friends. Its aim is to get kids away from technology. She struggled to choose the _______ three — Anna Wander, 16, Madeline Wilson, 16, and Julianna Torelli, 15. No _______ are allowed, so getting their approval was kind of _______. Having a satellite phone and promising to check in twice during the week finally won their _______.

The four girls arrived in Ely on June 10 for training. They ________ the next day at 7 :00 a. m., and quickly developed a ________— getting up early every morning, going boating ________, then having lunch at the campsites,________ by swinging, reading, talking, and napping. I love how you are separated from everything in your life, especially ________.

Anna said. Without her phone, she said, "I'm less ________ about things. "We got along pretty well," said Madeline. "We were always talking before bed, about specific things and thoughts ________." "But we might sometimes have had __________," Julianna added. No one was even hungry or homesick, but they were ________ nervous one night as they waited out a thunderstorm.

After the adventure, Julia will continue to take physical examination every three months to make sure the tumor is gone. "Mental health can be ________ so much in the Boundary Waters. It really helps to __________ and reconnect with yourself," said Julia.

【推荐2】Tian Hua is a new student at a school in America. She is studying at an _________ high school for one year. In China, Tian Hua was in Grade 1 at senior high school, _________ in America, she is in Grade 10! She did not feel _________ at all when she arrived. Her first impression was _________ English was difficult and people spoke too _________, but soon she found that if she concentrated _________ the ideas, not the _________ words, she could understand! She also made _________ and began to _________ the city with them. Her new friends were happy to explain things __________ her after class. Her favourite class is chemistry __________ the teacher lets the students do cool __________. Tian Hua is not sure how well she will do at school this year, but she is not __________ any __________. She is __________.

【推荐3】When I was having my coffee at a restaurant last week, a cockroach (蟑螂) suddenly came from somewhere and sat on one lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face and ______ voice, she started jumping, with both her hands ______ trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her ______ was spreading, as everyone in her group ______ got panicky. The lady finally ______ to drive the cockroach away but ... it landed on ______ lady in the group. Now, it was the ______ of the other lady in the group to continue the performance.

The waiter ______ forward to their rescue. In the ______ of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. He stood ______, calmed himself and observed the ______ of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was ______ enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.

Slowly drinking my coffee and ______ the amusement, my mind picked up a few thoughts and started ______ : was the cockroach responsible for their behavior? If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed? He handled it near to ______, without any chaos. It was not the cockroach, ______ the inability of those people to handle the ______ caused by the cockroach, that disturbed the ladies.

Many such things happen in my life. More than the problem itself, it’s my reaction ______ a problem that creates ______ in my life. I understood a lesson from the waiter how to ______ to a challenge; when faced with tough times, stay calm and save a situation from going out of control and you can find solutions.