【推荐1】David is only sixteen years old, but he is     1     (已经)   a famous basketball player in his home town. David’s mother is an     2     (女演员) . She advises David to be an actor when he was young.     3     (然而), David’s father liked basketball very much, so he thought being a basketball player was a better     4     (选择). David also thinks that the basketball game is very interesting.

David is famous because he helped his school team     5     (赢) the high basketball state championship (州冠军) last year. Now David is the     6     (关键性的) player in his school basketball team, but he thinks there are still a lot of things he needs to do before becoming an     7     (优秀的)   basketball player. He spends an hour playing basketball at school every day, because he believes that the more he does, the     8     (更好)   he will become. When the     9     (教练) teaches them a new skill, he always does it for many times. Sometimes he thinks these practices are not     10     (足够的), so when he gets home, he will continue his practice until very late. David dreams of becoming a professional(专业的) basketball player in the future.

I want to be a doctor. I think that being a doctor is one of the most important     1    （job）in the world. Most people are busy     2    （work）every day. They don’t have much time to relax or do exercise. Lots of them are in poor health because they don’t take good care of     3    （they）. I would like to help them to get     4    （health）again. I know it’s not easy to be a doctor. I need to learn a lot. I     5    （study）hard to improve my skills. As a doctor, I am going to try to help the people who are sick. I will always be there with them when they need me. If someone     6    （not have）enough money, I am still going to help him or her. I believe after he or she gets some money, he or she     7    （give）the money back to me. Maybe doctors can’t     8    （make）much money, but I don’t care. It would be great to be a doctor because I can help others. Helping others would make me happy.

【推荐1】Many people say sports are for young people, b    1     my grandparents don't think so. My grandpa is 72 years old and he likes s    2     like swimming and running. He like b    3     games, too. He often p    4     table tennis. He likes Yangko(秧歌) best. He can dance to the b    5     music.

My grandmother is 69 years old. She is g     6     at drawing and she likes Yangko, too. They say Yangko m    7     them happy. My grandparents have a d    8    . They want to make more people like Yangko. Maybe (也许) it can come t    9     . Do you l    10     them?

Great news! Mrs Brown just told me that I was chosen as one of the school    1    (student) to visit the University of Cambridge in England this summer vacation. She said the program     2     (design) for some of the brighter teenagers to experience a different culture.     3     a good chance!

However, there is a big problem for me: my mom and dad     4    (simple)won' t let me go.

They said it was dangerous for me, a girl,     5    (travel) alone. But in my opinion, they think it is too expensive.

I kept telling     6    (they) that I had been on a plane alone to visit you in Texas before.

They didn't need to worry     7     me because this trip would be almost the same as that one.     8    , they just won't listen!

Will you help me, Auntie Cindy? It will be     9     very important experience for me in my life. Love, and love you even     10    (good) if you can manage to make my parents agree with me.

Jessica

How do you get to school? Do you walk or ride a bike? Do you go by bus or by train? For many students, it is easy to get to school. But for the students in one small village in China, it is difficult. There is a very big river     1    . There is no bridge     2    for boats. So these students go on a ropeway     3    .

One 11-year-old boy, Liangliang, crosses the river every school day. But he is not afraid because he loves school. “I love to play with my classmates. And I love my teacher.

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Many of the students and villagers never leave the village.    5    . Can their dream    6    ?

As the saying goes, “A hero is known in the time of misfortune”. Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor who has made a great influence in China.

In 2003, SARS broke out and spread     1     (横穿) China and other parts of the world     2     (百) of patients died from the disease. Even many doctors and     3     (护士) got SARS when they treated patients. So everyone was afraid of it. But Zhong was     4     (勇敢的) enough to fight the disease. Zhong spent days and nights to find the cause of the disease. And with his way of treating, many patients began to get better. Zhong finally won people’s     5     (信任). Most people in China knew him. Since then, he     6     (成为) a hero in China.

In early 2020,   a disease   called COVID-19     7     (碰撞，袭击) Wuhan. It spread     8     (快速地) around tens of thousands of Chinese people were infected. Zhong     9     (领导) his team to Wuhan to fight the illness. Zhong’s team took many measures to cure the patients. Now he is one of the     10     (著名的) doctors around the world. He is a true hero in our hearts.

As the saying goes, “A hero is known in the time of misfortune?” Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor in Guangdong and he     1     (save) many people’s lives in 2003.

In 2003, SARS broke out in Guangdong. Later, it spread across China and other parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and got fevers.     2     (hundred) of patients even died from the disease. Even many doctors and nurses got SARS when they treated patients. So everyone was afraid of it. But Zhong was brave enough     3     (fight) against the disease. Zhong spent days and nights     4     (find) the cause of the disease. And with his way of treating, many patients began to get     5     (good). Zhong finally won people’s heart.

In early 2020, a disease     6     (call) COVID-19 hit Wuhan. It went     7     (quick) and thousands of Chinese people got the illness. Zhong Nanshan is 84 years old, but he quickly led his team to Wuhan to meet it. Zhong’s team took many measures to cure the patients with COVID-19. Zhong wins the hearts of people again.

“I am just a doctor.” Zhong says. But we think he is a real     8     (fight).

【推荐3】Do you know this Chinese phrase? “A hero is known in the time of misfortune”. Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. As a doctor, Zhong saved many people’s     1     (life) in fighting SARS(非典).

In 2003, SARS     2    (break) out in Guangdong. Later, it spread across China and other parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and got fevers. Many people even died and everyone was afraid     3     it. But Zhong was brave enough     4    (fight) the disease. At that time, many doctors and nurses got SARS when they treated patients. Zhong wasn’t afraid. He let the most     5    (serious) sick patients stay in his hospital. Zhong spent days and nights     6    (find) the cause of the disease. Some experts said chlamydia(衣原体) was the main cause.     7    , Zhong didn’t agree. He stuck to the truth and finally found a way to treat SARS. With his way, many patients began to get better. Zhong won     8    (people) trust.

To many people, Zhong is not just a doctor, but also     9     spokesperson for emergency public health cases. He     10    (provide) the public with health knowledge and makes suggestions about China’s public health system.