【推荐1】Madelenie King, an Australian student studying at Communication University of China, had his _______ birthday last month with his host family. For him, living in _______ foreign land makes him enjoy varied special experiences. To _______ surprise, Chinese people love vegetables very much.

Although many vegetables in China are not new to Madelenie, the way they cooked is much _______. For example, Madelenie has eaten tomatoes before._______, as soon as he tries the Chinese-style dish, he feels _______ he is eating a new type of vegetable. Madelenie thinks his Chinese grandma makes delicious dish in the world, because she always puts some magical sauce when she _______ food. So far, he has learnt _______ cook some special dishes from his grandma.

Besides _______, growing vegetables is one of Chinese favorite ________ in their free time. They like growing vegetables so ________ that they grow vegetables on the farmland and in their greenhouses. Madelenie also started to grow vegetables last year, including carrots and beans. “When working ________ the farm, I am in my own little world,” Madelenie said to the reporter ________. “And I can forget about the world’s problems for a brief period.”

Madelenie plans to tell his friends ________ he experienced in China by making videos. He hopes more people can ________ him and enjoy planting.

Betty May, from Hawaii, likes swimming very much. She began to swim at a young age. At the age of _________, Betty took part in her first swimming competition and won. This started a love _________ swimming competition in her.

On October 31st, 2003, while she _________ in the sea, suddenly a big shark came over to Betty. The shark got her left arm, and hurt her badly. _________, she tried her best and swam back to the land.

Betty lost over 60% of her blood and was taken to hospital. The doctors saved her _________: “I never saw a girl who was brave and strong-minded like her,” One of her doctors said. _________ she lost her arm, she could still swim. Later, Betty returned to the water. She didn’t want to give up her dream of _________ a swimmer, but she had to practice harder than before. The next year, Betty won the first prize in _________ important swimming competition.

As time went by, people all over-the world began to know about Betty and her story. Later, a movie about _________ was made. She became one of many good examples to teenagers.

I know life can be hard, but I’ve learned that we are able to overcome (克服), __________ difficulties, no matter what you’re facing. You’re loved by God, and you can overcome. That’s what Betty told us.

【推荐3】Tom shook his money box again.

Nothing! He put all ________ coins on the bed and carefully counted them. All that he had was $20.5. He wanted a bicycle, but it was at least $60. ________ could he get the rest of the money?

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was hard to hang out with people since he was the only one without a bicycle. He thought about ________. He couldn’t get money from his parents, ________ he knew they didn’t have enough money.

There was only one way to get money, and that was to earn it by ________. He had to find a job. He decided to ask Mr Green for ________.

“Well, you can start right here, ”said Mr. Green. “You see, my windows need ________ and my car needs washing”. That was the beginning of Tom’s part-time job. For the next three days, he worked ________ every day after finishing his homework. He took dogs for walks and cleaned rooms.

The day finally came when Tom got his money and found it was $82. He wasted no time and went down to the shop to buy the bicycle he wanted. He rode home proudly, looking forward ________ showing his new bicycle to his friends. Tom liked his bicycle very much because he had bought it with his own money. At last, his dream came true.

His parents were proud of him, ________.

Last winter I decided to work as a volunteer. I applied for (申请) jobs at a few shops, but all of ______ didn’t have any jobs for teenagers. Then, one day my mum told me that one of the biggest zoos in my city was looking ______ teenagers to work on the weekend.

So I applied for the job online. Several ______ later, I got a phone call from the manager. He asked me ______ to work the following Saturday. On Saturday morning I went to the zoo early. The manager gave me ______ orange T-shirt for work. He also gave me a pair of black rain shoes ______ it was wet and dirty everywhere.

My first job was to clean the elephant’s house. I was very ______ to work with a girl named Jane. She ______ there for two years. She taught me how to do the job and helped me a lot. Then my next job was to clean the lion’s cage (笼子). I was scared, but ______ the lion wasn’t in the cage at that time.

______ great job I have! Now I enjoy working in the zoo.

【推荐2】Oliver is a teenager from Australia. He has been sewing（缝制）teddy bears for sick children for several years.

The story began in 2018 ______ Oliver was nine years old. He asked his parents ______ he could give gifts to children in hospitals. But his parents said no, because with nine children of ______ own, buying presents for sick children would just cost too much. The little boy didn’t give up, however. He decided to make their presents by himself.

Oliver made his first teddy bear with his mother’s sewing machine in his bedroom. It was ______ for him as he had never done this before. He c downloaded（下载）patterns from the Internet and beamed how to make a teddy bear by watching videos online. It took him five ______ to finish his first teddy bear. He can now make a teddy bear in ______ hour. He tries to make a teddy bear every day in a project ______ “Project 365 by Oliver” which he started years ago.

Young Oliver uses his pocket money to buy materials for making teddy bears. To make more pocket money, he helps his parents with housework whenever he is free. Sometimes, he also sells his teddy bears online to raise money for sick children. Many people ______ by Oliver’s story and they give away free materials to him.

Oliver ______ away about 1, 300 teddy bears so far. He is now busy with this year’s teddy bears. He plans ______ more sick children. He said that he had never thought of stopping and he would keep putting smiles on people’s faces.

【推荐3】My five-year-old son and I were driving back home after school. He was hungry and ______ to know if we could run by Mcdonald’s and buy a hamburger. We drove into the parking spot (停车场) and in front of us was a car with ______ old lady inside. She looked ______.

I walked close to her and she told me that her car had broken down as soon as she drove ______ the parking spot. I offered ______ her car back into the parking spot. She was so nervous ______ she couldn’t remember how to use her mobile phone. I called AAA car service and then called her son to let him ______ she was safe. We waited with her until the AAA car arrived. She was unable to get into the AAA car ______ a recent knee operation (手术). My son and I drove her to where she was staying and helped take ______ bags inside. She had forgotten to get the dinner.

We returned to McDonald’s and bought her dinner and then brought it back to her. Her son called me that evening and thanked me ______ helping his mother. My son was so sweet and told me that he was happy that we could help the lady.