【推荐1】Zhang Ning was a volunteer at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. When she was interviewed(采访) on the radio, she shared her stories and ________ with the audience. “I was ten years old when Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics. When I was watching TV and enjoying the amazing performances, I was ________.”

She came to know that holding the Olympics was a chance to tell China’s stories to the world, showing the world a more beautiful China. “It’s a wonderful experience to be a ________ at the Winter Olympics 14 years later. It made my childhood dream ________,” said Zhang Ning. “I learned a lot, ________ I was busy and tired.”

In order to ________ better service, Zhang Ning and her team were trained seriously. They worked hard in the face of difficulties. One of the most difficult things was the cold weather, as some of the work was outside. With more than 300 other volunteers, she might have worked ________ about 1,000 hours, like checking temperatures and tickets ________ at the Wukesong Sports Center.

“I ________ for our athletes when they were trying their best; I felt truly proud when I saw our national flag being raised high, and there are tears in ________ eyes,” she said. “Volunteering is unusual. I’ll do such jobs again and invite more people to join us.”

Today is Sunday. Bob is free, so he goes to the ________. There he sees many animals like monkeys, tigers and ________. He likes monkeys and he thinks they are clever. On his way home in the afternoon, he ________ a little girl. She can’t find her ________. Bob wants to ________ her. The girl is about three years old. ________ name is Betty. She doesn’t know her mother’s ________ number. She only (仅仅) tells Bob her mother has long yellow ________. Bob sees a ________ with long yellow hair, but she isn’t the girl’s mother. At about 4 o’clock, Bob finds the girl’s mother. The mother says thanks to Bob. “It’s very ________ of you. Thank you very much.” Bob is happy to help Betty.

【推荐3】When our son Bradley was ten, the new bicycle he had received as a birthday gift was stolen. Owning a bike was a big deal to our _________ when they were little. They spent hours and hours, day after day, _________ their bikes, riding up and down the footpath, and at the front of the house.

_________ was a great way to get the kids out of the house and into the fresh air without spending any _____ .

Bradley discovered that his bike had been _________ from our backyard, when he and his sister went outside for a morning ride. He couldn’t believe that _________ would do this.

He got a large piece of cardboard, painted a sign _________ for the bike to be returned, and tied the sign to the letterbox. The following morning when I went out to collect the ________ , I found a white envelope with the magical words “ ________ yourself a new bike”. It was a $100 banknote inside.

We were very _________ that someone had the heart to do this. We’ve never been able to thank the person _________ we think it may be one of our wonderful neighbors. Bradley _________ a big “Thank you” on the sign and we left it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards in case it was someone who drove down our street.

A happy Bradley was able to buy a new bike. As the years ________ , the bikes became bigger and more expensive but were still important for those family bike riders. Now _________ have taken the place of their bikes. Bradley is 25. Sometimes I miss the days when receiving a bicycle was the best thing in the world to them.

All these years later, we are still _________ to that amazingly kind stranger who made Bradley’s wish come true. We were a young family with three little children and it meant a lot to us. We still talk about it and, even now, wonder who he was.

Look at the picture! A girl is standing on a bamboo on the river and dancing beautifully. It’s a ________ of art called bamboo drifting (独竹漂).

Yang Liu, 27, is a performer (表演者) of bamboo drifting. She started to learn it from her ________ when she was 7. As she had health problems in her childhood, her grandmother asked her to improve her health through this ________. Yang threw herself into practicing bamboo drifting all year round, even in the ________ winter and hot summer.

“It was common for me to fall into the water when I started practicing,” recalled Yang, adding that it took her three years to learn the basic skills of bamboo drifting.

In order to get more bamboo drifting skills, Yang had to practice a lot of ________ movements on a bamboo and ________ all the physical pain that came with it. Through years of hard training, Yang now ________ the bamboo pole (竿子) as her “best friend”.

Encouraged by her grandmother, Yang began to connect dance with bamboo drifting. My grandmother ________ an idea. She said that I had been practicing bamboo drifting since I was a child, so why not try to connect dance with the skill? “It might be something ________, but it’s worth a try,” the young woman explained.

Yang’s hard work ________ paid off when she was able to perfectly perform dancing with the traditional bamboo drifting skills. “I hope that more people can know about bamboo drifting and enjoy this art form,” said Yang.

“I don’t want to go, Miss White. I’m frightened (害怕的), very frightened, ” Monica told her teacher.

Monica was a very ____ girl. She always sat at the back of the classroom. Every Monday morning there would be a special show in her class and one student would be chosen to make a speech. Miss White hoped that Monica could have a try the next week. But she ____.

“I know that it seems ____ for you, but it will help you build up your confidence, ” said Miss White. Monica was lost in thought.

The next day, Monica came to Miss White’s office. Miss White was ____ that she would take the chance. Miss White red-penciled her manuscript (手稿) of the speech and corrected her pronunciation. She advised Monica to imagine that she was speaking confidently in front of her class. For a whole ____, Monica practised speaking in front of her imaginary (想象的) classmates and teacher.

____, Monday arrived. When Monica was called to give her speech, she ____ and walked to the front of the class without any notes, in a show of confidence. Monica’s successful performance brought everyone a great ____. The whole class clapped (鼓掌) for a full minute when she completed her speech. Miss White ____. She had known that Monica would make it when she bravely took her first step to overcome (克服) her fear of speaking in public.

From that day, Monica’s life changed for the better. At the age of 23, she became a news reader. People who see her on television now will find it hard to ____ that she was once a shy girl who refused to speak up in class.

【推荐3】It was the last night of my summer camp. I just wanted to make _______ night go slowly. Although I didn’t want to leave, I had to go back home the next day. I really hoped _______ time stop at that moment. However, it seemed that time flew _______ than before. I lay on the bed _______ I wasn’t sleepy at all. I just closed my eyes and thought of my camp.

Just then, _______ knocked at the door. “Open the door,” said a soft voice. I thought it _______ my friend, Elle. So I said, “It’s open.” When I looked _______ the door, I was surprised. There stood all my friends, Elle, Lily, Sally and Allie. Together they walked over to my bed and then each of them _______ me a big hug (拥抱). We hugged each other. We exchanged (交换) _______ phone numbers and e-mail addresses. We said that no matter how far we would be away from each other and no matter how many other _______ we had, we would never forget each other.

Good friends and sweet memories will stay in my mind forever.