【推荐3】I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to El Capitan, a ___________ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that rock and knew at once I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since climbing the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my ___________.

About 15 years ago, I started seeing a lot of ___________, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s beyond me why visitors started respecting the place ___________ and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried picking up litter myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to find the area littered all over again weeks later. Finally, I was so ___________ it that I decided something had to change.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew nothing about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a clean up. On that day, more than 300 people ___________. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of litter. It was amazing how much we were able to achieve. I couldn’t believe the ___________ we made — the park looked clean!

Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of litter and covered 132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people ___________ about their surroundings (环境). If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by ___________ rather than complaining. We need to teach by example. You can’t blame (责备) others ____________ you start with yourself.

【推荐1】My name is Jason. Last Saturday, I volunteered to clean up the park nearby with my friends. As I was cleaning around a bush （灌木）, I found a yellow _____ in it. I picked up the wallet and opened it. There were twenty dollars in it.

I was still holding the wallet in one hand and the _____ in the other hand when a friend called me for help. Without thinking, I _____ the wallet and put the money into my pocket （口袋） . I continued with the cleaning with my friends, _____ my heart was no longer in the work. I kept wondering what to do with the money.

After the cleaning, one of my friends suggested we eat ice-creams. I _____ everyone an ice-cream.

My friends enjoyed their ice-creams very much, but I didn’t really enjoy mine. I felt even worse on my way home when I met a girl who was holding the _____ wallet that I dropped just now. She was crying, and her mother was angry with her. I realized the money I _____ was the girl’s. I wanted to _____ her the money! But I had only four dollars left.

Then I ran home as _____ as possible and told my mother what had happened. She gave me the money I needed. I ran to give it back to the _____ and said sorry to her.

【推荐2】Everyone wants a blue ribbon (丝带). Blue is the first place. Even kindergarten children (幼儿园小孩) ________ that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a winner.

During the spring of my kindergarten year, our class had a field trip in a nearby park. We planned to have a race. However, it was not a common race. It was called the three-legged race. Our feet were tied together with a little red ribbon. One ________ boy got me for a partner. He almost always won, but I knew that, with me, he didn’t have a chance. Certainly, he didn’t ________ that at first.

The gun sounded, and we were off to the other side. ________ were falling around us but we stayed on our feet. Only one other pair even had a chance. Unluckily, only one foot away from the finish line, I fell down. We were close enough that my partner could have ________ pulled me across the finish line and won. But he didn’t. Instead, he stopped and helped me up, just as the other couple crossed the finish line. I still remember that moment, and I still ________ that little red ribbon.

When we graduated many years later, I stood on that stage and gave the valedictory address (告别演说) to that ________ group of students, none of whom even remembered that moment any more. So, I told them about that little boy who had made a ________ that helping a friend up was more important than winning a blue ribbon. I keep that ribbon ________ it is a reminder that you don’t have to be a winner in the eyes of the world, but to be a winner to those closest to you. The world may judge you a failure or a success, but those closest to you will know the ________ . That’s important to remember as we travel through this life.