【推荐1】Bethany Hamilton is from Hawaii. When she was just 13 years old, she and her friend were surfing in the ocean. While they were surfing, _______ accident happened, a shark attacked Hamilton. In the attack, Hamilton lost her left arm.

Hamilton _______ to the hospital right away. When she arrived, she had already lost more than half of her blood and almost died. _______ , doctors saved her life in the end. Hamilton loved surfing, and she didn’t want to stop. Of course, it was much _______ for her now because she only had one arm. First, she got a special surfboard（冲浪板）. This board was thicker and it was easier to control. Then, she started to exercise her legs. She needed stronger legs because she _______ kick more to push the board forward through the water. Finally, she learned _______ to surf with only one arm. Less than one month after _______ her arm, she was surfing again on _______ own.

Today, Hamilton is a professional（职业的）surfer. She surfs in competitions around the world. She has been in competitions with _______ in the USA, Brazil, and Australia. In total, she has won ________ important competitions so far. She no longer needs a special surfboard. She uses the same kind of surfboard ________ everyone else uses.

Hamilton uses her experiences to teach people to never give up. She also goes on TV shows. In 2011, she ________ a book about the shark attack and her difficulties. Her experiences were even made into a movie, which made her famous ________ won several awards because of her great courage.

Hamilton says that ________ people has been a wonderful experience for her. She says that she has learned a lot about life, love, and being strong. However, ________ so many things have happened to her, she says she is still just a surfer.

【推荐2】Xiaomi Su 7 electric car ______ tons of attention since its presentation (发布会) was held ______ the evening of March 28th, 2024. More and more people are crazy about Xiaomi products, such as, Mi phone, Mi TV, Mi band and so on.

The man behind this craze is Lei Jun, the founder and CEO of Xiaomi Company. Lei was born in Xiantao, Hubei in 1969. He entered Wuhan University ______ computer science at the age of 18. When studying in the university, he showed a great ______ in computer programming and electric products. He used to think he would be a programmer for a lifetime. But a book called Fire in the valley, which tells the story of the founder of Apple Company, Steve Jobs, changed his life. Encouraged by the book, 21-year-old Lei set up his first company with his friends. But it soon failed ______ he lacked a long-term plan.

After graduation, Lei became ______ programmer of Kingsoft Company. In 16 years, he became one of ______ IT company leaders. But that's not the only thing he wanted. Then he left Kingsoft and started ______ own company. In 2010, the smartphone company Xiaomi Technology ______. Now there are more than 14 million Mi phone users. “Never give up your dream. Life is long, always believe ______ something wonderful is about to happen.” said Lei.

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It ________ by an American girl. And now she ________ a very rich woman already.

When she was a child, she was poor. Once her friend Joan invited her to a birthday party. She was very ________ but sad because she did not have enough money to buy presents for her. “The party is coming soon. Now I have ________ money.” Tears ran down her face.

Late that night, she was in bed, thinking about the presents ________ the door opened and came in her grandma. “What happened?” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s story, she said, “Don’t worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to.” ________ great song! They sang and sang. Suddenly, she woke up. Though it was a dream, she decided ________ it down at once and sang it to her friend at the party.

When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends ________ attended the party were very happy.

“How ________ she sings! We have never heard such a song before. Thank you for giving me the special present,” said Joan. And they learnt to sing ________ song together. Later, the girl became well-known in America.

【推荐1】When I was nine years old, I found an advertisement for selling greeting cards in the back of a children’s magazine. I thought to _________ that I could do this.I asked my mother to let me send for the box.Two weeks later when the box arrived, I opened the box, got the cards _________ rushed out of the house. Three hours later, I returned home _________ no card and a pocket full of money shouting “Mama, all the people couldn’t wait to buy my cards!” A seller was born.

When I was twelve years old, my father took me _________ Tony Green. I remembered sitting in that dark hall and listening to Mr. Green cheer everybody up. After the speech, I told dad, “Dad, I feel that I can do everything.” When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, “Dad, I want to make people _________ like that.” My father asked me what I meant. “I want to be an encouraging speaker just like Mr. Green.” I replied. A dream was born.

Recently I began following my dream of encouraging _________ . I left _________ company where I worked for 4 years.Many people were _________ why I would leave after earning much money.And they asked why I would do everything for a dream.I loved my old job, my friends and the company I left, but _________ was time to get on with my dream.

When I kept working hard on my dream, even during the hard times, the amazing and wonderful things really began to happen.Just as the saying goes, “The world always __________ way for the dreamer.”

【推荐2】When I was fifteen years old, I became very interested in shopping. After being just a buyer for a while, I wanted to sell something. I had many things that I no longer needed at home. I knew ________ the help of my father I could make money. So for months and months I enjoyed myself by ________ things on my dad’s bank account.

On July 18th, 2015, I made my own account and began ________ my own business.

Things were going great and then I realized ________ selling things around the house wasn’t enough for me, so I decided to expand my business by running a resale shop. I went around to the yard sales and bought things at low prices and sold them at ________ prices to make money.

Last October, I went to a yard sale that was a little bit different. A lady had many nice things to sell. I went up to ________ and had a conversation with her. Through the communication, I knew she was jobless at that moment and needed money to feed her family. I thought I could do it better and ________ for her. So I made a decision to help her out. She looked at me for a while and then said yes. After that I took away some of her things and over the next month I made ¥1,500 for her! When I gave her the money, she broke down into tears ________. I have never felt so ________ to help someone in my life. I know my skills could ________ to help those in need. And sometimes just because of one small act of kindness, I could make a big difference to others.

When Jim was 12, his parents died. He was alone and nobody showed kindness to him. His only friend was ________ dog named Bobby. He gave Bobby enough to eat and drink, ________ sometimes he treated it badly.

One day when he ________ down the street, he saw a young lady drop a bag from her arms. Jim came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” The lady said ________, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. No such kind words ________ to him before. He watched her until she went far away. It was ________ day in his life! In fact, he was so excited that he repeated the ________ words, “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” Then, ________ a low voice, he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Bobby raised its ears. It seemed that the dog understood ________ he said. “Even a dog likes it!” he thought.

“Well, Bobby, I won’t say unkind words to you anymore.” he said. Bobby waved its tails happily. Later, they went past a river. He looked at ________ in it. He saw a dirty boy. He washed his face carefully. After that, he saw a nice clean boy.

From then on, he started a new life!