Wang Wei is a postman. For the past 30 years, he has been one of the few connections between people in the mountain and the outside world. He _________ the local post station in 1990 and started to serve more than 5,000 villagers living in the woods. To _________ letters and parcels (包裹), he had to cross risky bridges and climb dangerous mountains. When it rained or snowed _________, he had to be especially careful. The communication signals were also _________ in the mountains.

Such working conditions made his family _________ and they all advised him to find another job. But Wang Wei had long got over the _________through years of practice. What’s more, he had developed a close relationship with the villagers. So he refused to _________ this challenging job. “It is clear that they have come to _________ me like their own family members,” he says happily.

According to the record, Wang Wei had walked 130,000 km at work. Now he’s already 56 years old, but still he works hard to do his _________. He serves as the bridge between villagers and their loved ones living in the cities. “I like to see the __________ on their faces when I bring them the gifts and good news. So I will keep delivering (运送) for them as long as they need me,” said Wang Wei.

【推荐1】Unhappy and helpless, Christopher put his face deep into his pillow (枕头).

“What’s the problem, honey?” his mother asked ________ as she sat down beside him. “Is there anything I can help with? Would you please tell me?”

Christopher hesitated (犹豫). He didn’t really want to tell his mom what was ________ him. “S-something happened in the p-park.” he stammered (结巴地说出) finally. “I...I ________ to Aron and now he won’t talk to me. He knows the ________ . I’m afraid he won’t treat me as a friend.”

“________ did you do that?” Mom asked gently.

“I...I don’t know.” murmured Christopher. “I told him I was ________ but I don’t think he will stop being angry with me.”

“Are you really regretful?” asked Mom.

Christopher nodded. “I don’t think he’ll believe me again,” said Christopher ________ .

Mom thought for a minute. “Honey, do you remember the ________ Dad and I used to give you?” she asked. “Horsey rides (摇摇马)?” asked Christopher, wondering why Mom brought that up. “You thought it was so much ________ until you fell off one day and hit your head on a chair,” said Mom. “After that, it took you a long time to trust ________ enough to try it again.”

“ ________ I finally did!” Christopher said eagerly (急切地). He thought he ________ what his mother was getting at (暗示).

“Yes, and I’m sure Aron will trust you again too,” said Mom. “When someone thinks you’re dishonest, it always takes ________ for him to really believe you again,” Mom smiled. “There will also be bad ________ of what you’ve done — like a friend who won’t speak to you for a while — and Aron needs time to get over what happened. So, be a good friend and help him trust you again. Can you do that?”

Christopher kept silent and after a while he looked up and ________, “I’ll be a great friend!”

【推荐1】Everyone admires heroes. When we are asked ________ are our heroes, someone well-known like Yang Liwei or Zhong Nanshan may come into mind. They make a big difference to the world. ________ , there are “everyday” heroes in our daily life. They may not be so ________ to the public, but these common people are also working hard to build a better world. ________ them is Sun Jun.

Sun Jun comes from a poor village. The villagers used to have no enough food. He knew much about the ________ . He learned to ________ food at his early age. When he was a college student, he found that the problem of food waste was more and more ________ . He started to ________ unsold food from restaurants and stores for homeless people.

After graduating, Sun Jun joined a volunteer ________ called Green Food Bank, which was setup in Shanghai in 2014. The purpose of the organization is to build a bridge between people who are ready to help others and those who are ________. It works by collecting and ________ free food for the poor, the disabled and so on.

Sun’s team developed a phone app. It can show how much food restaurants remain each day. Usually, the workplaces of volunteers are not far from the restaurants, ________ they can just walk there to get the food for free. Then it can be given out in just a few ________ .

So far, Sun and his team have done something ________ to the society. On the one hand, they’ve saved a lot of food. On the other hand, they’ve helped some people ________ . More volunteers and restaurants join them now. The small actions of these heroes can make a ________ influence than we imagine.

Why does Sun do ________ these things? He says, “Thanks to Grandpa Yuan Longping, we are almost no longer short of food. We need to think about how to ________ wasting. There’s a long way to go, but I won’t ________ halfway. It’s just the beginning. We still have ________ to do.”

On a wild July night, the storm was getting worse and worse. Kate Shelley, who lived between Honey Creek（小溪）and Des Moines River, was looking out of the window, wondering whether it would ________ the bridges over them, when suddenly came the loud ________ of breaking wood. She realized the bridge over the creek was broken. At that time, the midnight train was almost coming. If no one told the engineer to ________ the train, it would fall into the creek with a hundred or more ________. The situation was so urgent（紧急的）that Kale ________ to go to Moingon Railway Station to get help. Immediately she rushed out into the storm with her father’s railway lantern.

Moingon ________ on the far side of Des Moines River. The only way to get there was to cross a long wooden railroad bridge. Even in the daytime, it was ________ to walk on it because there was no foot walk or railing（栏杆）.

Kate stopped when she came to the ________. She had never seen the river rising so high that she was ________. Her father and brother had been killed in a train accident by that river. But she soon managed to ________ thinking more of the past happenings for she knew that train had to be stopped ________ it was too late. She started to step on that dangerous bridge, knowing she might fall into the rush water at any moment. ________, she broke her lantern while making her way, finding herself in the ________. She had to climb on her hands and knees.

It seemed like a long time. At last she reached the other side.

She ________ just long enough to catch her breath. Then she ran quickly to the railway station. When she finally got there, she was out of breath, wet all over, her hands and knees still ________. She told the station man what had happened to the Honey Creek Bridge. Finally, the passengers were saved.