【推荐1】Patrick, Scheels store’s fishing manager, always helps customers with their angling (垂钓) needs, but one______stood out.

One day, a young boy named Xander entered the store with his mother, Brynn. Patrick noticed his eye were filled with______about the world of fishing. For nearly an hour, they______their shared passion.

Brynn shared the______of Xander’s connection to angling, explaining, “My dad, a fisherman, passed away last year, but Xander never got to go fishing with him. So over the last year, he’s been______grandpa, wishing he could go fishing with him.”

______by Xander’s longing for a connection to his late grandfather, Patrick decided to take action and______Xander his first fishing pole. “It was sixty dollars and he bought it with his own money,” Xander said. This______gesture brought tears to Brynn’s eyes, and she acknowledged that such acts of kindness aren’t ______.

However, Patrick’s generosity didn’t ______here. This fishing enthusiast went a step further by______a memorable fishing trip for Xander and his family. To______that Xander had a fulfilling experience, two professional anglers from Scheels______him on the trip, offering guidance and teaching him valuable skills.

Patrick’s kindness was ______a breath of fresh air for Xander and his family, who described the fishing trip as a once-in-a-lifetime experience.“I felt like it was my______to pass on the good word of fishing,” Patrick said.

【推荐2】The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sympathetic, and________my love of music, disapproved of it as a profession. This was________in view of the family background. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years. Though much respected, he earned________enough to provide for his family. As a consequence of this example, the very mention of music as a profession carried with it a picture of a risky existence with________ financial rewards. My parents________college instead of a music school, and to college I went — quite________ , for although I loved my violin, I had many other interests.

Before my graduation from college, the family met with severe financial reverses and felt it my ________to leave college and take a job. Thus was I launched upon a business career — which I always think of as the________ years. Now I do not for a moment mean to________business. My whole point is that it was not for me. I went into it for________ , and aside from the satisfaction of being able to help the family, money is all I got out of it. It was not enough. I felt that life was________me by.

I continued to make money, and finally, bit by bit, ________ enough to enable me to go abroad to study music. I resigned from my position and, feeling like a man released from ________, sailed for Europe. I stayed four years, and enjoyed every minute of it. “Enjoyed” is too ________a word. I walked on________. I really lived and I was a free man.

【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 giant rock and knew ________ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion 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 ________ trash myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so ________ it that I decided something had to change.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew ________ about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ________. On that day, more than 300 people ________. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to ________. I couldn’t believe the difference we made --the park looked clean!

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

I often hear people ________ about their surroundings. 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 others ________ you start with yourself.