【推荐1】Grandma is ninety this Christmas.I remember once visiting her,crying when my big sister told me“There is no Santa Claus!”,because I knew she always told the ____.

“No Santa Claus?” she snorted(哼着说).“Ridiculous! Don’t ____ it.That rumor has been going around for years.Now,put on your coat,and let’s go.”

“Go?Go where,Grandma?” I asked.

“Where” ____ to be Kerby’s General Store.As we walked in,Grandma ____ me twenty dollars.“Take the money,” she said,“and buy something for someone who needs it.I’ll wait for you outdoors.”

I was only eight years old,and had never shopped for anything ____.For a few moments I just stood there,____,wondering what to buy,and ____ on earth to buy it for.

I thought of everybody I knew:my family,friends,classmates...Suddenly I thought of Bobbie,a kid sitting behind me in the classroom.He didn’t have a ____; he never went out during the winter.I held the bill ____.I would buy Bobbie a coat.I saw a red one with a hat to it.It looked really ____.He would like that.

That ____,Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and write,“To Bobbie,From ____”on it.Then she drove me to Bobbie’s house.Grandma ____ down the street,and we hid in the bushes by his front walk.Then Grandma pushed me gently.“All right,Santa Claus,get going!” she ____.

I took a deep breath,____ for his front door,threw the ____ down,rang his doorbell and flew back.Together we waited ____ in the darkness for the front door to open.Finally it did,and there stood Bobbie.

Forty years haven’t ____ the thrill of those moments.That night,I realized those awful ____ about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said:they were ____.Santa was alive and well,and we were on his team.

【推荐3】A primary school teacher in Kentucky went above and beyond to make sure that one student was included during her class field trip. Instead of _______ a fourth-grader who uses a wheelchair to miss out, Jim Freeman, a teacher at Tully Primary School,_______ to carry 10-year-old Ryan Neighbors on a specially made backpack.

Shelly King, Neighbors' mother, says that her daughter has spina bifida (脊柱裂) and has used a wheelchair for her _______. Because of the lack of wheelchair access, previous school trips had been _______ for the young girl.

Neighbors' family found out that this year the class would be _______ the Falls of the Ohio State Park. It would be _______ for Neighbors to go there, so the family started to plan a different _______ just for her. _______, Freeman, who teaches the class next door to Neighbors' _______, stepped in and helped carry her around the park using a ________.

Freeman's ________ brought King to tears. "It warmed my ________ ", King said, "He's not even Ryan's teacher and he was so pure-hearted that he ________ to make sure that she was included and not ________. “ Neighbors' mother said.

King took to social media (社交媒体)to ________ Freeman and the staff at Jefferson County Public Schools. So far, the post has been ________ thousands of times.

"This is just one physical act that you can see, but we do this ________ times throughout the school day and throughout the year,” Freeman responded. “All the ________ here at Tully work harder than most people ________.”

For Neighbors, however, the generous act provided a(n) ________ that would likely stick with her for years. "Never feel like you're left alone," Neighbors said.

【推荐1】“Give your shoes a shine, sir?” At a street corner a woman was repeating hawking to the people moving into and out of McDonald’s.

A middle-aged man sat down having her shining his ______ . He saw a little girl standing ______ her, looking eagerly at the ______ behind him. He took a French chicken leg out of the shopping bag and handed it to her. The girl ______ off and hid herself behind the woman, leaving only her ______ exposed, staring at his ______ .

“Thank you for your kindness, but I am going to ______her one _____finishing my work,” said the woman.

“But this is just for kids, ”said the man. “I’ve got a lot of them.”

At the man’s insistence, the woman let the girl ______it. She put a brilliant shine on the shoes. Greatly______ , the man paid her and was about to _____when suddenly the girl said, “You are Santa Claus, I know.”

The man seemed to be a little taken back, and then patted the girl on the head, “Ha-ha, Merry ______ to you, my little girl.”

The man left. The girl lifted the chicken leg to the woman’s _____ , and the woman gave it a ______bite. At this moment a dirty dog came running, looking up ______ at the girl. She ____ off a small piece and sent it to his mouth.

The little dog wagged his ______ and woofed(汪汪叫) to her happily.

The little girl said giggling(咯咯地笑), “He is _____. He must be saying, ‘You are Santa Claus, I know.’”

She put another piece of chicken leg into______ mouth, patting his head and saying, “Merry Christmas to you, my little ______ .”

【推荐2】It was a bitter winter morning in Kennewick, Washington. John Lunceford saw a crying child along his bus________to school. Tears rolled down the young boy’s cheeks as his bare(裸露) hands and cars were________red because of the bitter cold. Lunceford took his________off, which he gave to the child, and said, “It’ll be OK.” “I’m a grandfather. No one wants a kid to________like that, ” Lunceford said, His heart________because of the poor child, knowing the________ winter was still lying ahead.

After ________the kids off at school, the three―year bus driver and former(昔日的) US Army soldier went to the________to buy ten sets of gloves and hats. He returned to the________and determined to find the boy. A school worker ________Lunceford to the library, where the boy was studying with his class. There Lunceford was surprised to________the boy with a new pair of gloves and a hat.

But the little boy was just the ________.Many other students would receive the________of their familiar busdriver. He announced to the students in the library that any child found without a hat or gloves along his bus route would be given a set.

One little girl ________said she didn’t have a hat. As Lunceford________her a comfortable hat, he smiled and said, “I’ll take care of you, sweetie.”

【推荐3】In October, I said to my students, “Why not do some _________ to make some money? Then we’ll buy food for someone in need.”

Then early in that week, they came with their hard-earned money at their homes, _________ to go shopping. We soon picked what we needed. As we headed toward the checkout, someone shouted, “Flowers!” The group rushed to the flowers. However, considering practicality, I said, “You can’t send flowers.” “But please, Mrs. Sherlock,” someone begged, “we want flowers.” Defeated (被打败了), I _________ them to buy some carnations (康乃馨).

An organization had given us the information of a _________ grandmother living alone for many years. After a long drive, we _________ arrived at a small, shabby (破旧的) house. An old lady came out to _________ us. Each box was _________ quickly. But when the woman noticed the carnations, she seemed _________. “She’s wishing it were a bag of rice,” I thought.

“Do you like living here?” Michael asked. Hearing this, the woman _________, “Of course. I’m quite fond of living here.” She told the children about the birds flying to the bread she __________. “Maybe that’s why I could get the food from you,” she said. “Because I __________ my food with the birds.”

We returned to the __________ and saw her wave goodbye. Then she walked past the food, straight to the carnations. She put her face in the carnations, with a smile on her lips. The children were quiet. They had seen the __________ they had to make another’s life __________. And I had seen something too — sometimes a person needs lovely __________ on a cold winter.