【推荐1】We've been traveling for a couple of months now and one thing we were most excited about was doing laundry.

Our_________in Corfu, Greece, was absolutely adorable-Angela is a professor of Ancient Greek. She met us by her place and _________ showed us around the apartment we'd_________ on Airbnb for a few days.

We hadn't stayed in a place with a(n) _________for weeks, so we all had an unpleasant smell around us and were in urgent _______of washing clothes. But when Angela got to the washing machine, she ___________ before replying. "I'm so sorry, "she said, "The washing machine is broken and nobody could come to _________it." I was a little angry when I heard this, she must have seen my face _________. "But if you need any _______ done, you can just give it to me and I will clean it and ________ it all for you in my home, "she told us.

We were__________ and thankful. As an Airbnb host, she went above and beyond. A day later, she __________ with freshly pressed clothes and we couldn't have been more__________. So when we left in the early hours of the morning, I ________ her a note and €50. She made our day, so we wanted to make hers ____________

【推荐2】Avi Hatami had his ear buds(耳塞) in, studying for a medical exam. He didn't hear the first call for _______ help on the train out of Syosset. When another_______came about a minute later, the would-be doctor pulled out the buds and_______.

Hatami, who graduated from medical school in Mexico 10 months ago_______to the next car. He found a man had collapsed(昏倒) in his seat and looked very _______.

Hatami put Brad Wieboldt on the floor, and started _______CPR(心肺复苏), pressing down on his chest.

Soon, some color returned to Wieboldt's face. A crowd aboard the train had_______ the scene, and people started cheering and_______Wieboldt to hang on." The people could see his color coming back, so...they got _______, Hatami said. But he knew Wieboldt was __________near death.

After the train pulled into Westbury. Nassau County police EMTs(紧急救护技术员) came aboard and __________Hatami backed away, letting them do their job. Then Wieboldt was__________to a hospital in Mineola, where doctors treated him for a heart attack.

Wieboldt did__________. He woke up five days later, though he remembers__________of what happened. He was____________from the hospital last Thursday, and doctors say he is doing well.

For days, Wieboldt did not know the__________of the medical student who saved him. But after Wieboldt's story appeared in the media last week, the two__________through a common friend who posted one of the stories on social media. On Wednesday, they met face to face__________on the platform of the station in Syosset, where they both had boarded the train on March18. They hugged, and Wieboldt thanked Hatami for __________ his life.

"Without you, there is just no question I wouldn't be here," Wieboldt said during the__________

【推荐3】My mind seems always to return to the day that I met Carl. The city bus stopped at Centennial Drive to_________the daily commuters (往返者). When boarding the bus, I luckily_______a seat near the back.

When sitting down, I began to read the book On the Road I'd been_________.The man next to me then asked if I'd read any other books like that one from the same era. When I said yes, he seemed to become_________.

He_______himself as Carl and told me he used to play the trumpet in jazz clubs. He asked if I like jazz, and I told him that I didn't really listen to it._______Carl to tell me that I should listen to “real_______”, I was shocked when he just_________and smiled, saying, “You_______me of myself when I was your age. I remember how my parents________jazz, how they couldn't see how I could listen to 'that awful__________' I bet your parents say the________thing, don't they?” Now it was my turn to smile, saying how right he was.

All the way, the more we talked, the more________I became at how much the two of us really had in common, despite the age________.Finally, Carl got off at his stop, and mine was soon after. I haven't seen him since then, but the________of our connection that day________leaves my mind.

Carl really made me________how much we can learn from each other if we just break through the barriers we've got. Carl________me that we should make an extra________to try and get to know the people around us, regardless of age, race or anything else. If we all understand each other, the world would be a much better place that we could________together.

【推荐1】A couple of years ago, I bagged up all the things I no longer used. It is always my hope to re-purpose those things that take up ______ in our homes, the ones other people might make better ______ of. Nothing bothers me more than ______ putting away what we will never use or wear,______ the homeless go without.

I found a(n)______ pair of socks in a bag. I had to ______ —garbage or donation (捐献). It wasn’t like they were ______. They were simply unpleasant lo look at.

I put the socks in the ______, but then I look them bark and put them in the donation pile. Later that afternoon, I put the things into my jeep and took them to the people ______ on the streets.

As I ______ clothing and food to the homeless, I ______ into the bag and pulled out the last ______ —the socks.

I held them in my hand as the crowd walked away, each with a ______ smile. Just as I was about to drop the socks back into the ______ bag, laughing at myself for even bringing them along for the ______, a teenage boy came up to me.

“Can I have those socks?” he asked.

“Of course,” I replied,______ him the thick, ugly socks.

“Thank you so much!” he smiled, “These socks ______ me of my grandmother, who used to make things like this for me!”

Seeing that he had no socks on his feet in such cold weather, my heart ______.

As he put on those socks, not only were his feet ______ that day, but so was his heart---and mine. To this day when I think about that young man and those silly socks, they continue to bring me ______.

【推荐1】There was a businessman who was deep in debt.When he sat on the park bench,______ how to save his company, an old man appeared.“I can see something is ______ you,” he said.After hearing him out, the old man asked the man’s name, wrote out a ______, and pushed it into his hand, saying, “Meet me here one year ______, and you can pay me back then.”

It was a check for $500,000, ______ by John D. Rockefeller, one of the ______ men in the world! He could pay the debt instantly, ______, he decided not to cash it.Just knowing he had the money gave him some ______. And ______ months, he was out of debt and making much money. He returned to the park with the uncashed check at the ______ time and met the old man. Just as he was about to ______ the check, a ______ came running and grabbed the old man.“I hope he hasn’t bothered you,” she cried.“He’s ______ escaping from the hospital and telling people he’s John D. Rockefeller.” The businessman stood there,______.All year long he believed he had the money. Actually it was his newly-found self-confidence ______ had turned his life around.

【推荐2】It’s my dream. I’m nine years old now, but have been _________ competitively since I was six. I love it, because it makes me feel good. I have a lot of _________to use up and I can do it by just moving my legs.

One recent Sunday morning, my mum drove me to a 5 km race in Minnesota.

The starting line was_________because there was also a 10 km race. That morning, I was running confidently and feeling _________. At one point, I came to a _________ in the course. A woman who was directing us _________ the route I thought I was meant to take and told me to go the other way. I was confused, but I had to follow her _________.

After a while I saw route directions for a 10 km race. I was worried, thinking I was _________, but had to keep going. My body started to get _________. I said to myself, “You’re almost there. Just keep __________. ”

__________ I saw the finish line. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t even know I was running a 10 km and I had __________ it. I didn’t do this on purpose. It was a __________. I felt happy and proud. It was my first time running such a(n) __________.

It has made me want to do more 10 km races. I hope my story__________ other people to run, too.