【推荐1】Many kids are thrilled when they get their first bicycle, and three-year-old Will Wright was no exception. He was, more than _______ when his parents bought him his first bike, a Spiderman model. Spiderman is his favorite superhero for he _______ everybody by catching bad guys in the net. _______, on the very first day Will was out on his new bike, it was stolen when he _______ a store for a candy treat with his mom, Liz Wright.

Security video showed someone taking the bike and riding off with it. Liz was shocked and _______, “He’s only 3. This is his first _______. And you don’t want to think that anybody would do that.”

Police _______ the surveillance (监控) images on social media, hoping to find the bike. But instead, a (an) _______ story developed. A homeless woman happened to see the story online and _______ about what that little boy would be thinking about the world. She spent what little money she had to buy the same bike that was stolen and then ________ it off at the police station. Though ________ was short for her, she gave so much so generously to a little boy she’d never ________ before, just because she wanted him to be happy, to have faith in humanity (人性).

When the police shared the ________ on social media, the response was enthusiastic. A local charity is now accepting donations to ________ the homeless woman as a way of saying thank you. As of Thursday, nearly $1,200 had been ________.

When asked what she would say to Will if she were to meet him, the woman ________, “I’d probably let him know that ________ are unavoidable in life. But whatever happens, there’s always somebody out there watching over us. He’s never ________.”

The police later ________ the bike to Will, and the family expressed their gratitude to the woman, saying that she had ________ their faith in humanity.

【推荐2】When John asked his daughters which sculptures they like best, they shouted excitedly, “The Story birds!”. These birds are the _______ of Robin and John. Robin explains, “Made from plain clay (黏土), the colorful ceramic birds stand on metal legs. There is a little _______ in it. Together, we make something better.”

At John’s house, art is a family _______. Robin brings style to their ceramics. John crafts the metal elements of the sculptures, Their daughters, Ruby, Eliza and Carmella, help too. “The girls _______ into bodies,” says John, “Everyone contributes to the works, so every sculpture is a symbol of our _______ effort.”

There are lots of _______ to turn a clay into a bird. First, John breaks the clay and _______ it until about one-quarter inch thick. He covers it so that it won’t dry out and _______. Then, Robin _______. She thins the clay here and there, pushing in and out to make the bird’s body. John adds fresh clay on the drier clay and Robin ________ the body with bright colors. Then it is Ruby’s turn. She sculpts it. Eventually, the bird will go into an oven for firing-baking and ________. Robin programs the oven so that the temperature ________ bit by bit. Total oven time can be 20 hours. “That may be a long time.but the ________ you heat the clay, the more likely it is to crack.” Robin says.

Soon, the bird stands ________ on its feet, John shows it to his families. “I did the carving!” Ruby says excitedly. The girls gather for a closer look. The________expressions on their faces tell a story — they love making art together.

【推荐3】I was waiting to pick up a friend at the airport. That day I had one of those experiences that could ______ people's lives.

It happened just two feet away from me. I noticed a man, carrying two bags, coming toward me. He stopped next to me to greet his ______ .

First of all he ______ his bags and came closer to his younger son(about six years old); they gave each other a warm, loving hug. Then the father looked in his son's eyes with ______ , "I missed you so much. It's so good to see you, son!" The boy smiled and said, "Me too, Dad."

Afterwards the father said “Hi, baby girl." to his baby daughter. She was shouting ______ in her mother's arm and watching her returning father all the time. The man gently took his little daughter,   ______ kissed her face all over and then held her close to his chest. The little girl laid her head on his shoulder in ______ .

After several moments, the man looked at his ______ and said “I've saved the ______ for last!” and shared with her the most passionate ______ . They stared at each other, beaming big smiles. They ______ me of newlyweds.

Suddenly, I heard myself asking “Wow, how many years have you been ______ ?”

“Twelve years.” "Well then, how long have you been away?" He replied with a smile on his face. “Two whole days!”

I was astonished, as I ______ that he had been away for several weeks at least. I could only say, “I ______ that my marriage is still that passionate after twelve years." The man looked straight into my eyes and told me something that changed my life: “Don't hope, friend,   ______ !” From him I just learnt "Better go home and make a net than long for a fish in front of a pond.”

【推荐1】When I was in high school, the future seemed very far away. Now I’m   ______ and I think about those days a lot, I ______ things that I should have done. I also remember things that benefited a lot.

I have only one   ______ about the time I spent in high school. I should have   ______

I’m glad that I had an ______   to take part in after-class activities. I was member of the football team. We practice every day after school and had football ______ on weekends. We ______ won several matches! My ______   became my good friends. Now I know that after-class activities are _____ because we can learn about responsibility and teamwork.

Good and bad ______ are a part of everyone’s high school years. Is it possible to learn from these experiences? I think it is because even the ______ ones help to prepare us for the ______ .

【推荐3】One Saturday morning, I did things smoothly. By 10 am I'd already taken a shower, made breakfast for my kid with a special diet, been to the bank and _______ produce at the farmer's market. Before heading to the laundromat（自助洗衣店）, I decided to _______ the living room.

I _______ my way steadily around the _______ until I got to the window. As I wiped the sash（窗框）I noticed, with some _______, that the window was not locked. I'd _______ my son to re-lock the window, telling him that the one point of _______ for robbery in NYC is through open windows.

I _______ waking him from his teen-deep Saturday morning sleep to make him lock the window. Before I did so I noted I was also _______ to have discovered the unlocked window before a robber did. __________ mixed feelings, I chose to __________ first on thanking God for the terrible __________ prevented from happening, and to speak to my son when I was less __________. So I did my __________ and considered what to say to my son, and how, and when. By the time I was done, I had a plan that __________ me to talk to my son calmly, so he could hear my words instead of reacting to my __________.

Giving myself __________ turned out to be a good choice. Over the years I've learned that anger is __________ an effective lesson plan for teaching responsibility. I was far more thankful for my unlocked-window discovery than angered by it. So as I moved on to the next __________ on my to-do list. I, in a heated moment, __________ and prayed over a situation of gratitude.

【推荐1】Maxine DeCook is a retired teacher. Her daughter Laura usually comes up with ideas for places to _________. “We travel the world together,” says Laura. “I _________ traveling with my mother.”

“She has always been a wonderful _________ of mother and adventurer,” Laura adds. “I have taken trips with friends and there was always so much drama. Mom and I occasionally bicker (斗嘴), but we just _________ it and go happily on our way after a good night’s sleep.”

“I’m _________ enough to have found the perfect traveling companion (伙伴) — my daughter,” says Maxine. “_________ together has made each amazing adventure even better. I _________ it could be said that her love of travel influenced me. My daughter sees every continent, country, state and city as a(n) _________ waiting to happen. The world is like one big surprise package (包裹) ready to be unwrapped, _________ and embraced.”

Maxine and Laura have had many __________ experiences, including being chased (追赶) by monkeys in Ubud Monkey Forest in Bali. “We laugh at ourselves,” says Laura. “We always try to find __________ in everyday life, and traveling is when we seem to __________ the most.”

For Laura, traveling the world with her mother has been a great opportunity to get to __________ Maxine better. “It has proven (证明) to me what an amazingly __________ woman she is,” Laura says. “She has shown me over and over again how she __________ her life. I am so lucky to have such an amazing mother.”

【推荐3】One bitterly cold morning a few years back, I walked into the bathroom and turned on the water to brush my teeth. No water. In a ______, I turned to the kitchen hoping for better. No. My next step was to call my city ______ department. The voice that answered was that of someone who’d already answered the phone too many times that ______. I learned that my waterline was ______. Only one company could solve the problem, and it was booked ______ two days.

Two days later, after I got the all-clear, the guy at the water department told me, “______ you want to go through that again, open a tap and let a pencil lead stream of water ______ for the rest of the winter.”

For the next six weeks, the endless stream became an upsetting ______ of everything I didn’t know. I really had no ______ where our water came from. Or how my phone call to the water department had ______ to the water department. As I ______ out of the window, I further realized I knew nothing about the concrete sidewalk leading to our door, the lawn beneath the ______ fallen snow, the squirrels in the trees ... nothing. And these were just the things I could see through one small window. I had read a number of books about ______ across Antarctica, down the Amazon River, and up Mount Everest; I’d written books about 50,000-year-old wood buried in the ______ of New Zealand and the violin makers of Cremona, Italy — ______ I knew nothing about the world right outside my front door.