【推荐1】Danny, from Forth in South Lanarkshire, discovered his kidneys were failing after registering with a new doctor. He was sent for tests and subsequently diagnosed with chronic (慢性的) kidney (肾) _________, with his kidneys functioning at 70 per cent.

The news came as a huge _________ to Danny who felt healthy and well, describing himself as being fit as a fiddle (非常健康).

His kidney function was _________ every three months, and over the years he watched it gradually _________. He was placed on the transplant waiting list in 2013 and started peritoneal dialysis (腹腔透析) in 2015 when his kidney function reached just three per cent Danny said: “I suppose I was in denial about the impact my condition was having on me. By the time I started dialysis, I couldn’t walk up the stairs, my muscles were sore. I struggled to concentrate and I had to give up _________.”

“I did peritoneal dialysis (腹腔透析) every day at home which was hard. I felt rotten and didn’t want to do anything. I didn’t even go to my own daughter’s wedding as I felt so _________.” Danny’s dialysis continued for nine months, until he received a call one evening from his consultant, telling him they’d found a kidney _________. Danny said: “I couldn’t believe it when I got the call and refused to believe it right up until the last minute. But the transplant went ahead the next day and when I woke up it was like a _________. It’s the only way I can describe it.”

“I was out within ten days and everything has been great ever since. I was on a _________ restriction (限制) so having the freedom to eat things I hadn’t had for twelve years was __________________.” “I got my dog Ruben three months after the transplant and he’s been a huge part of my __________________, helping me keep active and keeping me __________________ when my wife April is at work. Life is great.”

Speaking about his donor. Danny said: “I really struggle to put into words how I feel about my donor’s gift. I wish I could give the family a huge __________________ to let them know what they’ve done for me if I could meet them in person. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for that person. It’s as simple as that. I’m over the __________________ to have been given this chance and will always be grateful. What I can do in return for the kindness is to sign up for organ __________________, which I have already done the moment I was declared qualified.”

【推荐3】Darius and Johntel both love basketball and are captains of their high school basketball teams. They didn’t know each other. _________, one Saturday night, they were forever linked in the minds of all who were present at a game between Darius's small town team and Johntel’s big city team.

Just hours before the game, Johntel’s mother died from cancer. Her sudden_________made Johntel very sad. So Johntel’s coach wanted to_________the game. But Johntel_________that the game should be played. So with_________hearts, his teammates prepared to play and hopefully win without him. _________, Johntel appeared in the gym mid-way through the first half.

Seeing him, Johntel’s coach called a time out, and players and fans_________the sad young man to offer love and_________. Johntel wanted to_________ but putting him in the game at that point would__________a technical foul (犯规) and two free throws for the opposing team.

The opposing team understood the__________and told the referees (裁判员) to let Johntel play and to__________the technical foul. The referees__________that a rule is a rule, and the free throws would have to be taken before the game could__________.

As the team captain, Darius__________to take the shots. The free throw line is 15 feet from the basket. However, Darius’s first shot traveled about 4 feet. His second shot__________traveled 2.

Immediately, Johntel and his teammates__________what Darius was doing. They stood up and applauded (鼓掌) for the gesture of sportsmanship as Darius walked back to his bench.

Johntel’s team won the game in the end. But as the two__________met after the game for pizza and sodas, __________on either side was too concerned with wins or losses. That would be one of the most__________games in their basketball careers.

【推荐2】Chase Friedman awoke inside the hospital paralyzed from the neck down,________ whether he’d walk again, Friedman, 25,________ and fell on his friend’s bathroom floor, an accident that ________ injured his spine (脊柱) and left him unable to move his arms and legs. Doctors told him his ________ of walking again were “50-50”. The Los Angeles ________ thought “my life was over”. But on a Saturday less than three months later, Friedman climbed the Art Museum steps, bringing friends, family and strangers to ________. After he raised his ________ at the top of the steps, Friedman told the crowd that “anything is possible”. “I’m glad that people are ________ because it does prove that you can beat everything,” Friedman said.

His journey up the 72 steps started well before Saturday. After surgeons put pins (钢针) in his spine, he learned to walk again at Magee Hospital. He practiced on instruments and stairs, held up by a belt or his physical therapist, Erin Freimuth.________, his recovery attracted hundreds of thousands of people on TikTok, the social media platform where he would post videos of his ________. A video ________ Saturday’s journey up the Art Museum steps received 1.8 million ________.

Friedman arrived in a wheel-chair and ________ a walker as he approached the steps. The crowd of about a hundred people, who were dancing, exercising and ________ for photos beforehand, fell silent. With the ________ gone, Friedman took each step slowly. The crowd ________ when he reached each ________.

When his mother visited, the sight of her son unable to do anything was ________ . But seeing him ________ the Art Museum steps, she said. “This is definitely a time when everybody in the world needs ________.”