【推荐1】On the first day of the new year, when I went into the bank, the bank person, an elderly gentleman with a white beard, as usual greeted to me politely “Happy New Year”. He nodded and I sat in front of him.

Minutes passed and _______ happened. Then very _______I put my form in front of him. He was very busy. After a few minutes he took my form and _______ filling it. After waiting for a few more minutes, I began to show all signs of being_______. I asked him if my work was done. The_______ I uttered the words, I felt as if a bomb had fallen on him. He_______,“Nothing is done, it will take time！” Just then I saw his morning cup of tea, which had been _______ there for the last ten minutes, untouched. The tea had turned almost_______while he was doing his work. Suddenly I felt what this man must be feeling when customers like me come _______ to get their work done. But we do not even feel the need to________ them for being there.

Very softly I told him, “Sir, please have your ________,I am not in a hurry.” This man, whom I had been seeing for the last few years, ________ looked up at me and for the first time we had ________ contact. I saw a ________ person there，another human being who was as hard­pressed for time as I always am. He was also ________ the small things in life like a hot cup of tea or lying in a warm bed for a few more minutes like me.

He gave me a rare smile and said, “It is a ________ affair with me; you are not in a hurry but somebody else will be in a hurry.”

He really ________ my heart with his words. I felt ________ that all this time I thought of him as a robot，someone who was there for my ________. I promised to be more________ of people who help me with my work and be thankful that they are there for me.

【推荐2】My family has moved a lot. So I've _______ walking into a new school and making new friends. It doesn’t even trouble me that much--I _______ know I’ll feel at home in the new place after a few months. But about a year ago we _______ again, and that time it was _______. The reason why we were moving was a _______ to us: My father had a terrible illness and lost his job. My mom gave up her job to be with my dad_______he got the medical treatment (治疗). I couldn’t imagine how we would _______ --what if neither of my parents would find _______ again?

I knew my parents _______ me to be strong and I didn't want to let them down. ________, I gave in to all the feelings of sadness and fear. I cried a lot, and for the first time in my life, I started to ________school. I kept to myself so much that most people decided I was________and selfish. ________ , there were two girls at my school who reached out to me. When I finally started to talk, it comforted me to share all the ________ I’d been holding inside. And Melissa and Nicole really listened and ________ what I was experiencing, ________ I believed no one would. Their caring ________ me up so much that soon I had a whole group of friends. I stopped hating school, and my problems became much________ to stand.

It just goes to show you that you don’t have to ________the bad times alone. ________is the best way to help yourself.

【推荐3】When my daughter was in grade school, one day she_______home four tiny twigs (枝条). They were trees given to the students by the school to plant._______of them looked very strong but with a hope for the future, I got a spade and planted them in our backyard. Over the years a (an)_______with the lawnmower (割草机) and poor soil brought a (an)_______to three of them. All that was left was a (an)_______evergreen.

It grew bent and very_______. It never got very tall and tilted (倾斜) to one side. In the end it looked more like a fat bush than a tree. I noticed a few years ago too that it was starting to_______. The lower branches were becoming_______. The needles on the branches a little further up had turned brown. Only the top third of the tree was still green. Last summer I did my best to save it by_______it a lot of fertilizer but my efforts ________.

This morning I went out and looked at it again. I was________whether it would be better to just cut it down. It sure would make mowing the lawn easier and I would no longer have to watch it slowly go________. As I walked over to take a closer look at it,________, I noticed something moving within the needles. It was a robin (知更鸟) patiently building a nest in the topmost branches. I________when I looked at it and decided that maybe this old tree had some life and________left in it yet. It may not be healthy or pretty but it was still giving a bird (a)________and oxygen to this world.

This tree________me of something too. All of our lives have purpose. All of our lives have ________ . It doesn’t matter if we are young and strong or old and sickly (病弱的). Until our last________, God has things for us to do, love for us to give, and joy for us to________. Until our last moment here we can help to make this world a better and more beautiful place.

【推荐1】Molly Wogan of Middleton, MA loves dogs! _______ rescue dogs! So much that she decided to give up the biggest _______ of her life to help them!

Molly’s _______ has two rescue dogs at home. When she learned that many dogs like hers lived in _______ conditions or had their lives cut short, she decided to do something about it. So, instead of having a big party for her Bat Mitzvah (成人礼), the 13-year-old _______ to put the efforts toward helping dogs! Molly was already a shelter _______ helping out once each week. But then she decided to take things to the next level.

Molly _______ the Precious Animals Wonderful Shelters (P. A. W. S.) Project. Its _______ is to help dogs in bad situations to find people who are willing to _______ them. Molly set a target to ________ $2,500 in one year to give to 14 local shelters.

Over the year, her project ________. A lot!

Molly ________ volunteering over 400 hours and sold homemade dog toys, treats, and key chains at 45 ________ events in addition to a GoFundMe campaign. In just a year, she raised $38,000! During this time she also took two ________ from Georgia to her home state of Massachusetts, to ________ 110 at risk dogs to move to the Northeast, where she helped every single one find a ________ home! With the money Molly has raised, she can get every dog its ________, shots, vet visits and transport.

Molly hopes to ________ her efforts this year and save another 100 dogs! She is a ________ example of a young person following her heart and taking action to make the world a ________ place.

【推荐2】George Edwin Mueller was born in 1918. As a child, he loved to see how things worked. Inspired by his father’s work, he often fitted together parts of radios and model planes. When he completed his university ____, he worked for a few years, and then went on to ____ his doctor’s degree. In 1963, Dr Mueller was invited to manage the Apollo programme. 

By 1961, Russia had already ____ the first man-made satellite, and had also sent the first ____ into space. Shortly after that, the US President John F.Kennedy suggested that the US set a goal of landing a man on the moon and returning him to the Earth. 

Dr Mueller accepted the ____ and also made sure he himself would organize the efforts of 3 ____ NASA centres directly involved in the launch. It was his idea to bring in senior experienced officers of the US Air Force to help manage the ____. He also pushed for a new way—____ the satellite launch vehicle after it was fixed, rather than testing individual parts. After months of hard work, the team ____ launched the famous Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon and two of the astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their famous steps as well. President Kennedy’s ____ had been achieved within ten years! 

Although Dr Mueller ____ to the private industry soon afterwards, he had also ____ the foundation for Skylab—the first US space station and for the development of a reusable space transport, which later became the spaceship. He ____ several awards over the rest of his life. He will always be remembered for his huge ____ to space travel. 

On October 12, 2015, Dr Mueller died at home in California. However, his work and ideas continue to be a(n) ____ to us all.

【推荐3】Love Is Blind：The Magic of Tabby

In October, 2003 I started my work at my local animal shelter’s Adoption Department. Over the years, more than 50, 000 animals have ________ the doors of the shelter. Most of them, I do not remember. But occasionally there are ________ animals, who touch me so deeply that I could never possibly ________ them. Tabby was one such animal.

Tabby was an ancient Cocker Spaniel, probably 14 years old. What's more, she was blind and deaf. Tabby's chances at adoption seemed ________ at best. After all, there weren’t many adopters coming here ________, “Can you show me all of your really old dogs who are also ________ ?” We had all thought that Tabby would live out the rest of her life at the ________.

One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter. Her son, Gary, had ________ Tabby’s picture and stories on the shelter’s website at home. They were interested in meeting her! It was the only ________ we ever had from others about Tabby. What could a young child possibly see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind and deaf？Most boys would want a dog who could grow with them and ________ through grassy fields on summer days. Tabby would ________ be able to do that. But after meeting her, Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family. They adopted Tabby!

If Tabby's story had simply ended with her ________ adoption, it would still have been something very special indeed. ________ , it was what happened after her adoption that people might regard as “magic”. Gary ________ from seizures. Since Gary and Tabby met, they became ________. They did everything together. They became so “in tune” with one another that Tabby began to telegraph Gary's seizures ________ they occurred, giving his family a (n) ________ that one was about to strike. What's more, Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby's ________ .

How could it be？Nobody could explain ________ Tabby did it. But those of us who were fortunate enough to know her and her family had ________ the magic, the kind that has its roots in love.