【推荐1】It began in November 2016, when Hinton, then 17, got a text message from an ___________number inviting him to Thanksgiving. When he asked who it was, the person responded: “Your grandma.”

“Grandma? Can I have your___________?” the teenager replied. He received a photo of a woman he had never seen before. It was Dench, now 64.

Hinton wrote back, “You’re not my grandma,”___________a laughing face. Still playing along, he jokingly asked: “Can I still get a___________though?”

Dench replied: “Of course you can. That’s what grandmas do. Feed everyone.” Hinton soon realized her___________invitation had turned ___________, and he decided to take Dench up on her  ___________. He went to her home in Mesa, Ariz., about a 25-minute drive from his house south of Phoenix, for a Thanksgiving meal with her family, including her actual grandson, whom she___________intended to text instead of Hinton.

Every year since then, the two friends and their families have gathered together for an annual Thanksgiving meal, and this year will be no___________, despite the virus. Hinton, who shares regular____________on social media about his Internet-famous friendship with Dench,____________that the Thanksgiving tradition will ____________this year, as well.

Although Dench was____________about the misdirected text in 2016 at first, she said, both she and Hinton feel very____________that it happened. “Family is more than____________,” Dench said. “It’s the people you want to be with.”

【推荐2】Jacky Hunt-Broersma, 46, completed 104 marathons in 104 days, breaking the world record for most consecutive marathons. She set her goal in January and ________ about five hours to complete each run.

She is grateful because running has given her the ________ she was afraid she would never regain. In 2002, doctors ________  that she had a rare type of bone cancer. Within two weeks, they amputated (截断) her left leg to save her life. For the first couple of years, Jacky ________ with the change in her life. She was ________ to be different. She wore long trousers in public so that people would not notice her ________ leg.

Five years ago, she ________ to do some running with the help of her husband. ________, she runs on a prosthetic (假体的) leg made out of strong, light ________ known as carbon fiber, which are costly for her. But her ________ is worth it. “Running has really changed my life. It has made such a ________ to my mental state and shown me how ________ my body can be. It has given me a total new ________ of who I am. I fall in love with the process of pushing my body further to see what I can do,” she said.

“The best thing is the support I’ve received from people who’ve ________, telling me how this has inspired them to ________ themselves in turn,” she said, “I am determined to keep going.”

【推荐1】When I was boarding a bus, I saw a young black woman standing in line. As we climbed on, she _______ the silver bracelet (手镯) I was wearing.

“I like your bracelet,” she said.

“Thanks. I bought it in Mexico recently.” I_______.

She told me that this thin silver chain was _______ the type of bracelet she’d been looking for. I _______ to give it to her.

“Oh, no, I couldn’t” was her _______ answer.

“It’s okay.” I comforted her, “It wasn’t expensive.” “Maybe I can _______ it from you,” she suggested.

“Look,” I said, “what would be_______ fun – buying a bracelet from a total stranger or receiving a _______ from a total stranger?”

She _______ that the gift would be much better. I took the bracelet off my wrist and put it on hers. It looked great. _______ the bus, the _______ woman handed me a piece of note. I thanked her and _______ it in my pocket. A few hours later I remembered the paper_______ read it. In pencil she had written:

Dear Miss,

Today was a(n) _______ day for me. You see, I am going out into the world without the _______ of my family to see _______ it is like. Soon I will be going off to college, and today I am trying being _______ away from home. Thank you so much for being the first person I was to _______. God bless you.

I have her _______, which has been one of my favorite possessions (财产), _______ on my wall.

【推荐2】We should show respect to everybody, especially our elders because they are ahead of us—in age, in wisdom and maturity, in experience and education. Our _______ have done a lot for us, directly or indirectly and most of us owe everything to their kindness and love.

When we _______ them respect, whether it is by bowing to them, or _______ them with a smile, or offering them any help they need, it is one way of _______ our own love and gratitude to them. Besides, elders have also been through all the years you are _______ and know a little more about the world than you do.

It is _______ that you do not agree with the belief of your elders, but this is nothing new. All younger generations have always _______ with their elders and it is these differences that bring changes in human society. However much you disagree with them, give them credit for their _______.

With changing times and _______ influences, youngsters no longer know what is interpreted as disrespect to elders. Youngsters should ________ express their views and if there are arguments, they should not ________their voices.

If there is no space on sofas or chairs, children will immediately give up their places, and sit on the carpet. In buses and trains, youngsters are ________ to give up their places to older people. This is not a __________ of who has more rights. It is simply that those who are younger have the strength to bear ________, or tolerate unpleasantness, so it is natural to show consideration to those who are older and perhaps at a __________ disadvantage.

When you do simple things as a mark of respect, elders become aware that youngsters care for them, and they respond with affection and kindness.

【推荐3】Mike and I wanted to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We made a ______ at our favorite restaurant, but when we arrived, our ______ wasn’t well prepared.

We walked toward the bar in the restaurant to wait. Mike ______ a chair for me and the man next to me ______ over to give me room to slide in. I smiled my thanks.

“I’m here on business. Can you ______ some interesting things to do ______ when I have some time off?” the man asked.

Mike and I immediately shifted our attention to the stranger. We love our adopted hometown an quickly suggested half a dozen fun ______.

The stranger’s name was Bill. He and Mike ______ to be both mechanical engineers. The two men had ______ to talk about. Seconds turned into minutes and strangers turned into friends.

When the hostess ______ and told us our table was ______, we said goodbye to Bill.

“We’re out to ______ our wedding anniversary,” I said as we ______ to follow the waitress to our table.

“Wow! I really ______ you taking the time to talk to me,” Bill said. “You could have ______ me. Happy anniversary!”

The evening sped by. Soon we had to go home. Mike signaled our waiter for the bill.______, the waiter smiled and handed us a note:

Thank you again for talking to a stranger. I really appreciate your kindness.______ is on me.

Bill

____, we looked at the waiter.

“Yes,” he said. “It’s true. He paid your bill.”

We walked back to the ______ to thank Bill, but his seat was ______. But we never forgot his generosity and decided to pay it forward.

【推荐3】As a writer I can always tell that life has a sense of humor too，because my best inspirations often come at the most _________ times when I have nothing to write them down on. I can remember once years ago when I was _________ around a lake in the summertime. I smiled and _________. That was when the idea for a new story _________ appeared in my mind. I was still a half-mile away from my car, so I took my pen out of my pocket and started writing it down on my _________.

Later after I had transferred the _________ to paper and was washing the _________ off my hand, I laughed and asked “Life” why he always seemed to speak to my _________ at the strangest times. As soon as I said it, I _________ in my mind: “Because that is the only time you are listening!”

Life speaks to us in the __________ of our souls. Life __________ to us in the quiet of the storm. If you want to hear Life’s inspiration and __________ in your heart and mind, you have to __________ your own noise.

Life is forever ready to love us, inspire us, lead us, and help us to __________ into the people we were meant to be. All we have to do is open our hearts and close our __________. All we have to do is listen.