【推荐1】An eight­year­old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her _______mother with desperation (绝望)，“Only a miracle (奇迹) can save him now.” The little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She _______ all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she _______her way six blocks to the local drugstore (药店).

“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.

“It's for my little brother,” the girl answered back. “He's really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle. His name is Andrew and he has something _______ growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”

“We don't _______ miracles here, child. I'm sorry.” the chemist said, smiling _______ at the little girl. In the shop was a _______ customer. He stooped (弯腰) down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother _______?”

“I don't know,” she replied. “He's really sick and daddy says he needs a(n) an operation. But my daddy can't pay for it, so I have brought my _______.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man.

“One dollar and eleven cents, but I can try and get some more,” she answered quietly.

“Well, what a coincidence (巧合),” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents—the ________ price of a miracle for your little brother. ________ me to where you live. I want to see your brother and ________ your parents.”

That well­dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon. The operation in the hospital was completed without ________ and it wasn't long before Andrew was ________ again and doing well.

The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost—one dollar and eleven cents plus the ________ of a little child.

【推荐3】Mary, 16, was suffering from cancer. As a father, Mitchell always stayed home to care for her. He said the _________left them financially worse off. Then a group called Growing Hope   _______in with $1,800 to help with his living costs.

_______, he wanted to pay it back. In his youth, he had been a _________. So at age 40, Mitchell took up the _________again, participating in two fights in Fairfax. During this time, he   _________ his daughter. And for six months he did little but mourn.

One day, Mitchell _________ a Mark Twain quote —The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you _______ why. “After I read that quote, I was going to spend the rest of my life helping kids with cancer and their families,” he said.

Mitchell thought of creating a foundation, yet boxing did not seem_______any more for fundraising due to his age. Then he found that ________ could be a source to raise money. In the Corps Marathon he cut a striking figure on the course. ________ by this success, he set his sight higher. He __________ each of the miles of the race to a different child with cancer, and he carried their________ with him. Years after his daughter’s death, Mitchell now________ up in the morning knowing his________.

My friend Heather mentioned that she had never seen an Angel. Then I remembered the_______I had with my sister Sandra earlier this week.

This will be Sandra’s first Christmas without her husband. This summer he died in her arms. On Thursday, she was in the store_______for an ideal card for her two sons and daughter. Time passed by quickly as she     _______the many choices. She wanted a card that sent something special to each of them,_______she knew they would have a(n)_______place in their heart this holiday season.

Finally! She found the one that expressed the     _______feeling. The words expressed the feelings that she wished to share. However, a sharp pain pierced(穿透) her heart when she realized that the card was     _______“mom and dad.” She stood there,_______it close for a long time, unable to move from the     _______. Tears began to run down her cheeks.

“Is there something I can do for you?” a     ________voice asked. She________to face a stranger, a woman, who was looking at her with________and concern. “Uh…oh...OH!” Sandra responded, “I can’t give this card to my children because…because my husband died and this is the     ________card.”

Hearing this, the stranger’s face softened with sympathy(同情) and love. She reached out and________my sister into her arms, giving her unspoken permission to cry in the protection of her embrace(拥抱). She     ________held my sister until her calmness________. “Thank you for listening to me cry on,” was what my sister said when all was better. “You are welcome, and I am so sorry for your     ________,” the stranger answered and said goodbye to her.

During her telling of this event I was feeling________that I hadn’t been there. My sister needed me and a stranger had to do my     ________. “You know,” she went on, “a friend suggested that it was like meeting with an Angel.” My     ________disappeared in an instant. My sister required an Angel, and I think that is exactly what she got.