【推荐1】A landlord in Maine announced he will not be collecting rent from his tenants(租户) in April due to the COVID-19virus outbreak. Nathan Nichols ,of South Portland,______on Facebook that the tenants liv-ing in the two units he______are service and hourly workers, who may be out of______in the coming months.

“Because I am______enough to afford it and I have the privilege(特权) of being in the owner class, I just let them know I would not be______rent in April,” Nichols wrote. “I ask any other landlords out there to take a______look at the situation and______giving their tenants some______relief as well.” Nichols said.

Nichol's post has more than 22,000 shares and hundreds of______praising his decision. In an up-date______on Facebook, he revealed that it had______at least one other landlord to do the same. He added: “Every so often, however, there is a comment from a landlord who would like to______the tenants ,but simply can't, or from a tenant who______wishes the landlord would help him, but______whether they will. To these people, I say: I don't know your______and I don't want to judge that a landlord who is still collecting rent is somehow a______person.

In these______times of the COVID-19 virus outbreak. It’s great to see individuals who are______the spirit of kindness. Let's hope that Nichols's kind______will inspire more landlords to______help to their tenants!

【推荐2】A man came home from work late, ________, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”

“Yeah, sure.”

“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

“That’s ________ of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?” the man said ________.

“I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?”

“If you ________ know, I make $20 an hour.”

“Oh”, the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I please borrow $10?” The father got angry immediately and flatly ________. After about an hour or so, the man had ________ and started to think: maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he didn’t ask for money very often anyway.

The man stepped into the little boy’s room ________. “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier.” said the man. “It’s been a long day and I was just in a bad _________. Here’s the $10 you ________.” The little boy sat ________, smiling. “Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he ________. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled (皱巴巴的) bills.

The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to ________ about his purpose. As the little boy slowly ________ his money, the father asked ________, “Since you already have the money, why do you want more money?” “Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied. “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I ________ an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

【推荐1】The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

----Thomas Macaulay About thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs Nanette O’Neill gave a maths ______ to our class. When the papers were ______ she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the ______ mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about _______ in exams. Perhaps that was ______Mrs O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to ______after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs O’Neill asked______questions, and she didn’t _____us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the ______ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to copy these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don’t know about the other eleven boys. Speaking for ______ I can say it was the most important single ______ of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they   ______ seem to me the best yardstick (准绳), because they give us a _______ to measure ourselves rather than others.

_____ of us are asked to make ______ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called   _____ daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should the wallet,   ______ in the street, be put into a pocket or ______   to the policeman? Should the ______ change received at the store be forgotten or ______ ? Nobody will know except you. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.

【推荐2】Along with a dozen boys, I made a trip to Iowa in order to see a college that I was thinking of attending many years ago. Although the trip had been fun for the most part, I felt _________ from time to time. I was missing my family and _________that I wouldn’t be seeing them much if I studied here. I was also missing the_________of my home. I loved how they _________ a thousand shades of green in the spring and then became a sea of gold, red and orange in the fall. I loved the smell of the wild flowers.

Here in Iowa everything was flat. What I could see was a wild prairie (大草原) with no trees. All that I could _________was a mixture of corn, mud and pigs. One day after a long walk, I rested with my eyes closed and _________being back home again. _________, when I opened them, I saw something that _________my heart. It was a grassland sunset. It seemed to fill the sky from horizon to horizon. Gold, red and purple clouds all _________ together in a picture painted by nature’s own hand. It was so__________that it took my breath away. It made the sunsets of my hometown seem tiny in __________. At that moment I knew how __________ and judgmental I had been. This place also had its own __________. This place was also a part of nature’s creation.

Over the years to come I learned something else. Each of us has a(n) __________beauty as well. Each of us has our own unique__________and abilities.

【推荐3】When I was younger，I was deeply attracted by stories of magic. I read lots of books where wizards (巫师) and _______ fought against the powers of darkness in strange worlds. I got excited _______ they brought peace and happiness to their lands. Like most of the readers，I secretly _______ the magical power for myself. I wanted to be able to magically make my pain _______，to make my troubles go away，and to have _______ over this world.

As I got older，however，I realized that there was no such thing as _______. And worse still，the terrible reality of life _______，because I needed to try _______ through a long period of poverty (贫穷). I had daily pain from a back hurt that never _______ right. I felt sad and sorry when both of my sons were ________ with autism(自闭症).

Then one day I began to discover a ________ magic，which is different from that in the stories. This magic grew ________ in my mind day by day. It was ________ “love”. It connected me to my own highest self and to all of the other ________ in this world. It didn’t drive away my poverty ________ it made every day of my life feel richer. It didn’t make my back ________ go away but it helped me deal with it so much better. It didn’t ________ my sons’ Autism，but it helped me see them as the beautiful，lovely，and ________ ones.

There is such a thing as magic in this world. It’s named “love”. May you choose it，________ it，and live in it every day of your life. May you use it to help others，to heal this world and make this world a(n) ________ place.

【推荐1】A couple of weeks ago, my grandfather was explaining his favorite expression, “Nothing is ever easy.” The following day, as I tried to complete my day’s work, I happened to ______ a bumblebee (大黄蜂) on the skylight (天窗). The skylight was particularly high up, but I thought ______ the bee would take no more than five minutes. An hour later, the bee still ______.

All that had changed was that the living room was a mess and that I was dizzy (头晕的) from looking up into the sunlight. I did not ______ to waste an hour on a tiny insect, but by doing so, I understood what my grandfather meant.

It is not only time that we tend to underestimate (低估) — we don’t take account of unexpected costs. We often imagine what can work ______ , but we seldom think of all the ______ things that could affect us. However, it is important to remember that your day of week or year might not go as planned, and that is normal. It is ______ to feel challenged — even at a task you thought was simple ______ that is part of life.

If you can accept that nothing will ever be easy, then life might seem slightly more manageable. In ______ school, I thought high school might be easier because I could choose the classes I wanted to take. In high school, I thought college might be easier because I could have a schedule   _____ for myself. Yet I was ______ each time. After accepting that school wouldn’t be easy, I found myself ______ a more positive attitude and improved results.

Of course, there should be preparations made to take account of ______ or time. Doing so can only help you ______ your goals in a better way. However, there is no need to beat ourselves up when something stands in our ______ . Maybe we cannot see a bee coming our way, but we can always give ourselves the extra time to catch it.