【推荐1】The calendar read December 15. It had been one of the hardest periods of my life. I was eight months pregnant (怀孕的) with three little children. I had just got the _______ from my householder that we had to _______ by January 10^th, only 3 weeks to find another place.

When my husband Don returned home from work, I _______ the news to him. Through the Christmas holiday, Don went house-hunting _______ I attended to everything despite physical discomforts.

Soon, the moving day arrived and it was _______. Don was busy coordinating (协调) the men who had come to help. I packed alone, trying hard to _______ them. The children were _______ in an upstairs bedroom. Unfortunately, with all the toys packed away, soon all three crying from _______.

The screaming children and the _______ house reduced me to tears. I had never felt so ____________ in my life. “Are you okay?” One man asked with his eyes fixed on me. All I could do was ____________ my head and say yes.

____________, I left the room quietly for a moment. After regaining my ____________, I returned to face the tough tasks before me. ____________, several women were busy packing and one even ____________ crying children.

Soon after, the trucks were ____________ with furniture and on the way to our new house. Upon arrival, I was not allowed to lift another ____________ for the rest of the night. Our good neighbors helped us ____________ everything. After they finished, they disappeared into the night, not even ____________ a thank you.

I have never seen most of those people again; I don’t even remember most of their names. But I do remember the ____________ they showed me on a cold winter when I needed it most.

【推荐1】Last week after a long day of traveling, I found myself delayed at a bus station. The bus was running two hours late! I was a little_________and had to wait there reading a book. Just then a woman_________and asked me if I had any spare change to help her_________a bus ticket.

“Oh, sure,”I said.

With the words, I reached into my bag for some_________.As I handed her five dollars I_________her stomach rumble (发出辘辘声) and I knew she was very_________.

I then reached back into my_________and brought out a Danish pastry (酥皮糕点) I had bought earlier and_________it to her with a smile.

She took the pastry and gave me a bus ticket to Milwaukee to show her_________. I don't live in Milwaukee and the ticket will probably __________be used. but I took it. A look of__________spread over her face. Then she went to get her__________and I went back to my__________.

She came back a few__________later, apologized, and told me there were five dollars__________. I gave her the money and slipped (悄悄地塞) a twenty__________. She thanked me and went back to the counter.__________I went back to my book.

Five minutes later she came back again and__________to return my twenty.__________I said it was for her so she could get something else to eat and that I wasn't taking it back, she__________crying and hugged me.

From then on, I always help others in trouble, because I believe I am really making a difference to them!

【推荐2】We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Someone had been returning our garbage cans to the garage, and Jim and I had ________ who. Then we spotted him: an elderly man living across the street.

I left some cookies outside the garage with a thank-you ________. When we got home, a letter had replaced the ________. It was from Tom and explained how he had returned cans for people he ________ knew. Back when he’d been fighting a war I wasn’t ________ to see, his wife, Gee, had lived alone. ________ had taken time to handle her garbage cans, and he never ________. Now he paid it forward by doing the same for us.

Then Tom died. We photocopied that ________ and attached it to one of our own for Gee. We told her how special Tom had been to us and how ________ we were to have known him. She wrote back and invited us over to __________ Christmas decorations. She told us that she and Tom __________ their decoration collection piece by piece and sent them to us as a gift. I realized how hard it must be for Gee to __________ with them, a piece of Tom.

These days, we’re planning a move. The boxes are all neatly packed in our __________, but we agree to wait until January. This Christmas, we’ll __________ our tree with Gee’s gift. I’ll talk to Tom, “Thank you for teaching us what it __________ to be a neighbor.”

【推荐3】It impressed me a lot. I never thought that little help will _______ out to be the most satisfying thing I have ever done. He was tired, and _______ to climb further. With a broad _______, he asked if I could help him with some money. He was paralyzed(瘫痪) in both legs and was _______ money for some operation. He said that if operated successfully, he could _______ training offering him a job. I was full of _______ and even asked him to show his legs. I gave him the _______ money. After a few days, he again came at my doorstep asking for more money for accommodation. This time I was more or less _______ he is not cheating me. I gave him some and said this is all I have.

A year went by and I had moved to a(n) _______ place. One fine day I got a call from an unknown number. The caller called out his name but I didn’t ________ him. Then he said he is the very paralyzed person I helped a year ago.

I asked him how he was doing. He said，“What sir? you recognize me not by my name but by my ________ state.”

“With your kind help I am now able to ________ on my legs without support. I was operated ________. I am married to a beautiful lady and have a stable ________.”

I don’t ________ remember if I gave him my phone number. ________, what he said next was touching. He said he wanted to return the money so that I didn’t feel cheated and continued to help people ________ in the future. I don’t know whether he read my facial expression the day I helped him but tears were ________ down my face. That day I promised him I will continue to help people as I see a(n) ________ —small or big. ________ that changed my life.

【推荐1】After taking a short training course, I, a 22-year-girl, began to give class nervously to my 12 students, all of them older than I was. I tried hard to remain _________ in class and hoped they wouldn’t find out how unconfident I _________a lot of the time. I was quite successful until the end of the course and the night of the final oral _________.

The test was going to start at 7: 00 pm, and at 6: 50, I locked myself in the teachers’ bathroom to go over all the test_________ again. I really wanted to _________ the questions by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester. The problem is, I _________ locked myself in the bathroom. I simply couldn’t get out! The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the _________ in the halls as the students went to their rooms. I tried hard to open the bathroom door, but _________.

I heard the cleaning lady’s voice and asked for help as _________ as I could. However, she wasn’t exactly a __________ person, and started shouting, “Diana’s locked in the bathroom!”

Shame had __________ upon me! Soon enough the course director, the secretary and some teachers were outside the bathroom trying to get me out, and, to my surprise, my students gathered outside too, happily __________ things like “Aren’t we lucky! No test today!”

The door finally opened, and my entire class was waiting for me outside, __________ smiles on their faces. “Congratulations! Teacher.” they said, “we know you are human too!”

They all __________ their test in fact. We all went out for a beer afterward, and __________ the whole thing off.