【推荐1】The passengers on the bus watched with sympathy as Susan made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to____the seats, settled in one of them.

It had been a year since Susan became blind. As the result of an accident she was suddenly thrown into a world of_____ Susan’s husband Mark watched her____into hopelessness and he was____to use every possible means to help his wife.

Finally, Susan felt ready to____to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too____to get around the city by herself. Mark____to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening____she could manage it by herself.

For two weeks, Mark____Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other____, specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new____.

At last, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip____. Monday morning arrived.

Before she left, she hugged her husband____, her eyes filled with tears of gratitude. She said good-bye and, for the first time, they went their____ways. Each day went perfectly, and a wild excitement took____of Susan. She was doing it!

On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work____. As she was getting off the bus, the driver said, “Miss, I sure____you.” Curious, Susan asked the driver____.

“You know, every morning for the____week, a fine-looking gentleman in a military uniform has been standing across the corner watching you until you enter your office building safely,” the bus driver said.

Tears of happiness poured down Susan’s cheeks. She was so lucky for he had given her a gift more powerful than____. That is the gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness.

【推荐3】Nancy is a kindergarten teacher in Mason City. One day Camden, one of the 4-year-old boys in her class, came to her with a _____ about his dad, Derreld.   Nancy's heart _____ seeing this little boy so _____ and upset. She promised Camden that she would do whatever she could to assist. He believed her and knew that she would keep her_____

The moment school was out, Nancy rushed to the___ . She had done all the required tests and __ all the necessary paperwork. Finally, she was given the __ by her doctors, and she was told that she was a __ match.

The day had finally arrived. The doctors that were   ______the procedure were the best transplant surgeons in the hospital. In fact, ____the surgeons had done everything in their power for the procedure to be a success, there were no _____. There was always that chance that it wouldn't work. _____， Derreld's body accepted Nancy's kidney (肾)・

A teacher's ____ is to teach the kids in her class information that will help them for the rest of their school career and life. However, this teacher went____her duty when one of her pupils ______ her.

【推荐1】I was once a player of a professional football team, the Green Bay Packers. My first year in Green Bay, we _________ twice as many games as we won, and in 1957 we lost three times. In professional football, records like those were _________. Winning to us was a（n） _________ business, our bread and butter.

In December 1958, our coach _________ and our new coach Lombardi came in 1959. He said, “We' re going to _________ some games. You must have confidence in me. By working harder, you'll make fewer _________ . But first of all, you'll prepare yourself _________.” All of us caught his _________ and started working harder on the field.

We started our preseason games. Then, we won a game and our spirits _________. We kept on __________. By the end of the 1959 season, we had won seven out of 12 games with the same __________ who had lost 10 games the year before.

Coach Lombardi's __________ for work included a simple idea that we must have the mental toughness to __________. We got plenty of his __________. Every week he wrote advice on the bulletin board in the locker room, like “Tiredness makes cowards of us all. High physical condition is vital to __________”.

I'll never forget what coach Lombardi __________ me. He brought out __________ in me that changed my career by first giving me the enthusiasm to work harder. He spent much time just __________ me, examining the “hows” and “whys” of the game. Then he began to __________ my thinking.

“If you don't __________ the best of yourselves today,” he said to us before the game that Sunday, “you' re cheating yourselves, the team, or the millions of fans who are expecting a top-grade Packer performance.”

【推荐2】The snow was falling and the roads had become dangerous. The schools were dismissed early, but much to my surprise, my _________ wasn’t canceled. So I went, feeling especially heroic. As far as I could see, I was risking my life to keep my _________. Snow or no snow, I would be on time for my scheduled donation at the local blood center.

When I got there, I discovered I wasn’t _________. Four more “hero-types” were already lying back in donor chairs with lines _________ to their veins, and machines quietly pumping away to _________ their lifesaving gifts.

Seeing my fellow donors _________ their own commitments, I realized why I was there. I lay back in my donor chair, _________ to make a difference in the life of someone I would never meet.

To be honest, I’d never really thought about why I donate. I just do it. But a few months ago, during one of my _________ donations I learned that my blood was specifically for a cancer patient and for a newborn baby -- both patients needed what I would give in order to live. I’ve viewed my visits to the blood center _________ ever since.

My wife Karen is a donor, too. And more __________, she has been on the bone marrow (骨髄) list for fifteen years, ever since she signed up to provide bone marrow to a kindergartner with leukemia (白血病). That little girl died before Karen’s bone marrow could help her, __________

Karen was called again recently. Her test results were still on file, and it turned out she was a potential __________ for someone else. The caller asked Karen if she would still be willing to become a bone marrow donor. “Yes,” she said and then immediately began answering questions on the pages of paperwork for further testing. It was a race __________ time.

I wish I could say that this __________ was won. It wasn’t. The caller later thanked Karen for her participation and asked a few more questions including whether or not she’d __________ on the donor list. “Of course,” Karen answered.

Last week Karen gave blood and next week I’ll make my usual donation. I’ll clear an afternoon from my schedule and make an appointment. I don’t know whose life my donation may affect. It is worthwhile to take our time to donate.

I really do feel proud every time I donate. And I like the feeling.

【推荐3】A few years ago, I was with a close friend in a grocery store in California. As we walked along the aisle (过道), we became _______ of a mother with a small boy going in the opposite direction. The woman don’t noticed us because she was so _______ with her child, who _____ to eagerly pull items off the lower shelves. As the mother became more and more annoyed, she started to _______ at her son and progressed to shaking him by the arm.

At this point my friend spoke up. A wonderful mother of three, she had probably ______ in her life ____any child so harshly (严厉地). I _______ my friend would give this woman a serious _______ about the effect of this kind of behavior on the boy. However to my _______, my friend said, “What a(n) ______ little boy. How old is he?” The woman answered, “He’s three.” My friend went on to say how _______ he seemed and how her own three children _______ in the grocery store, pulling things off shelves. “He seems so bright,” my friend said. A(n)________ smile came to the woman’s face. She said, “Yes, he’s very smart, _______ sometimes he wears me out.” My friend responded, “They can do that; they’re so _______.”

As we _______ away, I heard the mother speaking more ______ to the boy about getting home and cooking his dinner. “We’ll have your favorite foods,” she told him.

How _______ my friend achieved harmony in the situation! Really, although sometimes it’s necessary to _____someone physically from hurting another person, more often it is helpful that we show love and _____to those lost in anger, allowing them to remember their own tenderness (温柔).