【推荐1】WHAT are good friends? This is not a (an) _______question. But Mark and Jarryd Haines,

___________, have always been good friends. The two boys from Sydney have known each other for most of their lives. Both of them_______playing Australian football.

A few years ago, when Mark was nine, he developed brain cancer. The _______robbed the boy of his _______, part of his hearing and his ability to play his favorite sport._______, throughout the years, Jarryd_______his closest friend. They still share their love of Australian football. And they still like talking about the Sydney Swans, their favorite team.

Two weeks ago, I took my___________at Sydney Cricket Ground to watch the Swans. The old stadium_______fans. Shortly into the second quarter, I heard some great commentary (现场解说) from a boy. Play by play, Jarryd was bringing the game to ________. I turned and saw him. Mark was sitting next to him.

__________he cannot see anymore, Mark still loves the Swans very much. Usually, he goes to the stadium and listens to the commentary on the radio. But in the second quarter of that match, the radio system ________. That was when his friend Jarryd stepped in.

I ________looked at the Swans and Buddy, the team's star player. ________that, I was focusing on Jarryd and Mark. ''What's happening now, mate?'' Mark asked. ''Don't worry, Mark,'' Jarryd replied. ''Okay. Buddy's got it. Will he go for it? He's going for it! It's his tenth goal! Buddy is________!''Mark listened carefully. He was lost in the________of Australian football brought to life by his friend.

Sports can be ________. Yet, they can also allow us to share wonderful________with others,____________they be close friends or perfect strangers. Here, Jarryd and Mark have moved me, and perhaps some other spectators (观众), with their precious________.

【推荐2】Honest Thanks

I sat down at my desk and started writing. I wrote an emotional letter of gratitude. I put the notecard into the ______， sealed it and stuck the stamps on it, but when it came to actually placing the letter into the mailbox ...I ______.

The letter was to a schoolmate with whom I kept in contact via Facebook ______. She had inspired me to live a(n) ______ life — for example, by ______ more.

Her volunteer efforts weren't ______ — she wasn't building wells in Uganda, but ______ she was doing small, local good deeds, such as serving as a crossing guard. These were things I could do,   too. She made me ______ I could make a difference here at home. I felt I should let her know how her ______ positively influenced my life. I could have easily sent her an email, ______ that seemed a bit lame for such an important thank you. That's why I ended up ______ the letter. But now I stood before the mailbox, unable to place the envelope inside. What was ______ me? Why was this so ______ to do? I guess I felt strange because it wasn't like she was my best friend. I just knew her. “People don't ______ do this，” I thought to myself. However, ______ thinking it over, I still felt a(n) ______ to let her know how grateful I was. Finally, I put the envelope in the mailbox.

Weeks later I received her reply. She was ______ a tough time and my letter meant the ______ to her. She didn't know she had such a(n) ______ on others. Not only did this letter make her happy, but her response to it increased my ______ of happiness. I decided to write a gratitude letter to someone each month. Cultivating gratitude is a great skill to practice. Life is too short not to do it.

【推荐3】Cake and birthdays go hand in hand. However, on her first birthday, Akeesha Rose __ an extra special treat. Her aunt, Leah O'Brien, had placed an order for a Peppa Pig themed ___at a bakery. Little did she know that when she went to____it, another customer had paid for it and left a __ for the ^“birthday girl". It read： " __ what would have been my little girl’s first birthday, I have chosen to pay for your birthday cake. I am __ to buy my daughter a cake of her own today, but I hope you enjoy this one and have a fantastic birthday. Hannah's __ ."

Ms. O'Brien told BBC News NI she was "overjoyed". "I'd never heard of anything like this happening before. It was such a kind __."

Determined （坚定的）to find out more about Hannah, and to thank her dad, Ms. O Brien ___pictures of the cake and card on Facebook.

"I __ wasn't sure if the family would be happy with me doing so, but I really wanted to reach out to them," she told BBC News NI.

With thousands of people liking, __ and commenting, it wasn't too long before Ms. O’Brien uncovered the __ of Hannah's father — Gareth Bronte.

Tuesday 10 September would've been my daughter's first birthday,” he told BBC News NI. "Unfortunately, she died after eight days and I wasn't going to get the __ to buy her a birthday cake. But I wanted to share some___ about in her memory. I walked into the bakery. said I wanted to __ for someone else's birthday cake and explained the reason why. And it just so __ that there was a cake ordered for the one-year-old girl."

"Some people said my actions had restored some faith in humanity （人，性）for them, but I just___ it for Hannah."

Kristy, Gareth's wife, said she hoped his actions would open a __ for other parents who had lost children and help ___their sadness.

After Mr. Bronte's act of kindness, Ms. O'Brien felt driven to follow suit and put money towards another __ cake at the bakery.