【推荐1】I was returning home after a late music lesson. My parents were________a neighborhood meeting so I had to get home on my own. The street was_______than I had expected but I was not very worried about the 500-meter walk home. I was busy________my upcoming music ex-am when I became________that I was being followed.

I________on my way, alert (警觉) for any sound. There it was again, the________of someone walking behind me. I decided to run. To my horror, whoever was________me began to run too. The next instant, I ran into a dustbin by the road and_________flat on my front, I felt a hand grasp my arm and I screamed in________. Then I________myself looking at a shocked young lady.

The next moment, to my________, my parents appeared together with our neighbors. I was asked to________why I ran away from Jagdeesh, the young lady. After listening to me, Jagdeesh________. She told us that she was new to the neighborhood. On the way home, she was________behind me when she heard footsteps following her and she decided to run when she saw me run. It turned out that what she had heard was the neighborhood watch group pa-trolling (巡逻) the street. When I fell, she went to help me up, which________led to my screaming out in fear. The night ended with us having supper together. After that, we became firm friends.

【推荐2】One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, " ________ would anyone bring home all his hooks for the weekend? Everyone is enjoying the weekend. He must really be ________ " As I was walking, I saw several kids running towards him. They ran at him, ________ all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt. His glasses went ________ and landed in the grass.

My   ________ went out to him. So, I ran over to him. ________ I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, "Hey, thanks" I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it ________ , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends."

Kyle was the ________ student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore, he had the ________ to prepare a ________ speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was ________ . So, I patted him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be ________ ! " He looked at me and smiled.

He cleared his throat, and began. "Graduation is a time to ________ those who helped you make it through those ________ years. Your parents, your teachers ... but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best ________ you can give him. "

I just looked at my friend with ________ as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to ________ at that time and was carrying his books home. "Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend ________ me from doing the unspeakable."

Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate (低估)the ________ of your actions. With one small gesture you can ________ a person's life. For better or for worse.

【推荐1】I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left ________. Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other ________?

I was ________ in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, when children from different races and religions played and studied together in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone’s ________ from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu — we just ________ our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well meant or otherwise. We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d ________ the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to ________ the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his ________. When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I lost touch with him.

One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. When I ________ my destination, the driver acknowledged (告知收到) my ________ but did not move off. Instead, he looked fixedly at me. “Raddar?” he said, using my childhood nickname. I was astonished at being so ________ addressed (称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two ________ we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true ________ something hard to describe.

If we can allow our children to be themselves without ________, they’ll build friendships with people ________ race or religion, who will be by their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and then we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, “We happy few. We band of brothers.”