【推荐1】A farmer wanted to sell some baby dogs. He painted a _________ advertising (做广告) them and then set about nailing (用钉子钉牢) it to a post beside his yard. As he was driving the last nails into the post, he felt a sudden _________ on his trousers. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy.

“Mister,” he said, “I want to buy one of your little dogs.” “Sure,” said the farmer. And with that he _________ a whistle. “Here, Dolly!” he called. Out from the doghouse and down the road ran Dolly the mother _________ by four little balls of fur. The little boy _________ his face against the fence. His eyes danced with _________.

As the dogs _________ their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else moving inside the doghouse. _________ another little ball appeared, this one _________ smaller. In a somewhat awkward way the little dog began hobbling (蹒跚) towards the others, doing its best to __________.

“I just want that one,” the little boy said, pointing to it. The farmer said, “He is not a wise __________ as he will never be able to run and play with you like these other dogs would.”

With that the little boy __________ from the fence, and began rolling up one leg of his __________. In doing so he showed a steel brace (钢支架) running down both sides of his leg, “You see, sir, I don’t __________ too well myself, so I know he will need someone who __________ him.” he said.

The world is full of people who need someone that understands.

【推荐2】When Paul was a child,he and his father rescued a baby squirrel named Suzy. The two bonded over their love of the animal,and it was a(n)_______the boy never forgot.

Decades later,another baby squirrel_______her way into Paul’s life,bringing his experience full circle! It all_______in 2019 when he was walking by a store and saw a terrified baby squirrel who was being_______by two birds.

The squirrel had_______of its own nest and right into that of a bird’s—and the birds weren’t_______about it. As Paul watched,they_______the squirrel onto the sidewalk. That was when he knew he had to intervene(干涉).

“I tried to put her back near her_______but her mother never took her back,”Paul said. “And after waiting over nine hours,I_______to take her to my place for the night. Tried to go to her nest again the next day but her mother didn’t want her.”

Once at home, Paul realized the squirrel, who he named Stella, seemed________.From there, he discovered she was________in fleas(跳蚤),so he gave her a(n)________and got her all cleaned up. The change in her demeanor(举止)was instantaneous!He called their________an“instant connection”.

“It was like,me and her were________to be together,”said Paul. As time went on,Paul and Stella got closer and closer. He attempted to release her into the________many times, but she just kept coming back! He soon________she was choosing to be with him,noting that she can________at any time through the window he lives open in his house.

Stella has become a big________of Paul’s life and family. He says everyone who meets her loves her,and she even________with his two dogs. He often thinks about Suzy and his dad, and he’s________that he was able to rescue Stella like his father did all those years ago.

【推荐2】With evolving technology comes no surprise that our life is becoming increasingly dependent on digital devices. ________ doubt such devices have enriched and ________ our life.

The ________ of technology are all around us. Our cars and cell phones have navigation systems to ensure that we don’t get ________. Our cell phones have evolved into a(n) ________ world.

With faster ________ connections the only limit to what technology can do is our own ________. It’s 11 p.m. and your 14-year-old ________ hasn’t been home. Did she get kidnapped? Hit by a car? ________? Thanks to technology you can give her a call.

You might think, “She could be ________! What if she is with that no good boy?’ Thankfully, technology has your back and you can use the GPS tracker to ________ her.

It all sounds great, but every ________ has two sides. It seems like the daily news is reporting network ________. People have their virtual accounts ________ and have their information ________ or computer systems disabled.

What if your daughter dated with someone she met ________? Someone she thought was 14 years old like her, but factually was a 50-year-old predator? Thankfully, you can ________ her phone, and put an end to it ________ anything bad could happen.

To ________ my essay, is technology good or bad? It’s kind of like a hammer. You can use the hammer to build things or to harm others. It’s up to us to use it for legal or ________.

【推荐2】In the Washington Park, Tammy Anderson is a familiar and ________ figure. Tammy has worked as a crossing guard for the past six years. Although she is one of 600 guards in the city, she ________ from the crowd thanks to her ________ of dancing, singing, and waving cheerfully to drivers as she does her work.

Tammy could simply stand quietly and do her work, but where’s the ________ in that? She admits it was ________ that got her moving in the first place. “I still remember the first day I was on duty and it wasn’t long before I got bored just standing there,” Tammy ________. “Then someone waved at me… I waved back and then it got contagious (有感染力的) and I just started, hey!”

The mom of three never ________ to bring joy to local residents and has won genuine ________ with her daily “infectious” smile. “She does it from the heart. She doesn’t do it for a paycheck or for the recognition! She does it because this is what she really ________,” one resident said.

Her ________ may still be as bright as ever, but behind the scenes, things weren’t going so well for Tammy. Being a single mom, she’s ________ to keep up with the unpaid rent. And this is why she recently turned to her community. ________, when word got out that “the happy guard” appealed for ________, people opened their wallets and dished out far more.

As a crossing guard, Tammy ________ joy for free. Now the community is ________ the favor! To date, she’s raised over $19,000!

【推荐3】I will always love my mother. During the last four years of her life, Mom fought a brave but ________ battle against cancer. During that time she lost her health, her hair, and 40 pounds. She was in and out of the hospital more times than I could count. In the end as her life’s ________ faded away, we all ________ at her bedside and said goodbye. She was only 55 years old.

For a long while after her death, I was depressed and ________ with God. My own health ________ and I caught double pneumonia. ________ my body healed and my heart as well. It was the love of my children that ________ pulled me out of my despair and helped me to begin to live again. ________, I continued to ask God why my Mom had to die so young.

Only years later I began to ________ clearly what Mom had done in those last four years of her life. ________ cancer was beating her body, it certainly wasn’t beating her soul. Mom lived as she had ________ lived before. Even with cancer she worked outside our home and ________ the lives of her co-workers with her gentle, humor and kind spirit. She reconnected with old friends she hadn’t seen in years and made ________ memories with each one of them. She and my Dad ________ closer than I had ever seem them before. There was a ________ and a tenderness between them that moved us all. During her time with us, she ________ our souls with her love and she helped us to grow ________ enough to go on without her.

In her last four years Mom ________ her mission her. She showed us how to love God. She showed us how to meet death. She showed us that fear always flees in the face of ________. She showed us that to live life is to love life, no matter how much pain you have and no matter how much time you have ________. Thanks Mom! I will always love you.