【推荐2】I work up early the other day. When I was washing my face, I received a（n） _______ from a taxi driver who had my friend’s mobile phone. It was easy to _______ that my friend had left it in the _______ the night before. The driver had called others, but I was the first one to _______ . The driver asked me where he could _______ the phone off. I told him the street where I _______ , quickly jumped out of bed, and got dressed to _______ him on the comer of the street. The driver drove all the way from Queens to _______ this phone. I believed if he had taken on a passenger or two, he could have made some good _______ from driving that distance.

When I met up with the driver, I thanked him for making an effort to find the   __________ . I was so happy for my friend because of this man’s __________ . My friend recently moved to New York from abroad and I could imagine how __________ the phone was. I further asked the driver if I could get his __________ so that my friend could __________ him as well. He said my thankfulness was all that he __________ and drove off.

I emailed my friend and told him I had his phone. Later that day, I met him and described how I had __________ it. My friend said he couldn’t believes such kindness __________ in this big city. He told me he could not __________ to pay it forward.

I was so __________ after experiencing the kindness. It just __________ my day.

【推荐3】I was driving in my car the other day. The sun was out, the radio was playing, and I was singing along. The song was so _______ that even my weak voice sounded good. Then it _______, however. The sweet sound of the music _______ and there came the unpleasant news. Gas prices _______ again. Fans of two sports teams got into fight. I sighed and wondered about this _______ world we live in. _______, I could take no more and turned off the radio. Silence seemed preferable to listening to anything else about the crazy, _______ society we live in. I slowed down as I entered a town and _______ the people as I drove by. A tall man was _______ an elderly lady out of a car and helping her place her walker so she could go into store in her wheelchair. A smiling woman was ________ food onto the square while a dozen birds flew down to enjoy the food being laid out before them. A young man was walking along, carrying his ________ safely in his arms. When the daughter pulled the hat off his head, they both ________. I laughed too as I looked at all of his ________. The radio may have been off in my car, but in my ________ I was still singing.

In truth, this world could have more kindness and less competitions. Kindness makes us all ________ in this life and our life will be full of love and joy.

【推荐1】Our ancient nomadic (游牧的) ancestor would often sing or dance to show others where to find food. In my family, we’ve always had music around us too and this influence is starting to ______. Our seven-year-old son has ______ to perform his own raps which are quite excellent even without considering how ______ he is. Our four-year-old daughter is showing her musical ______ too —she started to make up little ditties (小调).

What is most joyous about our shared ______ of music are those moments when we all come together as a ______. My favorite time happened in April when I was feeling quite ______ I was cooking breakfast when the kids ______ that I was playing dance music. My seven-year-old son then started to join in dancing. This ______ his four-year-old sister, soon the three of us were jumping up and down. It was a moment of real ______ and it turned around how I was feeling.

At that point, I felt like music would be the way to ______ to the kids. I’ve sat down with my son and together we’ve remixed his voice and I’ve sat with my daughter and we’ve played the guitar. We might not be ______ anything about the whereabouts of food as our ancestor did. But we are giving them an ______ through song. We’re teaching them “Flower of Scotland” so that they might know something about their heritage.

Through ______, we have all become a ______ family.

【推荐2】I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist proposed that the_________society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the consumer society, I_________hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood. As the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said, “This is the best thing you _________have done. Life has become hopelessly_______. A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you_________things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise.” I agreed. Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. After some time, I_________at the other end of the town. I was amazed that this simple vehicle could let me_________long distances in a fairly short time. But how_________did I really go?

Since I hated to be_______, I went back to Mr. Johnson and asked him to__________an odometer (里程表) on my bicycle. He agreed, but added, “An odometer without a speedometer (速度计) is like a__________without a knife.” I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices (装置) were__________ to the handlebars of my bicycle. “What about a horn?” he then asked. “Look, this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many functions.” Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn.

“You can’t leave the back part ________,” noted Mr. Johnson. He fixed a metal box with buttons behind the seat, and said, “Is there anything better than this oven when you feel__________on your way? I can give you a special discount.” I was not strong enough to__________the offer.

“I congratulate you once more; this is the best thing you could have done,” said Mr. Johnson in the end.