【推荐1】Megan’s Library of Love book drive began in 2006, in memory of a student who passed away. The _______ to send books to a school _______ was created by Megan’s classmates at Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School as a tribute (悼念) to her.

The project formed out of the desire to _______ Megan, to help our community heal, and to make a _______ in the life of others. Students have many _______ of Megan, but the most vivid was her love for her family and the diligent _______ she gave to her classmates. They combined this with her _______ for learning and reading to create the Library of Love. This project honors Megan’s special qualities. In the _______ of one of her classmates, Megan was, “A good daughter, a good student, a good friend.” We are all blessed to have been a _______ of Megan’s life.

Every February, on Megan’s birthday, fifth graders at Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School ________ donations of newly purchased books and send them to a school in need. The “Love books” are truly a ________ of love meant to ________ reading and learning. Students earn the money for postage by writing letters to local ________ . The fifth graders also have the ________ of labeling every book with a Library of Love sticker (标签), ________ the books into categories (类别), and ________ all the books for shipping.

In the two years since the Library of Love ________ began, students have collected over 5000 newly purchased books to send to schools in need. In 2006, 3419 books were sent to St. Bernard’s Parish to help ________ their school library after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the community. In 2007, 1613 books were sent to White Mountain School in Alaska, who ________ their high school in a fire. Students look forward to sending the gift of ________ to other schools.

【推荐2】Adam Gillian, a homeless man, usually stopped into Alexander Archbold's antique store to sell what he'd found. And the owner would often_______items off the man, even if they weren't worth anything,_______Cillian could grab a bite to eat.

When Gillian brought in a picture of Disney's Bambi, Archbold_______ it was a replica (复制品), so he gave Gillian $20 for the_______. It wasn't until he was cleaning up the piece that he_______, from the copyright date of 1937 on its back, that it was a(n)_______hand-drawn image.

Archbold posted the discovery on YouTube. In the video he_______the artwork to be worth $3,500 but admitted that he didn't feel right taking _______ much money after having just paid $20. "I'd like to _______ the profits, 50/50," he said.“I think it's just the__________thing to do.”

Archbold can __________ Gillian's hardship. For part of his childhood, despite his mother working three jobs, he and his family struggled with __________. In junior high, he called a motel (汽车旅馆) room home.

"The __________is," Archbold said,“I don't know where to find Gillian. ”So, when Gillian __________back into the store, Archbold, who had __________ for him for a long time without any result, was excited to __________have the chance to give him his__________.

However, what Archbold was able to give Gillian went__________money. A GoFundMe to help provide__________for Gillian quickly raised enough for him to settle down. On top of that, thanks to all the__________,   Gillian's family finally came to contact him.

【推荐3】One winter nine years ago, I _______ at a homeless shelter in Los Angeles, preparing meals for people. There I met Albert, who said he liked my socks. “Want to see mine?” he asked, lifting his _______. He was bare foot. He said he had been hoping to get a pair but had never made it. I felt a _________feeling in my stomach.

The next day, after work, I went to buy socks — about $100 _______. That next morning, ___________my alarm for 5 a.m. and drove to the local park, a common destination for _______ people.

It was still dark out. I took out a bag of socks and _______a group of men, standing around a tree, _______with cold. When I handed each of them a pair of socks, they looked confused at first, _________________my motives (动机), but took them.

An hour later, I ________all the socks. Most people were sleeping. I felt like Santa. When they would wake up, they would find a very meaningful present .Every week I’ll hand out many socks. If I’m away for more than a week, I will bring socks with me and hand them out to the homeless in other states and countries.

In the past years, this has become my habit. It’s __________, I suppose, and it’s incredibly ________to help make some people’s ________ a little bit easier. Part of me hopes to see Albert out there, but ________, I don’t, I’d like to think one of the pairs will ________him.

【推荐1】When I was boarding a bus, I saw a young black woman standing in line. As we climbed on, she _______ the silver bracelet (手镯) I was wearing.

“I like your bracelet,” she said.

“Thanks. I bought it in Mexico recently.” I_______.

She told me that this thin silver chain was _______ the type of bracelet she’d been looking for. I _______ to give it to her.

“Oh, no, I couldn’t” was her _______ answer.

“It’s okay.” I comforted her, “It wasn’t expensive.” “Maybe I can _______ it from you,” she suggested.

“Look,” I said, “what would be_______ fun – buying a bracelet from a total stranger or receiving a _______ from a total stranger?”

She _______ that the gift would be much better. I took the bracelet off my wrist and put it on hers. It looked great. _______ the bus, the _______ woman handed me a piece of note. I thanked her and _______ it in my pocket. A few hours later I remembered the paper_______ read it. In pencil she had written:

Dear Miss,

Today was a(n) _______ day for me. You see, I am going out into the world without the _______ of my family to see _______ it is like. Soon I will be going off to college, and today I am trying being _______ away from home. Thank you so much for being the first person I was to _______. God bless you.

I have her _______, which has been one of my favorite possessions (财产), _______ on my wall.

【推荐2】I never forget the single act of kindness that changed my life over 25 years ago. During a vacation trip, I needed to find my_________to the Greyhound bus station, some 30 miles away. Being a_________student, I had little money to get there.

I_________to call various taxis and shuttle services but they were all too_________   or too far away to pick me up. Then, I got one person on the_________who managed to make out that I needed a ride to the Greyhound station but only had limited financial_________and he agreed to transport me! He came to pick me up about 45 minutes later. The driver was older and I remember_________why the shuttle didn’t have a meter（计时器）but his ID was there and I could see this was his business. The driver was so kind. He knew I was_________he distracted me with stories and good_________. He said I looked like his granddaughter.

At one point, I asked him why he__________so little to the others. Then, he patiently explained that he was__________retired and hadn’t removed his number from the phone book but when I called, clearly upset, he felt driven to help. This man drove an hour out of his way to help a person he didn't know for a fee that only__________his gas, if that! Because of his kindness, I knew things were going to be okay. This man's kindness warms my heart every time I think of him.__________, I didn’t get his name and his face has disappeared gradually from my memory but he is on my mind often and I wish I could thank him__________.“Thank you Mr. Angel Shuttle-Man! I hope your granddaughter knows what a (n)__________grandfather she has!”

【推荐3】One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be _______ when you are not busy finding fault with it.

Several years ago I _______ a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always _______ by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and _______ was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really _______ person.

Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her _______. Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost _______ to deal with was that the day before the _______, Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her _______ of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to ________. It wasn’t until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became ________ her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to ________ everything so harshly(刻薄). She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her ________ as well.

Perhaps most of us aren’t as extreme at fault-finding, ________ when we’re honest, we can be sharply ________ of the world. I’m not suggesting you ________ problems, or that you pretend things are ________ than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are — ________ most of the time, and especially when it’s not a really big ________.

Train yourself to ＂bite your tongue＂, and with a little ________, you’ll get really good at letting things go. And when you do, you’ll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.

【推荐1】I can still remember the afternoon when we climbed the mountain as if it were yesterday. It was a sunny day. ________ to spend some time outdoors, I went up the mountain with Uncle Jimmy. The mountain was not easy to climb and had tough rocks and streams on it. In the end, ________ and hot, I couldn’t go any further. ________, we went back down the mountain in the end. On the way back down, Uncle Jimmy asked me a question, which ________ me speechless for a second: “What’s your dream, young lady?” “I have no idea,” I answered after thinking for a while. Then he smiled and told me about his ________. He didn’t ________ well at school when he was a student. Although ________ thought he could succeed, he knew ________ what his dream was — to be a ________. “I knew I wasn’t ________ when it came to studying, so I tried to buy snacks from a nearby market and sell them after class,” he told me. After he left school, he started selling different items to ________ which one was most attractive to customers. Of course, he often had no money in his pocket, but ________ difficult life was, he never gave up.

“There is no ________ that a person who puts in a great deal of ________ to reach his or her goal will have good luck at some point. The meaning of life is to chase your dream,” he said gently.

That night I could not fall asleep. With my eyes wide open, I lay in bed tossing and turning, asking myself, “What’s my motivation?” I wanted to be a top student, but the hard work ________ meant putting everything into following my ________. If I find myself ________ willpower, what should I do? Leaving home early the next morning, I climbed the mountain again all by myself. It made me think: If we don’t ________ the climb, how can we get to enjoy the scenery on the top of the mountain? At last, I reached the top and was ________ by the warm breeze and sunshine. Nothing could be more ________ than that.