【推荐1】My mother has a unique way of embarrassing her children.Whenever she gets_______about something，she jumps up and down，screaming.We_______this as the “silly dances”. As her daughter，I find this completely embarrassing.Anytime she goes into the silly dance，I will _______slowly away，smile awkwardly，and _______to people，“No，she's not my mother.”

Even though my mother brought me much _______when I was little，and even though she still does the silly dance when something goes her way，I now _______it.Because the silly dance shows just who she is，and it shows that she is happy._______she didn't do her dance and just obeyed our wishes for “not in public，Mom”，she would compromise(妥协) who she is.I owe a lot of my _______for the theater to my mother.I now sing publicly like my mother does.And my friends are always doing that _______awkward smile and usually whispering under their breath，“Carolyn，public.”

So in many ways I'm becoming my mother.I'm not going to________singing just because people feel embarrassed at it.I have no ________that I will embarrass my own children with my performance of the “silly dance”. So what? That's who I am.

It's my________that everyone should dance to the beat of her own drum，even if the guy next to you gives you a(n)________look.I believe in the things that set us apart.I believe in being myself，no matter how many awkward smiles I ________. I believe in the idea that never ________who I am.

【推荐2】I never expected to go to the University of Michigan. I grew up in a small Midwest town where college wasn’t ________ by any means. Many students entered the workplace straight out of high school. For a long time, that’s where I thought I would end up.

At some point during my senior year, I started ________ everywhere, just. I had the required grades and the ACT (American College Testing) ________ , but I came from a town of nowhere. So you can imagine the emotions of________   I had when I received a big envelope in the mail with the word “ ________ ” written across the top.

Now that the opportunity was open to me, I decided to go. I had received ________ aid and scholarships, which I think was a ________ factor (因素) in the decision. And it seemed that no matter how much work I ________ , it would just be considered a waste of ________ . I often felt I was lacking ________ . I did the application all by myself. After moving to college, I did two jobs and paid for my ________ and bills.

Looking back on it now, I feel that it wasn’t ________ to be self-reliant. But in the long run, I ________ the lack of support I had at such a key point in my life which taught me to be ________ and responsible in hard times, to go beyond ________ and to try things I never thought I would ever be able to try. I believe that’s what college is all about.

【推荐3】I’m proud of myself for this kindness I did last night. I did it ________ and did the right thing. However, I was unwilling to _______, because by sharing 1 am also sharing the ________ and more self-centered side of myself.

It was last night and I ________ my shift at work. It was late and I wanted to go straight home. On my way out of the door I ________ a fellow staff member and colleague. She doesn’t have a ________ and usually either catches a taxi home or _______ for an hour waiting for _______ staff member and friend of here to finish work.

In the past I’ve ________ to drive her home as she ________ on my side of town. But last night I really did not want to. I wanted to ________ straight home, alone. And I did not have to make “small talk”.

So I tried to ________ her, walking past her, heading down, and stealing out (偷溜) to the _______ without letting her see me and _______ without offering her a lift.

Yet, something in myself was stopping me. Something in myself made me ________ her and put myself in her shoes. She had young ________ who she wanted to go home to attend to and, she could go home right now _______ I took her, not an hour later when the other staff member and friend of hers who was taking her. So I offered.She_______. And of course, she was extremely ________.

Well, I learned a great ________ last night about not being so self-centered and selfish!

【推荐1】Madison Williams was studying in her bedroom when the door burst open. Her mother, Leigh, hurried into her daughter’s room, making a(n)______: “Can you help?”

Madison and her mother ran to a neighbor’s yard, where they found a ______ woman and other adults ______ a septic tank (化粪池) opening a few inches above the lawn. A boy, aged only two, had ______ an eight-foot-deep tank.

Madison quickly ______ the situation. She knew she was the only one who could ______ through the small hole. Without ______, she told the adults to lower her in. Leigh and others held her waist and ______. Madison shook her arms and shoulders until she got through the ______ into the dark and smelly tank. In the process, she ______ one hand severely. Rather than tend to her injury, Madison scanned the ______ of the water, hoping to feel the boy. Every once in a while, she could see his little ______ in the water but failed to catch his foot. Minutes ticked by before she saw the ______ of his foot again. Madison shot her good hand out and grasped the foot ______. Then both of them were lifted out.

But the boy wasn’t out of ______. He had been short of oxygen so long that he wasn’t ______. He was placed on his side, and an adult ______ him hard on the back until the boy coughed up fluids. Then they were rushed to the hospital.

It took Madison longer to ______ than the boy, who returned home soon. She,______, stayed there for her injury. “Madison’s a hero,” the boy’s mother says, “What other teenage girls will ______ to go into a septic tank?”

【推荐3】I’m a second-year student of Coventry University. For more than a year, I have been volunteering for SHOUT, a text-based _________ health support service.

This time last year, we all watched the COVID-19 unfold across the country. I had planned to work in the summer vacation, but this became _________ when the first lockdown began. My days became a(n) _________ of watching the news and wishing I could do something, Fortunately, I learned about SHOUT in an email from my university’s volunteering team _________ the charity needed more volunteers, due to the increase in _________ they were receiving since the pandemic (流行病) began. I applied instantly.

SHOUT volunteers _________ as a listening ear to anyone who needs support, at any time, with their mental health. The service supports them and encourages self-care techniques to keep people _________ during the pandemic. This service was especially important during lockdown, when clinical services were often _________. As volunteers, we never give advice; often our texters just need someone to _________.

My volunteering __________ have had a huge and positive impact on my mental health. I have been able to gain new __________ from gardening to instructing. In a voluntary capacity, the pressure is off. If I’m struggling, my teammates will always encourage me to rest and __________ for a while. And when I’m feeling strong, I can get involved again and __________ other people in their time of need.

The skills I’ve gained by volunteering have given me the __________ to successfully apply for an internship (实习生) with Coventry University. I strongly believe volunteering has changed my life, and I encourage everyone to __________ opportunities to change theirs too.

【推荐1】It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn’t think there would be any________, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies________at my desk, a pale woman and four children.

“Are you all________?” I asked. “Yes,” she said weakly and lowered her head.

But when it came to________of their problems, things got a little strange. Two of the children had headaches, but they didn’t show any________of headaches at all. Two children had earaches,   but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The mother________of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.

Something was wrong. Our hospital policy,________, was not to turn away any patient. I explained it might be a little while before a doctor saw her. She responded immediately, even a bit________“Take your time,” and then added, “It’s warm in here.”

Then, I checked their registration form out of curiosity. No address—they were________.The waiting room was warm. I went back to the nurses’ station and mentioned we had a homeless________in the waiting room. The nurses, complaining of________on Christmas, turned to sympathy for a family just trying to get________on Christmas. The team went into action, much as we do when there’s a________emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency.

We were all________a free meal on Christmas Day, so we took back that meal and prepared a big dinner for our________.We needed presents. We________from different departments candies, fruits and other things________that could be presents. As seriously as we met the________needs of the patients, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be warm on Christmas.

____, as the family walked to the door to leave, the mother came______back, gave me a hug and whispered, “Thanks for being our angels today.”

【推荐3】When Mike Mushaw decided to join the national bone marrow registry (骨髓登记) nearly three years ago, he never really gave it a second thought. After all, he did it only because his college football coach had _________ him and his teammates to register.

About six months after the registry, Mushaw got a call. His bone marrow matched a _________ in Virginia. Mushaw didn’t know it at the time that his marrow would _________ to a five-month-old girl named Eleanor with a rare _________. She had hardly left her house, and the only place she went to was the _________ because her immune system was far too _________. As the days and weeks passed, her condition had become only more _________ and she would die without a transplant(移植).

Still, nobody was sure of the success. At first, Eleanors family had only hoped that she would have some improvement from the transplant, enough to _________ a more normal life. But after a few weeks, the doctors came back with _________ news: Eleanor’s condition hadn’t just __________—Mushaw’s bone marrow had cured (治愈)her.

“She is doing amazingly well,” Eleanor’s mother said. __________ than we ever expected her to be. It was a little surprising just because of how serious her condition was, but it was more of a relief and __________ feeling than anything."

Mushaw didn’t know any of this until Eleanor’s parents sent him an e-mail to __________ him for saving her life. "When they told me it was a little girl, I choked up (哽咽) a little, " Mushaw said, "Just to hear that someone so __________ has such a serious disease and her only __________ is in your bone marrow is a heavy feeling."But he was pleased that his kindness had saved a life and even one small act of kindness can go a long way.