【推荐1】Our house was near a hospital. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out-patients in the hospital.

One summer evening as I was________ supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful — looking man. He was________ taller than my eight- year- old son. I would lose roomers by________ such people. Yet his voice was________ as he said, “ Good evening. I’ve come to see if you have a________ for just one night. I came for a treatment this morning. There is no bus until tomorrow morning.” For a moment, I hesitated, but his next words ________ me, “I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch. My________ leaves quite early in the morning.”

When I finished fixing supper, I asked him if he would________ us. He politely refused. Later, I went out on the porch to talk with him. Soon I found this old man had an oversized heart crowded into that tiny________. He told- me he fished for a living to________ his five children. He didn’t tell it by way of________. He was________ that no pain accompanied his disease though the disease affected his life to some degree… “Could I please come back and stay the next time I have a________?” Before he left for his bus, he said, as if asking for a great________. I told him he was welcome to come again.

Over these years, when he came to stay overnight with us. there was never a time that he didn’t bring us marine food. I know our family will always be grateful to have known him. From him, we learned what it was to________ the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude.

【推荐3】In a Meigs Academic Magnet School classroom in Nashville, Tennessee, a sign reads, “choose kindness.”

Teacher Lisa Shaffer is making the extra _______ to have her sixth graders _______ those words. She _______ her class can learn empathy (同理心). When Shaffer read about someone hiding money around the city, she told her class about it. The students were very _______.

Deciding to take classwork a bit outside the _______ , Shaffer took $5 bills, and the class began to throw out _______ where in the city they should put them.

“You’d have to put it somewhere where people would need the _______,” said student Thomas Grant.

“It needs to be someplace in town where people are maybe _______,” added student Cassidy Gambill.

The money went in bags with a _______ , which said, “If you need it, please take it and use it for whatever. If you don’t ________ $5, leave it where you want to put it until someone else picks it up. If you find it, please email us.”

What six sites were ________ for the money? Two of them were hospitals, another two were near humane organizations and the last two were at sites ________ where people were experiencing homelessness.

The class heard one of the bills had been ________. It was given to the Nashville Humane (人道的) Association. Shaffer said this was ________. She said maybe the person was encouraged by her class to choose ________.

【推荐1】On July 15, a small community in Colorado witnessed an extraordinary act of bravery during a fierce wildfire. Firefighter John Smith should have_______his shift hours earlier, but his_______to stay saved a family’s home from destruction. His_______came from a commitment to protect his community.

As reported by local news, Smith was nearing the end of his_______when he noticed a house in the path of the advancing flames. Without hesitation, he_______to the scene, aware that every second counted. He quickly assessed the situation and realized that with_______assistance, he might save the house.

He_______and grabbed a hose, battling the flames with intense focus. After hours of relentless effort, he managed to contain the fire, preventing it from spreading to the nearby_______area.

Once the danger had passed, the homeowners were_______and couldn’t express enough gratitude to Smith. They knew that their home would have been reduced to ashes without his_______efforts.

As for Smith, he remained_______about his heroic actions. “I was just doing my job,” he said modestly. In his view, it was not a_______, but rather a duty. “Anyone in my_______would have done the same,” he added.

Though Smith and the family were_______before the incident, they have since formed a strong bond. Smith may not have won any official_______, but his act of selflessness and courage won the hearts of the entire community.

【推荐2】A homeless man finally has a home thanks to a homemade sign and the kindness of strangers.

Michael Bucknell has struggled with ________ and difficult landlords that have made it hard to hold down a place over the years. He has had a ________ time since he’s been on the streets of Wakefield. People have shouted at him and ________ him of being a drug-addict.

Tired of being shouted at, he wanted to have a ________ over his head recently. He made a post and ________ it to where he sat outside Wakefield Aldi, which read :“I’m Michael. I don’t do drugs or alcohol. I have been unlucky and ________ being homeless. I’m looking for work or any odd job. Thanks for your help and kindness.”

He was ________ by a woman named Mollie May who shared his sign on Facebook. She encouraged passers-by to give him a ________ or let her know if they could offer him any work. While Michael hasn’t yet managed to get a job, more and more people have stopped to ________ to him or grab him something to eat. He raised £ 150 and took it to Dominion Housing Services, which provides unemployed people with ________ in Wakefield. He has been given a place to stay, and is now hoping to furnish it with some ________ such as a toaster and a TV if he can raise the funds.

“It’s a ________ start and I hope it will be a new chapter of my life. It feels brilliant—I can’t thank the public enough. They ________ me in a big way.”

Michael is now ________ the street, planning his future. ________, he is going to grab this opportunity with both hands and not let it go.

【推荐3】Okay. I’ll admit it. I can be a complainer. After all, there’s so much in this life to ________ about: the dirty clothes piled in the bath, that ________ neighbor’s loud music, my husband’s shoes left ________ at the front door, rainy days, traffic...

In fact, I can distinctly recall the exact ________ when I first realized my complaining habit reached its expert level.

One day, as I ________ my husband once again to remove his bills from the dining-room table, ________ his shoes, and lower that dog-gone radio, he put up his hand. “Stop! Stop your complaining. It’s ________ me crazy.” His eyes widened. Then he grabbed his car ________ and ran out of the door.

Perhaps I’d gone too far, I thought. Maybe I really did complain too much.

I took a breather and sat down to think about ________. I could lock myself in the bathroom and scream. No. The neighbors would probably ________ me. Phone a friend? She probably wouldn’t be a friend for very long. Then an idea ________ me. Perhaps, I thought, a complaint journal might be the ________ I was seeking.

The initial benefit was ________. My husband opened up to me more. Other benefits took more time to become apparent. Old friendships became deeper, and new friendships ________. Neighbors became more neighborly. Overall, I started to just feel better—happier and ________ stressed.