【推荐1】When Charlie reached 13 years old, his father David introduced him to rock climbing. One day they _______ to set out for the wild Bighorn Crags and filled their packs with enough supplies to last two weeks. _______ during the second week, David had an accident and broke several bones.

Charlie _______ his father down to the base of the cliff(悬崖).It was dusk and David was shaking with cold and exhaustion. Charlie returned to their campsite, more than a mile down a steep slop(斜坡)，and _______ sleeping bags, warm clothes and energy bars. Worried that David would die if he fell asleep, Charlie kept the _______ going; they talked about past travels, the stars overhead and the accident. _______ Charlie allowed himself a very short _______ checking on his father each time he awoke.

When the sun rose, Charlie was _______ to see that his father was awake. They started down the slope and _______their campsite around 4 p.m. David ________ Charlie to look for help the next morning. Charlie burst into tears, but he knew he didn't have a ________ Just after dawn, Charlie headed toward the volunteers’ house, determined to bring back a ________ that would carry his father to safety.

Charlie’s ________ was 12 miles away, where people had a two-way radio, which could be ________ to call for help. On his way, Charlie ________ voices in the distance. He blew his whistle and called out, and the voices ________.Following his ears, Charlie ________ some people. Hearing the ________ in Charlie's voice, one man offered to run to the volunteers' house and Charlie followed him.

Sometime that evening, David awoke at a hospital, with Charlie at his ________ Father and son hugged. Charlie had kept his ________ He brought back a helicopter.

【推荐2】I got out of the car that rainy Tuesday, already tired, and headed toward the rehab center where I work as an acupuncturist. It had been a_________morning with my son, Adrian, who has ADD (过动症). By the entrance, something caught my eye — a_________. Where did she come from?

_________of my colleagues knew anything about her. But a client told me she had been_________the last few nights. At the end of my_________, I saw her in the same spot, cold and_________. “Go find your family,” I said.

It rained the next day. When I_________out for a break, there she was, getting rained on again. Halfway home that evening, I made a turn back to the rehab. I_________the chicken and drove home, her beak (喙) on my shoulder the entire_________.

I asked online if anyone had lost a chicken. A week went by. No one__________her. My rescue made her__________— even laying eggs in my couch.

The biggest surprise was how Adrian took__________her. His illness makes him lose temper frequently. But not with the chicken. I’ve never seen Adrian so__________before. It’s a blessing to see the__________between them. That Tuesday, I told the chicken to find her__________. Little did I know it would turn out to be us!

【推荐3】Years ago I was _______in the Himalayas and had made the mistake of changing a large amount of money into the local currency(货币).________I walked through the villages of the Annapurna, it soon became clear that the people were too________to supply even the simplest goods. They had nothing. This meant that it was no use carrying the wad(捆) of________ in my pack and I was a virtual(虚拟的) walking millionaire compared to the local people. I grew to________the money and it was embarrassing to have it in my bag. This resulted ________ a remarkable experience that ________ me deeply and its effect has never left me.

On this particular day I was left behind by fellow hikers and found myself in a valley. As I made myself down, I noticed a young girl around ________ some sheep.Like so many of the children of the amazing Nepalese people, she was very beautiful.I couldn’t________looking at her and she looked at me. As I approached her she suddenly rushed over to me, and without a________, handed me a flower. She________at me for a tiny moment and then she ran away.The spirit in this lovely child had responded to something she saw in me and her first idea was to find something to________.Because of her________, there was nothing she had________ a single flower.The weight of my bag was never heavier than at this moment and I had just received one of themost valuable________ I had ever had in my life.

【推荐1】Happiness always lies in giving help to others. And Steven Smith has just set us a good example.

Donald Austin is a teacher. He had a_________accident several months ago. And he had to spend three months in hospital. He also had part of his left _________cut off.

Now he was able to go back home. Donald thought he could go up the steps to the front door of his home using walking sticks. But he wasn’t as_________as he had hoped. And the wheelchair was too_________. His wife, Jennifer Austin, couldn’t lift it up the steps, even with his mother’s help. Donald gave up at last. And the family all felt very sad. They were out of strength and almost lost_________.

Just then, a car_________their eyes. It had driven past but was slowly_________back. The stranger, Steven Smith, stopped and asked if he could help. The family watched Smith help Donald inside the house and place him carefully on the sofa. But Smith knew there was still more to do.

He thought Donald might have to_________those steps many times in the future. So the next day, Smith came to Donald’s house again. He asked if he could build a ramp (斜坡) in front of the house. With some other helping hands, Smith successfully built a ramp over the steps. And now the wheelchair can go up and down easily. The kind act brought the family to_________.

“This stranger has__________the day for us twice within 24 hours,” Jennifer wrote on Facebook. “He brought us hope and made our day more beautiful.”

【推荐2】Teaching is always a challenge. Each student has his own needs and difficulties. A student called Billy _______ me with his behavior. He struggled daily with his uncontrollable emotions and often became angry. To make _______ progress, his emotions needed controlling.

One _______ I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he reached school. Billy’s mom would _______ me to inform me of a particularly emotional morning at home. Then, I would _______ calming him down.

One week our class was studying _______. I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school.

That day I was preparing activities focusing on dog themes when I was told that Billy had a _______ morning at home and I might need to get him settled. As I was talking to his mom, Billy _______ into the classroom. To Billy’s surprise, Rocky immediately ran to his new _______ wagging his tail and rubbing against Billy’s leg. Billy was __________ by Rocky and began laughing.

Throughout the day, Billy never left Rocky’s side, being gentle with him and even __________ the other students while Rocky was sleeping.

Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid __________, but on this day he found a story about dogs and read it to Rocky. How __________ I was at the sight of Billy reading happily! My little dog was able to change Billy’s day from one of anger to one of laughter, gentleness and __________.

That day Rocky more than helped me with my __________. He helped to change the life of a child!