【推荐1】Nancy, a 7-year old girl helped her mother wash the windows of their house after school to get a reward promised by her mother, a purple_________ that she longed for. She watched her mother Order the doll online.

The next day, Nancy asked if she could_________the shipping status. Her mom_________on the webpage and then walked out of the room. Nancy saw that her doll would be arriving the next afternoon but then she noticed some_________about other dolls and toys she could order. 15 minutes and a few clicks_________, with more than $350 worth of dolls in her _________, Nancy placed the order and ran off to play.

The following day, while looking up another_________order, her mother noticed a long list of dolls_________. She was able to call off two of them, but it was too late to _________the rest. She told her daughter they were going to be returned. When the__________arrived, Nancy wanted to open them, but her parents said no. Instead of sending back the dolls, her father__________giving them to the local children’s hospital.

So the next week, Nancy’s family loaded up their car and took all the dolls to the playroom at the__________children’s hospital. Nancy was__________at first, but then she sat with some girl patients, and they __________all the boxes together, laughing and playing happily.

Nancy’s parents took a lot of memorable pictures to cherish the wonderful moments. Nancy thanked her parent and told them she would never forget what she got on this special day and that she had a lot of __________and learned a really good lesson.

【推荐3】Manuel Teixeira has reunited with the rescue crews who helped save his life after a big tree fell on him while he was working in Massachusetts on March 9,2024.

Officers Kenneth Almeida and Aaron Swartz _________ responded to the scene in Dighton, and found Teixeira, whose leg was pinned below a tree, _________.

Teixeira, 67, _________ life-threatening head and leg injuries while cutting down a tree on Oak Street. Almeida and Swartz quickly _________ the tree was unstable and dangerous to both the _________ and personnel on scene. They were _________ to take immediate action before the paramedics (医护人员) _________.

Then, Almeida and Swartz _________ to provide life-saving medical aid for Teixeira, "which _________ the use of multiple tourniquets (止血带)." __________, they were able to safely remove the tree from Teixeira,__________ technical lifting equipment. The tough __________ lasted 15 minutes. Teixeira was transported to the hospital nearby quickly, where his injured __________ had to be removed surgically, causing him to use a wheelchair.

Almeida and Swartz were honored for their __________. From the government, they received letters of __________ for their response to the __________, which saved Teixeira's life. They also had the opportunity to reunite with Teixeira, who is still __________ in the hospital.

"These officers saved this man's life by relying on the __________ training they've acquired throughout their years of wholehearted service and their __________ action," Dighton Fire Chief George Nichols said.

Meanwhile, Teixeira is __________. "If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here today," Teixeira said.

【推荐1】Every evening, my journey begins with a one-stop hop from Victoria Station to Clapham Junction, where I catch the main ___________ home. One evening, I was standing in the crowd when I noticed the rows of ___________ seats in First Class, and a ___________ thought occurred to me. In all my time commuting, I had never seen the ___________ come around. Why didn’t I just ___________ it? I slipped into First Class.

The atmosphere was nice and the seats were ___________. The doors opened and a woman entered the carriage on crutches (拐杖). She settled herself in one of the seats. I should have known what would happen next. “Tickets, please.”

There was ___________ to run. In my haste I had taken a seat by the door, and I was the _________ passenger the inspector turned to. I had no choice but to ___________ my rail pass.

“That’s not a first class ticket,” he said.

My ____________ went blank. Before I could answer, the woman with the bad leg cut in.

“I was told I could sit in First Class,” she said ____________.

The man ____________ and gazed at her.

“Then whoever the person was, he gave you the bad advice,” said the inspector.

While their ____________ went on, I grabbed my bag and slipped out of the carriage into the Standard Class. I pushed into the crowd, then, using a ____________ I had picked up from a spy film, removed my coat to disguise my appearance. When I ____________ at Clapham Junction, the poor woman with the bad leg was on the edge of tears.

【推荐2】In 2008, Calvin Lowe's four-year-old son Tyler needed to have a serious surgery.

On the appointed day of the ___________ , he and his wife brought Tyler to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver. “As we sat in the waiting room, waiting for someone to__________ us back to the surgery area, there was a lot of____________ in our hearts,” Lowe remembered.

When a nurse called the family back, Lowe’s fears _____________.A young doctor walked into the room and told the couple that he would be ____________the surgery. As the doctor began to ____________how the surgery would proceed, Lowe’s mind went to the worst possible_____________, But then the doctor did something   ____________.He looked both Lowe and his wife in the eye, put a___________hand on each of their shoulders, and said, “Today, your son is my son.”

After the surgery was over, the ____________came back out to the family with a big smile and said, “Our son is just fine, and you can____________ him here in a few minutes.”

Tyler is now 19 years old and hopes to become a professional photographer. All these years after the surgery, Lowe still____________ the young doctor’s kindness. “I will never forget that,” Lowe said. “Because that was indeed a ____________   of stress then. I can’t tell you how ____________   we both were for what he said to us that day. It was very____________   and meaningful.”