【推荐1】Last December, I was in Canada on business with my coworkers. One of them, Frank, was much older. He was physically ______, having just recovered from an illness. He didn’t want Asian ______, so he stayed in the hotel while the rest of us dined out. However, I thought this might have impacted his sense of ______.

One night, I told Frank I’d like to take him out wherever he wanted to eat. ______ I had vegetarian food preferences and he did not, he did not want to ______ me by going to places where I would have very few ______. I assured him that it was no big issue and he ______     eventually. I then drove him to a restaurant he would prefer. With other coworkers going out separately, I was able to ______ Frank alone and practice deep ______ with him pouring out his heart till late at night. My willingness to lend an ear brought us two closer.

After we ended our meal, I decided to ______ him right to the door of the hotel and not the parking lot, because it was ______ outside, which would make him easily catch a cold. This felt good, and over the next few outings, it felt more ______ to tell my coworkers to wait inside the restaurant while I ______ the car for them to avoid the low temperature in it.

Though ______, such acts have magic power, spreading joy to each of us and filling us with a strong sense of community. I’m happy to find my coworkers are getting more and more thoughtful and ______ more about each other.

【推荐2】A Welcome Gift

Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was large enough for their piano. That night, the two of them _______ side by side at the piano. They played jazz music to celebrate their new home. The loud _______ filled the room and made them feel very happy.

The next morning, _______, their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a _______ under their door during the night. One of their neighbors had written to complain about the sound of the piano. Dario’s mother asked the building superintendent(管理员) if he knew anything about it. But he said that they were all _______ people and he couldn’t imagine any of them had done that. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their _______ and apologize for their playing.

“Maybe we could go and _______ everyone in person.” his mother said.

“What if we invited them to come here for a _______ instead?” Dario asked.

They both loved the _______. Over the next few days, they sent out invitations and prepared desserts __________ their guests. They decorated the apartment with streamers(彩带) and party lights.

Finally, the day of the party __________. Some guests brought presents. Others brought flowers. Some even brought desserts to __________. One woman, Mrs. Gilbert, __________ Dario’s mother with a book of piano music by Chopin.

“I heard you playing the other night,” she said. “The sounds woke me out of bed. I __________ that you might play like this every night. So I wrote a short note. I hope you don’t think I disliked the playing.”

Dario’s mother smiled at Mrs. Gilbert. “I think maybe we __________ you an apology.” she said. “I didn’t __________ how late it was when we were playing. Maybe we should play some quieter music at night.”

“You play, you play!” Mrs. Gilbert said. “I like what you play! Just not so loud at night.” She pointed to the book she had given them. “These songs are not such __________ music.”

“These songs are beautiful music.” Dario’s mother said. “We will be __________ to play them in the evening.”

“And we won’t play so loud or late!” Dario said. He was already looking forward to __________ the new music. More than that, however, he was happy to see the big smile on his mother’s face. It gave him a feeling of __________ and made him feel that they were home at last.

【推荐3】Chris is a columnist (专栏作家) at citypages.com whose life turned upside down in 2017. Chris was willing to share his story but his own print deadlines made it a(n) ______ task for this time. In 2017 Chris found out his ______   condition left much to be desired and that he needed a kidney transplant (移植). Any person would have been lost in such a situation but Chris tuned to the place where he felt most comfortable——Twitter.

The whole operation thing takes lots of efforts on a donor’s (捐赠者) side and Chris continued ______ all the details on his blog and Facebook account. In the meantime, he was ______ a tiresome process of hemodialysis (血液透析) ______ waste and water removal from his blood and it generally takes 4 hours.

____, 19 people replied to Chris’s tweet (推特信息)! They were his lawyers or just people he met at some party months ago and even complete ______ None of them was his family, relative or Just a ______ friend. Just imagine all these people accepting medical checks, ______ their blood types and stuff of the kind to make a great ______ to a person they hardly knew! One person ______ ideally---Scott. Strangely enough Scott and Chris never met in person before the ______ and really saw each other for the first time on a thanksgiving evening. Both men felt that it was somewhat easier for them to let their communication flow on Social Media ______ a certain point of time. Scott sent Chris a ______ tweet even after the successful operation. When seeing Scott for the first time on a family dinner Chris couldn’t say all he wanted at first and his writing talent ______ at one time.

Social Media ______ worked! Chris has a healthy kidney now thanks to Scott, Twitter, Facebook, and the inventor of the web. For some people, ______ networks are pure evil or just time consuming black holes, but Social Media was once a ______ for Chris. It isn’t just a place where people ______ their time on lonely evenings. For some of us it is also one of few paths that can lead to a certain kind of ______.

【推荐1】One day before Thanksgiving, I went to take some money from the bank. The line snaked twice around the lobby (大厅).It seemed that no one was _________. So I came to the self-service machine where the line was much _________. Actually, as an aged man, I don’t like self-service. I tell people it’s because I don’t approve of taking _________ away from people, but the real _________ is that I’m not good at it. The machine always asks me something I don’t know. I was _________ about this.

The woman in the front of the line was _________ at the screen slowly. Any signs of hesitation on her operation were telegraphed to the whole lobby. I felt sorry for her. The next person took a long time, too. I breathed _________.

It was my turn. Under the weight of _________ from the people in line behind me, I felt a growing duty to minimize the seconds between clicks. Finally it was time to _________ a bank card. The machine didn’t read it. “Try it in the other way,” the gentleman behind me ____________. But no luck!

“I’ve got a different card,” I said, and ____________ my bag for that one, beginning to ____________.

However, the machine did not read it, either.

“I’m sorry for my delay,” I said, looking back, ____________.

“Don’t give up,” said the nice man behind me. “Try it again. We’re all friends here, right? ” Broad smiles were ____________ all down the line. I tried again, and put my bank card into the machine as if I were presenting it to the queen. Finally, I made it! I couldn’t have been happier. Everyone cheered and ____________ for me!    16        17    

【推荐2】I like riding. For me, setting out on a 20-mile _______ ride on a sunny Sunday morning was nothing _______ . But on 9 August 2018, the brake (刹车) on my bike _______ on Bury Hill when I lost control. As a result, I broke my back and was paralysed (瘫痪) from the waist down. But my happy-go-lucky spirit would not be _______ .

From my accident on, I’ve done so much. Since that day I’ve _______ three operations, signed up for a marathon and _______ won several running races in my wheelchair. _______ is a roller coaster of ups and downs, highs and lows and I am so thankful to _______ every day that I have.

Two weeks ago I received a phone call from a _______ about disabled toilets and the government’s plans for updating them. The minister wanted me to get involved (参与) too, how ________ ! It certainly ________ sometimes to make an effort to get things changed. I am so glad that my little amount of effort may have a(n) ________ on other people’s lives.

To ________ the first year from my injury, I jumped out of a plane! Life is meant to be lived, so live it to the ________ , even if you have a disability. Up here no one needs ________ —you fly. It’s such an exciting rush, with the wind ________ past you, deafening you.

I think my story just ________ that no matter who you are, you never ________ what is going to happen to you, but you can ________ how it affects you. You are the ________ of your own destiny (命运).

【推荐3】It's amazing how one dollar can change the culture of a school.

We have a ______ school of about 30 students.It is really full of competition and pressure as most of the kids get good ______ and try to be the best ones.It's good except that a lot of us middle kids felt really ______.We got the feeling that we were so selfish—it's every man for himself.

______， my friend and I set out to find a way to change the culture.We thought doing things for others was the only way to ______ our depression(沮丧)about school.

On the first day of school we put a ______ folded into a heart into one of the leaders' lockers with a piece of paper that ______， “Buy yourself a snack.” We hoped to give away small gifts every day.We didn't know the ______ it would have.

People went ______ over it and everyone was talking about who it might be doing the acts of kindness and ______ that they should do something too.It is so much fun to see the ______ on everyone's faces now! Lots of other people have started sharing ______ now too: chocolate bars, cookies and money left on purpose in the vending machine(自动售货机)．And lots of notes are on the thanks board saying: “Thanks to whoever started.”

Now I actually expect to go to school to have the chance to ______ people up.I hope kindness will ______ to other schools.If anybody is struggling with being ______ at school and work, I totally suggested doing acts of kindness.