【推荐1】When I first moved to the South, I realized that I was stepping into a completely different world. New Orleans, Louisiana, was _________ any other place I had ever been to. What surprised me more than anything else was New Orleans people’s constant _________.

“What can 1 get for you, honey?” a waitress asked me on my first day in Louisiana.

I was _________. This woman didn’t know me _________ she treated me like family. She smiled down at me as I pointed to an item on the _________.

“Is the pasta good?” I asked her.

“Baby, it’s not my favorite,” she _________ with a smile.

I _________ my “family” in shock. She had given me her honest _________, as if we were best friends.

After a few years in New Orleans, I got _________ to the honeys and the babys. I also realized how comforting it is to be treated like I __________, wherever I go.

I recently went to the DMV (车管局) to update my driver’s license. As I was sitting in the __________room with at least twenty other people, a woman walked in.

“Good morning!” she __________ to the room.

“Good morning,” the whole room said back without __________. Soon the room was quiet again and everyone was comfortable with each other.

The woman took her __________, and waited with everyone else for her number to be __________.

Even after eight years of living in Louisiana, it still makes me __________ to know that I am not alone here. Someone is always __________ to say hello or lend a hand when needed. It is the kind of __________ that I have never been able to find anywhere else.

So I believe in treating people you don’t know like family, making people feel __________. No one should feel lonely even when they walk into a room full of__________.

【推荐3】For the past ten years, my dad and I have attended the same school--- he as an administrator and I as a student. Our relationship, in and out of school, has been totally unpredictable.

When I was younger, all that my dad said was doctrine （信条）and anything did I, _________, copied. We played games together, and stayed up late reading bedtime stories. I could__________ my dad taking me to school, running into him ________ during the day and riding home with him every afternoon.

As I grew older, we were not as _________as we used to be. He wasn't cool any more .He wore his socks too high, listened to _________ country music and laughed too loudly in front of my friends. He became a total embarrassment.

However, the _________ that occurred in school were even worse. The worst one happened in seventh grade. My dad came to our New Year party, __________as Donald Duck, guitar in hand, singing silly songs. Just kill me！ I wanted to run away.

This _________ continued into high school, but we somehow began to find a balance .Things started to ______around the time of my 10th-grade physics project. The ________was to build a wood bridge with the best strength-to-weight ratio（比率）. All the students and physics teachers __________ . So did my dad, the only administrator！ Embarrassed, as usual, I _________ the   scene._____________, later when I learned from my friends that my dad       _____ all competitors and won everyone's admiration, I found that mixed in with my__________was a touch of pride.

I had needed someone else to show me what I ________ in my dad. It wasn't the fact that he'd won； it was more than that. I began to_________ that we have many of the same values and sometimes the same opinions. No matter how much I had tried to________ him, he still influenced me.

I feel_________ to have such an unusual father. The ________ I have developed with my dad over the years has enabled me to look back and see how I’ve grown.

【推荐1】I grew up in suburban Pittsburgh with my mother and 3 younger siblings. My mom was a single mother and_______a minimum wage job, so we never had much, but That was OK, we made_______meet anyhow.

In High School, I got a job at a local baker and stared saving money for college. I was_______ into the University of Pittsburgh and received some scholarships that_______ my tuition. I couldn’t afford the_______ because it was much to expensive for me. I put a mattress(床垫) on the floor of the old van（旅行拖车）from my home and slept there for the next 2 years.

The weather in Pittsburgh was _______. Super hot and humid in summer and freezing cold and snowy in winter. Being homeless forced me to take_______ of everything the campus had to offer since I wanted to spend as_______time in my van as possible. I_______spending most of my time throughout the week at the________studying and reviewing classroom material a lot more than I would have if I had the________in going home and________the TV or falling asleep for hours in my room. This really helped me________ the classroom.

I also made a lot of new friends by meeting people________, attending speeches, plays and charities. Before college I would have considered myself________, I didn’t really speak much________spoken to, but I moved out of my comfort________and did new things. I really developed an (a)________personality.

I really think that having to deal with all the struggles________I had to go through really made me into a better person. Now I have got a really good job and I’ve________been able to help my mother out a little bit. I just feels good!

【推荐2】The first day at school has left a deep _________ on me. I’ll never forget it.

As soon as I rushed into the classroom, the bell rang. A young beautiful woman came in, but she was _________, no smile on her face. “You are not permitted to _________ in the course of class unless...” She was speaking when I heard a _________“Lily, Lily” from outside the door. My grandmother was standing there with a pair of socks in her hand. I didn’t realize I was bare feet _________ then. I wanted to _________ them, but I dared not do that. I shook my head, _________“Don’t wait here any longer. Leave quickly.” As I did so, I still _________ my eyes on my teacher. I really didn’t want her to take _________ of me, but she did. She went out to get the socks. When she gave them to me, she looked at me for a while. My face suddenly turned____________and my heart____________ faster. I began to put the socks on. Unfortunately I was so nervous that my ____________ hands couldn’t get them onto my feet easily. Just then I heard my name called. I ____________from my seat quickly. “Can you ____________ the numbers from one to one hundred?” the teacher asked. I nodded. ____________her surprise, I did very well. Finally she said, “Be ____________, please. Study hard.” I looked ____________ her to find a smile on her face. I felt ____________ at last.

The first day at school has stayed in my ____________ as something embarrassing but ____________.

【推荐3】Brian Peters had one thing to do before leaving his job as a police officer in Brooklyn. He decided to spend $500 he _______ for his service to buy 10 gift cards and handed them out to strangers in Brooklyn Center on his _______ day.

It took him about two hours to _______ the cards and that he could put smiles on a lot of people’s_______, including one woman he stopped _______ noticing the condition of her car. “Her car was really old_______damaged. I saw her screen wipers were _______ in the up position,” Peters said. “I_______ what I was doing and gave her a gift card, and _______ she lit up with a smile.”

Once people understood what he was doing, Peters said he ________ a lot more hugs that day.Monique Drier said Peters has ________ wanted to give back and didn’t really want the attention. What’s more, he has always tried to ________ the human side of law practice. He was a great ________ and will be dearly missed.

Peters said he still wants to continue giving back to the ________.“Community service is extremely important, and when you’re fortunate in life, you should give back to others who aren’t as fortunate as you,” Peters said. “That’s what ________ the world go round.”