【推荐1】Bothell is considered one of the nicest places in America. Here’s one of the ______.

Will Tinkham, 32, was born with developmental disabilities, but always loves people and finds ______ in the smallest things. Beca Nistrian, an owner of a coffee house, offered him a(n) ______. If Tinkham showed up every day for an hour and ______ with the customers at her drive-through window, she’d give him a free drink. He did it well. Soon an hour turned into a whole day. Beca decided to make a ______. “Now Beca pays me money. She is so _____and I have fun communicating with people here!” Tinkham said.

However, not everybody ______ Tinkham’s special brand of enthusiasm. “One customer was extremely disrespectful,” Beca said. She was so ______ about it that she posted an article praising Tinkham on her community blog. She also ______ his approaching birthday. Without any more planning, neighbors showed up to ______ with Tinkham on his big day. Surprised and delighted, he greeted everyone.

Beca was so ______ by such spirit that she suggested that Bothell ______ every May 10, Tinkham’s birthday, as Cup of Kindness Day. The city agreed. On the first Cup of Kindness Day, Beca closed her ______ and delivered cookies to the police, firefighters and others “who ______ other people, but not for the money”. It didn’t take a long time for others to join in the kindness.

You don’t have to wait a year though to see folks being nice there, for that ______ every day, which best explains why Bothell is called the nicest city.

【推荐3】Growing up, I thought math class was something to be endured, not enjoyed. But my ___wasn't with math itself. In fact, I spent countless hours as a child doing logic and math puzzles ______ .

By high school, none of my teachers ___ my mathematical talent, but none of them really encouraged it, either. What I wanted to do was play college football. My ambition was to get an athletic ______to attend a Big Ten school. The chances were quite ______ .

Thai didn't____me from dreaming, though. And it didn't stop my coaches from encouraging me to believe I could reach my goal, and ____ me to work for it. They made videotapes of my performances and sent them to college coaches. It didn't____that I didn't initially attract much interest from the big schools. My coaches kept ____ the phone, and kept convincing me to try to prove myself. ______ ,a Big Ten school, Penn State, did offer me a scholarship.

I wish math teachers were more like football coaches. Don't ____ me wrong： I don't blame my math teachers. They taught me well. When I got to Penn State, where I majored in mathematics, I was prepared to do the ______ at an advanced level.

A study shows that students are affected by more than _____ the quality of a lesson plan. They also respond to the passion of their teachers, and they seek a sense of ________. There are many ways to be an effective teacher, _____ there are many ways to be an effective coach. Until I got to college, I didn't really know what mathematics was. My professor kept giving me problems, and I kept pursuing them. Before long, he was _____ me to problems never solved before, and urging me to find new ______ to figure them out.

The mathematical research I was doing had little in common with what I did in my high school.

______, it was closer to the math and logic puzzles I did on my own as a boy. It gave me that same sense of wonder and curiosity, and it _______ creativity.

I am now a PhD in mathematics and have published several papers in mathematic journals. I wish I'd known this was ______ when I was a kid.

【推荐3】Stella's family was _______lots of changes recently. Her father, who had provided daily_______for her children, passed away. About two months ago, her babysitter quit suddenly, _______her to leave her job to become a stay-at-home mother, a role she was not prepared to_________.

That day, Stella felt_______while sitting in Starbucks. " It's been hard because I am no longer providing_______for my family, but I still decided to_______myself to a coffee," the 32-year-old mother said. When a(n) _______at the order window said her coffee had been paid for by a woman called Alice, pointing to a woman heading towards the door, she was_______.

On the way home, Stella________to see the car driven by the stranger________into a driveway across the street and a few houses down from Stella's________. So, she wrote a thank-you note and________it into Alice's mailbox. "Thank you for the coffee." wrote Stella. "What you did for me was________a coffee. It was something that has turned my whole day around, putting tears in my eyes and a________on my face. The last couple of months have been a bit of a ________. Your kindness gives me much encouragement and comfort. I feel so________ ."

That evening, having read the________, Alice went door to door in search of Stella. When the women met in person, they hugged." A stranger bought me coffee when I was in need and I want to__________the kindness," said Alice.

"Small acts can make a big________. Guys, spread some kindness." Alice wrote on Twitter.