【推荐1】It was a September day. Today was the first day of high school for a freshman, Kayla. Kayla had always been a bit of a shy kid, but she had always ______ her studies. She was determined to make full use of her high school years.

As she walked down the hallways, Kayla couldn’t help but feel ______. The older students seemed so confident, while she felt small and unimportant, But Kayla was determined to succeed, no matter what ______ came her way.

It wasn’t long before Kayla’s determination was put to the ______. In her first week of school, she was assigned (分派) a (n) ______ project that required a lot of research and planning. Kayla did her ______, but she soon realized that she was in over her head. As she struggled (努力) to complete the project, Kayla began to ______ herself. She wondered if she was cut out for high school. But then, something ______ happened.

Kayla’s classmates began to notice how ______ she was working, and they started to offer her help and ______. They gave her advice on how to ______ her time better, and they shared their tips for ______ assignments. With their help, Kayla was able to complete the project on time and with great ______.

From that day on, Kayla ______ that high school was not a challenge to be faced alone. With the help and support of her ______, she was able to deal with any difficulty that came her way.

【推荐2】On a cold November night in Times Square, Officer Lawrence DePrimo was working when he saw an old homeless man who wore no shoes. The officer ________ for a moment, and then returned with a new pair of shoes, and ________ the man to put them on.

A tourist ________ the act of kindness. He ________ a picture and posted it on the Internet, making DePrimo an overnight hero.

DePrimo was ________ at the attention as he didn’t expect that. “It was very________ and you could see the blisters (水泡) on the man’s ________,” he said. “To find out the man’s shoe size, we started talking.”

DePrimo went into a shoe store. The manager gave him a discount on a pair of all-weather shoes. DePrimo ________ the receipt (收据). He said, “This will remind me that sometimes people have it worse.”

“Sometimes people have it worse” is a great ________ to all of us. Many people intend to be ________, but they refuse to take daily chances to ________ other people. Often, we walk by ________ we’re too busy at the moment to stop and serve someone else’s needs. Deprimo saw a(n)________, and he exercised selflessness without looking for ________ for doing it. By the way, if we ________to get recognition each time we exercise selflessness, it may not be that selfless.

【推荐2】Shonda Lemon is a mail carrier. She has a special   _______ with the residents on her route, especially the _______ who she says are “dear to her heart”. She enjoys chatting with her customers and _______ looks out for their welfare (安康).

One customer named Helen is an 89-year-old woman who Shonda normally _______ pleasant daily greetings with. Shonda has learned from their conversations that Helen lives _______. To make the mails easier for Helen to take hold of, Shonda has a _______ habit of tightly wrapping the mails with rubber bands. Helen _______ randomly tapes candy to her outgoing mail as a symbol of her appreciation.

One day, Shonda _______ that Helen didn’t pick up her _______ as usual. Shonda grew ________, so she knocked on Helen’s door and received no ________. She had a bad feeling that something was ________.

Shonda knew it was ________ that Helen would be travelling. So when she didn’t respond to her knock, alarm bells in her ________ went off. She listened to her instincts (直觉) and immediately called the emergency service to ________ an urgent check for Helen. ________ arrived within minutes. Entering Helen’s ________, doctors found her lying helplessly on the living room floor. She had ________ two days before and was unable to move due to the injuries. She had lain there ________ without any food or water

Helen’s niece was ________ that Shonda was there at the right time to save her aunt’s life.

【推荐3】As the sweet smell of pears and apples spreads in the air, drawing a stream of visitors to the orchard (果园) in Karamay’s Baijiantan district, an elderly man is seen doing the rounds of it on an electric bike. Sometimes, he stops to water the trees or prune (修剪) the grass, determined to ensure every single tree reaches its full ________.

The ________ of this forest was once a dump (垃圾场). It was the man, Wang Yanming, who planted the trees many years ago, creating the shade visitors can now all enjoy on hot summer afternoons. Wang oversees the greening work, planting trees and flowers, and often helps people to remove ________ from the dump.

“In ________ days, strong wind turn sand particles and tiny rocks into arrows that ________ our hands and faces. I ________ wanted to do something to improve the situation,” Wang tells China Daily. Inspired by his ________, workers from nearby factories ________ the example, turning afforestation (造林) into a trend in the desert and wilderness soon made way for green forests.

Wang’s continuous effort over the decades ________ a wasteland into a green forest in the middle of the Gobi Desert. It is quite ________ that the orchard is called Yanming Park after the 90-year-old. Yanming Park has become an informal ________ centre for youth. Young men and women often come to listen to stories told by Wang and his teammates about the ________ of the olden days.

“I am glad to have made a small contribution to protect the environment ________. I feel delighted when my green mission ________ others to care for nature. I hope our community spirit will be ________ for generations and that Karamay will stay evergreen,” says Wang.

【推荐3】On my first day in America, I was excited, but nervous as well. It was my dear neighbor Susan who helped me   _________ my new life far away from home.

There was a knock at the door. When I _________ it. Susan came in with a homemade apple ple. She hugged me and said, “Wow, you   _________ be the precious (珍贵的) Chinese dull (娃娃)!”

With a big smile, she   _________, “Alice, I am sure you have never tried a home-made apple pie before! You are going to _________ it so much!”

To be honest, I was greatly surprised by this welcome from a _________. And the apple pie made me _________.

Susan was very helpful to me.

When I was thinking about the clothes to wear on Halloween, she suggested I _________like a traditional Chinese girl. “I happen to have a traditional Chinese dress and guess _________, I’m a great make-up artist!” She said. Susan did not hide (隐藏) her excitement, when she pushed me to the __________ to examine our work after an hour of hard work. The clothes fit me perfectly! I am sure that I stood out from the crowd that Halloween, and I am __________ for her help.

My first Thanksgiving was another highlight (亮点). __________ the festival morning, I was surprised to find a gift box in my front yard. There was a note on it: “Hello Alice, I’m the Thanksgiving bunny (兔子)! Enjoy your __________!” I looked around and caught Susan looking at me from her porch (走廊). Seeing that she had been __________, she hurriedly picked up a newspaper and pretended (假装) to __________ it. I couldn’t help __________. When I walked up to her, she said, “ __________ was not me. It was the Thanksgiving bunny!” Susan is such a __________ person; She is the American above all others I need to thank.

I saw that the spirit of the Chinese saying, that “Neighbors carry more__________ than distant relatives”, is alive and well in America. Susan filled my heart with   __________ and joy, just as angels do.