【推荐1】Michael Evans was standing in line at the Treasurer’s Office last August, waiting to pay his taxes, when he heard a(n) _________ sound ahead of him. The elderly woman at the window was crying. He heard the cashier _________ the woman that her house was in foreclosure (丧失抵押品赎回权) and headed for auction (拍卖). He also heard the woman tell the cashier that her daughter had recently died. Evans, a businessman who had just buried his father, couldn’t _________ the idea of this woman losing her home right after losing her child. He _________ the window. “I don’t mean to butt in,” he said to the cashier, “but if you can get her house back, I’ll pay for her taxes.” The amount added up to $5,000.

The old woman was shocked. Her despair turned to _________. The cashier left for a moment to _________ that it was all right for Evans to pay it. Evans promised to go straight to the bank and come back with the money. But when he returned to the treasurer’s office, he asked someone else waiting in line to hand the $5,000 check to the cashier. Evans was trying to _________ quietly and, preferably, anonymously (匿名地).

“I didn’t want this attention,” he explained.

However, attention found him. It’s not every day that someone pays a stranger’s tax bill. As is reported, Evans often finds himself on the giving end of charitable situations, though for years he went unrecognized for it. As for paying the elderly woman’s taxes, Evans said he did it for _________ but to make sure the lady stayed in her own house.

A few weeks after the tax _________, Evans received the Spirit of Detroit Award for his lifetime of __________.

【推荐2】As French author Andre Maurois once said, “Without a family, man, alone in the world, shakes with the cold.” Indeed, families who give us love and _______are an important part of our lives. But even in a loving family,_______can’t be avoided.

One day, I was doing my homework and my sister_______.Busy with homework, I didn’t talk to her and just kept working: But when I took a_______, I turned my head to the place where my sister was sitting._______, I found my notebook had a lot of messy drawings on it.

At that time, I was full of _______and walked out of my room, shouting at my sister. “You are really a_______and I hate you.” Hearing the words, my sister_______out crying and tried to explain her behavior. But I_________ since I didn’t want to hear a word from her. The ________afterward lasted for a long time________us. To solve the problem, my father brought me to the living room and asked: “Have you noticed what the drawing is on your notebook?”

I shook my head. Then, under the ________of my father, I looked at it carefully, it________,“Happy birthday”. At that moment, I knew how ________I was. Though drawing on my notebook wasn’t right, my sister’s love and __________ were sincere. Feeling guilty, I said sorry to my sister. Instead of staying angry, she smiled back at me.

【推荐1】My husband is a ballet dancer, performing out of our state for the first time. The distance is long, but phone calls and video talks help make us feel a little bit _______. I’ve been worrying about money and can’t _______ the trip or the tickets to his show.

He called me last night well after I had gone to bed, so when the call_______me up I answered with a sinking feeling. He’d finished a _______, and a rude dancer had hurt his feelings, but this wasn’t what the call was about. He had been awake thinking about me and missing me. He was going to get his _______ for the week, and was offering every penny to me _______ I could come to his show.

As a young _______,he doesn’t earn much. The money that he makes goes to the necessities (必需品) with very little if any _______.To offer me his money is a big deal, which_______a hard week for him.

Little did he know that I, too, was trying to get myself to his ________.I have been finding part-time jobs and selling things here and there to save up, thinking that even if I have to stand in the ________ instead of sitting there, I am going to be there for him. We are both ________ to provide what little we have for each other, and I think that’s worth everything.

I think sometimes we pay so much attention to only __________that we forget about what’s important. It was easy to say “Oh, if I don’t have the money, I can’t go.” until I________that it was about more than that. It’s about________the ones you love and being there for them, in whatever way you can be.

【推荐2】The stage lights dimmed, and I took a quick look from behind the heavy black curtains into the audience. Blinded by the lights, I quickly______. It seems that a great number of eyes were looking at me. I took a deep ______as the music of my dance began to play. I entered the stage and began my______, the graduation test of the classical Indian dance.

After a decade of learning this art form, I had______been considered ready to take on the most difficult act. The test is the most important event in a dancer's life, as it pays______to all the factors in one's life that______the dance form: one's culture and family.

The performance is undertaken only by the most______and determined students. It is a difficult process that requires much______. For more than six months, I spent two to three hours every day______these dances. Many times, I______myself to my physical and mental breaking point, but still I would not stop. I could not give up. There was always so much more to do and so much more to______.

I______a lot about myself in those tiring hours. I learned that I was far too______to give up, and I was too proud to prove myself______after I had set an unrealistic goal. Even with physical pain and mental______,   I forced myself to meet my______. Even when I was at the end of my______,     there was always something driving me on, forcing me not to give up.

Fortunately, I made it. What I had done______the success. It was in those hours that I learned what a dancer______is. Those time was evidence that I could______something I set out to do.

【推荐3】How do you pass the time during your subway commute(通勤)? Scrolling on your phone? Listening to music? Or just staring at the _______ ? Sabrina Bahsoon, a 22-year-old girl who now lives in London for her college education, turns the subway into her _______ .

Her self-shot videos of energetic dance routines _______ on London’s subways have quickly _______ TikTok, making her an overnight sensation(轰动). Her _______ has sparked a trend, inspiring others to be confident and do what they want regardless of what other people think of them.

_______ in Malaysia, Bahsoon developed a confident character. While listening to some music, she felt like making a short TikTok video on the subway on one typical commuting night. But with no _______ willing to help her, she finished the short film dancing to a joyful song, alone and _______ .

Inspired by Bahsoon, many viewers soon left friendly _______ to praise her bravery and confidence. Some also shared their own “Tube Girl” ________ on social media. This concept has gradually become a(an) “________” about embracing self-confidence.

However, some described her behavior as “________”. But these “haters” do not ________ Bahsoon at all. ________ , she thinks it is quite normal for girls to enjoy and ________ themselves on their values. “Just be yourself, ” Bahsoon told BBC News.