【推荐1】This is so easy, inexpensive, and has always brought either of two ______: a look of shock or a big smile. I am a cane(手杖) walking senior lady with mobility ______, especially in cold weather but I have a sharp ______ for useful bargains and since I still ______, I can do this without having to get in and out of the car to help people.

Here is how it “works”. When I see gloves, warm hats and scarves on sale (new or in good condition from a second-hand store), I buy them very ______. If laundering(洗涤)is ______, I do it to ______ tiny stains, so everything looks good.

I have a large basket that I keep in the passenger side of my car and I “file” these things in it, where I can ______ reach over and get whatever I determine is most ______ for someone who is without and out in the cold.

I am always ______ of things and people around me in parking lots and along the walkways of my small hometown. But when I see someone obviously ______ and without what will help them, I ______ beside them, roll down my ______, and ask if they will ______ and wear all three things or whatever is needed...and then as they stare at me in ______, I always add: “I have things right here in my ______ to share. Please me by ______ them to stay warm when you are outside.”

Not yet have I ______ hostility (敌意)or felt in any danger, but since so many of the items are “cheerful” colors, I often see the persons I gave them to walking down the street. It ________ my heart to know that my items are being used and ______.

【推荐2】As I was taking a walk with my mom，I asked her，"Have you taken the senior bus yet?" I held my breath as I waited for her ____．"Oh，yes，I have，"she said．"How was it?" I said the words as_ ___ as I could to show my excitement，even though I sensed the answer was not going to be ____．She sighed heavily，"No one ever ____ on that bus．They all sit there quietly and look sad．I only see about thirteen ____ old ladies and men." My ____ for her situation grasped my stomach．

My dad had recently passed away, and his sudden leave made my mother _____and frightened. For fifty-seven years, my dad had walked by her side. Mom never learned to ____, so Dad drove her everywhere. Now，her wheels were gone，as one grandchild so properly ____ her situation．I knew she needed great ____ to make the decision to take the senior bus. However, I firmly believed the ____ wouldn't last too long, for Mom was so outgoing and active that she could chat with almost everybody whom she met in the street．

Several days later，when I came to visit her，I asked. “Do they talk to you now? " She ____ and there was a sparkle in her eyes. It didn't take genius to figure out that the ____ had changed．"It was silly that all of us must sat there ____ saying a word．So one morning when I ____，I greeted them and then remarked what a nice day it was．Soon，they began to ____ and we chatted happily．Now we are friends and always have some good ____ on the bus，"she replied．

My mother held the key to the ___ _of the other lonely people on that bus．A smile and some ____ words were all it took．She sowed tiny seeds of ____ for herself and her friends on the bus．

【推荐3】In college, we were required to do an act of kindness, including preparing lunch for an elderly person. When I ______ the elderly person with the food, it never ______ to me that it would result in a new friendship and the discovery of a ______.

Bill was unable to ______ much. A nurse came regularly to help him move to and from the wheelchair ______ he has no relatives. Bill said he was delighted to see me and it was a ______ for him to eat a meal with me because he usually eats ______. He said the food was great,        but he enjoyed having ______ even more.

Bill had many______ stories to tell about his travels to many places when working on the railroad. I was ______ a trip but hesitated about traveling by train. However, I would ______ be going by train after meeting Bill.

Perhaps the biggest______ of this project was that I suddenly realized that spending time with the elderly was fun. On the one hand, I am a good ______. On the other hand, older people want someone to know their inner world, so it is a perfect ______. I decided to focus my studies on the ______. Hopefully in the future, I can help even more people like Bill.

【推荐2】I shall never forget the day when the earthquake took place. It was about 5 o'clock in the afternoon and I was _______ to my daughter’s school. Our plan was to go _______ together. I’d stopped at a _______ to get some fresh fruit. We like to have some fruit to eat _______ our swim. I was driving along a high road on the way. _______ my road was another road which was built like a _______. I was hungry so I put the bag of apples _______me and started to eat one. _______ I saw the cars in front of me start to _______ from side to side. Then my car started to shake! I didn’t know what was happening. Perhaps something had ________ wrong with my car. I drove a little more slowly and then I ________ the car and at the same moment the road ________ onto the cars in front of me. I found myself in the ________. I couldn’t move. My legs and feet were hurting badly and I couldn’t move them. All round me was ________. But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I memorized what had happened. I had been ________ an earthquake. For about two hours nobody came. Luckily I could reach the bag of ________, so at least I had plenty to eat. Then I heard people ________ towards me. A team of people had come to ________ if anyone was under the ________ road. I called out, “I’m here!” I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to my car. “How are you ________?”He asked. “Not too bad, ”I said. They didn’t get me out until the next morning.

【推荐3】There was a king who loved art very much. One day a(n) _______came and said, “Please let me _______a picture on a wall.” The king happened to have a big new hall_______. So he_______the artist to work on one of the walls.

At the same time, another artist came and asked to work on the_______wall. He promised he would make the same picture as the first artist’s_______looking at the first artist’s work. The second artist asked to have a thick curtain_______between the two walls_______neither of them could see each other.

The following day they began to work. The first artist brought in a(n)_______supply of paint, oil, water and so on. The second one came with a________and a bucket (桶).

A month later, the first artist’s work was________, and the second artist said, “My wall is ready too!”

The king went to________the first artist’s wall. He was pleased with it and gave the artist a large________of money. He then asked people to open the curtain.

________! Each line was________the same as that on the opposite wall.

The king was quite satisfied and gave him double money. However, he________how the second man had made it.

“I just________the wall with the cloth,” the man said briefly.The wall was made________white marble . He made it shine like a mirror. The reflection (倒影) of the first painting________up on it!

The world is a reflection of you too. If you are sad, the world will be________. If you are happy, the world will be happy.

【推荐2】When I was a boy, there were no smart phones, fewer computers. And our television only got one channel (频道)_________. Still, I was never bored.

I can remember once hiking to a nearby _________ and slowly walking around it. At the backside of it I was amazed to find an old _________ road that I had never seen before. I immediately _________ to travel it. It was uneven and full of muddy tire tracks with deep woods on both sides, but _________ it still seemed like a fine adventure.

I walked on for what seemed like hours. The road gave way to a gravel(碎石) one and then a smooth one, yet there was still neither a car nor a house in _________. My legs were getting tired. I noticed that the sun was starting to _________ down and I grew scared. I didn’t want to end up _________ in the night, but I was sure it would be dark _________ I could make my way back to the lake again.

I continued to walk on with the __________ growing inside of me. I was almost in tears when I saw something in the distance. It was a house that I __________. It was still over a mile away but my legs felt like __________ and I hurried back to my house in no __________. Then I ended my adventure with a good night’s sleep. I remembered this recently when I saw a sign __________, “All roads lead Home.” This is true. In this life, all roads, whatever their twists (曲折) and __________ are, can lead us home again. And to our homes in our hearts.