【推荐1】15 years ago, Erin Merry met a lost kitten when she was at college. “I was ________ immediately and decided that I would ________ him in my college dorm where animals are obviously not ________,” Erin recalled.

A week later she was caught and required to ________ the cat. After several phone call, Erin ________ to find a lady to take Ivory, the kitten. But Ivory did not get along with his new ________. So she immediately offered to ________ him back. “I plotted for a month to convince my parents to let me keep him.” said Erin.

Six years ago, Erin had Coco, her daughter. She didn’t know what Ivory would think about the new ________ when she brought her home from the hospital.

“But it was love ________” Erin said. Ivory stayed by Coco’s side, guarding and ________ her with love. As Coco grew, he became her ________ brother, watching over her every step of the way. Coco ________ a book casually one day and tried to read it with Ivory by her side. And he became her perfect ________.

A video showing Coco reading to Ivory ________ on the Internet in 2018. ________ people followed Erin on social media platforms. ________, on December 8, 2018, just months after becoming famous, the 14-year old cat ________ from kidney failure.

A full month after Ivory’s passing, Erin still got cards and gits from ________ individuals. It is this ________ that Erin hopes Ivory’s fans hold on to. She wants her furry “first born” to be remembered as a ________ of compassion that inspires others to treat the world with love.

【推荐3】My job is to help clients find jobs and return to school for training. One day, a lady came to my office with a dream to become a registered nurse. However, her family did not _________ . With young children to care for and her husband unemployed, she simply didn’t have the _________ to return to school.

It was clear that this lady had a(n) _________ for the nursing profession, so I encouraged her to realize her dream. I _________ her with necessary information to apply for nursing school. She left my office, and I never _________ whether she followed her dream or not.

Many years later, I was diagnosed (诊断) with breast cancer, I was _________ to hospital. The surgery was successful. It was, _________ , very painful. Though I _________ myself on not being a bell ringer, one night the pain was so _________ that I had to call for a nurse. I rang the bell and waited for __________ . A nurse came through the door and offered to help. I __________ thanked her for coming to my rescue. I said, “I am not usually like this.”

To my __________ , she said, “Oh, I know that, Mrs. Bryenton.” It __________ that she was just the lady who I had encouraged to follow her dream years before. She subsequently (随后) returned to school for upgrading and later __________ nursing.

You never know what __________ your encouraging words will have on someone. It is amazing that many of my clients would __________ to say thanks to me. To this day, I am still __________ by strangers in the street and reminded that I was instrumental (起重要作用) in __________ their life.

I truly believe we make a __________ by what we get, but we make a wonderful life by what we __________ .

【推荐1】Madison Williams, aged 13, was studying in her bedroom in Dublin, Ohio. Suddenly, her mother, Leigh Williams, rushed in saying __________, “A little boy fell into a septic tank（化粪池）, and no one can __________ him.”

They ran to the neighbor’s yard, where they found the boy’s desperate mother and other people __________ a septic tank opening that was slightly wider than a __________. The boy, only 2, had slipped in.

Madison quickly __________ the situation. She was the only one who could __________ through the small hole. Without __________, she got on her stomach next to the opening, placed her __________ out in front of her, __________ told the adults, “Lower me in.”

Leigh and the others __________ her waist and legs. She moved her arms and shoulders from side to side until she got through the __________. Inside, the tank was dark, and the air was sick. She used her hands to __________ the boy in the dirty water, and jammed her left wrist __________ a hidden pole, injuring the muscles in her wrist and arm. Ignoring her __________, Madison continued. Minutes ticked by before she __________ grasped his foot.

Then, ten minutes after Madison had __________ the tank, she and the boy were __________. But the boy wasn’t out of __________. He had been kept from oxygen long enough that he wasn’t __________. An adult gave him several hard hits on the back. It was only when Madison heard him cry that she knew he was __________. Madison’s action made her a hero.

【推荐2】Seventy-year-old Tububatu and his wife Taoshengchagan live in a village on the edge of Badain Jaran Desert in China. They’ve been spending every day since they retired in 2002 fighting against _____. Before Tububatu, others had tried but _____ and he just wanted to make a difference. He started out by _____ just 50 trees, but kept doubling his _____ to the point where he now plants thousands of trees a year.

The couple have been growing their little desert forest at their own expense, so they live a very _____ life. Even though they mostly plant drought-resistant (耐旱的) types, they still make sure to water them at least once a day to make them grow _____.

Although they’ve been _____ by some neighbors who think they are sure to fail, they haven’t given up. The couple have planted over 266 hectares of desert over the last 20 years and have no _____ to stop.

Apart from _____ the spread of the desert, Tububatu is also making a living by planting, as the desert-living cistanche is a(n) ______ medicinal (药用的) plant that can sell for up to 100 yuan per kilogram.

It’s reported that so far they have planted over 70,000 trees, ______ more than 1 million yuan of their savings. The ______ conditions have damaged their health and they look older than they actually are, but they refuse to _____their battle against the desert.

The couple have received several ______ and honors from the government over the years, becoming good _____for all environmentalists.

【推荐3】A dozen years ago, William Dunn noticed his six-year-old neighbor, Camran, shouted at his mom angrily. He started a (n) _________ with the boy. Camran told him that his _________ wasn’t in his life.

William asked Camran’s mom for _________ to take him fishing. Camran was _________ by the experience from that first trip. The two fished together several times a week, and William saw _________ changes in Camran’s behavior. Soon William was teaching Camran’s friends and other kids in the neighborhood to _________.

On weekends, William and a few other _________ take 20 to 25 kids out fishing on a rented boat. Many have never been fishing or even on a boat, so William starts by teaching the _________. Then come the life _________ that fishing offers: patience, team work and the simple __________ of relaxing outdoors. He and the other volunteers have taken more than 600 fishing trips with almost 2, 000 __________ who don’t have a father in their lives.

William wants to share his __________ of fishing with kids who don’t have a father to take them. He said he just wanted to show the kids that he __________ them and that he was there for them. Because many kids go on several trips, William is able to build __________ with them. He and Camran, now 20, still __________ fish together, and Camran sees Big Willam as a father figure.

【推荐2】One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and ________ and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he ________ there was a hole in the boat and decided to repair it. When he finished painting, he received his ________ and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and ________ him with a nice check, much higher than the payment for painting, the painter was ________.“You've already paid me for painting the boat！”he said.

“But this is not for the paint ________. It's for having repaired the hole in the boat.”

“But it was such a(n) ________ service. Certainly it's not worth paying me such a high amount for something so unimportant！”

“My dear friend, you do not ________. Now let me tell you what happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I ________ to mention about the hole. When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and ________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a hole in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was ________ because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my ________ and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.

“Then, I ________ the boat and found that you had repaired the hole！You see, now, what you did？You ________   my children！I do not have enough money to pay your ‘small’ good deed.”

So, no matter who, when or how, just ________ repair all the “leaks” you find.

【推荐3】I was very angry because of a bad thing that happened this morning. As a result, I decided to go out for a _________. I put my headphones on, pushed “play” on a list of _________ I was excited to listen to and ran out of the door. However, the _________ event of my morning kept crowding into my mind over and over again. I couldn’t even hear the songs I loved so much.

And then something _________. About three fourths of my way through the run I _________ a couple in their early thirties. As I was passing by, the man _________ and gave me a thumbs-up (竖起大拇指) gesture. Did he just do that? I thought so _________ I wasn’t sure. It _________ me up right away and made me smile.

I thought to myself how _________ that was. A little piece of kindness from a ____________! I was very grateful for his small ____________. It was ____________ what I needed and I hoped he knew the ____________ it made. And then I ____________ that the only way for him to know was to tell him. I should tell him. I would ____________ it if I didn’t.

So I ____________ and rushed back to catch up with him. I came up behind them completely ____________ and said, “Excuse me... did you just smile at me and give me a thumps-up?” He smiled again and said, “Yes!”

I told him how much of a difference it made, saying that I was having a really horrible morning and how it made me feel so much ____________. And I really ____________ it.

An act of kindness is ____________. It is easy. But it makes such a difference.