【推荐1】Once, in a lovely garden lived the most beautiful butterfly in the world. She was so pretty, and had won so many beauty competitions that she had become very ______. One day, a naughty cockroach (蟑螂) couldn’t bear her showing off, and decided to teach her a ______.

She went to see the butterfly, and in front of everyone she told her that she wasn’t really that ____     and that the butterfly only won the competitions because the ______ had been paid. In reality, the cockroach was the most beautiful.

The butterfly was ______ and told the cockroach, “I will ______ you in a beauty competition, with whichever judges you yourself choose.”

“OK, I ______, see you on Saturday,” answered the cockroach, and left without waiting for a ______.

That Saturday everyone went to the beauty competition. The butterfly arrived completely ______ of victory until she saw who the judges were: cockroaches, worms, beetles. All of them preferred the ugliness and bad ______ of the cockroach.

The butterfly was left ______ and disappointed, deciding never to enter another beauty competition in her life. ______, the cockroach forgave the butterfly for her pride and they became friends.

【推荐2】When Jacob Kohut finally had some time off during his 12-hour shift standing guard outside the U. S. Capitol (国会), he sat on the seat, _________ in hand, teaching students via his computer how to play Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.”

“I’m a soldier for the Guard, but I’m as much a soldier for music _________,” he says. Kohut used to be in the _________ for ten years, and now when safety support is needed at the US Capitol, he is one of the 25,000 soldiers supporting Joe Biden’s inauguration (就职典礼).

When he was called up for _________, “My first thought was, what about my kids?” says Kohut. “The _________ thing these students need is a change of the teacher.”

The school headmaster Diane Leipzig told Kohut she would find a new teacher to _________ his classes, but he _________ continuing to teach. “He teaches our kids the importance of _________ and devotion.” Leipzig said.

_________ has always been a driving force in Kohut’s life. He was a violin player throughout high school, studied music in college, and ____________ earned his doctor’s degree in music at George Mason University. Kohut insists he is not doing anything ____________ — he’s simply taking care of what needs to get done.

Among the long and stressful hours of standing guard, Kohut said his teaching time offers ____________.When the familiar melody “Ode to Joy” ____________ the Humvee, Kohut realized there wasn’t a better ____________ to teach his students. “It’s a ____________ of unity and peace,” he says. “And that’s what the world needs right now.”

【推荐1】One Thanksgiving Day, my best friend, Jane, and I found out our teacher Edward was having some financial (经济的) difficulties, we decided to help.

When Jane told her family about our plan, her mother was ____. Together they searched their house for things they could ____. Her mother pulled out a big turkey and saying, “Thanksgiving Day won’t be ____ without a turkey dinner.”

Before ____ gifts, we said some words of appreciation for the wonderful chance to ____ others. I will never forget the ____ look of our teacher and his wife when they ____ the door; their four children stood around them as we handed out the gifts. It was a cold night. ____ , we all felt warm inside.

Last month ____ I was in a meeting, my secretary informed me, “Your high school teacher Mr Edward is wondering if you could ____ him a few minutes.”

I left my meeting and went to my office ____. My teacher and I hugged and began to speak of the last 42 years. He told me he ____remembered that cold winter night when we brought the ____ of Thanksgiving Day to his family. The food and gifts were certainly ____, but what warmed his heart that night was to see a group of teenagers who understood the ____ of Thanksgiving Day.

【推荐2】Andrejczyk Maria, 25, won silver in Tokyo with a throw of 64.61 meters. She_________Facebook that she would be auctioning(拍卖)off her silver medal to_________money for Miloszek Malysa’s operation at Stanford University Medical Center in California.

Miloszek has a serious heart disease, who_________an operation. He already has a head start from Kubus—a boy who didn’t make it in time but whose amazing parents decided to_________on the funds they collected.

The Olympian said in her post that the baby required 1.5 million zloty(around $ 383,000 USD)to_________medical expenses and transportation to receive the operation in California. Andreiczyk added that half of the cost had already been collected in the online fundraiser.

Last week, she announced that the_________of the auction was Zabka, a Polish convenience store chain, with a $125,000 bid. “It is with the greatest_________that I give you my medal, which for me is a_________of struggle, faith and the pursuit of dreams despite many_________situations,” she wrote on Facebook. Zabka later said it would still provide the funds but Andreiczyk could__________her Olympic medal.

“We were moved by the beautiful and extremely__________gesture of our Olympian, so we decided to support the__________of funds for the benefit of Miloszek,” the company said in a statement. “We also decided that the honor from Tokyo will stay with Ms Maria, who showed how great of a sportswoman she is.”

Andreiczyk said that winning the silver Olympic medal__________her “enormous happiness” and she wanted to transfer the feeling to a young child who could use some. The true value of a medal always__________in the heart. A medal is only an object, but it can be of great value to others. This silver can save lives, instead of obtaining__________in a closet.

【推荐1】The Keeper of the River

An old man had been working for many years for a town. His job was to clear away natural waste from the pool water in the hills, which made up the lovely river flowing through the town nearby. Quietly and _________, the old man guarded the hills, _________ the leaves and branches, and cleaned up the dirt that would have blocked and polluted the fresh flow of water. The town soon became a popular attraction for tourists. Elegant swans(天鹅) floated along the clear river and the view was so beautiful _________ words.

Years passed. One evening the town committee met. As they reviewed the budget, one man’s _________ caught sight of the salary _________ being paid to the seldom seen keeper of the river. He asked “Who is the old man? Why do we _________ to employ him? No one in town ever sees him. For all we know, the strange keeper of the hills isn’t doing his job. His position isn’t _________ any longer.” Then they voted to _________ the man.

For several weeks nothing changed.

By early autumn, the trees began to _________ their leaves. Small branches broke off and fell into the pools of the hills, __________ the flow of the shining water. One afternoon, someone noticed a slight yellowish-brown color in the river. A few days later, the water was much __________. Within another week, an oily something covered some sections of the water along the banks and a terrible __________ was soon sensed. Swans left, and so did the __________. The only thing that was now visiting the village was disease and sickness.

Quickly, the embarrassed town committee called a special meeting. Realizing their huge error in __________, they rehired the old keeper of the river again, and within a few weeks, the river began to clear up. Swans and tourists came back again and new life returned to the small town in the Alps.

Never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job or life. They may all make a __________.

【推荐2】It isn’t every day that the future and the past get to meet on national television.

When his wife of 72 years passed away six years ago, Peter Davies ________ he felt like “a lost soul”. The 100-year-old man from Macclesfield, England ________ to find new purpose in his life, so when his daughter suggested he offer his help at the local elementary school, he ________ to go for it.

“I was married for 72 years, and when my wife died, life changed ________,” Peter explained. “My daughter suggested that, to get some ________ back into my life, I do something I’m ________ of doing”

Peter chose to ________ at a primary school, and he was a huge ________ with all of the children he tutored. He ________ reading into a fun game. Besides, his new ________ as a grandfatherly figure made him feel more connected to his community than ever before

“The ________ are great,” said Peter. “I’m sure I get more than the kids do. It is a lovely warm feeling that I ________ the community. I’m part of it. Moreover, my image is ________. Wherever I go in the village, a child will shout ‘Hello Mr. Davies.’ I feel 10 feet tall. ”

Recently he was ________ with a British Empire Medal (BEM) on television with the youngest recipient, 18-year-old Dara McAnulty. “He is the future, and I am the past,” Peter said. “It’s just simple as that, it really is. I’m ________ for him.”

【推荐3】On Monday, May 9, James Givens, a police officer in Cincinnati, Ohio, was sitting in his panda car. Just at that moment he heard what sounded like a _________. He turned around only to find a goose pecking at the car door. This was highly _________ given that the birds typically preferred to observe _________ from a distance.

But on this day, the goose appeared to be determined to get his _________ and kept pecking until Givens opened the car door and _________. The police officer says that though the bird then began to _________, it kept turning around to make sure he was _________. When they finally stopped, Givens _________ why the mother goose had been so — she wanted him to _________ her gosling (幼鹅) that had been trapped in some balloon string.

__________ that the mother goose would __________ him if he got close to the baby, Givens called the local SPCA (保护动物协会). __________, they were unable to send anyone to help right away. Therefore he had to call his fellow police officer Cecillia Charron, who was nearby and soon __________ Givens. Concerned that the gosling would not survive the __________, Cecilia decided to take on the task herself.

As it turned out, there was __________ to worry about. The mother goose appeared to understand that Charron was trying to help and watched __________ from a safe distance as the office untied the trapped bird. As soon as the little gosling was __________, it ran as quickly as possible to its __________, and they took off shortly after. Charron, a 24-year soldier of the police force, said this would probably __________ to be the most memorable incident of her __________!