【推荐1】When my teenaged son became seriously ill, terrible times for my family began. Our once-happy home became tense and ______. My husband and I were exhausted under the great stress of ______ my son. It was as if we forgot how to communicate—we couldn’t have a simple ______ without a fighting. Our marriage was on the point of breaking up.

One evening, my son and I were talking about _______ I recalled my first Valentine’s present from my husband, a kazoo (卡祖笛). I was ______ when I received it because I couldn’t get it to make a sound ______ I am a professional saxophone(萨克斯) player. However hard I tried, it just never ______ . The kazoo eventually got ______ and forgotten. But My son was interested and insisted on seeing it. After some ______, I found it.

“You couldn’t get a sound? What’s so ______ about it?” my husband asked, amazed. He grabbed the kazoo and ______. Nothing happened. Surprised, he tried again. Still there was no sound. Frustrated. he tried again,______ to produce a funny sound like an angry bumblebee(大黄峰) ______ in the mouth of a bear. We burst into laughter. My son took a ______ to play the kazoo. He did no better than us, causing more ______.

Seeing his face light up, we felt as if the gloom(黑暗) had ______ and a ray of sunshine was let in. It was the best ten ______ of the past couple of years. The mood stayed ______ for the rest of the evening. It didn’t solve anything. But this ______ with the kazoo proved to be a turning point that always ______ us that there are still things to laugh at and enjoy, and that we can still connect as a family.

【推荐2】Addison Witulski is only 9 years old. Her 7-year-old brother, Kaden Witulski, was born with a heart condition, and now he_________surgery (外科手术). Addison overheard her grandma, Kim Allred, discussing the _________ matters with her husband, JC Allred. Allred appeared to be_________not being able to afford traveling to Houston, where Kaden’s surgery is set to take place, on top of paying bills, _________ she suggested hosting a bake sale.

Overhearing what they said, Addison decided to_________ money by herself. She went ahead with a lemonade stand (柠檬水小摊). When Addison started_________the lemonade stand last Saturday, Allred thought she was just doing it for_________. But when the little girl_________$54 at the end of the day, it made Kim Allred feel_________. Seeing a 9-year-old want to__________her brother like that is unbelievable!

Addison’s best friend, Erika Borden, wanted to __________too, so they had another lemonade stand the next day. Here, Addison decided to sell her drawings of butterflies, trees and birds for $l, as well as a cup of lemonade for 25 cents.

“Halfway through the day, she came running into the house saying her butterfly pictures were selling__________and she had to make more,” Alled said. “It was lovable how__________she was taking it.”

Erika’s mom, Mace Petty, promoted the lemonade stand on Facebook and within minutes, cars were lining up to have a drink to show their__________. “I wanted people to know this wasn’t just an ordinary lemonade stand; these kids had a__________.” Petty said. “Seeing the kids take part in such a real-life situation can give the rest of the world great hope for humanity.”

【推荐3】What makes a home? Love, sympathy and confidence. It is a place where love exists among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their children, and the children are _________ the activities of their parents. Thus all of them are_________together by love, and they find their home the_________ place in the world.

But for me, sometimes I can’t feel the love from my father and can’t feel the_________ of the home. _________ often happen between us.

“BANG!” the door caused a protest (抗议). “Never _________ this house again!” shouted father.

With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the house and ran along the street. A young father who held a child in his arm walked _________ me. I felt as if I saw my _________ from another space: happy and harmonious.

But then I didn’t know_________it was because I had grown up or because Dad was getting__________. We were just like two people coming from two different worlds. It felt like there was an iron__________ between us that could never be opened.

I wandered the streets __________ a destination in my mind. My heart was__________ on this hot summer night. As I walked on, there were fewer and fewer people in the streets, until I had only streets to keep me company. When I finally reached the high rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still __________I thought to myself, “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?” After a long hesitation, I opened the door and instantly tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had __________ between us did not exist at all because love is second to none.

【推荐1】I was deeply moved by the kindness of an elderly flower seller at Sydney’s Central Station one evening. I was feeling as cold as the chill winds ________ the steps of the workers who buried hands deep into coat pockets. In many ways, 2022 had proven a ________ year. My teenage daughter had left home for university, my job of 23 years was no more, and a creative project I’d given my all to for years had also been ________ called off. I also found out a person who I’d thought was a friend was ________ it.

A year earlier, I’d dreamt about an earthquake. In the dream, a red light flashed inside a building and then the earth began to ________. Walls collapsed and pieces of brick rained down on me as I ran into the open, feeling ________ for the people I hadn’t loved enough. ________ I was buried completely by the falling world, I reached out my hands and ________, “Abuelo, ayudame,” in my native Spanish. “Grandfather, help me!”

Now, with the very real aftershocks of a number of ________ endings, I walked into a little flower shop to buy a gift for a friend. The gentleman at the checkout looked at me and turned away for a moment, ________ with a beautiful flower. “For you. You need to smile today.” he said in a rich and nice voice, ________ me the flower with eyes full of care. It took all my strength not to ________ tears. Then he wrapped me in a ________ hug that made me want to tell him everything. ________, I just thanked him and headed for the train. How did he know? I wondered. For the first time in weeks, I felt ________.

【推荐2】It was a typical hot Chicago day in August 1996 when the emergency call came for Jacob’s firefighting crew to handle a big fire in an apartment building. When they ________, a young woman came running up to them ________ at the top of her lungs, “My Kris is ________ on the fifth floor.”

Immediately, Jacob and another firefighter made their way up to the fifth floor. The fire had grown so ________ by then.” As a fireman I knew the chances of us ________ if we went down that hall were slim.” says Jacob, “But I just kept seeing that mother’s ________ in my head.” So Jacob rushed down the hall without his ________ and finally found the boy lying on the floor in the ________ spot that wasn’t on fire. “I just ________ the boy and rushed out,” says Jacob.

Jacob was a hero, but little did he know how his ________ decision on that memorable day would affect his own ________ some 20 years later.

At age 43, Jacob was diagnosed with end-stage kidney (肾) failure. “I really didn’t know where to turn. That’s ________ I got Kris’s call.”

Now Kris could finally repay the ________. Soon he was at Jacob’s doorstep with a lifesaving________. “He said, ‘It’s your lucky day; I’m the ________ blood type,’” ________ Jacob. “I was in shock-and he said, ‘I’ve got two kidneys, and you can ________ one.’”

The ________ turned out to be a perfect success.

“Jacob has been there all my life to give me guidance and help me make ________. I’m just glad there was something I could ________ to pay him back for saving my life.” says Kris.

【推荐1】Dad was not only my best friend, but my compass. While he was alive, he_______me with his actions and advice. He taught me one important_______:“Believe in yourself.” If there was one phrase my dad_______liked to hear, it was “I can’t!” He never got to finish high school and_______two jobs to support his large family，_______he never complained. Through education and years of hard work, my dad became an excellent journalist.

When I was in high school, I had a_______time with maths. He tried to help me, but I still struggled. So my maths teacher suggested I meet with him at 7：00 each morning before school for_______help. I told Dad, “That’s crazy! I’m tired! I can’t do that!” He replied, “You’re doing it. I’ll send you to school. Every morning at 6：45, we’d leave the_______ Despite working 12 hours every day, Dad never once_______driving me to school.

After months of learning I was facing the final exam. I was so________. On the day of the final, my dad hugged me and said, “Luke,________yourself. You can do it.” His words made me realize I needed to trust in my________and in the hours of work I’d put in. When I got my________proudly, the first person I called was my father. He cried, “Yes! You deserved it!” Even now, whenever I________that a task is too much for me, I think back to that exam. No matter how________something is, if you’re willing to work, you can succeed. I’m forever grateful to Dad for that lesson.

【推荐2】A famous scientist made several important medical breakthroughs. Some people _________ why he was able to be so much more creative than an _________ person.

He owed it to a(an) _________ with his mother that occurred when he was three years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of _________ from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the _________ bottle and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor. Instead of _________ at him, his mother said, “Robert, what a _________ mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge pond of milk. Well, would you like to _________ in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did. Later his mother said, “Now it is time to clean it up and _________ everything to its proper order. We could use a sponge, a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge and __________ they cleaned up the spilled milk.

Then his mother __________ him to go out in the back yard and fill a bottle with water to see if he could discover a(n) __________ way to carry it without dropping it. The result proved to be a success! What a wonderful __________! Mistakes were just opportunities to learn something new, which is, after all, __________ scientific experiments are all about.

Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would __________ the way Robert’s mother treated him?