【推荐1】It was a Christmas break from school almost 40 years ago. I had spent most of the morning like any boy would, ________ outside in the snow and enjoying the sunlight on the _____ day of the year. I liked stepping through the snow, making snowballs to _______ the trees, and watching the smoky breath float (飘)out of my ______. After a while,though, the ______ got to be too much and I went ________.

It was warm in the house. I ______ my wet coat and put on my favorite blue sweater. Then I walked into the _______. My mom and grandma had just ______ baking two loaves of Italian bread. Mom looked up, smiled at me and asked me what I wanted for _____. I smiled back and pointed to the delicious bread. Mom laughed, _____ a slice（薄片） off the bread, and buttered it for me. Then she told me to go sit _____ the stove (炉子)in the living room. Taking my slice with me I sat in my favorite chair, and felt the gentle heat from the stove _____ my little body. It was a moment of pure _____. I felt so good and so loved that I ______ it to this day.

Our daily _____ and love are all we need in this life. They are all we need to _____. Anything else is just an extra blessing to be used to make this would a _____ place for us all.

Be thankful for the daily bread that fills your ____ and for daily love that fills your soul. Then go out and with great joy _____ your bread, your blessings, and your love with the world.

【推荐2】There he was, turning the corner of Hawley and Main Street like clockwork. His red hair seemed to catch the sunlight, giving his head a soft candle-flame glow. He caught my eye, and up went his arm in his usual wave. As usual, I _______back and gave him a warm smile. I didn’t know his name, but he was very _______to everybody. No matter the weather, I saw him walking out there almost every day.

Having moved from a larger city, I wasn’t used to waves from _______. Actually, wherever we were, people hardly_______each other. We simply passed by each other, heads down, minding our own_______.

Perhaps that’s why I enjoyed these daily waves. It felt great to be _______and receive that message of “Hello!”. On days when we didn’t _______ to pass each other, I missed him and wondered if he was all right. The next day, I’d find myself driving with one eye on the _______. It was a happy reunion when I spotted him, and I’d wave first in my _________.

One night I was walking in the street, my thoughts traveled to “The Waver”, wondering if I could be________enough to wave at people I didn’t know. Just at the point.

I heard a car ________. I made eye contact with the person in the car, smiled and waved at her. The woman’s face____________, and she waved back. I was a little surprised. I reminded myself, “It’s okay. It’s actually kind of ________!” I waved to everyone I saw the rest of the way home.

Everyone at some point in their lives wonders if they’ve made any ________on the world. I can tell you that you don’t have to change the world ________. It’s enough to help sweeten it a little, even simply by a heart-warming wave.

【推荐3】Adventure is in my blood. And I had been considering how I was going to celebrate my high school graduation. I didn’t just want a small ________ in the backyard. I started thinking about doing a solo trip somewhere out of the ________. I took out maps and drew the 1 500-mile ________ along which I would be biking from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I ________ my plans with my dad, he agreed as I thought he would. Because I get my adventurous ________ from him, he was all for it.

I had only been away from my home three days now but there was an inner ________ going on inside of me. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I really could ________ it. The other part of me was ready to ________ to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.

On the road I met another ________ who was quite a bit older than I was. He had started his journey alone by bike at the southern part of Norway and had just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of ________. It encouraged me not to ________.

As I listened to my favorite artists on my MP4 player I pedaled with my ________. There was nobody around me for miles. Actually that wasn’t ________ true. There were mosquitoes—millions of them. My arms were so dotted with ________ that they looked like a topographical map (地形图). But however difficult it would be nothing could stop my ________ towards the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.

【推荐1】Every act of kindness starts with something small, something we all can — and should — do every single day.

I’m Will Rubio, one of the _________ of BYUtv’s Random Acts show. We take hidden cameras to unexpected places to _________ random acts of kindness. We’ve filmed acts _________ from building disabled­friendly facilities (设施) for those who are badly_________ them but can’t afford them to returning a lost wallet.

On Random Acts, it may be a neighbor or a colleague who_________ a need and sets off an incredible chain reaction of service. _________ the story of Emmalene Meyers for example, like many young girls, Emmalene was _________ to be a ballet dancer — but her physical disability makes even everyday tasks a(n) _________. Instead of seeing a limitation, Emmalene’s friend Lily _________ an opportunity. Lily imagined Emmalene’s dream being brought to life onstage and persuaded Random Acts to help make her plan __________.

So, where can you start? The key is to be like Lily: look for an opportunity to make a __________ to those in need, and then take action to make it happen eventually. Being __________ and involved in service is __________ like any other goal you want to achieve. You have to __________ it.

After two seasons of hosting Random Acts, the joy of __________ burdens and brightening lives doesn’t fade. I sometimes __________ Random Acts might lose its feature eventually, but that was far from the __________. When I finally meet the people we’ve been working to __________ and see their genuine shock and appreciation, it __________ me in the feel every time. I cry more than anyone else on the show.

Be that person doing acts of __________ out of the goodness of your heart — be the nice you want to see in the world!

【推荐3】Volunteering gives you an opportunity to change people's lives, including your own. It gives you the _________of playing a role in someone else's life, _______people who may not be able to help themselves. Why not______ a little time helping others, because in the end, what goes around comes around.

I think one of the most _______values I have gained through my_______at St. Clarets Hospital is the importance of service. Service_____making a difference in the lives of others. I believe that through volunteering at the hospital, I can ______this value. Each time I end my volunteer _____, I feel better and as if I have done something ______. This feeling has fueled me to_______volunteering. In the past years I have been ___ about my situation, and was discouraged because I felt I might not make a big ______ due to my young age.

However, I am relieved of this because I feel that through the hospital volunteer ______I can try to do my ______ and help others. Because of my involvement at St. Clarets Hospital, I have come to include service as a(n)   ______ part of my life. I feel an obligation to do my best to help others and ________to society in any way I can.

I know that my experience as a St. Clare's Hospital volunteer has been a wonderful opportunity to ____ as a person, and I have made use of this to the best of my _______. Without my volunteer experience, I may have been a(n)   _____ different person, lacking these skills. I have gained valuable skills, as well as learned

【推荐3】It was time for Ivy League(常春藤联盟)schools to announce their admission decisions. 17-year-old Mekhi Johnson sat with his mother at ________. Johnson quickly started checking his position at each of the eight ________ schools that he’d ________. He started with Yale—he was in. Next, Columbia and Cornell. Those schools ________ him, too. Then, he checked Harvard’s ________ . As soon as he saw he got into Harvard, his mom started ________ loudly, “My son just got into Harvard.” Everyone in the restaurant started clapping. It was just ________!

Eleven years ago, Johnson heard a story about a student who was ________into all the Ivy League schools. Then he said with a(n) ________ look, “I want to do that!”

________ he was young, he set the ________ and was pretty serious.

Johnson is the first Gilman student to achieve this. Johnson has attended Gilman ________ first grade and has a 98.1 average. He edits the school’s yearbook and magazines, ________ in the jazz band and works on musical theater productions. He also volunteers with a group that ________ elementary school students from low-income families.

Johnson hopes to study at a law school. He wants to use the special experiences he’s had to ________ racism(种族歧视).