Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a famous concert. After they were seated, the mother _______ a friend and walked over to greet her. Seizing the _______ to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy got up and explored his way _______ a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE (禁止进入)”. When the lights became less bright and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her _______   and discovered that the child was missing.

Suddenly, the curtains _______ and the lights focused on the stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, _______ Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

At that moment, the great piano master, Paderewski, _______ on the stage, quickly went to the piano and _______ in the boy’s ear, “Don’t _______ . Keep playing.”

Then, leaning (倾斜) over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began ________ in a bass (低音的) part. Soon his right arm reached ________ to the other side of the child and he added a beautiful piece of music. ________ , the old master and the boy ________   a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative ________   .

That’s the way it is in life. ________ we can complete on our own is ________ noteworthy (值得注目的). We try our best, but the ________ aren’t exactly graceful or flowing music. ________ when we put our trust in the hands of greater power, our life can be truly beautiful.

The next time you set ________ to create great performances, listen carefully. You can hear the ________ of the master whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”

【推荐2】When I woke up on Aug 4, 2016, there was only one thing on my mind: what to wear. A billion thoughts ______through my brain in the closet. It was my first day of high school. I need to ______the people who I would spend the next four years with. First impressions did ______, which made me nervous.

After carefully searching my closet, I ______came out in a dress from Target. I felt powerful as I headed toward room 1136. But as I entered class, my jaw ______ to the floor.

Sitting at her desk was Mrs Hutfilz, my English teacher, in the same ______ as me. I kept my

head down and ______to my seat. I made it through my brief ______ speech until Mrs Hutfilz rose to her feet, jokingly ______ that she liked my style. Although this was the ______ I had been afraid of, all my ______ surprisingly melt away, and the students paid attention as I shared my story. My smile grew as I laughed with other students.

______ back four years later, the ten minutes I spent ______ of giving my speech were really not worth it. My first period of high school ______made the day unforgettable in the best way and taught me that Mrs Hutfilz has a(n)______sense of style!

【推荐2】Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to _________ a passenger at 2:30am. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single _________ in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked. “Just a minute,” answered a _________, elderly voice.

After a _________ pause (停留), the door opened at last. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car, and then _________ to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked _________ toward the car. She kept thanking me for my _________ .”It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.’’

“Oh, you’re such a good man,” she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me a/an _________ , and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown? ”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. I’m on my way to a hospice (临终医院). I don’t have any _________ left. The doctor says I don’t have a chance of living very long. I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价表). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She __________ me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to __________ in front of a special building and would sit looking straight into the __________ , saying nothing.

At dawn (黎明), she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove __________ to the address she had given me.

“How much do I pay for you?” she asked. “Nothing,” I said. “You have to make a living ,” she answered .

“Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a __________.

She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of __________.”

【推荐3】North Carolina mom Hannah Jarvis is thanking the kind stranger. The stranger saved her 7-month-old daughter, Calli, from _________ while her family was eating dinner at Golden Corral. According to Hannah’s post, a woman named Debra acted fast when she saw Calli choking on a bite of potato.

“I immediately _________ my daughter out of her high chair and started pounding(反复击打) on her _________, but I wasn’t doing it right and so I started to _________,” Hannah told POPSUGAR. “My mother started to do the same: holding her upside down, hitting her back, but _________. At that time, we were all in a panic. Then, Debra _________ and did the Heimlich manoeuvre(海姆立克急救法) properly.”

_________ that her daughter survived the incident, Hannah shared on the social media just how grateful she is.

“If it weren’t for Debra Rouse, my daughter probably would have been _________ away in an ambulance(救护车) today,” Hannah wrote. “My family and I can’t thank you enough for helping. My daughter has been seen to the ER and is perfectly _________ now. I will never forget the tears that were shed today at Golden Corral as this __________ stepped in. Most importantly, thank you for hearing our __________ cries for Calli this evening.”

Thanks to the power of social media, the post eventually __________ it onto Debra’s screen, and she left a sweet reply in the __________ section. “Good evening Mrs. Hannah, I saw the news article and I messaged you my number! I’m __________ that Calli is doing well, you all have been on my mind since yesterday! Love you all and take care.”

Hannah and Debra have been keeping speaking with each other regularly since then. “We actually met up in Asheville the day after the incident. I’m just so thankful for __________ Debra to us that day!”