【推荐1】I sit outside of my daughter’s nursery school classroom, patiently waiting for her. When the door opens, my daughter runs out with a broad smile. She _______the excitement of school.

＂How was your _______?＂ I ask casually, while _______wanting to hear every single detail. ＂It was so good, Mommy!＂ my daughter replies. That’s it. That’s all I _______.

On the car ride home, I ask her a lot of questions. She answers me with a few words, but never goes into much _______. Usually she tells me that she wants to _______something else.

It has only been a few weeks, but I still find it so _______that my daughter has a whole morning in school without me. I _______ask the teachers for details and I am often provided with the same _______answers that my daughter gives.

Now, three mornings a week, I close her classroom door behind me and she has her own ________. I am given some ________of her days like apples glued onto paper trees and paint dirt under her fingernails.

I know she ________this privacy and the time to ________a new environment and meet different kids. ________, I can’t help but want to know about the details of her days. The ride home is the ________time that she will provide me with some ________about her morning.

When we pull into the driveway, I change the ________to something else. I am sure that my constant questions annoy her, so I try to ________them to the car ride after school.

I am ________that my daughter doesn’t quite know our driving route yet; she can’t tell that I sometimes take the long way home, ________we have those few extra minutes together.

【推荐2】Jackson sat at his school desk and looked over at the new kid in class. His name was Billy and he just_______ here from Florida. So far, Jackson had not______ him. Today, at break, Jackson was going to try to make a new friend.

When the bell______for rest, Jackson hurried out of his seat and followed Billy outside. “Hi, Billy,” Jackson said as they walked outside. “Do you want to play basketball?” “No. I’m not very ______at basketball. “Jackson stood there and ______what to do next. Maybe he didn’t like Jackson. Maybe he didn’t want to be his______.Jackson thought about playing basketball with other ______. He looked over at Billy sitting on the rock alone by himself. He decided to give it one more try.

“Do you like cars?” Jackson asked Billy______he walked up to him. “Sure!” Billy said with a______. Jackson reached into his pocket and pull out two ______.”My brother gave me these.” He______one of the cars to Billy. “Awesome! I love Mustangs!” Billy rolled the car over the rock. “Me too!” Jackson said. “It’s my ______car!” Jackson sat on the ground and rolled his car across the rock, making a car noise as he did. “My Dad has a real Mustang! You should come over to my______ and see it!” “Great!” Jackson______said. He was so happy that he could______tell, they were going to be best friends.

【推荐3】In August 2017,Southeast Texas was badly affected by Hurricane Harvey.About 30 miles west of Houston,the town of Katy,Texas,took a hard ______.Nearly 700 of its homes and 80 businesses were_________or destroyed.But the locals didn't wait for the rain to ________ before opening door ,refrigerators and _____________to first responders (急救员）,neighbors,strangers .

Beaver Aplin,owner of the popular Bucee's chain of convenience _______ was preparing for the grand opening of his newest location just outside Katy.When the _______ hit,Aplin opened the store _________without thinking twice.He put the word out to first responders,telling them to ________what they needed,free of charge.

Meanwhile,the locals ran,drove and paddled(划船）to _______ their neighbors.When the water was too deep,rescue came by _______.A nearby Bass Pro Shop donated all 80 boats it had-and then its head office ________dozens more."We never even got a(n)________"says city administrator Byron Hebert.

Other residents found ________ways to join in.Shakeib Mashhood used WhatsApp to gather more than 100 volunteers who gave out food and water and_________storm-damaged homes.

These are just a small part of the ________of heroism that came out of Katy.But Mashood,like many others of his fellow Texan heroes,________he didn't do anything special."We do what we need to do,"he told Reader's Digest.

Even first responders coming from outside Katy could instantly feel the town's _______spirit."We helped people in lots of other areas,too,but Katy was _______.Neighbors were going from house to house checking on people and _________everyone they could,"David Scherff told Katy Magazine."I was so_________that I even had thoughts of moving here.I have never seen anything like Katy."

【推荐1】The Afrikaner culture that I grew up in has a delicious tradition — baking lots of different types of cookies at Christmas. We bake for days on end to _____________ our cookie tins, and prepare cookie baskets and boxes to _____________ to friends and neighbors. As an adult, I choose not to continue many of the Christmas traditions. However, this is still one of my favorite Christmas activities.

I have a friend from a different _____________ background. She also loves cooking and baking. When she heard that I was planning a baking day, she _____________ me to teach her how to bake my Christmas cookies. A week before Christmas, it was usually baking time. We both envisioned (想象) the beautiful and tasty treats that we would make for our families, friends and neighbors. Our baking got off to a slow but _____________ start. The techniques and skills that I’d used countless times were new to my friend. And some of them would be even _____________ to an experienced baker, let alone a first-timer. On my own, I’d have done it quickly and correctly. But by midday, I could feel my _____________ rising. Teaching my friend had put us well behind _____________. There was, of course, an easy solution: I could _____________ and just let her watch. But I had promised that I would teach her. So we decided to reduce the variety of cookies, bake more of the ______________ versions and get creative with the icing. At the end of the second day, we had 20 beautiful gift boxes, each displaying a mouth-watering selection of cookies.

My friend couldn’t wait to get home and share the ______________ of her labors with her family. Seeing how proud she was, I was doubly ______________ that I didn’t act on my thought to do everything myself just because it would be ______________. Not only would I have robbed her of an opportunity to ______________ but I would have robbed her of that new-found ______________ and the pride she felt at having achieved something new.

【推荐1】A crowd cheered Kunle Adeyanju as he turned off his motorbike engine after completing a tiring 41-day trip. The 44-year-old left London on April 19 and arrived in Nigeria’s commercial center Lagos on Sunday after travelling more than 8,000 _________ across 13 countries. He started the impressive journey to _________ funds for Rotary International to deal with polio(小儿麻痹症)in his native Nigeria.

Accompanied by a dozen _________ for the last part of the journey from the Republic of Benin, Adeyanju was welcomed by supporters in Ike ja, in central Lagos. Adeyanju, called “Lion Heart” by fans, won _________ among the public by _________ daily pictures with comments about his journey on social media. At every stop along the way, he was _________ by enthusiastic supporters.

He did face some _________ , like the one in Mali where one of his wheels _________ . “I was standing in the middle of the night, alone in a bush, not knowing what to do, _________ speaking the language,” he said, explaining he had to walk to the nearest village. “ __________ , the locals helped me.” Not all of the challenges he faced were solved __________ . “Mauritania, a country in northwest Africa, was ‘terrible’,” he said, after he got __________ of hundreds of euros. “The worst experience,” he added.

The former Shell employee self-funded his trip with $ 20,400 in savings, hoping to collect up to $48 million for Rotary International. “I have been suffering from a lack of sleep lately __________ I slept only three to four hours per night. But I feel __________ because I finished this challenge.”Adeyanju said just after he arrived, wiping the sweat off his face. Adeyanju added that he is now planning to have a __________ cycling trip to Ghana or a bike ride to Israel to help raise more funds. And he has another dream: to climb Mount Qomolangma.

【推荐2】On a beautiful Wednesday morning, I woke in a shared room in the hospital. Long curtains had been pulled around my bed, _______ me from the other patients. I had broken my right leg the night before. It was still summer, but mine was _______.

On the other side of my bed curtain, I heard a patient cheerfully _______ every nurse as they entered the room, as if welcoming each into his home. He called them by name and asked _______ about their families. I never heard this man whisper a word about his own _______.

That night I wept. I thought about how my schoolwork would be _______ and all the things I could, temporarily, no longer do.

I woke early the next morning, _______ of the uncertain days ahead. The _______ of the room was soon broken by a quiet voice from behind the curtain. “Good morning,” the voice said _______, clearly directing at me. “Are you doing okay?”

The man must have heard my ________ the night before. Hesitantly, I responded. From there he drew me into a(n) ________. We talked endlessly through the curtain to pass the time, without seeing each other. Every day he would greet me with cheer, “Good morning, Caroline. You are going to ________this.”

This stranger became my cheerleader, as if it was his mission to lift me up from my ________. He ________ me to find the best in all difficult situation. Life is not always easy, he would say, but you have to ________ and look for the positive.

Days later when the curtain was drawn, I saw this ________ old man for the first time. ________ his own ill health, he continued to coach me from his hospital bed in the days that followed.

My discharge papers (出院证明) were finally signed and I waited ________ to get home. As I was wheeled out of the room, I said my final goodbye to the old man.

I often think of my exceptional roommate and of what a(n) ________ he was to me. The effect he made during those difficult days in hospital still ________.

Thank you for being my ray of sunshine!

【推荐3】Lauren Turner spied a vehicle speeding past him while on ________ , so the officer managed to stop the car. He ________the driver only to find an unbelievably________woman racing to get medical help for a 12-day-old baby.

Mom threw open the door and ________ the baby to Turner for help. She________just after drinking some milk, the baby named Ryleigh struggled and then fell weak and ________.

Without ________, Turner grabbed hold of the baby and made a(n) ________to recover her breath. "Come on, baby. Cry for me. Come on, open those eyes, sweetheart." Those ________words seemed to work. However, the baby started breathing and then stopped. Turner held her chin and rubbed her lip so __________she started over breathing. Turner sighed in __________and people around were applauding everything the officer did to __________the baby.

__________what he did, Turner received the Life-Saving Medal from Berkeley County. He also was __________to Ryleigh's first birthday _________and was thrilled to be a part of her big day.

When the doorbell rang at Turner's home a bit later, in walked Ryleigh and her mom. They had a __________for Turner, which almost brought him to tears. It was a card __________: “Will you be my godfather?”

Turner could __________believe that and his __________was “certainly”. What began as a most terrifying moment for a family with a baby on the point of death __________forming an amazing relationship between an officer and the baby whose life he saved.