【推荐1】An 8-year-old boy achieved the wish of his late (已故的) mother to climb Jade Mountain. Tzou Ze Gang, along with his father, _________ their two-day climbing _________ on August 18. Along the way the boy _________ a photo of his late mother. They _________ to reach the top of Jade Mountain on August 20. Standing at 3, 952 meters above sea level, Jade Mountain is seen as the _________ mountain in Taiwan.

Tzou was only 4 years old when he first _________ Jade Mountain and he had dreamed of climbing it ever since. For the locals, the mountain is _________ believed the home of the Goddess of Life.

The boy was _________ by the mountain and promised his mother that they would both climb it one day. _________, years later his mother had to __________ leg surgery (手术), which made her unable to __________ the mountain. “When you __________ the world in the future, you can bring Mummy’s things along,” his mother told him. Unluckily, she __________ last year. Tzou’s father __________ the child during their training by saying, “Jade Mountain is the highest point in Taiwan. I’m sure we’ll be __________ to Mummy over there.”

The climb was __________ for Tzou. He felt __________ and was out of breath (气喘吁吁). He __________ felt sick even after resting. But Tzou’s father said Tzou felt much better when they were on their last __________, adding that the final 200 meters was a piece of cake for him.

Upon reaching the top, Tzou pulled out his mother’s __________ and shouted, “Mummy! We’ve reached the top. I carried you to the top of Jade Mountain!”

【推荐2】It’s been a long time since I wrote a creative essay. Recently, with lots of time and lack of inspiration, I accepted a _________ to teach creative nonfiction. _________ I couldn’t get myself to write my own stories. I could require that my students tell theirs.

“You’re going to be _________ a journal in this class.” I said. “And I want you to tell your stories like they matter.”

“Why do they matter?” a boy named Michael asked. “I mean, who _________ about our stories?”

No one said a wont. Perhaps they were just tired from their _________ lives. Many worked full-time while in school full-time. Most might not have the faintest _________ that their stories did matter. They didn’t even know that their stories were stories — as beautiful and hard — as their own lives.

_______, I looked at Michael. “They matter because they do.” I said. “Because you’re here and you can tell them. Stories allow us to make _________ of what we’re _________. When you __________ your experience into a story, it becomes yours and not just something that __________ to you.”

Michael didn’t look __________, but he didn’t challenge me either.

Later, Michael wrote about how he grew up in one of the worst neighborhoods in Boston and how his high school teacher, who saw his __________, helped him fill out a college application.

I __________ Michael to read his essay out loud. After he finished, the class went so __________ that we could hear the sound of each other’s breath. I looked at Michael and saw a softening and __________ in his eyes.

After a moment, I said, “That’s __________ you tell your stories.” That night, I picked up my journal from where it __________, dusty and __________. For the first time in months. I had __________ to write.

【推荐3】Final examinations were over, and some of my classmates and I got good grades. As a result, my classmates and I went to a fast food restaurant to celebrate it. We _________ hamburgers and Coca Cola at the counter. When our_________ came, I started walking towards an empty table. By bad luck, my purse strap (带子) got_________on a chair and the tray (托盘) that I was holding slipped_________my hands and went flying in the air. The tray, and its contents, _________ on a man who was just about to _________ a bite of his sandwich. I stared, greatly_________, as the drinks soaked (浸湿) his white shirt.

Then I_________ my eyes and prepared myself for his burst of _________. Instead, he said “It’s OK” to __________ me before he disappeared into washroom.

Still shaky and unsure __________to do next, my friends and I went to a table and sat there, trying our best to look__________. A moment later, the man came out of the washroom and__________ our table. My heart almost stopped__________. I though he was going to ask for my father’s__________ and call him.

To my surprise, he merely smiled at us, handed us some cash and said, “__________ yourself new hamburgers.” He then walked __________ without even finishing his food.

He could have made what was already an uncomfortable situation worse, __________ he chose a different way and gave us a reason to believe that there is still__________in this world. I’ll never__________ his actions.

【推荐1】It was Mother’s Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were _______, we realized that only minutes earlier an _______ woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. _______ was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock. _______ a lot of people stopped to help out.

While we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very _______ about what had happened to the elderly couple. He _______ to me, “Mom, it’s not much fun falling over in front of _______.” Seeing that there was a flower stall (摊位) at the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldn’t we _______ the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was _______ that he’d come up with this wise idea. So we went over and told the flower seller ________ we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I can’t take your money for such a wonderful ________.”

By now medical staff (医疗团队) had arrived, and were ________ the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman’s husband and I told him it was ________ my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a ________ son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”

The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little ________.

【推荐2】The phrase “take a penny, leave a penny” may not have been created by 14-year-old Nomaan “Nomi” Bilal, but he’s taken it to a whole new level.

Bilal collected quite a few pennies and _______ them with organizations helping people in need. With mostly pocket change, Bilal _______ a total of $4,150 from neighbors, family and friends. He donated it all to a district-run program for _______ disadvantaged families. The organizations used the donations to purchase and _______ gift cards for about 20 families.

While finishing up his first year of high school online, Bilal started collecting _______change he found. Through Facebook, Bilal and his mother, Nadia Pervez, got the _______ out, and soon enough plenty of people were stopping by to _______ bags upon bags of change. Every day, Bilal devoted most of his spare time to _______ and hand-rolling coins. Eventually, a stranger heard about his _______ and contacted Pervez to donate a coin sorter, which has made the __________ quicker and easier.

Roseann Miceli, director of a charity organization, called Bilal's efforts __________ and unprecedented (前所未有的). Miceli will buy more gift cards with the rest of Bilal’s fundraising, which continues to __________. She said the families were so appreciative — they would be __________ out their windows: “Thank you so much”. Miceli wanted Bilal to know that he’s made a big difference with small change. The idea came to her while she was __________the donations from his house. “I think a ‘thank-you’ and a wave __________ the door 6 feet away with a face mask is not enough for this kid who has been __________ pennies for the past 20 days,” Miceli said. She organized a “thank-you parade” to drive past Bilal’s house. Cars lined the street, with the drivers all waving, holding signs and shouting “thank you” from a social __________.

“I was just __________ at the scene that so many people should come out of their way just to see me,” he said. One of the parade participants gave Bilal a handmade sign that __________: “Nomi is our hero.”

“It shows that one person can make a difference and how such a small effort can turn into such a big thing,” he said. “And that my community is very helpful and thoughtful throughout these __________ times.”

【推荐1】Many years ago, I bought a house in the Garfagnana, where we still go every summer. The first time we _______ there, we heard the chug-chug-chug of a motorbike _______ its way down the hill toward us. It was neighbor called Mario, coming to _______ us a box containing some tomatoes and a bottle of wine. It was a very nice _______ for him to make. But when we looked at the tomatoes, we were worried because they were so misshapen: not at all like the nice, round, _______ things you get in a supermarket. And the wine was cloudy, in a funny old bottle with no label on it. These can’t be any _______, we thought. But we were thankful for his kindness, so we _______ them.

What we discovered is that it’s _______ to judge what you cat only by its appearance. Those tomatoes had _______ that reminded me of the ones my uncle used to grow when I was a child. Nowadays supermarket tomatoes ________ perfect but taste of water. Nobody’s going to have a ________ memory of those. It’s a surprise they haven’t managed to grow square ones so that they can ________ them easily. Mario’s wine may have been cloudy and come out of an old bottle, but it was ________.

It’s good to eat things at the correct time, when they’re ________, and as close as possible to where they were grown. What Mario had ________ us was the taste of the Garfagnana.

【推荐2】I was taking a nap(小睡)when a loud noise woke me. Outside the window in a parking lot, a car had just _________ into a chain-link fence. The fence bent out in exactly the shape of the car's back end.

A short man wearing a shirt unbuttoned to _________ his chest got out of the car, with a shaven head. I disliked him _________. After a few seconds of assessing the damage, the mar tried to _________ that. He first attempted to pull the _________ fence back into place, but it wouldn't move. I took a drink from the glass, silently cheering. Then he pulled against the fence's support pole, which bent _________ and was more likely to recover. But the pole suddenly broke. I laughed out loud this time. This was _________. He went back to his car. He must be going to leave all the chaos behind for someone else to tidy up.

That, I thought, would be the _________ . But he reappeared a few minutes later with some tools and got to work using them. He fixed the fence, and even _________ it using a support bar bought from a nearby grocery. Now it would be extra __________, stronger than before.

This man was actually a __________ for me, and I was the lazy one. My __________ assumptions were all about myself. I wouldn't fix that fence and would __________ . Years later, still look out of my window at that __________. It still looks new. And it makes me __________ what else that man has made better, and how I can make myself more like him.

【推荐3】One day I visited an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was expecting a ________ view of the modern artworks. A young couple seeing the paintings ahead of me were ________ endlessly. I watched them for a moment and ________ the lady was doing all the talking. How did the man ________ her constant stream of words? ________ by their noise, I moved on.

I met them several times ________ I moved through the different rooms of art. Each time I heard her continuous flow of words, I moved away ________.

But I met them again at the ________ shop. I bought some souvenirs and was waiting at the checkout while the couple were ________ the doorway. Before they left, the man ________ his pocket and pulled out a white object. He lengthened it into a long ________ and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.

“He’s a(n) ________ man,” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would give up if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a ________ that his life wouldn’t change. So, as before, he and his wife come in whenever there is a new art show.”

“But what does he ________ from the art?” I asked. “He can’t see.”

“Can’t see? You are ________. He sees a lot. More than you and I do,” the clerk said. “His wife ________ each painting so he can see it in his head.”

I learned something about patience, ________ and love that day. I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without ________ and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to ________ his life. And I saw the love ________ by two people as I watched this couple walk away, arm in arm.