【推荐1】Daniel lived on top of the hill. From his house, he could see the sea and the _________ below. One day, the villagers _________ something different about the sea. The sea seemed to be moving from the land. _________ of the villagers knew what was happening.

Daniel understood what was going on. He had seen such a(n) _________ when he was young. A tsunami (海啸) was approaching and the villagers had to be _________, but there was no time to send a message to the whole village.

“Jack!” he _________ to his grandson. “ _________ a torch quickly!” The boy did what he was told. Daniel took the torch and set his _________ on fire. Immediately, red _________ shot upwards and thick smoke rose into the sky.

Jack cried out, “Grandfather! Why are you setting our house on fire?” Daniel did not answer. __________, he stood quietly and watched the village. Suddenly, some villagers noticed the __________ and shouted at everyone to run up the hill to help put out the fire. When Daniel saw everyone running towards him, he was so __________. The villagers did their best but they __________ to control the fire. Daniel’s house was completely burned down but he stood on the hill __________. They thought Daniel had gone __________. They stared at him in disbelief.

Finally, Daniel said, “__________ towards the sea.” The villagers turned and saw a huge __________ of water rushing towards the village. They were __________ to see the water swallowing the whole village and __________ everything in its path.

Nothing was left of their homes __________ everyone was safe on the hill. The villagers realized why Daniel had set fire to his house.

【推荐2】Martin is my youngest son. He likes staying alone and be seldom laughs. As the boy’s mother, I was _______ about him. I took him to see the _______ in many hospitals, but it didn’t work well.

Nothing could make him happy except the recycling truck passing by my house. Every afternoon, he raced to the front of the house, waiting for the _______.

When we were late and _______ the truck, Martin would be very disappointed. One day, I stopped the truck and _______ myself.

“Nice to meet you, too. I’m Vince.” The driver greeted me in a happy _______.

“Your coming is the most exciting moment for my son.” I smiled.

After knowing our story, he said, “Could you please give me your _______ number? Maybe I can send you a message _______ I arrive.”

Then began our _______ with Vince.

Recently, I said to him, “It’s my little boy’s birthday tomorrow. Can you do something special for him?”

The next day, as I was standing by the driveway with Martin, we saw the ________ truck running down the street with a loud beep. Like a superman in a movie, Vince stopped and walked towards us with a box in his hand.

“Today is your birthday, Martin, and here’s a gift.”

He handed the box to my son. Inside, there was a green model truck like his. My son, surprised, looked up ________ and thanked him.

After chatting for several ________, he was about to leave for work. I tried to give him some ________ for his help. He kept shaking his head and ________ my money, saying, “Today you, tomorrow me.”

I was deeply moved by these ________ words. And I have been ready to help others whenever I can. You will never know when you’re going to be the one that needs help.

【推荐1】Ruby’s Roses

I can well remember my neighbor Ruby and her husband Jack. One day, I was trying to _______a ball when I fell on top of Ruby’s rosebushes(玫瑰花丛). About ten of them were badly damaged. At that moment, I _______ we should have played our softball games elsewhere to _______hurting the roses.

Jack Junior, Ruby’s son, rushed out and _______, “Look what you’ve done to our roses! I’m going to fetch my gun and _______you!”

My sister and I told Mom what had happened. She put down sewing and walked out _______. While Mom examined the_______roses, Ruby slowly walked out .She looked_________. Ruby walked over to my mother and they stood looking at each other. We girls held our_______ .

Suddenly my mother ________and hugged Ruby. “We’re sorry about the ________ . The girls will replace them if we can’t fix them. In return for all the ________they’ve caused you, they’ll help you weed the roses this summer,” she said ________.

Ruby________at my mother through her tears. She said, “When my mother came from England, she________one tiny part of her favorite rosebush. That always________her of hometown.”

She paused(停顿)a minute, then said sadly, “My mother had a(n) ________touch with flowers. Over the years that one plant grew into all these bushes. ________she died, I’ve tried to keep them up.”

“We’ll be happy to help you ________them,” my mother said. “You know, some people say I have a magic touch with flowers, too.”

Soon both women were down on their knees talking and examining the damaged bushes together. A few weeks ________ , the plants all returned with vigor(活力).

【推荐3】28-year-old Jermaine Scott set up in business as a barber in Madison, Tennessee, about a year ago. He gradually noted the kids were _________ to tablets and cell phones when they came to the barbershop. It was_________ to cut their hair when they were focused on those. That led to the _________ of Scott's “Barbershop Books Day”, when kids could come and get a _________ haircut. What was required? They had to _________ a book while they got it.

He created “Barbershop Books Day” to help not only the kids, but also the parents. Madison has many low-income families and many are focused on just keeping their_________ on. For people in this community, $15 for a haircut per kid is not easy to_________, so in some way a reduction in the price can _________.

Scott began his initiative (倡议) by _________ five library books and putting them near his chair. Book __________ began pouring in when a local news station got __________ of what he was doing. Scott plans on taking his initiative a step further by __________ his “Barbershop Books Day” to an “Ice Breaker Book Tour” where he__________ to get kids excited to learn while also giving them __________ role models through motivational speakers. Scott said, “If I step outside my comfort zone and tell them school is cool, __________ it will guide them in the right direction.”