【推荐1】Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my _______ was more manageable, I _______ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. _______ that was years ago and times have changed. _______ I live with my mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to _______ my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). _______ I needed to sleep in afternoons, I was limited in my _______. I decided that I would consider _______ to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was _______ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of ________ to get started. And ________ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can ________ use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my ________, he gave me a long, thoughtful ________. “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me ________ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand ________ on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your ________ and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started. ”

I ________. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose ________ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His ________ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

【推荐3】Troy longed to be a professional basketball player. He had loved the _______ ever since he was a small child. He was also very skilled. However, he had one small _______. He was very short. Although his school coach had suggested that he would never _______ it in the professional leagues, he _______ to give up on his dream.

Troy had several _______ tries at professional clubs. Then he went to a club in Los Angeles and _______ the coach for a try. As usual, he was refused.

“But you haven't even given me a(n) _______ ,” said Troy.

“Why should I?” asked the coach.

“Because one day I am going to be the best player in the world _______ I will be able to help you out,” Troy replied seriously.

The coach smiled at the _______ of the answer.

“Alright kid,” he said.

Troy took part in a short practice match and the coach was ________ at his skills.

“You ________ have a lot of talent,” he said.

After two short years, Troy was a regular for the ________ and had even won the award as the team' s most valuable player. ________ with Troy's help, the team wasn't winning many games and the coach was said to be close to losing his ________ . It was before a game against the New York team that he called Troy into his office for a discussion.

“I have heard that if we lose tonight then I will be replaced as coach,” he told Troy. “I need you to carry the team and win the game. Do you remember your ________ before I signed you?'

Troy nodded. He went on to play the game of his life that evening. The team won the game and won every game that was left that season.

【推荐1】In 2012, Susan, a single mother, was out of work. Last year, she ________ her eldest daughter forever in an accident. Since then, she has been leading a(n)________ life.

One day, with only $7 in her pocket she headed into the grocery store with her 12-year-old daughter, Annie, when they ________ a dollar bill in the parking lot. Maybe this was their day, they told each other.________ they bought a lottery ticket and won $100.

But ________ they could spend their lottery winnings, Annie had an idea. In their city that week there had been stories about a police officer, Bruce, shot in the ________ on duty. He was in danger. Annie and her mother had never forgotten how kind the police had been after their own family member died. Susan says “They came to see my ________. They were fathers, friends ...” Annie wanted to give the money to Officer Bruce’s family. Her mom ________ agreed.

Susan called the police and made a ________ donation. Moved by her ________, the officers did what they could. They ________ Susan. When knowing the family’s purpose, the officers could not believe it. “We encouraged her to keep the money,” the department later explained. “She refused, saying the police needed to know they were ________.”

That feeling of support was two-way. The police ________ a GoFundMe for Susan, meaning “The Woman with the Heart of Gold.” By January 11, 2021, they had ________ $165,405. Even better: Officer Bruce, who had a 1 percent chance of ________, is out of hospital and recovering, though he sometimes suffers from the wound in the head.

【推荐2】One day, when I was a first year in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school, _______ nearly all his books. He was Kyle. “How strange it is!” I thought.

Suddenly, a bunch of kids ran toward him, _______ his books out of his arms and tripping him so he _______ in the dirt. Sadness filled his eyes. I _______over and helped him pick up his books. We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books. He turned out to be pretty cool. We _______ all the weekend and became best friends over the next four years.

Then came the _______ day when Kyle as a representative would _______ a speech. He _______ his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through _______ years. I am to tell you a story.”

I just looked with ________ as he told the story of our first meeting. He had________ to kill himself over the weekend. He had cleaned out his locker so as not to________ his Mom later.

“________, I was saved by my friend from doing the unspeakable.”

I heard the gasp (喘息) among the crowd. I saw his parents smiling the same________ smile at me. Not until that moment did I realize its depth.

Never ________ the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person’s life.

【推荐3】As any younger brother will tell you, having a big brother involves a lot of walking in someone else’s _________, especially when you have a brother who is a typical example of “_________”. For years I wanted to do everything my brilliant elder brother Tyson did, but no matter how hard I tried, I was always the _________ one. I probably would have continued trying to _________ him for the rest of my high school career, but when my family moved, everything _________. Tyson left for college, so I had to start at a new school all by myself. This new start gave me an opportunity to _________ myself and discover an entirely new _________ of “cool”.

I don’t know what made me decide to try some new activities at the new school, but one day I _________ to show up for an after-school meeting of the Science Olympiad (国际比赛) team. I had always been fascinated with chemistry, biology, and math, but since those _________ hadn’t fit Tyson’s definition of “cool”, I had __________ pursued them. On this day, for some reason, I did.

As we organized teams, prepared resources and practiced answering questions, I felt more __________ than I ever had to any sports team. I didn’t feel as though I needed to be neck and neck with anybody else; I was finally with __________ who understood me. It was so good to feel accepted for what I’m good at. For the first time in my life, I __________ felt cool. Now I know who I am! I’m Tyson’s little brother, but that’s only part of my __________, I’m a cool guy in my own way, too. I’m relieved to know that “cool” has a much __________ definition than what I used to think.