【推荐1】Today, caring people across the country are finding creative ways to improve the lives of the homeless.

The Nashville Street Barbers is a group of hairdressers who are “trying to make their community a _________ place one cut at a time.” The inspiring group was _________ in 2017 by hairdresser Caroline Lindner, who created the _________ to help the homeless.

Since then, the Nashville Street Barbers has _________, thanks to a $10,000 donation from the Hardee’s All Stars program and, most importantly, thanks to a growing group of _________ visitors. Linder _________ that the barbers have seen such a success because of the connections they’ve made with their visitors, who they treat just like paying (付费的) customers. “I know most people are particular about their _________ and our _________ are not different”, she told. “We had to prove and gain _________ which got people to come back every Monday __________.”

What started as a one-person effort has become a city-wide __________ that now provides up to 80 free haircuts a week. Lindner even has plans to __________ the program, bringing the Nashville Street Barbers to locations beyond the city. The team hopes to make a __________ through their __________ story. “Our final goal,” they say, “is to __________ others around the world to start their own barbering communities and help their communities.”

【推荐1】As I was a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to _________ a little pocket money.

One day I _________ on the door of an elderly woman and asked if she needed me to clean     the yard. She asked why I was not in _________ and I showed her my worn _________, which no longer kept me warm. She allowed me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be _________ now.” She then took out a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a   _________ job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to _________ new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to visit me with your report card and I will _________ you when I see you have worked hard and have some good_________. Now reach out your little hands and take out as much money as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and __________ so much money that it was __________ for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she__________. She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I __________ her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighbourhood. I will never forget the huge__________ this wonderful lady made over my life with her__________. This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

【推荐3】It was early winter several years ago. I pulled out my old winter _______ for another year’s use. It was still in good _______ although it looked dirty. I didn’t really _______ a new one but I wanted one and casually (随意地) mentioned it to my daughter. A few weeks later, she _______ me with a brand-new coat.

I put the old one in my _______. Each day, though, when I opened my closet, something _______ me. It seemed a shame that my still good, old coat should just sit there keeping no one _______ during the cold days. After a few weeks, I took the coat to a charity shop. I _______ it off and walked out of the door. As I did so, I saw a man in only a jacket walking in. I couldn’t help but wonder if he would be the new _______ of my old coat. With a smile, I went home.

My new coat is my old coat now. It is getting a little dirty and ________, too. I wonder if I should buy a new one soon but I think I will ________ a while.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “ ________ is a growing giant (巨人) whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.” Perhaps the best way to deal with our wants is by ________ and giving of ourselves. Love brings us ________. The more we ________, the more we have.

【推荐2】There was a man who was going through hard times. His wife divorced him. He went bankrupt（破产）after only a year in business. Despite all of his hard work, ________ was all that he had seen. Struggling with this, he ________ everything behind and went into the forest. There, he ________ an old man who had lived there for a long time. He ________ his story with the old man. "Can you give me one good reason not to ________?" he asked the old man.

"Look," the old man said, pointing to two plants. "Do you ________ that fern（蕨类植物）and bamboo there?"

"Yes," the man answered.

"When I ________ the fern and bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. Within a short period of time, the fern ________ grew from the earth," the old man went on.

"Although I watered and took care of the bamboo seed for years, it did not sprout（发芽）. There was no sign of ________. But I did not give up on the bamboo seed and ________ looking after it. In the fifth year, a small ________ came out of the earth. And within six months, the tree grew a hundred feet tall.

"The little bamboo tree had been growing underground for the past four years, ________ a root system strong enough for its ground growth in the fifth year and beyond. If it hadn't done this, it would not be as ________ as it is now. So you know, all the time you were ________, you were actually growing strong ________," the old man said.

【推荐3】Last Friday was very cold. When I watched   the ________falling onto my car, I really began to wonder if I was going to ________ it on time. Of course I must, because I have no ________.

About three weeks ago, what my ________ Ellen had talked about was her Christmas concert to be held in her school and some rumors about it. “Mom, Rachel was ________ to sing alone, but she’s not! Linda will replace her to do it.” “Mom, you won’t believe it, ________Lexie’s whole family is coming to the concert, even from another ________!” Making a long way out of state to see third graders sing Christmas carol seemed to be a pretty big deal(待遇) for her.

When I sat in traffic, I thought about all the school ________ I had attended alone. Ellen never mentioned it, but I wonder ________ she felt about me being the only one who ever came to her events. My own family lived out of town, and her father and his family ________ quite succeeded in filling those things into their schedules. I ________ if it bothered her.

At eight o’clock the ________ was scheduled to begin. With only a few minute to ________, I found myself running: first, though the snow-drifted parking lot, then through the school passage. I entered the ________ hall and found a vacant seat near the front. From her place on stage, Ellen saw me ________ for the chair, and she smiled. I was ________ enough to hear the loud conversation of the children on stage.

“Look, Ellen, there is my uncle mad my cousin. They came all the way from West Virginia. I can’t believe my whole family is her!” Ellen ________ at Lexie and said, “My whole family is here, too! Look, there she is!” Ellen gave me a big smile. I smiled back at her, never once ________ the melting snow dripping off my head. It ________occurred to me that while we tried to teach our children all about ________, they actually taught us what life was all about.