【推荐1】Christmas 1940 makes me misty-eyed every time I think about it. In the hard times, people_______one another. We_______food, clothing, bedding and household items and gave them to the needy.

That Christmas we students found ourselves_______toys we collected and loading packages for_______.As we presented the gifts, we saw_______in many faces, especially those of the children. We had a few more_______to make on Christmas morning. The air was heavy and frozen to the bone. For several hours, we knocked on doors. But as the cold hours passed, our_______gradually faded. When we_______headed home, someone_______a small house down a canal bank. None of us knew who lived there,________we wondered if there were________.We still had a doll, two trucks, some small toys, chocolate Santas and a box of groceries. We decided to make one last visit. When we knocked on the door, a young woman answered it, looking at us________.Three small children watched from behind her skirt—a little girl of about 2, and boys perhaps 4 and 5 years old. “Merry Christmas,” we________as we bent down and handed the gift-wrapped packages to the children and the box of groceries to the   ________, whose eyes widened________.She slowly smiled, then quickly said, “Come in.” The room was________as the children looked at their mother, wondering if the gifts were really for them. The little girl________her doll, and the boys grasped the trucks as they sought a(an)________.She put her arms________them and said in a________voice, “I told you Santa Claus would come.”

【推荐2】Liz Woodward worked as a waitress at the Route 130 diner in Delran, New Jersey. One Thursday morning around 5:30 am, she was________two firefighters, Young and Hullings. Quite________, she heard that they had been up all night putting out a________warehouse fire, which took 12 hours to get under control.

________, Liz decided to honor these two heroes by picking up their_______and writing them a heartfelt message of gratitude. It________, "Your breakfast is on me today-thank you for all that you do fueled by fire and driven by________what an example you are! Get some rest?"

This simple act of kindness meant so much to the________firefighters. The firefighters________and thanked her before leaving the________.

To return the young lady's kindness, upon his arrival home, Hullings posted a Facebook update________his friends to go eat at the diner, which was quickly________more than 3,000 times.

________, it was not until afterwards that they realized Liz was________the one that could use the help. When they found out that Liz was trying to________money for her paralyzed father to get a wheelchair-accessible van, Young posted with a________to a GoFundMe page for Liz's dad, and the support________.

The total donations reached $60,000 and went beyond Liz's wildest dreams. She had never________that her small gesture would be paid in such a/an________way. "I'm truly blessed that those two walked through the doors today and________for the opportunity to be a part of something so positive and uplifting." Liz Woodward said on Facebook.

【推荐3】Sea turtles are considered a national treasure in Sri Lanka. However, in recent years, the sea turtles have faced great ________ .

Growing up on the beach, Chamara Indika, 35, was ________ about it. In the beginning, he ________ himself to the protection of sea turtles as a volunteer. He gave his spare time to raise ________ of caring for sea turtles and carried out sea turtle protection and rescue missions.

Later, he decided that this was not a long-term ________. “One person’s abilities are very ________ but I wanted to make real changes, big changes,” said Indika. ________, Jack Xiao, the founder of Chinese YIK International Volunteers (YIKIV), reached out to Indika and offered his help to protect sea turtles. With his assistance, Indika set up the Nil Manel Foundation in Sri Lanka.

The organization ________ professional training and guidance for the volunteers, spreads knowledge of turtle and carries out conservation activities. Volunteers can then work to spread their new knowledge to more people.

At first, the volunteers’ main job was to ________ and care for injured turtles locally. Then they found people and animals eat turtle eggs on the beach. So volunteers started transferring eggs from the beach to a protection center with ________ cultivation (培育), under the professional guidance of zoologists. It guaranteed higher ________ rates.

Thanks to their efforts, the living rate of newborn turtles has reached new highs, and conservation awareness has also been increased. Now straws and plastic bags, which cause many turtles to die ________, are being refused by many volunteers.

“It made me feel that all my work had ________. But it was not enough to rely on myself and the current volunteers. It would be important to ________ this knowledge down to future generations,” said Indika.

With persistence and hard work, Indika firmly believes they will make a(n) ________ to the sea turtles.

【推荐1】Corion Evans, a 16-year-old boy was hanging out with friends in a parking area when a car with three teenage girls inside drove into the Pascagoula River. It came to rest some 20 feet ________ land, then sank. The driver had ________ followed incorrect directions from her GPS.

It was around 2:30 a.m. by the time Evans and his friends got to the ________ of the river. In the darkness, they could barely make out the girls clinging to the roof. But they could hear ________.

Evans ripped off his shirt and shoes, tossed his phone down, then dived into the________ water alligators called home. He helped the first girl he saw and, keeping her head above water, ________ her ashore.

Just then, a man ________. Police Officer Garry Mercer arrived and ________ into the river to help another of the girls. But halfway back to ________, she panicked and went underwater, pulling Mercer down with her.

Evans jumped back into the water and helped them until they could stand.

There was still one girl called Cora in the water. She was ________, struggling to stay afloat.

“I just knew my last ________ was coming,”   Cora said. “My mind said, you’re slowly losing yourself.” She began to go under. “Fortunately, Evans ________ me.”

The three girls and Officer Mercer were taken to the ________ and released. They’re ________because Evans risked his life to save them. Evans was honored for his ________ by Mayor Billy Knight.

【推荐1】Huping Mountain features deep valleys and dangerous peaks. In 1990, Du Dengwen joined the local post station and was immediately _________ with serving 13 villages across the mountainous area. For the past three decades, Du has been one of the few _________ between villagers there and the outside world. _________ difficult geographic conditions, letters and parcels always make it to their destination. Du has _________ mail and goods to the villagers from their loved ones, most of whom are in the distant cities for a living. His _________ always brings joy to the mountain villagers, because it _________ letters or parcels of huge value are coming their way.

A round trip to _________ all of the villages in his charge runs about 180km, and the only thing he could rely on was a _________ that the post station offered. Even so, only two villages were _________ by cycling, while the rest were __________ roads, so Du had to walk.

Du also wrote down villagers’ __________ and tried his best to meet them. Du had developed a close bond with the local villagers, and refused to __________ his job regardless of his family’s concern over his __________.

Du’s kindness and __________ have not only endeared him to the mountain villagers but also earned their trust and respect. He was __________ “Angel Courier” by locals heartily.