【推荐1】George Vorel owns a company called Envirosafe. Caroline, his daughter，was ________ to heroin by Jeramie Miller soon after graduating from high school in 2010. It took Caroline 8 years to get ________ Once she was, she became a drug counselor (顾问). Among her ________ was to get her friend Miller clean too. Thinking a job would help him get his life on ________ Caroline decided to turned to her father, who had once drove this ________ guy out of the house.

Vorel had always resisted ________ anyone with a record. “He is the ________ guy you’d expect me to hire,” he would say. But Vorel, now 60, ________ a new-found faith in his later years. Through his church, he realized empathy and ________ were important to him. “God equipped us to have a ________,” he said. So Vorel offered Miller a job and even invited his new ________ to carpool. Miller was nervous when he ________ into the passenger seat. But “Within five minutes，I ________,” he said. Storytellers both, the men talked and talked and learned they both ________ a birthday with Abraham Lincoln. Soon, a genuine friendship flourished (蓬勃发展), as did Miller’s ________ at work, where he was promoted to a managerial position.

Because of Miller’s success, Vorel hired more men with dishonorable pasts. His son，who ________ the business with Vorel, estimates that of his 30 employees, 80 to 90 percent have ________ that would make it tough for them to ________ jobs. Men such as Gregory Fowler and Patrick Thunberg all got work they ________ might not have. “We are saving lives and that’s ________       to me,’’ Vorel said.

【推荐2】In 2000, I had a lot going on: Not only was I working, but I was taking care of my daughter and my husband, Kevin, who was_________ Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Being a caretaker is never _______and on a random afternoon, my_______decided to give me a surprise.

While a day at the beach sounded ___________going there with Kevin would take too much. It would _______ having medical equipment, keeping the wheelchair and medical equipment free from water and sand, and it would also be a_________day for everyone related.

One day, after work, I got home and I saw my brother’s car in the yard. After asking me to_______before coming in, he_______my eyes with a scarf and took my hand. Once inside, he asked me to sit down and then _______ my shoes and socks. My feet did not land on a brick floor, but rather, something cool and scratchy（粗糖的）.I soon ________that my toes were sinking into ________. Then he sat behind me and held me in his arms. Seagulls screeched（尖叫）in front of me. Mists of water ________wetted my face.

We sat there, not ________to say anything. What a __________of love! I had never imagined that although I hadn’t ________to go to the beach that summer, my brother had brought the beach to me! Then，my brother ________my blindfold slowly. Now I could see where I really was. The ________was covered with sand. A CD player rested on the brick wall, inside was   ________of the ocean. He had supported the pipe on a bucket and a device in it transformed water into mist.

With my eyes open, the beach was __________. But that memory, that sincere gesture of ________ and hope kept me happy for a long time.

【推荐1】It was a cold and snowy morning after the winter vacation. Actually, it was my first day at my new school. I felt very nervous and was _______ about lots of things. A girl on a bike passed me and _______ fell off her bike a few steps in front of me. Without thinking, I went over and helped her to stand up. She said, “Thank you,” with a _______ and then rode away. The _______ “Thank you” warmed me greatly. This _______ event made me feel less nervous about my new school.

Finally, I got to school. The teacher led me to the _______ and asked me to sit down beside a girl. I was _______ again. Soon the first class started. I couldn’t find my textbook. As I was wondering what to do, a _______ appeared in front of me. “Let’s _______,” the girl next to me said. I looked up. It was the girl I helped that morning. What a surprise! From then on, we became good friends. __________ her also helped me find a friend.

【推荐2】I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor (拖拉机) to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.

One morning I _______ a lost lamb when I was in the top field, near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its mother, so I jumped out of the tractor to tend to it while Don stayed in his seat.

Lamb and mother reunited. I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. I had put the handbrake (手刹) on when I jumped out. _______ Don had somehow made the vehicle move.

My heart _______ in my chest as I saw the tractor heading towards the motorway. I ran desperately but failed to _______. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The last thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me.

Heart in mouth, I reached the fence and looked over. The tractor was _______ against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the _______ road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I _______ the tractor, he jumped out onto the road, apparently unhurt, and ran back to me.

The police arrived and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn’t quite believe my _______—it turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been _______. Don was given a special ____________ that night — I didn’t want him thinking I was angry with him.

【推荐2】Life is meant to be lived. No excuses. No reservations. No holding back.

An inspiring story about violinist Fritz Kreisler tells how he once ________ a beautiful violin he wanted to acquire. When he finally ________ the money for the violin, he returned to buy it and learned that it had already been sold to a(n) ________.

He went to the new owner’s home in order to try to ________ him to sell the violin. But the collector said it was one of his ________ possessions and he could not let it go.

Disappointed Kreisler turned to leave, but then ________ a favour.” May I play the instrument once more ________ it is placed to silence?” ________ was given and the great musician began to play. The violin sang out a piece of quality music, so ________ that the collector himself could only listen in wonderment. “I have no ________ to keep that to myself.” he said after the musician finished.” The violin is yours, Mr. Kreisler. Take it into the world, and let people ________ it.”

William Arthur Ward said, “If you believe in prayer, pray; if you believe in serving, serve; if you believe in giving, give.” For you and I are fine violins — our music is ________ to be heard.

I want to live my life that way — to take it into the world and live it ________. I’d rather burn out than rust out. I’d rather be used up than die not having done ________ I can.

I’m not talking about ________ ourselves out on over-activity. Happiness is ________ found in excessive busyness. But it is found in ________ our lives in others. Say yes when asked for a hand. Volunteer some time for a worthwhile organization and ________ an hour with a lonely relative.

In the end, I know that my ________ is not only about my ability or my inability. It is about my ________. My life is meant to be lived.

【推荐3】Christmas 2021 was shaping up to be a heart breaker for Melanie Lee. A few weeks earlier, her 33-year-old son had ______ his battle with a long illness. Then her 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe ______ and she couldn't pay for it to be fixed. Lee, who was quite ______, told CNN, “Now I don't have my baby. Now I don't have transportation.”

On Christmas morning, Eliot Middleton, the ______ of a barbecue restaurant, showed up at Lee's home with a ______.

“I had no idea what was going on,” said Lee. “He handed me the ______ and didn't ask for anything.” ______, she's able to pick up her granddaughters from school and take them to the dance class.

The idea came to Middleton during a food drive he'd ______. Many of those who lined up for a meal had ______ there for five miles ______ they didn’t have cars and in this part of South Carolina, Middleton told CBS, “There's no public ______.”

So he posted on Facebook an offer to ______ his restaurant's barbecued ribs(排骨), for broken cars. Since then, 100 cars in various states of disrepair have been dropped off. Many ______ in Middleton's yard waiting to be ______ and donated, usually to those he's heard about through word of mouth. It's a list of ______ that grows daily.