【推荐1】You’ve been away from us for one year; you told us a lie which I came to know not long ago.

On this special day for teachers across the country, I can ______ keep myself from telling your white lie to those who would lend me ear.

Do you still remember the happy ______ about six years ago? We fixed our eyes upon you at your ______. You, a beautiful young lady,______ us that you would live in our village.

Soon after, we began to find you were part of your students and their simple honest parents. The villagers found their children ______ more time on their books ______ after doing their homework and housework. Yet they still ______ that one day you might leave. You ______ a smile all the time, which reduced to some degree their ______ of your leaving. You went all out in the ______ of your students, helping them not only in their studies but also in their tuition (学费). You often emphasized to us the ______ of one’s life, so that must have been what you were ______ in those five years!

One cold morning when class began, you entered the room ______ you had been crying ______. In your class, we ______ but looked away from your eyes. You ______ for some time as if you were ______ to find this right word... you said would go away and would never be back to teach because your boyfriend wanted you more...

On the following morning, we ______ you the very best and the villagers gave you their ______ The train took you away and your broken ______. The other day I happened to hear my parents chatting that you had lung cancer and left the world soon after you waved goodbye.

【推荐2】Eight years ago, I determined to start my first job—training horses in different countries. Now here I am, my connection with horses have taught me a lot. Let me share two ________ with you.

We can manage ________ through cultural sharing connection. Horse riding is the only sport in the Olympics where men and women ________ equally. In India, as the only woman ________ in the riding club, I had to teach some uneducated males who had a/an ________ understanding of horsemanship. People believe horse riding is a man’s sport. As a woman, I had to ________ my right. I often trained difficult-to-ride horses as well as ________ the entire riding club. I worked hard, eventually won over those men, who were ________ to learn horsemanship training techniques.

The second lesson is that we arc never too old to learn. Riding can be learned at any ________. My husband, Christian, had never ________ a horse before but had always dreamed of it. When moving to England, we invested in a young horse named Lilly, as a ________ project. At the age of 30, my husband started to learn horse riding, and now, the two can’t be ________. Lilly follows him everywhere. Christian finally realized his dream.

I never realized how many doors of ________ horses would open up for me. Because of horses, I ________ the world, I help others, and I’ve watched them heal souls and ________ with people.

【推荐3】One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw Kyle from my class walking home from school. He was______ with masses of books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? Nerd!" I had quite a weekend planned, so I   ______ my shoulders and went on.

As I was walking, a bunch of kids bumped into him purposely and   ______ him. His glasses went flying. He looked up and I saw terrible   ______ in his eyes. Out of sympathy I jogged over to him and as he   ______ looking for his glasses,tears welled up.

Handing him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks." He looked at me and said, "Hey, thanks!" There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real   ______. We talked all the way home,delighted.He even _______ my invitation to play football occasionally.

Over the next four years, Kyle and I became close friends. When we were seniors, he became the ______ in the class and was ______to give a speech at the graduation ceremony. I ______ him all the time about being a nerd with no malice.Kyle was valedictorian（荣誉致辞生） of our class, so he had to prepare the speech for graduation.

On graduation day,as he started his speech, he________his throat, and began. "Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those________years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach…, but mostly your friends. I am here to tell you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give him or here.

I just__________at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. Kyle had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker(寄存柜),________ ,his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. "________, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable." I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this boy told us all about his ________ moment. When his eyes__________mine, I was able to see tears shimmering in his smiling eyes.

I smiled back in tears. Kyle finished his speech and walked towards me. With no more words, he gave me a firm hug. Not until that moment did I realize what a big difference one small___________had made to my friend Kyle.

Not until that moment did I realize its depth. It___________me that never should we underestimate the power of our random act of kindness. With one small gesture, we can change a person's life. For better or for worse. No act of kindness, however small, will ever __________.

【推荐2】My journey home from school is nothing special. I usually find a seat and start checking my _______, making sure, like everyone else, not to look at other people.

But last Tuesday was _______. I was texting my friends when the train suddenly stopped. Then after about five minutes, people were starting to get a bit _______. Then the announcement came: “We are sorry to announce that this train is delayed. A train is badly broken down in front of us.”

There was a loud groan (叹息) throughout the carriage but then something unexpected happened: _______ strangers started talking to each other. At first, everyone just complained about the _______, but then people started talking about real things. I chatted to a couple of young tourists sitting opposite me. Then I decided to go for a walk down the train. I met a woman who had been a _______ at my school several years before.

People offered each other food and drink. A young woman took her _______ and soon we were singing along. Then we heard a sick boy in another part of the train needed help, and the woman from my school jumped into action. It turned out she was a nurse, and when she came back she was welcomed as a _______.

Then, after two and a half hours, we started moving again. Everyone _______ and some people, complete strangers three hours before, even hugged.

I took the train again on Wednesday but nothing ________. I’ll never forget the day the train stopped and people started talking.

【推荐3】Head to Flint Michigan, on a Wednesday night, and you’ll see a blinding display of lights near the river.

The tradition_______on a whim in 2010 with Daniel Riddick, a doctor in Hurley Children’s Hospital in Province, Rhode Island. His patient, a teenager, had been in the hospital long-term. During his stay, Daniel had_______with the kid so deeply that he decided that on the boy’s_______night there, he would do something_______for the parting.

As he left, Daniel told the boy to_______the corner near the bus stop from his window. Daniel _______to that spot, turned around, and flickered (闪烁) his bike light up toward the hospital. To his surprise, the teen flickered his own room lights to_______. “From a quarter mile away it was very _______where the kid was,” says Daniel. “I figured if it_______once I could do it again.” And so he did.

Daniel made it a________to flicker his bike lights to kids as he left for the night as a________way to say goodbye. The nightly tradition became such a________that customers started joining in with flashlights and cell phones too.

The tradition has________inspired those beyond Michigan and Daniel hopes it________even more. “It could happen anywhere if someone is willing to give it a try with one________,” he says.

【推荐1】A video about a homeless man went viral. Johal, a video-maker known for his social ________, decided to give a homeless man some money and ________ his reaction.

In the video, approaching a ________ homeless man, Johal carefully places some money on his bag. Minutes later, when the man wakes up, he’s surprised to see the cash and looks excited and grateful. The man walks to a store, steps out with a bag of ________, probably to face the cold nights, and returns to his bench.

Johal sits beside the man, talking on the phone with a friend, asking if he can borrow some money for his daughter. The homeless man ________ listens to Johal. After he hangs up, the man asks if he’s okay. Johal explains he’s getting his daughter some ________ while having a hard time financially.

In a(n) ________ turn of events, the man asks Johal to ________ his bag and leaves with the shopping bag. He returns ________ after returning the items and offers the money to Johal, who is a total ________, comforting he can go by without a blanket but the girl needs the treatment. Touched with the homeless man’s kindness, Johal ________ the experiment, offering $500 to the man, who instantly starts crying in ________.

________ but true, the result proves sometimes, those with less are the ones ________ most. Not all heroes wear capes. In fact, heroes are the ones with a ________.