【推荐1】Wang Yani was born in 1975.Even as a _______ she loved to draw.Her father was an _______.Yani wanted to be like him.So she tried to stand like her father as she painted，which made him laugh.

One day, Yani painted lines on her father’s painting.He got _______.At the time she was only two and a half years old. She cried and said, “I want to _______ like you！” Her father looked at her without saying anything.He _______ remembered his childhood.He also wanted to draw and paint, but his parents didn’t _______.They just got angry.He didn’t want to see the same thing happen to his daughter.So he decided to _______ her.

With her father’s help, Yani soon _______.Her lines became flowers, trees, and animals. Her father took her to parks and zoos to get _______ for her paintings.By the end of six, Yani had made over 4,000 ________.Her paintings were very special.People ________ her works. When she was eight, one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp.

Yani became ________ when she was young.Her works were ________ in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America, ________ her parents never sold her paintings.She is well-known in the world, and art is still a great ________ in her life.

【推荐2】One day, my friend and I went to the Moth Café.

The ________ of this Café is absolutely superb. There are cute lights with plants________ from the ceiling. Some of the tables have marble tops and there are seats________ in fur. It is so pretty________ and has a pleasant feel about it at the same time.

The________ is huge pages with drinks and food. The drinks were so interesting — herbal drinks, ________, smoothies and coffee with so many flavors. I________ to try the peppermint (薄荷) tea latte (拿铁) and it was really delicious! My friend________ the rose tea latte and that was super delicious________. These drinks are expensive! It was $8 but I would definitely get it ________ because it was great!

For food we________ the moth breakfast bowl. We also________ the Indian tea pancake, which was so thick and it was a lot of food for one person so we just got one and________ it.

To be________, I liked the food but I didn’t love it. I would________ for the decoration and the drinks though!

【推荐3】My experience with reading, as a child, probably differs from most people in my position. Nearing 40 years of age, I am finally at a point in life when I can honestly say I _________reading.

Growing up in Anthony, I gave my mother and primary school teachers headaches because I had no _________to read. This was especially troubling to my mother, who was _________ a teacher. She was an eager reader._________, my lack of enthusiasm did not sit well with her.

Though I wasn't a fan of reading growing up, I was, and still am,_________with sports. My TV watching was almost only sports. On the ________ occasion I did read something, it was ________. My mom had a(n) ________. She began leaving the sports page from the morning paper out for me and buying sports magazines and books of my favorite players. ________, she met with my teachers and shared her“plan”with them. Before I knew it, I was reading regularly.

Looking back, I am _________that my mom persevered in _________me to my literary niche (归宿). Had she _________me to read selections I had no interest in, I may have never developed the love of reading I have today.

Fast forward to today and I ________myself principal (校长) of that elementary school I attended so many years ago in Anthony. My experience ________me to reach out to all of my students and provide them with every opportunity to ________.

【推荐1】During the first weeks of his retirement from the fire service, Max had felt lost. And that’s when Polly, a library manager, helped him sign up as a ________ , for Robot Club in the library.

Max hadn’t volunteered before and he didn’t know anything about ________ . He opened the packs containing the robots, nervously staring at the mess of parts. A dozen primary-age children gathered around the table, ________ eagerly. Almost double the number of adults crowded around them, watching.

Glancing around the library at the many parents and carers accompanying the robot builders, Max knew he had to face this ________ .

“Okay, team,” he started ________ , adopting the tone he’d used to brief his unit during his firefighting days. “We’re going to build these robots one step at a time.”

The children nodded, their hands busy with screws and plastic limbs. Max wandered from table to table, ________ words of encouragement, and slowly but surely, piecing together the instructions in his mind.

An hour passed, and the room was filled with the sound of chatter and clinking parts. As the final minutes of Robot Club ticked away, Max stood back and ________ the room. Robots of all shapes and sizes stood on the tables. The children were excited, ________ their creations to anyone who would look.

As they began to leave, many children stopped to thank Max. Each “thank you” and “see you next week” chipped away at the sense of ________ he had felt since retiring. He hadn’t put out a fire today, but perhaps he had lighted something far more important — a new ________ for himself.

【推荐2】A winter storm dropped huge amounts of snow overnight on January 16 in western Pennsylvania. Coach Brian Delallo, who worked on a local high school football team, decided to _______ his players’ weightlifting practice. He texted his players saying: “Due to the expected severe _______ Monday’s weightlifting workout has been cancelled. Find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel (为……除雪) their driveway. Don’t accept any _______-that’s our Monday workout. ”

The players received the message and went out to work on the more than six inches of snow that fell overnight. They said that they removed _______from dozens of homes. Some players texted their coach afterwards to tell him how _______ it was. “We all feel great about it, ” said team captain Gavin Moul. “It’s not only helping them, but it’s helping us to become a better team. ”

Many of the people whom the team members approached couldn’t believe that the players wouldn’t accept any payment. Sometimes people even _______ their help because they wouldn’t take money for it.

Actually, it was not the first time for the team to have shoveling workout. It was started by a coach more than two decades ago. It was one of the many _______ the team kept.

“It’s about community. ” the coach said. “It is an inspiring way for us to interact with our community and show that it _______. Shoveling snow is just one of those opportunities to show appreciation to the community that supports us. ”The team got a workout and gave _______ to the community by doing these acts of kindness at the same time. It was a __________ for all.

【推荐3】It was a summer evening, my wife and I were on our way to the grocery store when I noticed a man sitting on the pavement. He sat motionless there and the vacant (迷茫的) _______ in his eyes indicated he was incapable of normal mental function. “He looks _______,” my wife remarked. “Let’s buy him a loaf of bread.”

When we _______, we’d barely gone a hundred meters when we spotted him. Driven by hunger, he had crossed the road and was _______ with a family of migrant labourers camping there. The family had gathered around an open _______ over which a lady was roasting rotis (烤肉) for dinner. The lady kept an eye on the _______ , making sure that his plate was not _______ . She smiled as she watched him _______ the food awkwardly. The other members of the family chatted _______ as they ate, the rotis ________ faster than the cheerful lady could make them. These were poor people who even had no ________ over their heads, people who were weary from a long hot summer day, people who lived in the hope of just ________a few rupees (卢比) to make ends meet.

We watched for a while. Then, overcome with ________, we placed the loaf of bread near the man and rode away. That family was far from ________, but they shared what they had, not something they had no use for, or something they could easily ________ , like a loaf of bread.

【推荐2】Four months earlier, I woke one morning with blinding back pain. A quick Google search ________ a kidney infection. I went for a checkup and was told I had to have a donor who was a ________ match.

My life depended on ________ my brother, Johnny. A(n) ________ mother and an alcoholic father created an extremely unpleasant ________ for both of us. After high school, Johnny moved out. We communicated infrequently. I encouraged him to give up the job carrying the ________ of prison. But he believed I judged him ________. That was our last ________, 30 years ago.

I knew I needed to stay ________, but a part of me felt a glimmer of hope. My friend Anne knew all of this ________ family history and was at my door the next morning to ________ over some print-outs. I would be the one to make the ________.

I dialed the first number... and the second.... I did the same for almost every number — same ________ I went to bed thinking we’d ________ a dead end. The next day, I got up my ________ and looked over the list again. The lone number on the last page ________ out at me from the whiteness. I dialed, just to be done with it. The phone rang and rang. No ________.

Just one more time, ________ told me. I redialed.

“Hello!” It was my Johnny. My palms were damp when I explained why I’d called. Johnny didn’t ________ before agreeing to help. The hospital sent him a testing kit. My brother was a(n) ________!