【推荐1】My parents always told me that I couldn't________, because it was a girl's sport. But I never________my dream of becoming a dancing star. I practised secretly, learning from books, movies, and shows. However,________my parents' support, that dream seemed all but impossible to reach. One summer, my little sister Maggie was going to dance lessons. I immediately asked my parents for permission to take her to the lessons. What a________chance to learn dancing!

One afternoon, I was practising a new dance in my room, when Maggie________.

What's the matter, Maggie?" I________dancing.

Denis, you are a great dancer! Can you help me? "

"What is it?" I wondered.

There'll be a dancing performance in my school, but the boys think I'm slow, and________of them wants to be my partner. Could you dance with me for it?" She looked at me________.

"You can be a good dancer!" I encouraged her, "Let's________those people that they have been wrong all along."

In the following months, we________every evening, hiding from my parents. I was having a________time and soon Maggie improved a lot.

Finally came the big day. I became________when I heard my parents would come to________the performance. As the music began, I took a deep breath and tried to________. We moved perfectly, shining with pride. From the cheering of the crowd, I was sure we had succeeded.

My heart was beating wildly when I saw my________coming towards me. He put his hand on my shoulder. Well done, son.________it is hard for me to admit it, you really looked like you belonged to this stage. Go for it and make us________."

I'd been waiting for this________for so long. I knew that the road ahead wasn't going to be________, but I wouldn't give up. I wanted________more in life than to dance.

【推荐2】Recently I was flying across the country and was about to board my flight when a woman sitting across from me had a medical episode (发作期).

The woman was _______control of her body. I jumped up and crouched in front of her, asking if she was okay. I _______myself as Dr. Joe, asked her _______ (let’s call her Jackie to protect her _______) and told her that I could help.

In one hand I held hers and with my other hand I _______ her head, carefully asking what was happening. She _______that she had a condition where, when her body is _______to a lot of stress, her body goes into a parasympathetic overdrive (副交感神经超速运转). Jackie _______to me that she’s had this _______for thirty years and will be “perfectly ________in just a bit”. She said she forgot her medical papers at home.

I asked her if she needed help sitting up and a wheelchair to board the plane, to both of which she said yes. I stayed behind to ensure Jackie ________it safely on board, but due to some miscommunication, the gate agent and a manager thought Jackie was having a stroke. I explained that, despite her forgetting her ________, her condition would soon ________. The employees of the airline agreed to let her board with my ________and, just like Jackie said, she was perfectly fine within about twenty minutes.

________Jackie just needed someone to listen to her and fight for her.

【推荐3】Danielle was living in a new city with no local bank of her own. She desperately needed to ______ a bank to cash her paycheck (薪水支票). For more than two weeks, she made ______ one after another but without success.

Danielle decided to attend a meeting at the local women’s resource center. The women there had been a strong source of encouragement since she came here. Sitting next to Danielle, Amy began to share the details of her ______ situation. Just several days ago, she ______ her home and her car. Her phone and electric services were both scheduled to be cancelled. Her husband had gambled (赌博) away their money. She had nothing left.

As Amy described the situation, Danielle ______ God’s soft whisper in her heart: “After the meeting, give Amy twenty dollars.” Danielle immediately thought, “But I can’t. I only have forty dollars.” She heard the ______ again. Danielle knew she needed to follow. ______ the meeting ended, she ______ her purse and quietly handed twenty dollars to Amy. Knowing Danielle’s situation, Amy was ______ to accept it at first. But as a crowd of women ______ to give Amy hugs of support, Danielle told her that God wanted her to have it. Then Danielle left.

With just twenty dollars left in her wallet, Danielle decided to try cashing her paycheck at just one more bank before ______ home. She was ______ filled with renewed confidence and optimism. She walked into the bank next to the women’s center. Moments later, the bank ______ her paycheck with no questions asked. Wearing a big smile, Danielle returned home.

Realizing true hope has no ______, she continues to be ______ for the lifetime supply that she received for just twenty dollars.

【推荐1】In the United States, Christmas is a very important day. Many needy families are seeking assistance every year on the occasion of Christmas so they can get _______ toys and gifts for their children. And the charities and organizations come forward to _______ those poor families and bring joy to the poor children. Every year many free gifts and toys are indeed _______. This is very kind and _______ work for poor families as well as for children. Here is a family who have been _______ their love on this special day.

Three decades ago, Norah Wilkinson started a Christmas _______ that her family is keeping alive five years after her _______. It all came from the _______ grandmother’s simple motto(座右铭), “It’s nice to be nice.” Back in 1990, this _______ led her to start spending £10 a year on presents for children who’d otherwise have nothing to ________ on Christmas day, according to The Mirror.

Although Norah passed away five years ago, at the great age of 92, her grandchildren wanted to ________ up the tradition. So Norah’s seven children Josie, Patricia, Maria, Michael, Pete, Paul and Kieran and their children have managed to ________ an amazing £250, 000 worth of gifts that will be handed out to more than 5, 000 families for Christmas.

It’s amazing! “We are ________ by the generosity everyone has shown. There is a real sense of community. People are surprised there are children who have nothing on Christmas morning,” ________ Norah’s granddaughter, Tor Imrie-Bell.

This year, more than ever, many families are ________ to put food on the table. Yet, thanks to the ________ strangers and this hard-working and caring family, thousands of ________ will soon have a smile on their face.

The work of the grandchildren and their parents is totally ________, and it’s wonderful to see how much of a(n) ________ from a grandmother can be in life and death, and how a simple desire to be kind can snowball into a ________ to help thousands.

【推荐3】Many years ago, I went to the Giant Mountains with a couple of people. We were ________ in the mountains and suddenly it started to rain very hard. We found ________ under the roof some ski lifts (缆车). An elderly man who worked there said we could spend the ________ in his room there, and so we did, in our sleeping bags, after he ________ some drinks with us. Maybe the man feel ________ for us or was simply being kind, but he ________ walks with us the next day. In a mixture of languages, and by drawing pictures, he ________ that we could come for dinner and spend the night at his ________ that night.

Being poor students, we ________ accepted his offer, because we trusted our senses that he was a(n) ________ person. At his home, his wife ________ us like royal family members. For us, dinner was a lavish (丰盛的) affair of home-grown tomatoes and cucumber, bread and cheese, while he and his wife just ________ simpler food. The couple was lovely and we had a great evening, even though ________ was a bit difficult. That night we slept ________ in beds in a clean room.

The next day our host wore unique clothing that was part of his uniform. The local children ________ him “Krkonos”, as he looked like the giant ________ in the fairy tale with his large glasses and long flowing white hair and beard. And seemingly, he was quite a(n) ________ person in his village because of that.

“Krkonos” drove us through the mountains, ________ at nice places where we could take some photos. We ________ him and his wife again about 10 years later and “Krkonos” hadn’t changed a bit! There is ________ in the mountains.

【推荐1】Days after Argentina canceled all international flights to protect the country from COVID-19, Manuel Ballestero _________his journey home the only way possible. He stepped aboard his small sailboat for an 85-day journey back.

The 47-year-old sailor could have stayed on the tiny Portuguese island of Porto Santo, to _________ the time of lockdowns in a scenic place largely free of the _________. But the thought of living away from his family, especially his father who was soon to turn 90, was unbearable . So he loaded his 29-foot boat with canned food and _________ in mid-March.

A particularly _________aspect of this awful period was the inability of an untold number of people to rush home to help loved ones. Friends tried to _________Mr.Ballestero from starting the risky journey and the _________ in Portugal warned him he might not be allowed to reenter if he ran into trouble and had to _________. But he was determined.

Sailing across the Atlantic is challenging in the best of circumstances. The added difficulties of doing it during a pandemic became _________three weeks into the trip. On April 12, the authorities(当局) in Cape Verde __________ him to dock at the island nation to get a new supply of food and fuel. He was experienced in spending long time at sea, but being __________ on the open ocean is frightening to even the most experienced sailor.

Learning about his voyage, people bored at home were impressed. He __________created an Instagram account to __________ the final leg of the trip. “Entering my port where I learned how to sail gave me the taste of a(n) __________ accomplished,” Juan said.

__________ Mr.Ballestero didn’t get to celebrate his father’s 90th birthday in May, he did make it home in time for Father’s Day.

【推荐2】I walked to Mrs. Windsor’s house and waited outside. She was working with another student, and I was not supposed to________them by ringing the bell. I stood against the wall and________what I’d rather be doing. I had been tutored enough to read, understand, and even write some musical compositions, but I just didn’t have a________for it. Mrs. Windsor had offered to give me the lessons________, so I felt it my duty to try.

The door opened and Wendy Barton came out. I walked in, sat down on the piano bench and began to________my sheet music. Today Mrs. Windsor________her niece Pasha to teach me.

With a smile, Pasha sat beside me on the piano bench, opened my sheet music to the beginning page and asked me to play. I________my fingers on the keys. Then I frowned and concentrated to make the notes on the page________the finger movements. I had to admit I was a rather________pianist.

After about a page or two, Pasha gently put her hand on top of mine as it to________my fingers. There was a long pause. “What are you hearing in the music?” I looked at her rather________and admitted I didn’t know what she meant. “Like a________. Here, let me try and you listen,” Pasha advised.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, letting her fingers________lightly over the keys. Then, she began to play. “See, it begins here beside some kind of river. Hear the water flowing beside you?” Her fingers ________and fell gently on the keys. “Now a princess appears and she’s picking flowers from the water’s________.”A happy piece of music filled the air in time to Pasha’s dancing fingers.

【推荐3】Last August my family was holidaying at Diana’s Baths, where water falls off a series of giant rocks. I was _________ as I saw my kids jump between the wet rocks. “Stay away from all those edges,” I said. But I soon _________ and we were all having fun, my kids laughing under the cold running water. Then, seconds later, every_________ I’d previously had came flooding back to me.

I turned and saw my son Wyatt disappear over the edge. I _________, “Somebody help my son!” My husband was already _________ down the rocks. Wyatt had fallen on his back, straight onto the rocks. While everyone else _________ from a distance, a lady with a mask didn’t _________. She called 911. I couldn’t see her face. But she looked at me so deeply, _________ she was trying to push out every bit of energy, love, and strength in her body. I held on to that energy like a rope that could pull us to _________. She gave Wyatt a towel to put under his head and said to me, “I’m not __________ you.”

A __________ team took us to the local hospital. After some __________ and scans, we got the all-clear. As soon as I knew that Wyatt was going to be OK, I found myself constantly thinking about the kind lady who came to our __________ . Instead of __________, she went toward the unthinkable. Words are not strong enough to express my __________ to her because her kindness shone a light on a dark moment in my life.