【推荐2】An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8. It took some 75,000 lives, _______ 130,000 and left nearly 3.5 million without food, jobs or homes. _______ overnight, scores of tent villages bloomed _______ the region, tended by international aid organizations, military ranks and aid groups _______ day and night to shelter the survivors before winter set _______.

Luckily, the season was mild. But with the _______ of spring the refugees will be moved again. Camps that _______ health care, food and shelter for 150,000 survivors have begun to close as they were _______ intended to be permanent.

For most of the refugees, the thought of going back brings _______ emotions. The past six months have been difficult. Families of __________ many as 10 people have had to shelter __________ a single tent and share cookstoves and bathing __________ with neighbors. “They are looking forward to the clean water of their rivers,” officials say. “They are __________ of free fresh fruit. They want to get back to their herds and start __________ again.” But most will be returning to __________ but heaps of ruins. In many villages, electrical __________ have not been repaired, nor have roads. Aid workers __________ that it will take years to rebuild what the earthquake took __________. And for the thousands of survivors, the __________ will never be complete.

Yet the survivors have to start somewhere. New homes can be built onto the stones, bricks and beams of old ones. Spring is coming and it is a good time to __________ again.

【推荐3】I used to think my life was perfect. My mom had her dream job and a beautiful office and I had my own room with a computer and a garden to _________. But one Sunday, everything changed. A hurricane _________ our neighborhood while we were visiting my grandparents in Raleigh. Our kitchen was destroyed, and our clean and comfortable home was in ruins.

But something _________ happened. Our neighbors, the Flores family, came to our aid. They helped clear _________ pieces and offered us a place to stay. Their _________ was most impressive. We had never_________ spoken to them before, but they _________ their home to us and made us feel like family.

We started a new_________ of having weekend dinner together. We invited other families from the neighborhood to join us, and our _________ were filled with laughter and delicious food. It was a beautiful thing to see our __________ come together in the wake of a disaster.

I __________ knew Rosica, their daughter, before the hurricane. But she quickly became my __________. She had a gift for storytelling and our evenings together were filled with adventure and laughter.

Looking back, I realize that the hurricane__________ unexpected benefit. It brought us closer to our neighbors and __________ our lives in ways we never could have imagined. Sometimes, it takes a(n) __________ to bring out the best in people.

【推荐1】Every Saturday night Mama would sit down by the kitchen table and count out the money Papa had brought home.

“For the rent.”Mama would count out the big silver______. “For the grocery.”Another group of coins. “I’ll   need a notebook. ”that would be my sister Christine, my brother Nels or______.

Mama would put one or two coins to the side. We would watch with ______ interest. At last, Papa would ask, “Is that all?”And when Mama ______, we could relax a little. Mama would look up and smile, “Good. We do not have to go to ______.” We were all so proud of Mama’s Bank Account. It gave us such a warm, secure feeling.

When Nels graduated from grammar school, he wanted to go on to high school. “It will ______ a little money,” he said.

Eagerly we gathered around the table. I took down a box and laid it ______ in front of Mama. This was the “Little bank”.It was used for sudden emergencies, such as the time ______ Christine broke her arm and had to be taken to a doctor.

Nels listed the costs of the things he would need. Mama counted out the money in the Little Bank. There was not ______. “We do not want to go to the Bank,” she reminded. WE all shook our heads.

“I will work in Dillon’s grocery after school,”Nels volunteered.

Mama gave him a bright ______ and wrote down a number. “That’s not enough,” Papa said. Then he took his pipe out of his______ and looked at it for a long time. “I will give up smoking,” he said suddenly.

Mama reached across the table and touched Papa’s arm. Then she wrote down another ______.“I will ______ the Elvington children every Friday night,”I said. “Christine can help me.” Now there was enough money. We all felt very ______ because we did not have to go downtown and draw money out of Mama’s Bank Account.

So many things came out of the Little Bank that year: Christine’s dress for the school play, my little sister Dagmar’s operation...______ happened, we always knew we still had the Bank to depend upon.

【推荐2】Over 30 years ago a book titled “The Alchemist” was published and it was ______ noticed. The author of this book was a man named Paulo Coelho, and he was told by the first bookseller that only one person bought a copy after it was ______. As bad as it was to hear about the unpleasant results, Coelho remained ______. 

Paulo Coelho waited for ______ results to appear. Unfortunately, six months passed ______ he sold his next copy. After that first year the publisher decided the book was a ______ and ended Coelho’s contract. Fortunately, Coelho made up his mind to not ______, and so he made efforts to pursue his vision with even more passion by finding another ______. 

Now, Coelho found a new publisher, but it was no ______ task, as he encountered rejection after rejection. But, after many repeated rejections, he finally ______ that new publisher, and with it, another opportunity to ______ his dream.

______, he only sold three thousand books. But as time went by, he would sell ten thousand, and then 100 thousand, and so on and so forth. 

Coelho’s ______ has yet to run out, as his books sales continue to grow year over year, with now over 150 million and counting copies of “The Alchemist” having been sold. Even more ______ is the fact that he sold over 320 million books when including all of his other following works. But, it all started with that ______ book!

【推荐3】Dressed up as Captain America for parades from time to time, Timothy White could have saved the day with his shield (盾牌) if he were the superhero. But in real life, when he saw trouble one afternoon, he wasn’t wearing his ________ and couldn’t depend on superpowers.

White was driving home in Harrisburg when he noticed something hard to ________. A truck on the other side of the street was moving from side to side uncontrollably and the driver appeared to be ________. Referred to as Captain Harrisburg, White had to stop that ________ before accidents.

Having made a U-turn, White faced the same ________ as the truck and tried to catch up with it. No luck with the heavy traffic. ________, Captain Harrisburg ran quickly to the truck and jumped in through its open window. The man behind the ________ was barely conscious and quite ________ by a stranger near him. White took ________ of the stick shift and forced the truck to park. The driver said he was not well. White ________ down a police officer. An ambulance ________the man to a hospital, where the doctor ________ that had his blood sugar gone lower, things could have been much worse. After his ________, the truck driver thanked White for saving his life.

White’s actions that day were ________ for him. He ran a nonprofit and he once tried to save people on fire. He was from playing a ________ to becoming one in real life.

【推荐1】When three young men found themselves with an extra ticket to a Red Sox baseball game, they decided to give their ticket to a homeless man who was happy to be given the chance to _______.

Sean, Lugo, Francisco, and another one of their friends had been preparing to see the Sox play _________ the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston last week when a family _________ forced their fourth companion to _________ his plans for the game.

As the three young men were on their way to the park, they were trying to _________ who they could invite to the game—and that’s _________ Lugo got an idea.

“I wanted to take someone who would appreciate the _________ and have the time of their lives,” Lugo told CNN.

Lugo eventually found the perfect _________ for the spare ticket after they passed a homeless man named John. In addition to offering the man some money, Lugo asked if he wanted the _________ Red Sox ticket—to which John __________ said “Hell yeah, let’s go.”

The young men happily __________ John to his seat and bought him a beer to enjoy during the game. As they all sang songs and __________ from the stands, Lugo says that John seemed to greatly enjoy the __________ of the stadium.

__________ John left the stands, he shook the hands of his three new friends and took a __________ with them in front of their seats.

“He thanked us for everything and he expressed his ________,” Lugo told CNN. “Maybe the game could __________ the stress that comes with being __________ for the few hours at the game.”

Since __________ the photos to Twitter, Lugo hopes that the pictures will help to show other people just what __________ a small good deed can make.