【推荐1】I have neighbors whose adult son has been living with them since he lost his job 5 years old. He is the 5^th one of _______ of his parents. He has no job_______still enjoyed himself because he had a dog staying together with him.

_______, his dog died in July last year. This _______ has hit him deeply, which is understandable, because he had _______ most of his time walking the dog; Besides, he had made friends in the neighborhood with other dog _______.

His parents didn’t _______his idea of buying another dog because they wanted him to find work. It was a(n)_______time for him; I could see he was lonely _______his dog. All he could do was help his mom with cooking or ________at home.

I wanted to help him get rid of the________feelings, so invited him to________dog walks with my family. We also ________ in some picnic activities together. Then I thought maybe something else would help.

It’s volunteering at the local humane society(动物保护协会), not far from where we live. It takes only several __________ for us to get there by bike. At first, he ________to volunteer to love the________there. However, after only one week, he began to ________ me excitedly how happy he was. Now he seems to have ________ to return to school to learn zoology and study animals in the future. I feel happy that he has ________. I am more pleased that he feels________and valued. And that is so important for all of us.

【推荐2】A family had had a cat for years. Then one day, the children finally ______ to persuade their parents to get them a dog as well. So a little Labrador (拉布拉多犬) ______.

The dog was so ______ that everyone wanted to hold him and he charmed everyone by just loving them. The cat made it very clear that she did not welcome another ______ in the house, but the little dog ______ her everywhere, trying to make friends with the angry cat.

The family thought the cat would ______ like the dog.

Then one day the family heard horrible ______ from their back yard. They ran to the ______ to see what was happening. They lived in the suburbs and so they saw a real lynx (猞猁) was just planning on ______ their cat for lunch. The poor cat had nowhere to run or hide. It would only be a matter of seconds and their cat would be ______.

And then suddenly a black lightning ran to the cat. The little dog ______ the big lynx with all its strength. He was not frightened, nor did he stop to think. He saw his ______ in trouble and did what had to be done. The family opened the window and started yelling and the father ran to the yard. The lynx soon disappeared into the ______.

And ever since that day the cat’s behaviour towards the dog ______ totally. Now it was the cat that followed the hero dog everywhere.

So we can draw a conclusion: if ever anyone is ______ towards you, don’t turn your back on them. They may not rescue your life-but their kindness can certainly rescue your day!

【推荐3】“New Recruits Wanted!” The sign caught my eye. It revived my _______ of becoming a firefighter. I just retired and was getting sixty already. But years spent as a First Aid Attendant had built a certain “rescue ______ ”in me that gave me the confidence to fill out an application.

To my delight, I was _______ for training, as the oldest recruit, though. It was _______. We were required to move around on our hands with extremely heavy devices on our backs, searching for victims in the dark. Afterwards, my poor old knees screamed, my back ached, and I thought about _______. One day, my friend paid a visit and _______ a book to me as a present, in which were many pictures of firefighters in action. And it was signed with a personalized message of _______, encouraging me to follow my dream. As I _______ through the pages, I was amazed at the courage and devotion of these _______ individuals. It gave me strength to ________. I knew then what mattered were my attitude and determination, not my age.

Over the next few weeks, the training continued to be ________, but I never lost focus again. ________, I was certified as a firefighter. I found a place where I fit in. Then came my ________ moment in 2014, when my peers voted me Firefighter of the Year.

Now, it’s been almost ten years since I walked into the fire hall, wondering if I was being ________. Here I am, rapidly approaching seventy. I know that you are never too old to ________ your life; never too old to take on a new challenge; never too old to follow your dream.

【推荐3】A wise teacher let her class play a game. The teacher told each child to bring a bag containing a few ________. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child _______hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his / her ________ will depend on the _____of people the child hates.

Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others had_______ up to five potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the bag ______ they go for a week.

_____ the days went by, the children started to _______ ，because the rotten（腐烂的） potatoes   ______ an unpleasant smell. And the students with five potatoes also had to carry ________ bags.

________ a week, the teacher asked, "How did you________?" The children started complaining about the trouble they had to ________, when they had to carry the heavy and _______ potatoes everywhere they went.

Then the teacher said, "This is the ________ when you carry your hate for somebody inside your________. The smell of hate will _______ your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot ________ the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you ________ what it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for a _______?"

【推荐1】I had a student today who got his finger stuck inside a test tube in science class. It was really quite stuck. This young man’s finger ________ to get whiter and whiter right before my eyes.

Remaining ________, I suggested he carefully rotate (转动) the tube. It wouldn’t move a bit. He tried soap and cold water. ________ stuck. Meanwhile chaos was breaking out in the class. Finally, I ________ the young man to our secretary, who was a miracle worker ________ three kids of her own. With her in charge, I was ________ all would be OK.

To get the students back ________, I shared my own story of getting my knee stuck between the rails of a balcony. Same kind of ________, I remembered wondering then how far I could thrust (塞) my knee between the rails. Inch by inch, I kept ________ and before I knew it, my knee was stuck and swelling before my eyes and in front of lots of strangers at a popular Las Vegas hotel!

Hearing my story, many students followed with their own stories of heads, arms, fingers stuck in places they shouldn’t ________. A few minutes later, the young man came back, test tube unbroken and finger ________ to a lovely shade of pink.

I just couldn’t ________ this kid. He’s only twelve. I too got my knee unstuck, but not without great ________. The excuse for me, however, was not ________ but plain stupidity. I was ________ fifty years old when this happened.

【推荐3】Tom was a middle-aged businessman whose repeated failure in his work made him an upset man, often complaining (抱怨) that others had been playing tricks on him. One day he told his wife he was so _______ with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to _______ city. It was in the evening of a weekend when Tom and his wife were busy _______ up their new home that the light suddenly went out. So they had to _______ work. Because Tom had forgotten to bring along candles, he had to wait helplessly in a bad mood. Just then he heard gentle knocks on his door that sounded clear in the _______ night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom had no _______ in the new city. And this was the moment that he especially disliked being disturbed or troubled. _______, he went unwillingly to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have _______?   I’m your neighbour.” “No!” Tom answered in anger and shut the door _______. He complained about it to his wife, “As soon as we settled down, the neighbour came to borrow things.” After a while, the door was knocked on again. He opened it and found the ________ girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbour downstairs might need candles. She ________ me here to give you these.” Tom was very ________ by what he saw. When he fully understood, he said, “Thank you and your ________. God bless you! ”

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his ________ in life—his coldness and unkindness. The person who had cheated him in life was in reality nobody else but himself, for he had fallen for his heartless ________.