【推荐1】Cairistiona Flatley has always been an animal lover. So when she _________ a social media post about a two-legged cat in need of a(n) _________, she had a feeling that she was the _________ person to take Rexie Roo in.

Rexie Roo is a young cat who was brought to a shelter in Utah in January 2020. Both of his front legs were _________ hurt when he was found, and his rescuers guessed that he'd been _________ by a car. What's worse, the cat's legs were too damaged to be _________. Their only option was to remove his front legs to give him a second _________ of life. Despite his pain and having to _________ getting around on his back legs, Rexie Roo was always loving everyone around him.

The only _________ was whether they could find someone who was __________ to take in a pet with special needs. That's when Cairistiona came to the __________! She adopted (收养) Rexie Rooand made him feel at home. She quickly __________ that he's very food-motivated (驱使), so she used cat food to __________ him to do his at-home “physical exercise”.

“When people tell me I'm so __________ for adopting a special need cat and that he is lucky to have me, I can only think about how __________ I am to have him in my life,” “Cairistiona said. “I __________ him so much, and he has brought me a lot of __________ and peace. I think he can __________ people a lot about patience and love,” she added. “My life is __________ because he is in it. I tell everyone he is the __________ of my life.”

【推荐3】I remember vividly the moment the doctor told me my daughter Annabelle was severely disabled. A thousand ________ raced through my mind. Will she walk? Will she talk? Will she be able to read?

“I couldn’t possibly ________,” said the doctor “But you should prepare yourself for the fact that she might never walk or talk.”

As well as ________ health, I wondered if she would have friends.

Now I know some of the answers. Although she has problems with the spine (脊柱), she can walk huge distances. She can’t hold a ________, but she can make her wants and needs known. And she has no friends.

Annabelle doesn’t get invited to birthday parties. To me, it’s this lack of inclusion (被接纳) that really ________me. Therefore, I was ________ when I saw a post on social media from a little girl with Down’s syndrome (唐氏综合症) at her friend’s birthday party. She was ________ having the greatest time of her life. There were photos of her wearing a wide smile, ________ for the camera, her friend’s arms around her.

“This is amazing!” I wrote, “I am so glad she gets________ in everything. My little girl was born with a spine problem. She hasn’t been invited to a single party in the last four years. ________ my heart.”

Later that day, a woman called Caroline, who I’d never met, sent me a message. Her son Luca was having a fifth birthday party and he wanted to ________ Annabelle.

As Annabelle set off for the party, she felt ________ and became hesitant. But once inside, she was relaxed and felt included in every element by two ________ — a five-year-old boy and his mum. It was highly ________.

My daughter now has memories that will last her a lifetime ________ that, she has her first ever friend.

【推荐1】I’d been this way for months. Whenever I had nothing to do, a familiar depression would ______ on my back. So I went to my friend for help, who lived on the top of a steep hill.

My friend wasn’t in. The fog was ______ in. So I was stuck outside her house waiting. Suddenly I saw a ______ dashing out of the house next door. Holding up his ______ hand, the man approached me, crying, “Help! Finger! Cut!” I dialed 911 immediately. While waiting for the ______ , I noticed he hadn’t taken his cut ______ and asked, “Where is it?” Frozen for a while, he said with ______ “Maybe upstairs.” Hurrying into the house, I began to ______ the finger. In the kitchen a table saw lay on the floor. I lifted up each foot and looked underneath to ensure I wouldn’t step on it. Having searched carefully, I ______ it lying beside the table saw. I grabbed a paper towel, placed it over the finger and picked it up ______ . After getting outside, I ______ the man, “Hang tight! The ambulance is ______ .

______ , the ambulance arrived. I handed the finger to the nurse and they drove away. Suddenly I felt ______ helping someone in need, even if pushing three ______ on a phone was all I did. I would ______ doing it.

Then one day after the finger ______ , I realized I had completely forgotten to be ______ as I’d been ______ playing the role of local hero. I wished I could see him again to thank him, because when he lost his finger, he ______ my life.

【推荐1】Marty, a 59-year- old gentleman in Ohio, should have been near the top of the list to receive a COVID-19 vaccine（疫苗）. Yet like millions of others, he was’t having any ________ making an appointment. Marty and his wife, Naney, would sit with computers trying for hours to book an appointment, but ________.

Then Nancy heard about Marla, who was spending about ten hours a day online trying to secure appointments for the ________. So Nancy messaged on Facebook: Can you help? ________, Marla responded by asking for Marty’s basic information. Nine minutes later, Marla reported back-Marty could get the ________!

Marla’s vaccine hunting ________ on February 1, when she learned that her ________ were unable to get appointments themselves. She hated they had to ________. Clicking around on vaccine registration sites, Marla discovered just how ________ it was to book an appointment. She applied common strategies (keeping multiple browsers open, refreshing websites constantly) and added a few of her special skills. “I’m ________, I drink much coffee and I’m a fast typist. Finally my efforts ________,”she says, “I had ________ appointments for my parents.”

“I am blessed and I decided helping others would be my way of ________ back”. On February 10, she logged on to Facebook to let people know she was ________ with bookings. By March 2, she’d secured appointments for 400 people, an achievement that made Nancy conclude, “Marla is some sort of ________ against COVID-19.”

【推荐2】As I recently had to move out from my flat, it was an occasion to dive into all the stuff that I had accumulated over time. I _________ many objects, which had made themselves forgotten with time. _________ them were books, maps, bottles of drinks, guidebooks, cinema tickets, toys, goodies, etc.

_________ keep them or sell them, I found it _________ to give them to whoever would find them useful. I made a few piles and I knew that each person, whose _________ stood on the labels, would have good _________ of what was there.

Delivering them was also _________, as I took a few piles in my backpack each evening and went to deliver them at my friends’ homes, like a _________. It was really a great occasion to hang out!

Besides these gifts, I _________ many clothes and sports shoes to charity associations, and __________ two bikes to my friends. I also __________ hi-quality sports equipment at a discount price to whoever would like to __________ them.

I can imagine these thousands of dollars that I have __________ to buy all that stuff. Giving them a second __________ made me even happier. It was a real treat to myself, and also a __________ as I felt lighter when I had to move out.