【推荐2】Orion Jean, a young boy from Texas, initiated an extraordinary mission of kindness and inspired others. His journey_________when he participated in the National Kindness Speech Contest. Giving a speech about the_________ of kindness to transform a nation, Orion won a $500 cash prize. Instead of spending it on himself, he chose to use it to give those in need a_________.

So the little boy, who said his parents always taught him that “kindness is a virtue that should be_________above all others,” came up with the idea of the Race to Kindness campaign. It_________doing good deeds in his community.

Orion set out to help children requiring_________treatment. He thought there was no better way to_________a kid than a toy. So he used the winnings to buy as many toys as possible and_________a toy fair to get over 600 fun toys donated to the Children’s Health Hospital in Dallas.

After the toy fair, he launched a/an_________“Race to 100,000 meals” to help food-insecure people in his community.__________with a local nonprofit organization, he helped feed people who might not have had a meal for Thanksgiving.

In May 2022, to provide books to children who lacked__________to them, Orion launched the “Race to 500, 000 Books”. It centered on poverty-stricken areas, __________those known as “book deserts”. The result? Many people__________the chance to show their love to strangers. So the goal of “500, 000” was exceeded (超越).

Orion’s story is an example of how a wave of positive__________is generated by one individual’s kindness. “The Race to Kindness” is grateful to everyone who comes together to be a__________system in time of need.

【推荐2】My mom had spent years as a stay-at-home mom. However, I could tell that she _________ the working women. When I asked her about _________ again, she would just tell me to concentrate on my education.

My mom could make anyone _________. She has the ability to reach everyone’s _________. I once asked, “Mom, have you ever _________ being a stand-up comedian?” She laughed at the idea, but then began to cry and said it was too _________ for her. I was sad to watch her struggle between _________ and doubt.

With her birthday coming, I realized what I _________ wanted to give her was the _________ to take a chance. I placed little notes of __________ inside the present I had bought. I asked my family and her close friends to do the same. On her birthday, when she saw and read the notes, she started to __________ with her hands full of notes. She could not believe the support was __________, that everyone knew she had a special __________ and believed in her.

Within two months, my mom made a __________ performance in a New York comedy club. Within a year, she was performing at the nation’s major comedy club monthly. For many parents, their children’s __________ are their greatest achievement, but for me my mom’s is mine.

【推荐3】Some years ago, a young man came to me for advice. He told me that reading a whole paragraph _________ made him tired. His _________ was that he was working at a dead-end job for two years. All his friends, none of whom enjoy reading, were in the same _________ . They were all working at low-level jobs with no _________ .

I told him that he had to learn to read well. However, he said he wanted to be successful at something that didn’t _________ reading. I told him that this was not a matter of _________ . The only jobs that have _________ to do with reading were the jobs they were doing. And they would even soon be _________ by younger people with better education. He finally accepted the _________ that he had to become a good reader. He began taking courses in reading. He ____________ a technical institute (技术学院). Because of his poor education, it took him almost three years to ____________ a two-year program in biomedical (生物医学的) engineering.

A small company employed him at $22,000 per year. It wasn’t much, but he ____________ it. He ____________ to read and studied. In his third year, he was ____________ by a company with $40,000 per year. Two years later, an international company ____________ his success and employed him at more than $50,000 per year, with other ____________ .

In eight years, he ____________ a lot, from a low-paid worker to a highly-paid one. He led a ____________ life. The interesting thing was that as he went around ____________ his old friends, he found they were still working as before. Eight years seems like a ____________ time in life, but it passes quickly when you are busy doing something and getting continually better at it.