【推荐1】Near my house is a library. As an enthusiastic reader, the idea to be surrounded by books itself is ______. So I volunteered to ______ it, managing books. But never had I realized reading had such ______ until I met an old lady.

One day I was arranging books when I heard a lady ______ something at the information desk, where I went to give ______. She was in her 70s with a beautiful smile.

After communication, I was ______ that she came to take the membership. Without family, she had ______ her house and settled in a nursing home, living off ______ the interest from her savings account. Her love of reading, even at such an age, never ______. Her confidence, whenever she ______ reading, livened her up.

The membership was ______ for her, so I explained the fee. She didn’t hesitate to open her purse and ______ for the amount. Noticing her ______ look, I offered to pay for her but she insisted, “I’ll come and pay tomorrow.” I failed to ______ her. The next day she returned, paid up and got her membership card. When I took her into the world of books, her eyes shone with excitement. She became a regular visitor, one I’d ______ every few days.

Now her cute smile in my mind still reminds me of the magic of reading.

【推荐3】I have been reading books for as long as I can remember. I have always loved to read and never thought_________about this hobby—until I heard that some people consider reading to be “nerdy”. When did having a_________for reading become associated with being a so-called nerd（书呆子）? People who_________others for their love of novels just don't understand what bookworms experience when reading stories. They don't_________the feeling of wonder and amazement that comes from these paper pages, the_________roller coaster the stories set us on.

Books are like loyal friends—always_________for the day you decide enough is enough in the real world. You take their hand and_________into a whole other universe with them. Throughout my life, I have managed to get through tough times by disappearing into a book, into the story of another_________. I envelop myself in the conflicts, crazy plot twists and small successes that_________these novels, and I forget about the__________moments in life temporarily. When I finish reading, I often say to myself, "If that character can__________in a situation like that, I can__________make it through this day."

Novels have inspired me and helped lead the way through__________toward the light. I'm just going to keep__________the pages of my life and maybe one day, I'll reach a happy ending that allows me to__________the book and, with a smile on my face, pass it on to the next bookworm to start a brand new story.

【推荐1】On a sunny afternoon, Anthony Perry stepped off the train at Chicago’s 69th Street station. The 20-year-old, who worked nights in a grocery store, was on his way to see his ________.

On the platform, something unthinkable happened: a man fell over the edge and onto the electrified train tracks! As Perry and other horrified passengers watched, he shook uncontrollably as the ________ moved through his body.

“Help him!” someone cried. “Please, someone!”

Perry couldn’t just stand there and ________. He sat at the edge of the platform and eased himself down. ________ all rails between the man and him were electrified, he quickly leaped towards the victim, using a high-knee technique from his high school football days.

Perry soon reached down and grasped the victim’s wrist. ________, he felt a powerful electric shock shoot through his body. Perry jumped back. He reached down a second time, and was shocked again. But the third time he seized the man’s wrist and forearm, and managed to move the guy’s body away from the ________.

“Give him chest compressions!” yelled an old lady on the platform.

Perry was no expert, but for a few moments he worked on the man’s heart until the victim regained ________. Then, first-aiders arrived. Perry let the professionals ________. Heart still racing from the electric shocks, he climbed back up onto the platform, grabbed his things and continued on to his grandfather’s.

The evening news reported the incident, ________ an unnamed hero with saving the victim’s life. To many, Perry’s ________ deeds demonstrated the power of choosing compassion over personal safety.

【推荐2】Jenny Ferguson, a young mother, walked around a grocery in California, looking for diapers(尿布) for her four-month-old daughter Anne. She was _________ because of the unreasonably high prices. _________, a set of three diaper packets which was on sale caught her attention. She _________ her coins and discovered she could pay for them. She quickly _________ to the cashier with the packets, hiding her _________. The cashier looked at her from head to toe, giving her a dirty look. “That’s $ 30.”

“$ 30?!” cried Jenny. “But there’s a discount! They should be a lot _________.”

“I’m sorry, lady. The deal has been invalid(无效的)!” the cashier _________.

“Oh, no,” she whispered, teary-eyed. “I can’t _________ it. Can you please give me a _________?” The cashier laughed, “Nice try, woman. But tears won’t work here.”

Jenny couldn’t control her __________ at this point. She whispered to Anne and burst out tears. She had been     ________ to Anne when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She __________ and saw a woman, somewhat in her late 80s, standing behind her.

“Oh, don’t cry,” she __________ Jenny. “I will pay for you.”

She took Jenny’s hand in hers, __________ some baby food, fruits, and bread, and told the cashier to __________. “We’ll take everything, including the diapers. The bill is on me.”

Jenny’s tears were not __________ again and she thanked the older woman for her __________. “I appreciate that so much, ma’am. But do __________ me for I didn’t even ask you your name.”

“Oh, lady,” shrugged the woman. “There’s no __________ to worry. I should leave now…” She rushed out of the store without even __________ her name.

【推荐3】Yu Jinwen, a counselor from Wuhan University of Engineering Science, initiated a project in 2015, to take wedding photos for those who had no chance to do so when they were young. The photographer, lighting operator and makeup artist are all students from the university, working as a form of community _________.

The program has _________ the elderly and helped improve the overall ability of young students. However, this program _________ many difficulties early on.

The budget has always been _________, but there are good-hearted helpers to lend a _________.

For example, one of Yu’s friends, who happened to have closed his wedding photo studio in Wuhan, donated about 100 sets of secondhand wedding dresses.

The university pays for uniforms and insurance for students. Though some offer _________, most funds are raised by students, who _________ secondhand items in a flea(跳蚤) market on campus, do part-time jobs and pay their own expenses.

At first, when volunteers went into the _________ to talk to the elderly, many did not trust them, _________ that it was a fraud(诈骗) for money.

Now, the program’s reputation has __________, and besides canvassing(游说), they cooperate with the university’s Communist Youth League of China to contact the staff in communities to __________elderly residents, who can also find ads for the program on newspapers and__________platforms.

“No pains, no gains. It’s through these difficulties that students have learned about the significance of the project, and __________ them gives a sense of achievement,” Yu says.

“The program has developed into maturity and can __________ be duplicated(复制) now. I’m glad to see that other universities and institutions are also running similar projects for the elderly, __________ the greater population.”