【推荐1】I like buying clothes and my sister’s best friend loves buying clothes for me as well! That_______   I have plenty of clothes!

Then one day I_______my closet and it was like a light suddenly shone upon me. Pictures of homeless kids flashed into my _______. I thought of them begging on the streets to have _______ to give to their parents back at home.

My heart hurt _______ led me to a surprising act! I took several plastic _______and filled them with clothes, _______my closet half full. I looked for my little sister and _______her to the streets for some fun and adventure!

It was noon and the sun was _______our skin, but who cared about that? There they were, like sheep without a shepherd(牧羊人). My ________broke. I gathered my feelings and approached two kids who were about to ________me for money. Fear was painted on their ________ when I came to them. I handed them the bags and they ________, “What’s this?” I said, “They are all yours.

You ________these with your family. Okay?”

They didn’t ________ for a few moments but when they did, my heart was filled with a different feeling, ________ two big arms hugging my heart and sending a ________ feeling through my whole being.

“Thank you, Big Sister. We will ________share these with them!” they said. And they looked at the other kids on the street corners.

Wow! How ________ it bore fruit! I gave to them and their first reaction was to give to others!

I was so touched by the ________, and I believe my little sister had a change of heart as well.

When my mother took me out of high school, I knew that my life would become difficult because we were taught that you have to have an education to make it in life. I worked to help my mother _________ bills and that was all I could do at the time. Then she started telling me that when I turned 18, I had to get out of the house. I couldn’t understand what was going on because my brother was _________ than I was and she didn’t want to kick him out.

As I started nearing my 18th birthday I was really beginning to feel _________ because I didn’t have a(n) _________ on what I was going to do. One night while I was watching television, a commercial came on about _________ the Navy.

The next day I called the number on the commercial and _________ up an appointment to meet the recruiter（征兵人员）.When he _________ me not having a high school diploma he knew I had a _________ chance. I explained to him that I was going to be _________ in a few months. He told me he would __________ what he could do.

About a month later he called me and asked me to __________ his office. I went in and he __________ to me he would have to pull some strings (暗中施加影响) to get me in the service but I had to promise him that I would __________ the best of this opportunity he was trying to create for me and I did.

He was able to get me in the military and I __________ my end of the bargain by doing eight years and __________ an Honorable Discharge from the service.

Now I have a status in __________ that many don’t and have an ability to make my life a little easier with that __________ I made and the help I received.

Many individuals can feel hopeless and find they __________ do not have family support around to help them __________ their difficult moments. However, my __________ tells me that as long as you don’t abandon hope, hope will never abandon you.

【推荐1】My father brought home a sailboat when I was ten, and almost each Sunday in summers we would go sailing(驾船). Dad was quite skilled in sailing, but not good at ________. As for me, I ________ both before twelve because of living close to Lake Ontario.

The last time Dad and I set sail together is really ________. It was a perfect weekend after I graduated from university. I came home and ________ Dad to go sailing. Out we set soon on the calm lake. Dad hadn’t sailed for years, but everything ________ well with the tiller(舵柄)in his hands.

When we were in the middle of the lake, a ________ wind came all of a sudden. The boat was hit violently. Dad was always at his best in any ________, but at this moment he froze.

“John! ________!” he shouted in a trembling voice, with the tiller still in his ________.

In my memory he could fix any ________. He was the one I always turned to for strength and security(安全). Before I could respond(回答), a wave of water got into the boat. I rushed to the tiller ________ it was too late. Another huge wall of water turned over the boat in a minute. We were thrown into the water, and Dad was struggling aimlessly. At that moment, I felt fiercely ________ of him.

I swam to Dad ________ and assisted him in climbing onto the hull(船壳)of the boat. Upon sitting on the hull, Dad was a little awkward(尴尬的)about his flash of ________. “It’s all right, Dad. We are safe now,” I comforted him.

That was the first time Dad had counted on me in a moment of emergency(紧急事件). More importantly, I found it was my turn to start ________ for my father.

【推荐2】Jane’s mother worked on the farm from dawn till dark and she just could make ends meet (收支相抵). To make Jane live a _________ life, Mother was very careful about spending money. However, Jane didn’t understand her. Every day Mother was busy with her _________ while Jane was studying at school, so they had little time to enjoy themselves.

One day, Mother realized Jane was unhappy and even _________ to her, so she decided to go _________ with Jane to make Jane happy.

On Sunday morning they went happily to the snowfield. Since they were _________ in white clothes, the manager advised them to buy ski clothes. He said in case there was an accident, they might be easily _________ in their ski clothes. Mother couldn’t _________ them, so she refused.

Then they went skiing in their white clothes. They were skiing happily on the _________ when suddenly the snowfield began to shake. It was the snow slide (雪崩). They ran a long way and _________ the snow slide finally, but they couldn’t find their way. Later, a helicopter (直升机) was flying above, but people on it couldn’t see or hear them. Jane was __________ because she had hurt her head seriously and __________ dropped on the snow. Just then Mother had an idea. She cut her wrist (手腕) __________ and then bright red blood dropped down on the snowfield. A red SOS was on the snow. At last Jane __________, but Mother died.

Every time I think of the blood dropping onto the snowfield, I feel __________. I believe anyone who hears the sad story will __________ Mother for her selfless love to her daughter.