【推荐1】A minister(牧师) was on a long flight. The first _______ of approaching problem came when the sign on the airplane flashed on: Fasten Your Seat Belts.

As the minister looked _______ the aircraft, it became obvious that many of the passengers became _______. Later, a voice over the intercom(内部通话系统) said, “We are so sorry that we are unable to _______ the meal at this time. The currents are ahead of us.” And then the storm broke. Lightning lit up the darkening skies, and within moments the great plane was tossed(使摇摆) around.

The minister recalled, “As I looked around the plane, I could see that nearly all the _______ were scared. Then I suddenly saw a little girl. Obviously, the storm _______ nothing to her. She was reading a book on her seat and everything within her small world was _______. Sometimes she closed her eyes, and then she would read again. Sometimes she straightened her legs, but worry and _______ were not in her world.”

The minister could hardly believe his eyes. It was not surprising, _______, that when the plane finally reached its destination and all the passengers were hurrying to ________ the plane, the minister came up to the girl whom he had ________ for such a long time. Having talked about the storm, he asked why she had not been afraid.

The child replied, “That was because my ________ was the pilot, and he would take me home.”

There are many kinds of ________ that frightened us. Physical, mental, financial, domestic, and many other storms can easily and quickly ________ our sky and throw our plane into apparently uncontrollable movement. We have all known such times, and let us be honest and accept, it is much easier to be at ease when our feet are on the ground than ________ we are being tossed about a darkened sky.

Let us remember: Our father is the driver. He is in control and taking us home. Don’t worry.

【推荐2】Where there’s a will, there’s surely to be a way. As the COVID-19 crisis increasingly spread, all international flights in Spain were _______. But Carlos, who was just in Spain, desired a _______with his wife Isabel in Argentina in time for their 5th wedding anniversary celebration. With the Atlantic Ocean between them, he was faced with a dilemma. Finally, the young sailor _______a daring solution—he’d simply sail home.

Sensing the severe illness, Carlos feared the local port would soon begin restricting travel. The urgent situation left him with no _______: With 24 hours, he had to get fully prepared.

After _______a 29-foot sailboat with life necessities, Carlos set sail in mid-March, trusting his faith would get him home. _______, the voyage wasn’t without hardships or danger. On the way, he approached the port Cape Verde to restore his food supply. But they_______his entry. Once past the equator(赤道), he ran out of fuel and was left to rely partly on wind power. Then, the wind_______, leaving his sailboat sitting on the calm sea for 10 days. With no one aboard to _______, he would be in danger should he run into trouble, but Carlos proved ________. The wind eventually rose again, allowing him to go on.

While Carlos’ faith was ________challenged, the long voyage also ________views of Mother Nature’s beauty as well. A group of dolphins provided nice ________, racing alongside him.

After sailing on the sea for 85 days, the boat entered the final port. Carlos was tested for COVID-19 and ________. Exhausted but extremely ________, he and his wife Isabel were reunited just in time for her birthday.

【推荐1】I went to the Department of Motor Vehicles without an appointment. When I got there，there were about 25 people with their own numbers.

Since I was in no hurry，I sat there _______，just watching people. A young man _______ the counter but had no cash to pay his _______.“They only take cash or cheque.”He was _______ his situation to the woman next to me，rather _______. Unfortunately，she didn’t have enough cash，either.

I had been listening and before he had a(n)_______ to ask. I thought，“I have enough cash for both his fee and mine!”I _______ him the money and he wanted my information. So he could repay me using Venmo. Although I used this app，I _______ a different form of repayment. I happened to have in my wallet one Smile Card，which I tried to _______ all the time. Handing him the card I said，“You can do this as a repayment.”

He really wanted to just return the cash，but there was no ________ that he could without my help and I just insisted he pay it forward，doing something ________ for others.

Not long after that，I was ________，and got my business ________ in less than 60 minutes in DMV without an appointment. I had spent longer there with an appointment. Maybe all went so ________ because I came across this young gentleman，maybe not.

I do choose to believe that as we spread our own ________ in the world，it returns to us in quantities.

【推荐2】During the COVID-19, many American children had to have lessons online at home, soon their parents noticed children lacked learning space. Therefore, they had to be _______. They collected, built, and donated desks, _______ kids in need remote learning equipment.

In Mitch Couch’s home in California, his daughter and son kept _______ the kitchen table for remote lessons or being bothered. This gave him an _______ he would make them their own desks. The desks were kid-size, simple and _______, made of wood. But they _______. Then he thought: Why not provide other children with individual learning areas to _______ their supplies?

“I spent only $20—significantly less than what stores charge for desks that are suddenly in _______.” Couch said. “I decided to show others how to build desks. So I made a video about desk-making to _______ fellow parents.”

A grocery store saw Couch’s ________ online, offering to fund materials if he would build more.

They also ________ local school officials to help identify those in need. ________, there was an order for 20 desks, but it quickly increased by at least 50. By now Couch is so ________ — he can knock one out in about 15 minutes.

Couch says the messages of ________ from parents and students kept him going, sharing thank-you cards from parents saying their kids were “doing better and ________ more because they have their own space”.

【推荐3】On a Monday morning, back in 2015, I remember ______ my car under a shady tree in the car park outside my doctor’s ______ . Heartbreak, sadness and the loss of a ______ family left me not going well.

I wept ______ . My doctor had diagnosed (诊断) me with severe ______ and depression. After my husband passed away, I wanted to be healthy as my son, Kai, was depending on me. Still sobbing, I was surprised to hear a knock on my car door. A lady with short fair hair, ______ in her 40s, ______ opened it and began to speak calmly and kindly to me. “I don’t know what you are going through right now. But know this: what you are going through will ______ ,” she said. “Can I give you a hug?”

There I was, a weeping mess, ______ accepting this kind stranger’s reassuring hug. All I managed to ______ in a choked-up voice was “thank you”. This was the most ______ act of kindness that I have ever experienced from a stranger. It gave me hope in the world, in people and for me. My ______ started right there.

About a year later, when I was doing a lot better, I came across the same kind stranger at the opening of an art exhibition. She ______ me and smiled. She said that she could ______ I was doing well. We hugged again, and once more I was able to express my ______ for her gesture.

【推荐1】One sunny afternoon, Joshua Davis stepped off the train at Chicago’s 59th Street station. The 21-year-old, who worked nights in a grocery store, was on his way to visit his grandmother.

On the platform, something _________ occurred: a man fell over the edge and onto the electrified train tracks! As Davis and oilier horrified passengers watched, he _________ uncontrollably as the current flowed through his body.

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

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

Davis soon reached down and grasped the victim’s wrist. Instantly, he felt a(n) _________ electric shock shoot through his body. Davis jumped back. He reached down a second time, and was _________ again. But the third time he seized the man’s wrist and forearm, he _________ to move the guy’s body away from the rails.

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

Davis was no __________, but for a few moments he __________ the man’s heart until the victim regained consciousness. Then, first-aiders arrived. Davis let the professionals take over. Heart still __________ from the electric shocks, he climbed back up onto the platform, grabbed his things and continued on to his __________.

The evening news reported the __________, crediting an unnamed hero with saving the victim’s life. To many, Davis s courageous deeds __________ the power of choosing compassion over personal safety.

【推荐2】Millions of young people grow up with a deep love of Disney. ______ by the studio’s fairytales, they dream of becoming a prince or princess.

Cori Borgstadt, however, has a slightly different ______. Instead of ______ to be a princess like Snow White, she wants to become Disney’s CEO and has been ______ the company’s shareholder(股东)meetings since she was three years old.

Borgstadt, now 18, has ______ Disney for as long as she can remember. As well as collecting dolls and toys ______ her favourite films, she owns ______ in the company.

She is studying economics and film and media studies at Texas Tech University, and has ______ Bob Iger, the Disney CEO about how to eventually ______ him, at most of the meetings she has attended, Iger, now 72, replied: “Well, one thing you can do is keep coming to our shareholders’ meeting.”

The love of Disney has always been in Borgstadt’s ______. Her grandmother bought her and her younger sister a single share when they were children. It was her mother, Jan, who suggested she attend the shareholder meeting ______.

Borgstadt ______ that her dream of one day becoming the boss will not be easy to achieve, and would require a ______ similar to the ones Disney has been creating for a century. But she is ______ to work her way up, from making her ______ felt in the meetings.