【推荐1】Late one Sunday afternoon in September 2019, Oseola McCarty, an elderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden frame house where she had lived and worked most of her life. It may seem like an ordinary_________to an ordinary life, but there was something quite_________about this woman.

In the summer of 2015, McCarty gave $150,000, most of the money she had_________throughout her life, to the University of Southey Mississippi in her hometown. The money was to help other African Americans_________university.

She had_________school in the sixth grade to go to work, never married, never had children and never learned to drive because there was never any place in_________she wanted to go. All she ever had was the work which she saw as a_________. Too many other black people in the countryside of Mississippi did not have even that. She had started her saving habit as a young child when she would return from school to clean and iron_________money which she would then save.

When she retired, she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited means the_________to go to university. She had wanted to become a nurse, but had to leave school to look after sick relatives and__________. When asked why she had given her life savings away, she replied, “I’m giving it away so that children won’t have to work so hard, like I did.” After news of her donation__________the media, over 600 donations were__________to the scholarship fund. One was given by a media senior manager, Ted Turner, who gave a billion dollars.

She didn't want any fuss (大惊小怪) made over her__________but the news__________and she was invited all over the United States to talk to people.__________she went, people would come up to her to say a few words or to__________touch her. She met the ordinary and the__________, President Clinton included. In the last few years of her life, before she died of cancer, McCarty was given over 300 awards. She was honored by the United Nations and__________the Presidential Citizen’s Medal.__________having no real education, she found herself with two honorary doctorates: one from the University of Southern Mississippi and the other from Harvard University. Her generosity was clearly an__________to many and proof that true selflessness does exist.

【推荐3】When you first hear the words “lung cancer”, you will think that’s the end of the world. Camille, a 53 -year-old mother of two teens is not ________. But fortunately, science is progressing rapidly, a series of tests help to ________ that the right medicine reaches the right patient at the right time. Many people, like Camille, are ________ from cancer diagnostic testing.

With proper ________ and medical care, Camille is now able to keep her daily ________ while treating her disease. She gets a CT scan every three months to ________ for any changes. Now she’s swimming a quarter of a mile twice a week and she can ________ with her kids’ school. She said. “There are some things that I know I should take slowly, but ________, it’s mostly back to ________ for us. I couldn’t even ________ when I was first diagnosed (诊断). However, I became very ________.”

As part of that gratitude, ________ has become even more important to Camille since her diagnosis.

“I’ve always been the caretaker and the volunteer, but people have helped me, particularly in the last couple of months, so I really want to ________ that back,” she said. “I want to help people who are in the same ________ as I am. I would tell them there’re a lot of ________ out there and that it’s not hopeless.”

【推荐1】When asking someone for their first memory, I’m sure they are likely not to be sure which comes first. However, when asked, I have no ________ at all about mine. What I recall firstly is looking down and seeing flames coming out of my ankles.

It was a Sunday afternoon in July 1981 when I ________ fire. I was in the garden with my dad. It was a sunny day but slightly breezy (有微风的). I was standing nearby as my dad ________ to light the barbecue. After several failed attempts, ________ he had to use some sort of accelerant (助燃剂). It caused a small fireball, which was flying towards me ________ the breeze suddenly ________ in my direction. That’s where the vivid memory of my burning ankles kicks in. My dad ________ fast. He dashed indoors, grabbed a large blanket and ran back to wrap me in it.

The next thing I remember is sitting on a chest, feeling hot and ________ water over and over again; then being driven to a hospital. I underwent lots of skin operations and for weeks l wasn’t able to ________ my legs, which had to be wrapped in bandages. Throughout this period, I don’t recall experiencing pain. It was only when I ________ what an exciting summer my sister was having that my situation began to seems ________.

We’ve never talked much about the accident--my dad has never been an especially ________ person. Now that I have kids of my own, I do sometimes wonder what he ________. I’ve never felt any ________ at him, and I recognize that but for (要不是) his quick actions, the situation could have been ________. But I’d certainly never have a barbecue with my kids.

【推荐3】It was one of those days when ______ was right for me. It began when I saw my young son taking off a branch of my ______ rose bush. “Can I take this branch to school today?” he asked innocently. “Yes, take it.” I said. I turned my back so he wouldn’t see the tears beginning to _______ down my cheeks. I loved that rose bush.

After John left, I was about to wash ______ I found the washing machine didn’t work and ______ the kitchen. I spent most of the day cleaning the ______ and washing clothes. As I finished hanging up the last of my husband’s shirts, I looked at the clock: it was 2:30. I was______. John’s school class had finished at 2:15. I ______ drove to the school to pick up John. I was out of ______ by the time I knocked on the teachers’ door. “Did you know John brought ______ to school today?” she asked. I nodded, thinking about my favorite bush. I prepared myself ______ the worst. “Let me tell you about yesterday.” said the teacher. “See that little girl coloring picture with your son?” I nodded. “Well, yesterday she almost ______. Her mother and father were going to divorce. She told me she didn’t want to live. I watched that little girl ______ her face in her hands and say ______ enough for the class to hear. ‘Nobody loves me.’ I did ______ I could to make her feel happier, ______ it only seemed to make her feel more unhappy. Today your son walked straight over to that child. I watched him ______ her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, ‘I love you’ ”. I felt my heart full of ______ for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. “Thank you.” I said, reaching for John’s hand, “ you’ve ______my day.”

Later that evening, a biblical verse(圣经诗句) came to me: ... these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is ______,my son had put love into practice.