【推荐1】A visit to the hospital is rarely a pleasant one. As I made my way to the ward(病房), I took a deep breath and_______ a smile. After all, nobody needed another_______ face in the room.

As I entered the ward, I overheard my relatives making plans for a funeral. My grandfather had remained _______ for almost a week, with a _______ diagnosis from the doctor. Was this really the end for him? _______ at my grandparents' place since young, I_______a very close relationship with them. He would sneak me downstairs for ice cream when Grandmother was in the bathroom, while I _______added more sugar in his morning drink because he had a sweet tooth that Grandmother disapproved of.

I wanted to_______ this quiet man. I did not believe it was his time to go. I had read about paper cranes(鹤) and wishes coming true. For every one thousand folded paper cranes, we get a wish granted by the gods. Ridiculous as it sounds to the adults, I managed to_______ my sisters and cousin to carry out this sacred plan.

The last few cranes were ________but a week later he was still in a deep sleep. The one thousand paper cranes had not delivered our________ to the gods. We only had one wish -was that too________to ask for?

Just when all hope seemed________, a call from my aunt changed everything. She wanted us to come to the hospital immediately my grandfather was awake. A visit to the hospital is ________a pleasant one. However, this time, I was________by the scent(香气) of flowers that visitors brought. I stepped into my grandfather's ward and saw him holding our jar of paper cranes. This man of few words looked up at me and said, “My good girl, thank you.”

【推荐2】It was surprised for me to learn the accommodation arrangements at the log home we were sharing with my in-laws for the week——_________ my young daughter was going to sleep in a first-floor bedroom by herself.

As we settled in, we had a heated discussion about the number of deer we had_________ on our way to the log home. “I hope we will see a bear or two this week!” my wife shouted.

In the evening, my wife and I retreated to the upstairs loft, and my in-laws _________ a bedroom on the first floor. We were about to fall asleep when our daughter appeared with a(n) _________ look on her face. She said a_________ was scratching at her window. I decided to sleep downstairs and my daughter_________ the loft with my wife. On my way down, everything was just silent except my father-in-law, _________ in front of the television, with his snore resounding through the house. I was in bed only a several minutes when I heard a tap...tap on the window. Something was indeed out there, _________ it wasn’t a bear——at least that’s what I told myself.

Sometime later, I was awakened by a loud, low-pitched growl(低声吼叫). I saw a large _________ in the doorway and froze as it__________ closer to me. I realized what it was - only after my father-in-law bent to give me a __________. I blurted out(脱口而出), “ It’s David.” My father-in-law __________. We both laughed nervously at the __________ moment, and I explained his granddaughter’s bedroom __________. I told him that the only thing __________ than a bear attack was Papa Bear’s good-night kiss. He growled in agreement!

【推荐2】At one weekend, I went to the local library to borrow books as usual. On my way there I would pass by a nursing home. This time as I walked toward the library, I saw an old woman _______ there all by herself. Today I decided to go to talk to her instead of just walking past.

The old woman was very _______ to share her life with me. She told me about her father who was a(n) _______ working at a famous hospital. She told me about the wonderful _______ she had taken when she was exploring in Africa and the _______ moments she had with her friends. She smiled while _______ her best times. We sat there for about an hour.

She told me she was _______ and that it was nice to talk to someone after such a long time. The last person she had had a(n) _______ with was a nurse but she had found another _______ and left.

It makes me feel ________ that some old people are easily affected by the social ________. And sometimes this can have a serious effect on their ________. We should try our best to spare some time to ________ the elderly, whether they are our grandparents, our neighbors or ________ a random elderly person. The elderly woman is highly ________ and I learned so much from her in less than an hour.

【推荐3】I never thought of not being blessed by God. I just wonder at the way God knows when to send a special gift of encouragement to us, at just the right time! It might be in a dream, a memory, or something we ___that we had forgotten about.

Summer after summer I____staying with my grandparents as a young child. Grandma was always using her hands for something ____she would make little sandwiches and we’d have tea parties; she’d plant flowers and ____them with care and we’d have a____yard. I remember the small thimble (顶针) she would use while doing her needle work. Placing her thimble on her finger she would ____: “I wouldn’t want to____without one.”

A few years ago when grandma left this earth for her ____residence in Heaven, I bid farewell to a ____grandmother. I ___her very much, but I noticed it mostly on a birthday, as there was no card from grandma. She had never__my birthday!

On one particular birthday when I was feeling a little ___, something happened to make me feel like she was ___that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful ___that she had made, and suddenly I felt something small and hard inside one pillow. I ___moved the object to a seam (接缝) that I opened, and to my___, there out came a___silver thimble!

How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her! I carefully ___the thimble alongside the others I’ve ___over the years, where I could continue to see the gift God chose to___to me.

【推荐1】During the second year in high school, Ben Cloud took a few business classes. He _______ an idea of selling his own brand of coffee. So he _______ on the Internet and learned about the whole _______ of starting a business. It all seemed _______ but he continued to stick it out.

He began testing different _______ of coffee with his friends and family. He got feedback and improved his product. As he had only a little bit of savings from his birthdays and _______ jobs over the years, he _______ several designers to help him with his logo and website design. Then, he would supply them with coffee in _______ for their design talent!

After _______ his website, Ben started to sell his coffee at his local high school coffee shop, then a restaurant, then local shops. He does have plans to expand ________ as well. And Ben also made a decision early on to donate a part of his profits to benefit others. ________ , Ben received great support from his friends and his community for his ________ and energy, and his good coffee!

________ to the future, beyond his business he is considering college in a way that will allow him to continue with his business but also ________from the college experience and learning. Ben Cloud is a(n) ________ example of a young person making every effort to become the best version of himself.

【推荐2】About one year ago, it hit me that I should be grateful for the small good things. So I started ______ things that I hadn’t before. One day, something big happened.

I used to live in an area where the public ______ was not very good. If you came back home after 7 pm you would have to ______ for about an hour to catch a bus or a taxi. So there were many non-official ”taxis“ ______ to take people home, but for a bit higher ______ that not everyone could afford every day. ______, I would take them only when I was really ______ and anxious to go home.

One day, when I took a non-official ”taxi“, which was ______ cheaper than the official ones, I felt lucky and ______. But that was just the beginning! When we ______, the driver said that he would not ______ and that he was just doing it as an act of ______, because his mother had done it before.

I felt so ______ that I failed to find words to ______ how grateful I was for being one of the people he took. He made my day and I felt so good during the following days because of that free ride. Since then I have decided to do acts of kindness myself that might ______ others.

【推荐3】This past summer was really special for Jaequan Faulkner, a 13-year-old boy living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He set up a hot dog ________ outside his home to make some extra money. The boy took care to make sure that all food was fresh and clean. People in the neighborhood ________ the boy’s spirit, but there was only one ________: he didn’t have a permit.

When the Department of Health received a ________, instead of shutting down Jaequan’s stand, they did something_______. They helped the teenager get a permit so that his business could ________.

Daniel Huff, director of the department, said they were ________ to help a young man with such a sense of business. The health inspectors helped to pay for his first permit. ________, Huff took another step and helped connect Jaequan with the Economic Opportunity Network, which gave the young businessman tips on ________ a small business.

“I was kind of ________ and so grateful,” Jaequan said about all the ________. “Because usually I would have one person at a time helping me, but there ________ to be so many kind people at once.”

The food stand now operates with a ________ and is open four hours daily from 11 am to 3 pm. Jaequan wants to give back to the community, and is planning to ________ to organizations that assist teenagers in need. With such a ________, the boy surely is going to have a bright future.