【推荐1】After a week-long break, students at Amsterdam High School returned to school. What waited for them made them really _______. On each of the 1,200 students’ lockers was a _______, which brought lots of happiness to them. The first thing that the students _______ was all of the colors and then they started reading them and knew they were_______.

Lori Stachnik, whose 15-year-old son is a student in this school, was the first to come up with the idea. She read a _______ a few years ago about a local teenage schoolgirl who left inspirational notes for her _______ in her class. Then, Stachnik was _______ to do the same at her son’s high school.

Stachnik _______ about 1,200 post-it notes in a grocery store and began the difficult _______ of finding hundreds of quotes. She __________ the quotes on the Internet for several days, which should be something __________, or something in the nature of good suggestions. She believed that those might cheer students up, especially the students who have gone through__________.

She did not want other people to __________ the notes using a photocopier. __________ , she spent seven days writing all 1,200 notes herself. Last Friday, she stuck the notes on the lockers. She __________ thought doing so might influence one or two kids, or even __________ the way they were thinking. Finally, they might be more confident about themselves and more positive about their future.

Some students had __________ the notes they received and put them in their books. Some even had taken them to their __________ and read them to their family. Stachnik __________ there is a snowball effect. And she hopes that people would also do something __________ for students in their own communities.

【推荐3】A picture with a dog in a hospital room visiting a patient has recently attracted the attention of millions of people.

The patient is a man who is the dog's owner. They are the best friends. The dog, named Rusty, always does what the man wants it to do. They had separated from each other since the man was ill in hospital.

The _________ dog in the picture was saying goodbye to his _________ as he lay in his hospital bed because he was badly ill. It is obvious that he is coming to the end of his life.

Emily, the man's sister, _________ the picture on Reddit — a social networking site. It has been _________ , written about and commented on thousands of times. Thousands upon thousands of _________ have opened their wallets to help the _________ man's family with the increasing bills in the hospital.

The man in the hospital bed is Mike Petrosino, 27 years old. He was 13 when he was first _________ with a rare form of cancer that _________ soft tissue, bones as well as other parts of the human body. "He's in a lot of pain, but he tries to show that he is _________ so that he can make others worry less about him," Emily said. "We are told there is nothing else he can do."

Friends and family have come ____________ to say their goodbyes. And the photo, taken by Mike's brother, John, ____________ one very special goodbye, when the Petrosino's family dog, Rusty, came to Mike's hospital bedside.

Emily said it was “ ____________ “ the way in which the world ____________ to the photo. Many people followed the photo to the family's to Funding page. More than $30,000 has been ____________ so far. "To see these people who don't know whom they are donating money to, it is really ____________ ," Emily said. "We all really ____________ it."

"It's a great photo. You can see there's a lot of ____________ in that photo," said Emily, "People really understand the meaning of it. When you see something that cuts through the emotion, it really ____________ you." Emily posted this update about an hour ago, "An ambulance is coming to ____________ Mike soon to bring him home for Christmas. Again thank you all for your donations and kind words and prayers...There are so many ____________ people in the world."

【推荐1】If living well is the best revenge, then Bell may just be having the best life ever.

After facing bullying (欺凌) at school, _________ internalizing (内化) the pain or trying to get _________, the spirited 7-year-old _________to channel his energy into something positive instead.

"After I was bullied and I felt _________inside me, I knew I didn't want other kids to feel the same way I felt," Bell explained, "So, I asked my mom to help me spread love and _________."

Before the bullying _________, Bell was already doing his _________to give back to his community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

_________funded by his own savings, Bell started out by _________care packages to his elderly neighbors. Over time, the popular project __________. With contributions __________in, he and his mom launched a food storeroom.

In the face of negativity at school, Bell's __________to remain positive only became stronger.

Hoping to __________his message of sympathy beyond his own community, Bell __________to find a place where residents would benefit most from his message of hope. So they decided to help the people living on the reservation.

With a steady stream of in-person donations, as well as __________from his GoFundMe and   Amazon Wish List pages, Bell and his mom have managed to store up enough __________supplies to fill in two trucks.

The first shipment that went out in July was __________with food, cleaning supplies, shoes and clothing. With the cold weather __________, the second shipment in September also included coats and blankets.

In addition to his humanitarian aid work, Bell has also __________his own nonprofit, Cool & Dope. The organization`s __________is to fight against bullying and spread positivity through acts of kindness.

【推荐3】My life five years ago is unrecognisable from the one I lead now.

In May 2014, I booked a trip to Sri Lanka for _________. The beaches, sunshine and friendly locals were delightful. However, the only _________ for me was the street dogs. Their soulful eyes _________ me as if asking for help. One dog, I called Tom, _________, appealed to me. He was _________. I asked several local vets (兽医), but despite me offering to _________, none would agree to treat a street dog, because they weren’t viewed as _________, which shocked me and I didn't know what to do.

Back home, I couldn't get poor Tom out of my _________. I was desperate to make a real _________. Why not go to Sri Lanka and start __________ these animals? I had some savings, I thought I could __________ for a year, help some dogs and come home. I sold my car and booked my __________ for October 2014.

Landing in Colombo, I __________ straight for Talalla, where I’d met Tom. My first __________ is Joy, who had been bitten by another dog. I __________ her up, and bandaged her. No one had ever seen a bandaged dog before! But I felt so happy to have __________ something when she went back onto the __________, now wagging her tail.

In the blink of an eye I’d been __________ in the country a year, then two—and now over five years have __________. Sri Lanka is my home. Up to now, I have helped around 12,000 street dogs. People have described me as __________, but I get as much back from these dogs as I give them, and I feel so lucky.