【推荐1】Jame’s New Bicycle

James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully_____the coins that lay on the bed . ＄24. 52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least ＄90! ____ on earth was he going to get the___of the money?

He knew that his friends all had bicycle. It was ____to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do.There was no____asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to____.

There was only one way to get money, and that was to ____it . He would have to find a job .____who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice ,who usually had____on most things.

“Well, you can start right here, ”said Mr.. clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing. ”

That was the_____of James’ s odd-job（零工） business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards ,and mended books. He lost count of the ____of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the ____of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the______increased and he knew that he would soon have_____for the bicycle he longed for.

The day ____came when James counted his money and found ＄94. 32. He ____no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode ____home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard ____for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more ____he had bought it with his own money. He had_____what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even than the bicycle.

【推荐3】Last night was the last game for my son’s soccer team. Everyone in the team had trained very hard for it and thus confidently expected a big win.

It was the final quarter. The score was two to one, my son’s team in the_______. Parents encircled the field, offering encouragement. With less than ten seconds remaining, the ball rolled in front of my son’s teammate, Mickey O’Donnell. With shouts of “_______it!” across the field, Mickey took the chance and gave it everything he had. All round me the crowd erupted. He had_______!

However, everyone realized immediately that Mickey did it, but in the_______goal, ending the game in a draw. For a moment there was total_______. The air seemed to be at a standstill. You see, Mickey has Down’s syndrome, a condition in which a person is born with learning difficulties, and for him all goals should be celebrated. He had_______been known to hug the opposing players when they won a point.

Not knowing what was happening, Mickey ran over to my son excitedly, “I made it! I made it! Everybody won!” For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would_______. I need not have worried. I watched, through tears, my son_______his hand in the classic high-five gesture and started shouting, “ Way to go Mickey! Way to go Mickey!” Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, joining my son to_______him on his goal.

Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, “It was a__________. Everybody won. ”

【推荐1】I had stopped to get gas at a place where I almost never go. I had _______ about cleaning my windshield(挡风玻璃). But then when the gas _______ was almost finished, I decided for some reason to _______ and clean it. That's what I was doing when a woman approached me and asked for _______ .

There were two women, one middle aged, the other twenty-something， _______ a young child in the back seat. On a day when the temperature was well past 100, they were _______ in an old car with no air conditioning, driving from a town about an hour away.

"Can you tell us how to get to Mopac, sir?" She had a folded-up printout of directions from Google maps. "Sure. Where on Mopac are you _______ ？" I asked. She unfolded the printout and showed me the _______. I knew it well, and started to get the _______ that this moment was meant to happen. "I know ________ where that is." I told her. "I used to have a(n) ________ in that building to work in."

I ________ giving directions to the older lady, and then again to her ________ , who was the driver. It took a while, because I ________ each instruction to make sure they understood. In a sincere moment of ________ , the older lady thanked me.

The whole ________ helped me much more than it helped her. I had been having a very ________ day. In fact, the only reason I had gone to that particular gas station was that I wanted to take a little drive and ________ my head.

As I replaced the gas cap, having sent them on their way, I suddenly ________ that I felt better. My head was clear. And I am ________ for the real goodness it brought into my life.

【推荐2】The Fear of Public Speaking

Raghu was a shy person since his childhood. He always had a fear of _________ to people. After finishing high school, he joined a _________. He had to go to a city far from his hometown.

He stayed in the college dormitory and for the first time in his life he was staying away from family. It was a new _________ for him, staying with so many people around him. But the environment made him _________, so he tried to talk to his classmates actively. His _________ began to grow gradually. With the help of his classmates, he started _________ public speaking.

One day he got the _________ to give a speech at the college annual event. He prepared himself very well for the event. _________, on the event day, he became very _________ seeing such a large number of people. His body started shaking, and no words came out of his mouth. Seeing his __________, Raghu’s classmates encouraged him and said, “Raghu, you prepared very well for this. Just remove any thoughts in your mind. Go and present yourself. We believe you can do it”. __________ their encouragement, Raghu took a few deep breaths and said to himself, “You are __________ than what you think. You can do this”. He __________ the stage. As he started his speech, his voice __________ the attention of everyone in the hall. He was so confident __________ he went into the flow immediately.

After his speech, the audience gave him a standing ovation (热烈欢迎). On that day, Raghu gave one of the best speeches.

【推荐3】My family and I love going to the beach. We go to the beach every weekend. I love to swim and hang out.

_______ something really terrible happened last August. It started out as a warm, sunny day. We were at the _______ with friends. Late that afternoon, my friend, her six-year-old cousin, and I were _______ in shallow(浅的) water, talking about school starting. Then I felt something on my right leg. I _______ a crab(螃蟹) bit(咬) me. But then I saw a _______ swimming near me.

I was _______. I thought, “This can’t be happening.” I _______ to my friend, “Get out of the water! It’s a shark!” She ran onto the beach toward our parents. I _______ running, too. But then I looked over my shoulder and _______ my friend’s little cousin was still in the water. I ________ and caught her hand. I knew it was ________, but I also thought I probably wouldn’t get bitten ________. When she saw my leg, she ________. I was super terrfied. I felt great ________. We ran and finally got to the beach.

On the way to the hospital, it started raining. The whole________ was like my most frightening dream. At the hospital, the doctors thought the shark might have bitten me twice ________ there was a smaller bite inside the big bite.

________ I only had to miss the first three days of school. When I got there, all the girls ________ to push me in my wheelchair(轮椅).

Now that I’m recovered(恢复), my family and I are back to swimming in the ocean. Getting bitten by a shark hasn’t ________ how much I love going to the beach. Somehow, this experience made me ________ it more. I say, “Back off, sharks!”

【推荐1】My husband Philip and I often went camping to celebrate special occasions. In fact, our anniversary (周年纪念日) was coming up. But this time I felt a sense of ____. I couldn’t help thinking about my journal.

For birthdays and anniversaries, ____ giving each other cards that we were not interested in, Philip and I wrote letters. For nine years, I’d written almost all of mine in a journal. For our eighteenth anniversary, we had gone camping. After a hike, we returned to ____ our letters. But the campsite was ____ by a bear. Our tent fell down. Worst of all, my journal was ___. We searched for hours, but it was ____.

I never ____. I always wanted to have back those nine years of letters! One day, I came home to find a car in our driveway. Two   ____ stood in the yard with Philip. Philip held up a weather-beaten book. My journal! The woman and her husband had ____ it weeks earlier in the underbrush. She was ____ when reading my love letters. “We only have your first names, so it is a bit ____ to find you. Luckily, we make it. ”the woman said.

As a result of their ____, I could hug my journal again. I just couldn’t thank them more. There are always people in the world who show ____ to others. What the couple did doesn’t ____ change our lives, but it can certainly change the way we ____ life.

【推荐2】I never forget the single act of kindness that changed my life over 25 years ago. During a vacation trip , I needed to find my_________to the Greyhound bus station , some 30 miles away . Being a_________   student , I had little money to get there .

I _________to call various taxis and shuttle services but they were all too_________ or too far away to pick me up . Then , I got some person on the _________who managed to figure out that I needed a ride to the Greyhound bus station but only had limited financial _________ and he agreed to transport me ! He came to pick me up about 45 minutes _________ . The driver was old and I _________why the shuttle didn’t have a meter（计时器）but his ID was there and I could see this was his_________. The driver was so kind . He knew I was__________so he distracted me with stories and good __________. He said I looked like his granddaughter .

At one point , I asked him why he__________so little . Then , he patiently explained that he was__________ retired and hadn’t removed his number from the phone book. When I called ,clearly upset , he felt__________to help . This man drove an hour out of his way to help a person he didn’t know for a fee that only__________his gas!Because of his kindness, I knew things were going to be okay . This man’s kindness warms my heart every time I think of him .

【推荐3】Last July 4th, three police officers went into a supermarket to get something cold to drink.

Once inside, the cops were __ by a store security guard who asked for __ with a suspected thief. The woman in question didn’t have the look of an __ criminal. She was obviously scared, and her cheeks were wet with ___.

The cops looked __ her bag. “We just saw containers of ___. Nothing else,” Mike told CBS New York.

“I’m hungry,” she explained ___.

Being caught, the woman no doubt expected to be taken to jail for the __ of being hungry while poor. __ the cops had other ideas. “We’ll __ for her food,” Sojo told the __ security guard.

The three men had no discussion at all. It went ___. Instead, each of them __ out 10 dollars to pay the tab. She would not be arrested today.

The woman wept in ___. Drying her eyes with a kerchief, she ___, “Thank you, thank you.”

She wasn’t the only one touched by this act of ___. “It was a very beautiful,____moment,” says Paul, who was at the store. He was so __ by what he’d seen that he posted a photo on Twitter for all to see.

But attention was __ what the officers wanted. They were driven by a far more common emotion. As Sojo told CNN, “When you look at someone’s face and see that they need you and they’re actually hungry, it’s pretty __ as a human being to walk away from something like this.”