【推荐1】The year 2020 was a hard year. So many people thought of ideas to bring_________to themselves or to others.

Kimberly Wybenga was one of them. To cheer up her friends, she_________10 small boxes and wrote out praises for 10 friends. Just_________this brought her joy so she bought 20 more boxes to spread the love even_________.

"I know everyone is_________some kind of struggle and I just thought it would be nice to support them anyway I could," Wybenga said, "_________I didn't know what they were going through."

The 38-year-old tried to send her boxes of hope anonymously（匿名地）,_________"a friend" on the bottom of each card. She mailed some packages and sent others to the doorsteps of those who were_________to her home secretly.

In order not to be_________, she even dressed up herself in black and wore a mask so if people had__________on doors, they wouldn't know it was her.

All the effort to remain anonymous didn't__________much of the time because Wybenga's__________was recognized by some friends. Other looked up her__________on the package and discovered it was her.

Now she decided to share the story__________, hoping to encourage someone else to spread__________.

【推荐2】Aleema, 35, relies on a wooden stick to help her move about as she suffers from a physical impairment(损伤) in one of her legs. To make matters worse, she lost her _________ four years ago. These issues _________ her incapable of working, thus making it _________ to provide for her family or afford medical treatment.

Aleema lives in Ghana with her 20-year-old daughter, who studies and _________ her mother with her daily tasks while also taking care of her own child.

Aleema’s daughter described how dramatically her life _________ after her mother lost her sight: “When my mother’s condition began to _________, I had to miss many days of school. After she completely lost her sight, I had to take my daughter to the _________ with me because my mother could not take care of her. I _________ dropping out altogether, as we were no longer able to support ourselves, _________ bear any additional burdens and costs.”

__________, the family’s suffering was short lived. Aleema __________ Noor Dubai’s mobile eye camp in Ghana and underwent cataract(白内障) surgery, which __________ her vision. Thanks to the Foundation’s __________ in providing free care and treatment for patients with eye disease, Aleema’s __________ has vastly improved.

Not only did Noor Dubai help Aleema regain her eyesight, but also __________ her to see her granddaughter—the apple of her eye—for the first time.

【推荐1】An ordinary toy animal might not mean much to an adult. But for a child, it could mean the _________. 10-year-old Leon Ashworth’s mom couldn’t _________ to buy him a toy panda. However, he really wanted it, so he wrote a _________ on the toy’s box. The boy hoped other shoppers not to buy it _________ his mom could. What happened next was so _________ that it could melt you.

The boy lived in Liverpool, England with his mom, Debbie Ashworth. When he first saw the toy panda at an Asda supermarket, he was attracted _________. However, he knew they were living a(n)_________ life and his mom couldn’t buy it.

_________, he said nothing to her. He was willing to wait _________ until his mom’s salary came in on June 15th. Then he could take the panda home. However, the store’s staff __________ Leon’s note on the toy’s box. They decided to do something __________.

They tried their best to __________ the boy. They didn’t know him at that time. Of course it was __________ difficult. But the Internet was powerful and __________. They posted the note and their phone number on Facebook. It __________ attracted the attention of Debbie Ashworth. She immediately recognized it was her son’s handwriting. She __________ the supermarket and they invited the mom and her son back to the __________. There was a wonderful __________ waiting for them.

“This is the __________ day of my life,” Leon remarked to his mom. For Debbie, who lost another son in January and had __________ since, the day was even more meaningful.

【推荐3】Summer Clayton may not have children in real life, but he’s “a proud dad” to 2.8 million people on the Internet.

Every week, he sits down to dinner and has a _______ chat with his “kids”. He looks into the camera and asks about their day. He _______ them how to shave, and reminds them it’s OK to be _______ when life hurts. To some, his one-way conversations may seem _______ . But his efforts have struck a chord (引起共鸣) among people who _______ a father figure — or just someone who listens to their_______in the daily life.

Clayton is a civilian fitness trainer in real life. He started _______on the Internet in late 2020 with inspirational and how-to videos, and_______ jokingly called him “dad”. His first video to go viral was a shaving how-to — a _______ to someone who sent him a message asking, “Hey Dad, can you teach me how to shave?” The video ________ , earning him tens of thousands of new fans within hours.

Clayton’s extended family comes in all ________ . Many of his “kids” are old enough to be his parents. Clayton’s ________ doesn’t seem to bother his fans. At 58, Sarah D’Imperio may not seem like Clayton’s target audience, but she believes that it’s a(n) ________ idea, especially for youngsters who may not have a paternal (父亲的) role model that listens or has ________ to listen. “It’s just heartwarming to see someone trying to________ a small part of that role for anyone,” she says.

【推荐3】I was nervous when entering Wellesley’s campus this past June. I had never been away from ________ for over three straight days, not to mention a month. But my dad ________ me that it would be “the best summer of my life” and advised me to enjoy it. ________ my doubts, I decided to blindly follow his ________ and spend four weeks in a strange place. Looking back, I realized my dad was right—it ________ was.

One of my favorite souvenirs is a photo of the Lake Waban sunset — mainly because I took it by myself. In this seemingly unimportant accomplishment, I discovered that ________ I was 700 miles away from my hometown, I could still accomplish and ________ something. However, over four weeks at Wellesley, I didn’t just learn to ________ myself; I also learned to open up to others, which resulted in meaningful ________ with so many different people. One in particular: Keeva!

On the first day, I walked out of my dorm with my dad and a girl passed who was alone and looked a little lost. Habitually, I lowered my head, ________ eye contact, and kept walking until my dad signaled me to ask her if she needed ________ on the direction. She introduced herself as Keeva and it turned out that we were heading towards the same place, so I gathered some ________ and asked her to join us. Flash forward to a few weeks, Keeva and I had numerous shared meals, sunset viewings and other ________ which were exciting. I found the friendship which I would ________ forever. Sitting at the lake, I felt so ________ that I listened to my dad’s advice and came to Wellesley, the place where I met one of my best friends, and finally, where I found myself.