【推荐1】One dark morning during my walk, I fell and had my ________ broken. I received several ________ over two years. It was no fun for a busy mother! More ________. I was left with certain physical limitation. My doctor told me to live life to the ________, but not to do things that would be too much for my arm. As I recovered from the last surgery, I fell in ________ over all the things I would never get to do that I had wanted to try, like boating. However, I ________ so much on what I couldn't do that I didn't ________ what I could do was right in front of me all along.

My fourteen-year-old son, Matthew, was ________ archery （射箭）. I loved watching him shoot arrows and I had learned quite a bit about the ________. I had never tried his bow. I was sure my aim would never allow for such ________ equipment, anyway. Then during one of my son's ________, the coaches had a “fun day” and ________ encouraged the typically sedentary （久坐的） parents to ________ a bow. Before I realized what I was doing, I shot my ________ arrow. And it hit the ________—6 points!

From then on, I often practiced. The more I did it, the more I knew I could do it. I realize that not only will my body ________ this new adventure, but my family will also—my husband has taken up archery and my other son has tried it as well! I think the sport has made my family ________ in some way. I never ________ something like archery would be possible for me. I guess being faced with the concept of “limitations” pushed me forward. No more ________ and no more fears, I just had to take ________ and shoot—and find my way.

【推荐2】My grandson Ty has always been very quiet and reserved. __ a chronic illness that has kept him mostly housebound(不能外出的）for the past three years has made him even more so. On Christmas,in ___of Ty's 16th birthday coming up in April, his parents gave him a truck. Driving around town with a learner's permit ___by his dad was such a huge deal to Ty! He couldn't wait to __ 16 and get his license. Our large extended family___ a party to celebrate, but of course, by the time his birthday __,the driver's license bureau was __ due to the Covid-19 crisis.

What a big___ that was for everyone. Then I had an idea: if we couldn't all be in the same room to give Ty a ___ , we'd give him a birthday parade！When the day arrived, Ty felt depressed about both his license and the __ party until his mom got him outside. Three SUVs and a truck __ with 16 grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins honked and hollered in the street. Ty was surprised___ words, and grinning from ear to ear.

We kept a six-foot __ between us and sang “Happy Birthday,” led by Ty's grandfather Jerry on the trumpet.We took a family picture and laid Ty's___ out on the glass,then loaded back up to finish our little birthday parade.

You never know when and how the Lord is going to bless you, but the most __ blessing of all was how much our unusual celebration brought Ty out of his shell.

【推荐3】It was a cold November morning. My alarm clock had just______off but I was having trouble getting out of bed.

My Dad, who had been my hero growing up, had passed away a few weeks before, leaving me, weighed down by______ and depression. Dad loved me. Still, he had been raised in a(n)______way and raised us that way too. I couldn't remember, for example, ever being______by him after I grew up. Before his______, we talked more, but still______ touched and never hugged. Then, his health began to rapidly______and within a few months he left us.

That morning, I was too numb ( 麻木的) inside myself to______anything. I kept thinking what I would have______in exchange for just one last hug from him. Sad and weak,I was unable to gather______to get up. When I finally did and walked out, my son, rushing to meet me, suddenly,______ his arms and gave me a heart-felt hug. Meanwhile, my Dad's______rang deep inside me, “Joey，this hug is from me!” Tears ______ up in my eyes. Right then, I realized I couldn't______on life.

Life can seem very long but in truth it is so______that we can never afford to miss a dearest hug!

【推荐1】A girl complained to her father about her life and that things were so hard for her.

Without a________, the father took his daughter to the kitchen. He filled three pots with________ and placed each on a high________. In one he placed carrots, in the second eggs, and in the last coffee beans. The daughter sucked her teeth and waited________, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes the father turned off the heat. He fished (捞出)the carrots and eggs out and placed them in two plates. Then he poured the coffee into a cup.

He asked________, “Darling, what do you see?”

“Carrots, eggs, and coffee.” she replied.

He asked her to________ the carrots. She did and said they were________. Then he asked her to take an egg and________ it. After pulling off the shell(蛋壳), she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to drink the coffee. She________, as she tasted its rich aroma (芳香).

“What does it________, Father?” She asked.

He explained that each of them had________ the same adversity (困境), boiling water, but each reacted________. The carrot went in strong and hard but it turned soft and________. The egg had been fragile(易碎), but after sitting through the boiling water its heart became hardened. The coffee beans were unique(独一无二), however, after they were in the boiling water, they had________ the water.

“Which are you?” Father asked his daughter. She was then wordless as if________ in thought.

When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond(回应)? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

【推荐2】Fink had accidentally texted the wrong number and her messages were going to a man named Clayten, rather than her friend, Jakeman. “Hey! Brother, Jakeman. This is your sister Fink, we are ______you dinner tomorrow. What time would be a______time to bring it over?” the text read. Clayten______replied, “Ooh! What are you bringing me? I’m allergic to seafood.”

Fink then______to Clayten that the text was meant for Jakeman and his______, Sally, who have a four-year-old son, Noah, who was in the ICU. Clayten then responded to Fink, asking, “How can I ______?” Noah has Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Sally was______Noah, along with his four siblings (兄弟姐妹), to a doctor for a follow-up   ______regarding his broken ankle. It was caused by a fall when he______a seizure (突发疾病).

Clayten told Fink he is a single father. He thought helping a______in need would be a teachable moment for his______. And he added that it is just what people______. Clayten used Facebook on Sunday to______the exchange he had with Fink and encouraged his friends to help out the Jakeman’s family. He also______a fundraiser on Facebook and got in contact with Armer Foundation for Kids. The foundation can______assist the family.

“He doesn’t______us or Fink at all. The fact that he not only offered to help but actually backed that with______is amazing,” Jakeman said. “I don’t know if he______ in God or not, but I believe he was sent here to help this family. I______him he was an angel,” Fink said. Noah is doing better, but he has a long way to go to______. Noah’s mother said that she was making plans with Clayten so he could meet Noah.

【推荐3】Last month, Koch went to make breakfast and found a(n) _________ guest using his pool. A large moose (驼鹿) was swimming in the deep end, _________ in the solar cover (太阳能覆盖膜).   

“I looked out in the backyard and there’s the moose absolutely panicked and _________, ” Koch told The Dodo.   “She stepped on the solar cover and put her _________ through it and she was _________ trying to get free. ”

Koch has noticed more wildlife around his home in Ottawa, but he had _________ seen an animal this impressive before. He _________ outside and pulled the solar cover off the _________ moose, who continued paddling _________ the pool, proving to be a surprisingly skilled swimmer.   

The wild moose seemed to be having trouble finding her way out of the pool, so Koch called the police and wildlife services to see if they could __________ a hand. “She looked so pitifully sad out there that my wife said, ‘I want to give her a __________. ’”

Workers from wildlife services intended that they would get her to a safer spot, but they couldn’t __________ it until she was out of the water. “The best thing that happened was that after 3. 5 hours she climbed out of the shallow end and __________ the fence,” Koch said.   

The moose __________ unscratched, but the same can’t be said for Koch’s pool — which now has two hoof-sized holes in the __________.   

【推荐2】Goldie’s Secret

She turned up at the doorstep of my house. No way could I have sent her away. No way. Maybe someone had ________ her out of their car the night before. “We’re moving house.” “No ________ for her any more with the new baby coming.” People find all sorts of excuse for ________ an animal.

She was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen. I called her Goldie. She was so unsettled during those first few days, hardly able to eat anything and had such a (an) ________ of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner’s. But eventually at the end of the first week she ________. Always by my side, whether we were out or sitting by the fire.

That’s why it was such a ________ when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very ________. Eventually I couldn’t hold her any longer and she ________ down the road towards a farmhouse.

By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and ________ with Goldie. But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies I started to feel ________ to them. “Oh! Honey, I can’t believe my eyes!” cheered the woman at the door. “I took her for (a) ________ one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared. “She explained to me. “She must have tried to come back and got________,” added a boy from behind her, eyes sparkling ________.

I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I’ve got Nugget now, and she looks just like her ________. And I’ve learnt a good lesson: not to ________ people.

【推荐3】Pass Your Love On

Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, "Would you mind _____ your seat? A couple would like to sit together." The only _____ seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带), a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. " _____ am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help." Finally, I _____ to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She _____ in a car accident and now was on her way for _____ .

When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to _____ that Kathy would not be able to _____ herself. I considered _____ to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too ______ to offer a service to a ______ . But then I realized that Kathy's need was more ______ than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and ______ she was uncomfortable to accept, she ______ as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five—hour trip, my heart had ______ , and the ______ was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

I was very glad I had reached ______ my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love ______ flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us ______ . When we stretch to ______ another, we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.