【推荐1】Our teacher assigned “secret friends” for the coming week. Its purpose was to do ____ things for your “secret friends” without letting them know. She wrote each kid’s name on a piece of paper, threw them into a bucket and ____ from the bucket the name of the classmate who we were to befriend ____ the next five days.

By the middle of the week, everyone in my class, including me, had turned this assignment into a ____ to see whose secret friend could give the best ____. On the last morning of our assignment, I ____ a package on my desk. Then I opened it and there ____ a can of perfumed powder (香粉).The girls sitting near me ____ the “old lady gift”. To make matters worse, the powder had already been opened.

I tried to forget the ____ gift. But when the same girls gossiped about it again during the ____ in the bathroom, I quickly ____. “How stupid! My grandmother wouldn’t even want it,” I said angrily. After the girls left, I thought about what I had just said. It wasn’t normally like me to say ____ things like that.

Hearing a creak (嗅吱声)，I turned around to ____ Rochelle, a girl from my class. There were tears ____ down her face. “I’m your secret ____,” she whispered to me. “I’m sorry about the gift.” Then she ran out of the bathroom.

I was sick to my stomach as my cruel ____ ran through my mind. It took me a few days ____ I finally found the courage to face up to Rochelle and ____. She told me that her family couldn’t afford a fancy present and her mother had ____ her only luxury so that Rochelle could have something to give to me.

On that day, I learned to show respect for people like Rochelle—people who give from the ____.

【推荐3】It was only a dollar. Belscher _________ it on the floor. He could easily have _________ it without thinking twice._________, he brought it to his English teacher, Mattison. She suggested that he tape it to the _________ at the front of the classroom. _________ the dollar was lunch money or bus fare for the _________.

Hunter Joe spotted the dollar on the whiteboard. There was a _________ to it, he thought. He asked Mattison why it was there. With nobody _________ it, she replied, "I don't know." Then Joe stuck a second dollar to the board.

That got it rolling. The _________ of the two dollar bills triggered（触发）something in Mattison's students. More began to __________ dollar bills.

The effort __________. Even with no specific __________, many students wanted to be part of whatever this was, for they __________ that the eventual plan for the dollars would be for "something __________" and that their teacher "wasn't going to do anything stupid with the money."

The amount continued to __________ over several weeks. That left Mattison to __________ the best resolution. She kept thinking about Jack Hains, a wonderful human being. He had died of ALS（肌萎缩）, a __________ disease. Jack' wife, Terry raised money for the ALS Therapy Development Institute, which was established to seek a __________ for the disease. Mattison told this to all her classes. By the end of the term, they'd raised over $1,300. They made the __________.

"A group of kids, who were motivated by the mystery of what was __________, have more power than I realize," Mattison said.

【推荐1】In fifth grade, my backpack was stolen from my dad’s car. There was my binder(活页夹) in it, where all my school stuff was________in it, and it had notebooks in which I had stories that I had been________for quite a while. And when my dad had come and woken me up to tell me that his car was________ and my backpack was stolen, I________for about half an hour.

Then I decided to go to school with________nothing. My 5th grade ________, Miss Taylor, was really sweet and________to me and understanding. She gave me a/an________binder that she had and she got out a piece of ________, and set about writing my________‘Zoe’ in a cool font(字体). She was really good at fonts. She then________it to me.

Later that same day, Miss Taylor had gotten a________from the office and when she had gotten off the phone, she________me like this: “Zoe, a miracle has happened! Someone ________your backpack!”, I rushed to the ________, and got my binder.

When I opened it, I saw all my stuff including a(n)________. On the back of the envelope was “I'm sorry all your stuff got stolen, but I hope this________” and I opened the envelope and it had a ________worth $20 in it. The person that found all the stuff had put in the envelope so that I could________more school stuff! Seeing it, I was very________to the person.

【推荐3】I had never been more anxious in my life. I had just arrived at the airport to travel home. As I watched the bus driver set my luggage on the airport sidewalk, I realized my _________ had just begun. This was my first visit alone to the international terminal of the airport, and nothing was _________.

I couldn’t make sense of any of the _________. Where was the check-in counter? I felt as if I were deaf and blind and stupid. I began to _________. I had to find help!

I tried to ask a passing businessman for help, but my _________ came out wrong. He frowned and walked away. I had been in this country for a semester, but could not even remember how to ask for directions. Awful! Another _________ arrived at the terminal, and the passengers came out carrying lots of luggage. Right! I could _________ them to the right place.

I dragged my enormous suitcase, went after them and reached the elevators. Oh, no! They all fit in it, but not enough room for me. I watched in despair as the elevator doors closed. I was _________! I got on the elevator when it returned and _________ all the buttons. Which one could it be? I pressed button 3 because I thought I saw those passengers pressed 3, though only a quick glance. The elevator climbed up to the third floor and stopped. A high, unpleasant noise __________ the opening of the doors, and I looked around __________.

Tears formed as I saw the empty hall and realized I would __________ my plane. Just then an elderly airport employee walked towards me. He guessed I was __________ and offered to help. He patted my shoulder to ease my anxiety. We walked up some stairs, turned a corner, and reached the check-in counter!

When I turned to __________ him, he was gone. I never got an opportunity to know that man’s name, but I would always remember his kindness. Without his timely help, I would have missed my plane. I hope I will be able to do the same for another traveler experiencing a(n) __________ journey like me.

【推荐1】Riding a wave is an experience that kids with disabilities might think impossible. That’s why Ride a Wave (RAW) was ________. The nonprofit organization gives kids with ________ a chance to feel the excitement of surfing.

Every year from April through June, RAW provides 8-day camps. Physically and developmentally ________ young people come from miles away to participate. So far, the organization has ________ over 2,500 kids to have a life-changing day at the beach.

At ________, families help their children check in. You can see the excitement on the kids’ faces as they see the beach in the first ray of sunshine. After ________ life jackets, the kids are ready to ride the ________. To the front of the surfboard is a seat specially designed for children with physical ________. A RAW volunteer ________ the board safely. Being in the water allows children to ________ confidence. It lets them know they can do something that seems impossible.

Mariah Vash was a girl born with a rare speech disorder.________, it can be difficult for others to know exactly what she wants to ________. But the volunteers in RAW manage to understand her. “She is deeply fond of water. The ocean, lake,   ________ or even a simple bath makes her ________. She has been to RAW six times! She has taught me and my entire family how to love ________ and how to laugh as much as possible. It is selfless service that RAW is all about,” said Mariah’s father, Stuart Vash.

【推荐2】It is 27 years since my last conversation with my mother, who didn’t finish school. She often told me, “I never got my ________ but one day you will.” Pointing to a tree or cow, she asked me to ________ their English names after her. Feeling ________ , I asked, “Mama, why do I have to learn these foreign phrases?” She held her pen right before my eyes. “Hold it firmly”, she encouraged me, “for this pen and the new ________ language will be your compass to sail around the world.” Sadly, my mother ________ a serious disease when I was six.

Turning seven, I traveled 30 miles to live ________ to my school. But “closer” is a relative term in Uganda. It means I still had to get up as the early ________ rose and then ran 8.8 miles barefoot to school. Also, I needed to carry a stick to look out for snakes and dogs. During the rainy season, the path to school was ________ daily and I would swim with one hand, using the other ________ to hold the school bag on my head.

Research shows 70 percent of poor children don’t ________ primary school in Uganda. Reasons for this dropout rate include the long ________ some children must cover among many other reasons. ________, I’ve made it. Whenever seeing the sunrise, I am ________ of the wisdom of my mother, who ________ me to dream big and to use the power of the pen to make my ________ come true.