【推荐1】Today I picked up some medicine for my unwell 1-year-old. As I _________ in line at Chemist Warehouse, I heard the conversation of an elderly lady at the counter(柜台) next to me. This lovely old woman _________ to be buying up half the shop and said to the shop assistant, “Can I leave half of my items here? And I’ll collect the rest when I can as I can’t take all my items. They are far too _________ for me.”

I said to the elderly lady (Ilana), ”I’m more than happy to _________ them for you. I’ m happy to give you a lift(搭便车) home or do you drive a car?”

It turned out that Ilana drove and her car was _________ near my car. I carried all her items to her car and put them in her car trunk.

Ilana then got chatting, clearly very _________ with no friends nearby and told me how much pain she was in, and all the _________ she had had in different hospitals. Ilana told me of her mother falling ill recently and that her sister, her very best friend, at 17 had been hurt in a car accident and how her dad _________ all those misfortunes(不幸) to support the family and how much she was _________ about them with tears in her eyes. I just stood and listened, holding back __________ myself as she opened up freely talking out her pain to a complete __________.

I felt sad and I just wish I could have done more, even though Ilana __________ me over and over on such a small act of __________.

I want Ilana to know that carrying her __________ to the car today made my heart light as much as it __________ her and I wish her nothing but the best.

【推荐2】When I was eighteen, I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.

But it was difficult to get a work permit. One day I was dropped off by my parents at the ________, where applicants took their physical tests for work permits. Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk easily by myself. Then the doctor began the ________. He looked into my eyes with a bright light. “I suggest your parents take you to an eye specialist,” he said, “I ________ you have a retinal (视网膜) disease. If you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. . . ”

My parents did take me to specialists. After much time and money spent seeking an ________ result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly ________ a person of sight. But still, during daylight, I could walk without ________. I could read, but not for hours. My eyes began to ________ and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages. However, no matter how tired my eyes became, I never gave up reading. I knew the names of great writers as well as the most popular music stars. Their words were powerful, which ________ me to try writing. Soon writing brought me a lot of ________ each time I completed a paper.

Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life. An article I ________ appeared in a local newspaper. The newspaper, to my delight, continued to print my work. Next, a book series published several of my essays. I got interested in writing and ________ up with each acceptance. On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness ________ I chose to present it. For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I ________ so many years ago. Now, I have numerous essays and articles in print.

Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my ________ into success. He set the bar too ________ and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do. Yet I proved what I could do.

Ida Nelson and her sister were relaxing and enjoying themselves in the sauna (桑拿室) when she heard a series of long low sounds from a small airplane _________ the nearby airport.

It was 11:30 at night in the Alaskan village of Igiugig, population 70,and, as she told the reporter, “Any time a plane flies over that _______, you know something is wrong,"

Nelson and, her sister leaped out of the sauna, ran to the window, and saw the problem: The airport’s runway lights were ___________.

Nelson _________ some clothes, jumped into her ATV, and floored it to the airport, where she found a local pilot trying to turn on the _________ manually.

_______ , if someone pushed the button 10 or 15 times, the lights would just light up. Not this time. Meanwhile she and the pilot learned of the plane’s _________mission: It was a medevac (医疗救护直升机), there to _________ a seriously ill local girl to the nearest hospital, 280 miles away in Anchorage.

Nelson had a plan. Driving her ATV to the end of the runway, she _________ her headlights for the plane to follow. Great idea, but it wasn’t enough. __________ light was needed, so a neighbor called nearly every home in the village-32 of them.

Within 20 vehicles arrived at the airport, many of the __________ still in pajamas (睡衣). Following directions from the medevac pilot, the cars lined up on one side of the runway.

The medevac made its final __________ and, guided by the headlights, __________ safely. The young patient was loaded onto the aircraft, and the plane immediately took off again. Her illness was never publicly revealed, but she has since been released from the hospital.

In a world filled with __________, the little community’s positive activism was a __________. Not so much for Nelson. As she told the reporter, in Igiugig, coming together “is kind of a normal deal”.

【推荐2】A rich man was camping alone on a hill. One day it began to rain and the rain made the tent wet. At last he ____   make his way home. As he passed a beautiful house he ___to look for rest. A lady in ___   walked past him with her __ holding up high. Following her were her two pretty daughters. They stopped and stared at him ___ .

“Who are you? We don’t like tramps (流浪汉) going ___our home.” one of them shouted.

“Go away at once.” cried the other.

“But I’m not a ___.”said the man, “All I want is food and stay for the night.”

“How ___you come here? Go away at once!” they __, “We don’t like your feet around our house. Go, go!”

The man moved on and reached a ___house. On entering it he saw a __ preparing their supper. Though the light was ___ and the furniture was poor, it made him feel __ and comfortable.

“Can I have some ___   and rest for the night?” he asked. “Of course, friend,” said the woman, bringing forward a little chair for him. “We are going to ___ our supper. Come and ___ us.”

The food was not ____   but they shared it with the stranger. That night they let him sleep on their bed ___ they themselves used the stable (厩). Early the next morning, the man said good-bye to them. Their _____ left him a memory full of thanks.

When he reached home he ____ ordered a lovely house to be built for the couple in the woods.

【推荐1】A number of customers crowded around Justin’s hot dog stand (货摊) at the local park. He was busy ______to serve them. Someone ordered 3 hot dogs and requested extra sauces (调味汁). While he quickly ______the three hot dogs and added a very ______ amount of sauces on top, he noticed an old woman pushing through the crowd to ______his stand.

“How much would a hot dog be?” she asked.

“From $ 3 to $ 7 ______ what you order, madam,” he replied.

“That’s a touch expensive for me,” she whispered. “I was just ______ about how much they cost,” she added before walking away. Justin noticed she went sitting alone on a bench looking in his ______ across his stand. He ______she wanted a hot dog hungrily but couldn’t ______ one. He quickly got one and brought it to her.

Justin ______ to the old lady saying he was in such a ______ that he forgot to tell her that she was his 50th customer and that she should get a free hot dog!

“Oh, is that so?” the old lady asked. “I really______ it. I’m Emily, by the way. ”

“I’m Justin,” he ______ himself, offering the hot dog. She tasted it ______.

The next day, when Emily ______ to the park, Justin treated her to a hot dog again. Emily______ . She felt bad that Justin was feeding her because she couldn’t afford the hot dog. But Justin explained he was so ______ that there was someone trying out his sauces, and her ______ mattered to him so he could improve his business. ______ , he kept feeding her every day.

Sometimes, we don’t have to be rich to help someone. What we need is a kind heart______ to help others.

【推荐2】A kindergarten teacher had decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag ____ a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a(n) ____ of a person that the child hates.

And the ____ of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will ____ on how many people he/she hates. So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she disliked. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes in the plastic bag wherever they went, ____ to the toilet for 1 week.

Days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the ____ smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1 week, the children were happy and ____ because the game had finally ended.

The teacher asked: “How did you ____ while carrying the potatoes with you for 1 week?” The children started complaining of the ____ that they had to carry the ____ and smelly potatoes wherever they went.

Then the teacher told them the ____ meaning behind the game. The teacher said: “This is ____ the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The very unpleasant smell of hatred will ____ your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot ____ the smell of rotten potatoes for just 1 week, can you ____ what it is like to have the very unpleasant smell of hatred in your heart for your lifetime?”

【推荐3】As a writer on an adventure sports magazine, I’d always refuse to do the adventurous stuff myself. I preferred to observe others and _________ their experiences to readers. Thus, when I was challenged to _________ a mountain in aid of charity — and to write about it afterwards—I was _________.

Then it was _________ that I had a brilliant coach called Keith, who gave me knowledge about everything from building muscle groups to how to_________tiredness. It quickly became obvious that the techniques of climbing were more _________than I had imagined. Aware of the challenge, I forced myself to _________ a detailed action plan Keith made, working out _________ at the gym. My self-belief _________ alongside my muscle power, and I became confident about finishing the climb.

All too soon I was on a plane to my destination. That day, when I looked up at the mountain, I thought of __________it. But then I remembered all the__________I’d made and how upset Keith would be if I gave up — not to mention the sense of __________I’d experience myself. With a deep breath fear__________courage, I headed into the sunshine to meet the rest of the group.   

And as I am sitting here now, tapping on my laptop, I’m amazed at all the details I can recall: the burning __________and the tiredness. Could I have been better prepared? Possibly. Would I be back for another go? Thankfully not. The feeling of being excited when standing on top of the world is definitely a __________experience but one I will cherish forever.