【推荐2】One of my fellow volunteers, a girl from Tanzania, seemed a bit desperate, so I asked what the problem was. She told me she had a friend back home, who was, really _______ with her university studies. It was beginning to look like financial difficulties, which would make it _______ for her to complete her course.

So this friend of mine had done something _______: she had sent all her pocket money for the month to Tanzania to _______ her friend! This meant that she didn’t have much food to eat, no money to go anywhere outside the village, no money to buy any clothes, and so on.

I was so _______ that she did this for her friend and I felt I had to do something. So, _______ my next trip to one of the nearby towns I walked into the fair trade shop to buy some food. I didn’t have much money left myself but I thought I’d buy her an extra box of the muesli we both liked and some rice. I started talking to the woman _______ in the shop, who was also a volunteer and _______ told her about my friend.

The woman looked at me, _______. “Does she eat pasta?” she asked. “Yes,” I replied. She immediately started to fill a bag with pasta, cookies, more muesli, sweets and other things until the bag was full. “Give her this for me. It’s my __________!” I couldn’t believe it but cried with __________.

I left the shop to go home with my __________ bag of food. I asked the woman her name. “Just Gloria! God bless both of you!” she said. Imagine my friend’s face when I arranged the gifts on my kitchen table. I have never seen her so happy! A few weeks later, she found Gloria in the shop and thanked her __________.

These two __________ women really showed me what true kindness and compassion is, and the __________ will stay with me for the rest of my life!

【推荐3】Jackson sat at his school desk and looked over at the new kid in class. His name was Billy and he just_______ here from Florida. So far, Jackson had not______ him. Today, at break, Jackson was going to try to make a new friend.

When the bell______for rest, Jackson hurried out of his seat and followed Billy outside. “Hi, Billy,” Jackson said as they walked outside. “Do you want to play basketball?” “No. I’m not very ______at basketball. “Jackson stood there and ______what to do next. Maybe he didn’t like Jackson. Maybe he didn’t want to be his______.Jackson thought about playing basketball with other ______. He looked over at Billy sitting on the rock alone by himself. He decided to give it one more try.

“Do you like cars?” Jackson asked Billy______he walked up to him. “Sure!” Billy said with a______. Jackson reached into his pocket and pull out two ______.”My brother gave me these.” He______one of the cars to Billy. “Awesome! I love Mustangs!” Billy rolled the car over the rock. “Me too!” Jackson said. “It’s my ______car!” Jackson sat on the ground and rolled his car across the rock, making a car noise as he did. “My Dad has a real Mustang! You should come over to my______ and see it!” “Great!” Jackson______said. He was so happy that he could______tell, they were going to be best friends.

【推荐2】Remember the heart-warming story of a loyal dog, who spent nine years waiting for his owner to return without knowing his death. His being _______ to his owner is being challenged by another dog, Thor.

In December 2015, Thor’s owner died at 58, and his loyal companion fell into _______. The owner’s family looked after Thor, but they didn’t give him the same love and attention. Seeing the miserable dog, a neighbor called Saionara asked if she could _______ him in, and maybe help him _______ the death of his owner. Then under her loving care, Thor started getting better. About a year ago, he started following the same _______ he had taken alongside his owner.

Every morning Saionara gets up early, makes his food and then opens the gate for him to take the walks he was already _______ with. Thor has a good memory, and he _______ at all the usual places his owner used to spend time in, and lets those who _______ him pet him on the head. That’s become his routine for the last year or so. And it seems that he is waiting for his _______ to come back.

Wherever he goes, Thor always ________ love and affection. Everyone knows his story and is eager to make his ________ more bearable. People stop to pet him. His food and water bowls are always ________ at the shoe store he walks by every day, and some people even stop to take photos with the famous dog.

After ________ his walk and spending time outside the places his owner used to spend time in, ________ the lottery(彩票) office, which he visited every day, Thor returns to his new owner, Saionara. “I’ll tell you that I love him, but I’m also ________ because I’m old. But I’ll take good care of him.” she says.

【推荐3】One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and _____ and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he _____ there was a hole in the boat and decided to _____ it. When he finished painting, he received his money and left. The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and

_____ him with a nice check, much _____ than the payment for painting, the painter was surprised. “You've already paid me for painting the boat!” he said. “But this is not for the paint _____. It's for having repaired the hole in the boat. ”

“But it was such a(n) _____ service. Certainly it's not worth _____ me such a high amount for something so unimportant!”

“My dear friend, you do not understand. Now let me tell you what _____. When I asked you to paint the boat, I ______. to mention about the hole. When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and ______ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a ______ in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was ______ because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my relief and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.

“Then, I ______ the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You saved my children! I do not have enough money to pay your 'small' good deed. ”

So, no matter who, when or how, just ______ repair all the “leaks” you find.