It was freezing outside my car. I did not want to _______when we passed by a small shop. Suddenly I _______ a tiny figure, bent and covered with some bits of cloth, shivering (发抖) with the_______ from the north winds that were _______ so hard that night.

It was an old man of 75, seated in the_______ of this street, waiting for anyone who would think of _______ him a single coin or a cup of hot tea. I was about to open my biscuit packet, _______ my mind and soul went out to this _______ person.

I _______ my husband to go over and hand it to this old man. He looked into my husband’s ________and smiled, I could see that smile from the ________ window and he said, “Thank you.” I felt so ________ and hoped that he could live through the cold night.

I was ________to visit again and find out how he was the next day, as I have to pass this way every day. I did so, the next evening, and he ________ the car and came up to my ________and smiled at me. My________went out once more and this time I offered him a bag of food. He reached out for the________and I gave him my hand, he held it and ________and said, “Thanks for this help.” I looked at him and told my husband, “Doesn’t he remind you of my Daddy who was once a beggar years ago?”

At a ________look, I saw my Daddy in this old man, waiting for anyone to show him some mercy or love. Maybe one day, it could ________to one of us, so please do not pass by a poor person without offering at least a word of love and a kind smile or an act of kindness.

【推荐2】Two weeks of volunteer work lay ahead. And my mood   ________ when I realized that good        ____and travel Spanish would not be enough to make the __________that I had hoped for. My volunteer service was in a shelter in Peru. I was WHERE I wanted to be, but, without the communication   __________I needed.   

One morning the founder of the shelter, Miguel Rodríguez, __________the story of how, after the death of his baby, he started feeding and taking in __________children. He eventually __________his family, wealth, and life to setting up what is now a shelter for over 1,300 children. As he finished, I asked: “I can ___________how the walls, the food, the facility(设施) came to be, but, how did you ________the atmosphere of love, respect, and caring among these children?”

His response was simple: “Use the language of Love.” He _________, “The language of love is done with your eyes, your hands, and your smile.” “_________ are not only for work. They are for hugging, holding, and_________. Do this, and they may well _________the example.”

This simple statement carried _________. These children had communicated love, respect, and _________to me and each other without a word being _________. These emotions, so _________to convey, did not need translation at all.

For the remainder of my service, I was determined to worry less about my ________of Spanish, and instead, focus on using the language of love. When I returned home, I_________ myself to use it more in my everyday life and to be mindful that being a(n) _________ is sometimes all the power that is needed.

【推荐3】I was walking in a park on a cool autumn morning. The view was charming and a pleasant breeze(微风)was kissing my face_______.

Then I saw a mother and her little baby. The mother wore _______clothes that seemed to be found in a dustbin—how easy it is for fortunate people to _______away things they don’t need, and they do this _______thinking of the unfortunate! She was holding her baby, protecting her from the morning _______and expecting some money from strangers so that she could _______food for both of them. It isn’t an uncommon _______as we see these things every day. But they sometimes can_______us strongly. It was then that I realized how _______ I had been in my whole life for living a rich life.

Then a man ________some money and food to the mother, and as she took them, her face was________as if she had been the happiest person in the world. And why not, she could now ________ her baby at least for the day.

Actually happiness doesn’t ________luck, your financial or your physical conditions, but only on yourself. It is just a ________ in your hands. If you choose to be happy, ________can stop you from it. The mother was happy just ________she got food for her baby. Back home, I decided to first be happy and then do the rest of my work. It was ________ than I thought it would be.

How________ it is that one observation can change your life! Life has a lot to offer if you observe very ________ . One who observes can ________ real happiness.

【推荐2】Christmas was always a very special time because I could receive many wonderful gifts. There was one particular Christmas _________ all I wanted was a pink car for my Barbie doll. I had _________ all of the commercials (广告) and seen how cool Barbie could look in that car. _________ that time, I had known that Santa Claus was really my parents, so no surprise there. I didn’t _________ who bought me the car as long as I got it.

Finally, Christmas Eve arrived. I could not fall asleep that night, just _________ for it to get late enough for me to slip downstairs and open my gifts. Well, I must have fallen asleep at some point, _________ when I awoke it was Christmas morning. I ran _________ to a ton of gifts, but I didn’t see the Barbie doll car. I was very _________ for what I had received, but I was still wondering where my car was. After a while, my father _________ what looked like a garbage bag and handed it to me.

Before I could opened the bag completely, I saw the pink color. I jumped for __________ and Dad’s face lit up. Of course there was __________ what I wanted. Then I noticed a price tag (标签). I asked Dad why it was on my new toy. He sweetly said that Santa went to a special store for the gift and he was probably short on __________ and had forgotten to take the price tag off. Hearing this, I just smiled and said, “Oh, cool!” I was happy with my car and my father was happy knowing that I still __________ in Santa Claus.

To this day, that is my very favourite Christmas __________, because it was sweet that there was __________ who cared about a little kid and the joy and spirit of Christmas.

【推荐3】A welcome gift

Dario and his mother loved their new apartment. The living room was large enough for their piano. That night, the two of them_________side by side at the piano. They played jazz music to celebrate their new home. The loud       _______filled the room and made them feel very happy.

The next morning, ___________, their happiness disappeared. Someone had left a ___________under their door during   the night. One of their neighbors had written to complain（抱怨） about the sound of the piano. Dario’s mother asked the building superintendent( 管 理 员 )if he knew anything about it. But he said that they were all_______ people and he couldn’t imagine any of them had done that. Later that morning, Dario suggested that they write a letter to their_______and apologize for their playing.

“Maybe we could go and_______everyone in person, ” his mother said. “What if we invited them to come here for a_______instead? ” Dario asked.

They both loved   the_______. Over the next few days, they________invitations and prepared desserts for their guests. They decorated the apartment with streamers(彩带) and party lights.

Finally, the day of the party________. Some guests brought presents. Others brought   flowers. Some even brought desserts to________.   One woman,   Mrs. Gilbert________Dario’s mother with a book of piano music by Chopin.

“I heard you playing the other night,” she said. “The sounds woke me out of bed. I________that you might play like this every night. So I wrote a short note. I hope you don’t think I disliked the playing. ”

Dario’s mother smiled at Mrs. Gilbert. “I think maybe   we__________you an apology, ” she said. “I didn’t________       how late it was when we were playing. Maybe we should play some quieter music at night. ”

“You play, you play!” Mrs. Gilbert said. “I like what you play! Just not so loud at night. ” She pointed to the book she had given them. “These songs are not such________music. ”

“These songs are beautiful music,” Dario’s mother said. “We will be____________to play them in the evening. ” “And we won’t play so loud or late!”Dario said. He was already looking forward to________ the new music.

More than that, however, he was happy to see the big smile on his mother’s face. It gave him   a feeling of________ and made him feel that they were home at last.

【推荐1】In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her______voice, the judges were not sure whether she spelled the right word. They talked it over and______decided to simply ask her what she had said. By then, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. Instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the______letter—so she lost the contest.

As the girl walked off the______ ，the entire audience stood, clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this______, even though it cost the girl the contest. But the fact is that she______the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.

Probably the biggest test of our character is what we would do if we knew we would never get______This young girl could easily have______and nobody would have known it but herself. But it’s been said, “If you______,you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was______enough to prize her own character more than the prize from a spelling contest. She knew the______she made in that moment will have a long-lasting influence in her future.

Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or______to the policeman? Should the______change received at the store be forgotten or______? Nobody will know. But we have to live with ourselves, and it is always better to live with someone we ______.