【推荐1】Zoe's start in this world was hard. Brian and Debi knew there was something wrong with their unborn daughter's________, but they didn’t ________ what they were dealing with until she was born . “Zoe is truly a miracle(奇迹) survivor, because her chances of________were very, very low when I was pregnant(怀孕的) with her. We didn't know what the________was going to be,”   Debi said.

When Zoe had the open heart ________, her heart was the size of her father's thumb(拇指). Within just a few years of recovery(康复),Zoe was________through life.

“It is something that my doctors have always________ me to do,________it has the aerobic(有氧的) activity that I ________,” Zoe said. “Every time I dance,I feel so________ to have survived such a disease.”

Dance has been a part of her life since she was just 3 years old, and after recently________high school on a high score, she________to take her talents to Georgetown University in the fall.

“I am really________to just explore different opportunities, "Zoe said. "It is going to be a big ________.”

As Brian and Debi watch their daughter take off, they are making________for the American Heart Association's Heart Walk, where they__________to encourage other parents to keep the faith. “We are just very________and very happy,” Debi said.

“I will walk for further________, to support survivors of the future and to give back to people that have________to my survival and life every single day,”Zoe said. Zoe has not only survived; but ________to grow.

【推荐2】After a tornado touched down in a small town nearby, all the local newspapers carried stories showing some of the families who suffered the hardest. A picture ________ touched me. A young woman stands in front of a totally destroyed home, a pained expression twisting (使扭曲) her face. A young boy, seven or eight years old, stands at her side, eyes downcast. A tiny girl stares into the camera, eyes wide with sadness and ________. This would be a good ________ to teach my children to ________ those less fortunate than us.

I put up the picture, explaining their ________ to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and to three-year-old Meghan. “We have so much, and these ________ people now have nothing,” I said. “We will ________ what we have with them.”

I sorted through our ________ and ________ the boys to go through their toys and ________ some of their less favorite things.

Brad and Brett ________ the toys they had chosen to donate into a box. Meghan walked up with Lucy, her much-loved doll hugged ________ to her chest. She ________ in front of the box that held the ________, gave Lucy a ________ kiss, and then laid her gently on the top of other toys. “Oh, honey,” I said. “You don’t have to give Lucy. You love her so much.”

Meghan nodded seriously, eyes glistening (闪光) with held-back ________. “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she’ll make that oilier little girl ________, too.”

I stared at Meghan for a long moment. I suddenly ________ that true generosity is ________ what you cherish (珍爱) most, I, who had wanted to teach, had been taught.

Without a word, the boys went to their rooms. They came back with their ________ toys and placed them in the box next to Lucy. Swallowing back tears, I pulled all three of them into my arms.

【推荐3】When Lisa was struggling with what to gift her son for his 10th birthday, she was beaten. Her little boy Jorge has a ______ , who, born with Corticol Dysplasia, is unable to speak and his brain ______ as an 18 months old.

Lisa had noticed that during the drive to school each weekday morning. Jorge almost jumped out of his seat ______ every time they passed a big truck. This gave her the idea to put a post on the local Facebook Sell It page, ______ a person with a truck to visit their home for an hour and ______ take Jorge for a ride. Within minutes, Melissa, whose husband Tom drives a big truck, ______ to be online and contacted Lisa, Jorge’s birthday ______ had been organized.

But the story doesn’t ______ there. The offers of trucks and time kept pouring in. Within 5 days, a convoy（车队）of 214 trucks had been organized, with ______ coming from across the country. Channel 9 Australia was contacted and they too made arrangements to be ______ on the day.

Saturday the 15th December ______ bright and sunny. The community also ______   a total of $1700 toward Jorge’s ongoing ______ costs and ______   the birthday presents was the donation of a tablet PC from the local Telstra shop. Lisa is excited that this can be used to aid Jorge with his ______ .

【推荐1】The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus he told me that he had a good_________in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, _________to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be_________, but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was_________. I felt like saying that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to_________that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever came across his friend. But _________ I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very_________city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to give up the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes and then he_________to tell me all about his friend.

His friend’s main_________in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player, and he   __________ had his own tennis court (球场). There were a lot of people with swimming__________, yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several__________like that including my brother who was doctor in California. He__________that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he__________but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me__________ my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence__________his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a__________who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence (巧合) because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had__________the house next to my brother’ s house. For a moment we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.

“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He__________and said “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my__________to laugh “Yes,” I replied.