【推荐1】Anna was a 9-year-old girl from a small village. She attended primary school till 4th grade at her village. For the 5th grade onwards, she would have to get an admission(入学) in a school at a city nearby. She got very ________ knowing that she was accepted in a famous school in the city. Today was the first day of her school and she was waiting for her school bus. Once the bus came, she got in it ________. She was very excited.

When the bus reached her school, all students started going to their classes. Anna also made it to her classroom. Upon seeing her ________ clothing and knowing she was from a small village, other students started making fun of her. The teacher soon arrived. She ________ Anna to the class and told them that she would be studying with them from today.

Then she told everyone to write down the Seven Wonders of the world. Everyone started writing the answer quickly. But Anna started to write the answer________.

When everyone except Anna had presented their answer paper, the teacher asked Anna, “What happened, dear? Don’t ________. Just write what you know as other students have learned about it just a few days back. ”

Anna replied, “There are many things. Which seven can I pick to write?” And then she handed her answer paper to the teacher. The teacher started reading everyone’s answers and the majority had answered them ________ such as The Great Wall of China, Colosseum, Stonehenge, Great Pyramid of Giza, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Taj Mahal, Hanging Gardens of Babylon etc.

The teacher was happy as students had ________ what she had taught them. At last the teacher paper started reading Anna’s answer paper. “The Seven Wonders are—To be able to See, To be able to Hear, To be able to Feel, To Laugh, To Think, To be Kind, To Love!”

The teacher stood ________ and the whole class was speechless. Today, a girl from a small village reminded us about the gifts we have, which are truly a ________. So value what we have and use what we have.

【推荐2】Tom was a middle-aged businessman whose repeated failure in his work made him an upset man, often complaining (抱怨) that others had been playing tricks on him. One day he told his wife he was so _______ with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to _______ city. It was in the evening of a weekend when Tom and his wife were busy _______ up their new home that the light suddenly went out. So they had to _______ work. Because Tom had forgotten to bring along candles, he had to wait helplessly in a bad mood. Just then he heard gentle knocks on his door that sounded clear in the _______ night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom had no _______ in the new city. And this was the moment that he especially disliked being disturbed or troubled. _______, he went unwillingly to the door and opened it impatiently. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have _______?   I’m your neighbour.” “No!” Tom answered in anger and shut the door _______. He complained about it to his wife, “As soon as we settled down, the neighbour came to borrow things.” After a while, the door was knocked on again. He opened it and found the ________ girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbour downstairs might need candles. She ________ me here to give you these.” Tom was very ________ by what he saw. When he fully understood, he said, “Thank you and your ________. God bless you! ”

At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his ________ in life—his coldness and unkindness. The person who had cheated him in life was in reality nobody else but himself, for he had fallen for his heartless ________.

【推荐3】Kwane Stewart, a vet at an animal shelter, stepped outside a convenience store and _________ a homeless man, with a small dog ________on his laps. Stewart noticed the dog’s scratched-off fur and chewed-up skin ________ of an allergic reaction to fleas (跳蚤). He ________ the man and offered to bring medication for the dog’s skin.

________ a week and a half later, Stewart found that the dog recovered,and that the homeless man could not thank him more.

Stewart, now 50, has his own practice in town, ________he finds time for street pets. He’s helped roughly 400 animals since 2011.

There’s a desperate need for his help. About 25 percent of the town’s homeless population owns a pet, but there are few healthcare________ available to them to ________ that blank, Stewart can often be found wandering dark alleyways and underpasses, ________ he thinks the homeless might be. He pays for almost all the ________ out of his own pocket. ________ he comes upon a medical problem that requires more attention than he can provide on the street,for which he ________ a GoFundMe account to help cover treatment costs.

He knows there are some people who question whether the homeless should even have pets. “I think that ________ anybody else, they need a pet, and they deserve a pet. They love their pet probably more than the_________ person. Because, you know, the owner is the pet’s   ________”.