【推荐1】In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP (Pilots N Paws) website from a family in Topeka. They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight ________. They could not afford to pay for ________ for their dog, Tiffy, and ________ wanted to take her with them.

It just ________ that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who ________ to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia. What I was to do was fly to Topeka to ________ Tiffy.

When I met Tiffy’s owners, they seemed very ________. George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was ________ for him, having to leave his dog to a ________ and trust that everything would ________.

After some goodbyes, I asked George and his wife to help me ________ Tiffy in the plane. I promised to take care of Tiffy and ________ them as soon as we got to Kansas City.

The flight was ________, and Tiffy was a great passenger. The next day, she ________ with Karen and made it back to George in Virginia within a few days. He was so ________ and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures. It felt great to know that I had helped bring this family together again.

【推荐2】Many people spend their New Year’s Eve getting dressed up and dancing their way to midnight. My brother and I decided to do things a bit _________.

We each filled a backpack with clothes shoes and other things and headed out to the _________. The first person we saw was a 15-16-year-old boy picking up _________ plastic bottles on the train platform (站台). We called him over and started up a(n) _________ . We had a look at his _________ and noticed he had _________ fingernails (手指甲). We explained that it was _________ to keep short nails and then we _________ cutting them for him. When we were _________ we offered him some chocolate candies which made him look at us ____________ . We talked to him some more and began ____________ some of the chocolate ourselves. Finally he ____________ took the chocolate himself and then began telling us his ____________.

His name was Raju. After his mother died his father remarried. Unable to ____________ his stepmother (继母) Raju ran away from ____________ and has been living on the streets for 3 years collecting and ____________ empty plastic bottles.

When we met Raju he wasn’t wearing any ____________. One quick look into our backpacks and we ____________ what we were looking for — a pair of Nike shoes. When we dressed him in them — Raju’s eyes were full of ____________ . “These shoes are so great. Nothing will hurt my ____________. Thank you so much!” Touched by our actions he joined us as we walked around and looked for those in need.

【推荐3】It was 1:30 at night in an Alaskan village. Ida Nelson was staying in bed with her sister when she heard the sound of a small airplane ________ the nearby airport. Nelson and her sister jumped to their feet, ran to the window, and saw the ________ : The airport's runway lights were out.

Nelson________ some clothes, jumped into her ATV, and________ it to the airport, where she found a local pilot ________ to turn on the lights, but in vain. Meanwhile she and the pilot learned of the plane's________ : It was a medevac (救伤直升机)，there to ________a seriously ill local girl to the nearest hospital, 280 miles away in Anchorage.

Nelson had a ________. Diving her ATV to the end of the runway. she shone her headlights on the tarmac (飞机跑道) for the plane to ________ . Great idea, but it wasn't enough. More light was needed, so a ________ neighbor called nearly every home in the village---32 of them.

Within 20 minutes, 20 vehicles ________on one side of the runway. The medevac,________ by the headlights landed safely. The young patient was loaded onto the aircraft, and the plane ________took off again. Her illness was never publicly________ but she has been released from the hospital.

In a world filled with uncertainty, as Nelson told CNN, coming together is kind of________

【推荐1】When I settled (定居) in Chicago, my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a ______ problem and had to go to hospital for a ______examination.

It seemed a small _____ compared to the one I was about to face, but things started to go ______ right from the beginning. Not having a car or______ the city, I was depending on the buses to get me from A to B.   ______I’d left myself plenty of time, soon it was _______ I was going to be late, because I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the ______ direction.

I ______ the bus and stood on the road not knowing what to do. I looked into the eyes of a ______ , who was trying to get past me.   ______ , instead of moving on ,she stopped to ask if I was ______ . After I explained my ______to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street , where a bus would take me back into the city to my ______ . Sitting there waiting, I felt ______that someone had been willing to help. ______ , hearing a horn (喇叭) nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend ______ at me to get in. She had returned to offer me a ______ to the hospital.

Such unexpected ______ from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive. As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose ______, for all things are possible.

【推荐3】I arrived in the United States on February 6, 2016, but I remember my first day here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy International Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was very ________and it was snowing, but I was too excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my ________. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the first time and I looked in astonishment at the famous skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and their man-made ________. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then left because he had to go back to work. He promised to return the next day.

________ my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I couldn’t speak a single ________ of English, I couldn’t tell the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and started to make some ________, but the waiter didn’t ________ me. Finally, I ordered the same thing the man at the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway ________ I came to Times Square with its cinemas, theatres, neon lights, and huge crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I ________ to walk around the city. I wanted to see ________ on my first day. I knew it was ________, but I wanted to try.

When I returned to the hotel, I was ________, but I couldn’t ________ because I kept hearing the fire and police sirens (警笛) during the night. I lay ________ and thought about New York. It was a very big and interesting city with many tall buildings and big cars, and full of ________ and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to speak English.