【推荐1】A dog waiting on a roadside for four years has finally been reunited with its owner thanks to a social media post. Anuchit Uncharoen happened to be there. He_________passing by the dog and seeing it being _________ by a woman late in the afternoon.

When he approached her, he learned that the dog was thought to have been_________. The woman said she_________took the dog to her home, but the loyal friend escaped and returned to the street, waiting for its _________. Since then, the nice woman had been regularly bringing food to him and making sure he was _________. Others in the community had been_________, too.

The dog’s heartbreaking situation made the_________online, eventually reaching his owner. He got in touch with Anuchit and explained that he and his family_________ a dog named BonBon four years ago. Their dog had the same__________as the one in the pictures.

The owner said that BonBon was with them on a trip to a relative. His dog might have__________out of the car while on the road. He and his family__________for BonBon back in the roads but without luck.

They assumed their pet dog had died and were__________to discover him alive and well.When the owner paid BonBon a visit, surprisingly, the dog__________to go with him, even if his tail wagged in excitement.

Someone once said, he might only be here for a(n)__________of your life, but for him, you are his whole life. So to them remember to be kind.

【推荐1】When I was growing up, I didn’t remember hearing the words “I love you” from my father. When your father _______ says these words to you when you are a (n)_______, it gets tougher and tougher for him to say these words as he gets _______. To tell the truth, I could not honestly remember _______ I had last said those words to him either. I decided to _______ my ego (自尊心) aside and make the first move. After _______, in our next phone conversation I blurted out (突然说出) the words, “Dad... I love you!”

There was a _______ at the other end and he awkwardly (笨拙地) replied, “Well, same back to you!”

I smiled and said, “Dad, I know you _______ me, and when you are ready, I know you _______ say what you want, to say.”

Fifteen minutes later my ________ called and nervously asked, “Paul,________ is okay?” I explained to her perfectly.

A weeks later, Dad ________ our phone conversation with the words, “Paul, I love you.” I was at work during this ________ and the tears were rolling down my cheeks as I finally “________” the love. As I sat there in tears, I ________ that this special moment had taken our father-son ________ to a new level.

A short while after this ________ moment, my father narrowly ________ death following heart operation. I have often thought ________ I did not take the first step and Dad did not ________ the operation, I would have never “heard” the love.

【推荐1】What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army , I _______ an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against _______ of 100, scored 160.

I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not _______ have scored more than 80. _______ , when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him — and he always_______it.

Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man _______ questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a_______. In a world where I have to work with my_______, I’d do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man _______. He had a habit of telling________. One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb   man ________ some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made ________   movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He ________ his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk ________him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the ________ man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. ________do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his ________   and asked for them. I’ve been________that on all my customers today, but I knew________ I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked. “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very ________.”

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

【推荐2】Annie, a neighbor’s daughter, was away for her first semester at college this school year. She is a very sweet girl but just a bit shy. When her birthday came around, I found out she was feeling a bit_______.

Her family is quite poor and _______ are tight, so there wouldn’t be any birthday visitors. I wanted to _______ her a card and maybe a small gift to _______ her day a bit. I got her school _______ from her mom and planned to pick something up. Then I got a(n) _______!

I _______ perhaps a bit more birthday cheer was needed here. I bought some balloons, birthday hats, and _______ novelties (新颖小巧而价廉的物品) at a store. I took a small _______ and asked three other people in my area at work to ________ “Happy Birthday” and send some birthday wishes to her. It was such fun making the recording! Other people ________ what we were doing and ________ their voices, so it really sounded like we had a party going on!

Then I bought her a small present and a card as ________ planned. The real fun was packing them to be sent. I ________ everything so it was like opening a mini birthday party! At the last minute I added a pack of cupcakes and a box of birthday candles ________ sending them off. I got a call a few days later. Annie said her roommates and one of their neighbors in the ________ got together with her and held a party for her the moment they arrived. She sounded so ________ and I was so glad that she had some friends to ________ her special day with.

It was such an easy and ________ thing to do. The people who helped me make the tape still laugh and talk about it. And Annie ________ me it was the most fun birthday she would remember!

【推荐3】Darlene Leeson was in hotel isolation (隔离） after returning to Australia from a trip to Hawaii. She was calling a friend, joking about the idea of putting a(n) ________ on her hotel window as it faced offices across the road.Getting the gentle ________ of her friend,Leeson wrote on some notes:“Day 4 ISO need ________. Room 623” and then stuck them up.

The first ________ from those in the outside world was laughter. She got a few smiles and waves from office workers and workers on a nearby rooftop.“It was more done to ________ myself during the boring isolation,” she said. “I wasn't thinking anyone would take it . ________”

Then her hotel room phone rang. “I ________thought it was the hotel ringing to tell me to ________ them off.It turned out that it was the wife of one of the rooftop workers who had rung reception asking to get through to my room,” she said.“she then asked what chocolate I ________”

Leeson said she was in ________ and didn't make her choice of treat clear.“We chatted and she said I could ________＇an Uber delivery soon.” Within an hour,the chocolate arrived.Soon, Tim Tams (a brand of chocolate) arrived for her at reception. Leeson later learned a woman in a nearby office building made the ________ delivery. More chocolate had arrived, and a group of workers had all________.

“Being in hotel isolation,I can't ________ my room where there are only a few short minutes when the sun can shine in,” Leeson said. “Though, the kindness of these strangers ________－my day beyond any amount of sunshine possible.”