【推荐1】My nine-year-old daughter, Vivien, is a little princess. Under _________ circumstances, she can’t even pour herself a glass of milk. So when I came home _________ with fever, my first thought was, “How would Vivien react?”

At 3:30 P.M.,I _________ myself out of bed and drove to pick her up. On the way home, I said, “Sweetheart, Mommy’s really sick. Can you fix your own meal tonight?” “That’s okay, ”she replied _________.

When we arrived home, I _________ back to bed. Every now and then, I would wake froma feverish sleep to find a little angel _________ over me with some goodwill offering. A cool washcloth to wipe my hot brow. A bell to ring if I _________ anything. A picture she had drawn to _________ me up.

Throughout the evening, Vivien issued periodic reports on her progress with the evening _________. “I just made myself a salad.” Or, “I’m running my bath now.” I smiled to myself under the __________.

Then at bedtime, Vivien __________ a little book she made, entitled “I LOVE YOUMOMMY.”The first page __________,“Thank you for all you did for me MOMMY.”

I felt a wave of gratitude for the__________ that had given my little princess the opportunity to __________-and me the opportunity to __________-what an angel she truly was.

【推荐3】It was on my 30th birthday. When I came back, my mother was________herself proudly in her usual chair, with two shirt boxes ________blue paper and a pink card in front of her. “Happy birthday!” she said,________at the boxes. “Open them.”

My mom had got me________what I wanted, as she always knows me. I hugged and thanked her and________to eat the chocolate cake. “High calories, I shouldn’t have done that,” I said, not really caring. Mom waved off my put-on ________and laughed. Two weeks later, I came upon the same________:   my mom sitting in the chair; a chocolate cake next to blue shirt boxes,________, a yellow card this time. I was aware she had ________Alzheimer’s (阿尔茨海默氏病) .

Four long years passed. I now have a 15-month-old son, Ben. Lately my mother has been reading to him, the ________ character and plot every time. It doesn’t________to Ben that he’s heard the story, and he doesn’t mind her poor ________, because every minute is new for him too.

I begin to enjoy the situation and realize we are ________. My mother is in bad, but stable condition.________is better than a decline. Change will come; her remembrance may ________further, but I’ll be in the frontline.

【推荐1】Glen Edwards became a hero when he rescued a construction worker trapped on top of a 160-meter-high building.

As a crane (吊车) _______ working on a construction site, Edwards _______ found himself in a life-saving mission when a fire broke out. He recalled how he _______ the trapped worker from his crane’s cabin (驾驶舱), and how he came up with the idea of saving the man by lowerin a cage to him to let him _______.

However, his attempt to _______ the cage before the man was by no means an easy job, as each post (弹) of wind prevented to throw his crane off balance. Besides, the smoke and flames also added to the difficulty. _______ the great challenges, Edwards refused to give up and fought to _______ control. Luckily, someone on the ground offered _______ on where to land the cage through a radio. Edwards _______ the crane’s movements, inch by inch, until the cage hanged (盘旋) just inches from the edge of the _______. With determination, Edwards successfully landed the cage.

Eventually, Edwards watched the cage _______ the man away from the horrible fire below and lowering him to safety. The crowd _______ a big round of applause, a tribute (致敬) to the courage and skill _______ by Edwards. He knew that his quick thinking and strong _______ had made all the difference between life and death in the face of disaster.

A GoFundMe page has now been set up to raise money for him —— with organizers _______ people to “buy Glen a beer” for his life-saving efforts.

【推荐2】The train had been long delayed. Running out of _________, Andy put down his book and looked out. He found the_________at once: it was raining hard.

He lay down and fell asleep but was soon woken up by a woman. She handed him his bag and _________ that it had slipped to the floor. He gratefully took it back and opened it,_________ to see his mother’s scarf and some sandwiches inside.

Andy’s thoughts drifted(飘)to when he was _________. His mother had insisted on putting her scarf in. “If it rains, it may get cold.” He remembered feeling_________and had taken it out. But it was still here.

_________ Andy realized he was burning with fever. Feeling helpless, he called his mum. “Take a _________I have put in medicine, just_________,” she suggested. Touched by his mother’s__________he took the medicine and soon fell deep asleep in the__________of the scarf.

Andy woke up later feeling much better. Then he noticed the woman,who’d__________him earlier, __________ holding a baby in her arms, both shaking. Their clothes did little against the cold wind.

Without thinking twice, Andy wrapped his mother’s scarf around the baby. To his __________, the child soon fell asleep in the love of not one, but two__________.

【推荐3】On a cool autumn day in Minnesota, hundreds of runners gathered at the starting line for a challenging cross-country race. Among them was an athlete named Amelia Anderson who became known for her determination and _________through the events. When the race started, Amelia ran at a fast pace, pushing herself to the _________. However, fate had something else _________for her that day.

As the race progressed, Amelia, more than two-thirds of the way through her _________, noticed a fellow runner, Isabella Harris, suddenly collapsing to the ground in pain. Without a moment’s hesitation, Amelia _________Isabella and extended a helping hand, offering to assist her in completing the race.

As reported by a local newspaper, Amelia took Isabella’s arm, trying to support her in _________forward. Recognizing the severity of Isabella’s condition, Amelia _________, allowing Isabella to climb onto her back. With _________determination, Amelia not only carried her across the finish line but also an _________300 feet to where Isabella could receive much-needed __________attention.

Once there, Isabella was quickly __________ and subsequently transported to a hospital, where she learned she had serious injuries in one of her knees. It became __________that without Amelia’s timely intervention, Isabella would have __________extreme pain to reach the aid checkpoint on her own.

After this extraordinary act of kindness towards Isabella, Amelia remained modest. She was more __________ about why her act was considered a big __________. “She was just crying. I couldn’t __________ her.” Amelia humbly explained to a reporter, emphasizing that, in her eyes, she was merely doing what she believed to be the right thing.

In a world where competition is common, Andersod’s kind act __________as a powerful reminder that the greatest victories are not always about __________the finish line first, but rather about helping and connecting with others. This was beautifully exemplified (是……的典型) when Amelia and Isabella, __________ strangers, became close friends through their tough experience. Although neither won the race, the __________of human kindness won the day.