【推荐1】On May 22, 2011, it seemed as if the world was at an end. A devastating EF5 tornado_________Joplin, Missouri. The home of my parents, who were in their eighties, became_________in seconds. As soon as my parents were_________to a safe place, they had hoped, however, that I might be able to_________some of their books and pictures.

But I_________to fix the roof again and again. I was in_________. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a short, thin, elderly man appeared at my side. One second, I was_________, and a second later, he was next to me. It seemed like he rose up through the ground or fell out of the sky._________I wasn't terrified, I took a step back. He put my mind at ease by saying, in a very_________voice, "Everything is going to be alright."

"Would you like me to__________the roof? I'm a construction worker."

"Oh, that would be great,__________…"

"I can. No problem."

Shortly after, I__________it was no longer raining in the house. He'd done it in the rain. Before I ran outside to__________him, he was nowhere to be seen. There was no__________of him though I walked around the house.

"I think you__________an angel," one neighbor said. "There are a lot of them around right now."

"I saw a nice man," I told her, "and he was__________."

"Yes,__________are real," she answered.

The rain continued for days, but because of his work, my parents' possessions__________.

I didn't see any wings on my__________, but all I know it was the old man that led us out of the__________. He gave me assistance, comfort, and hope.

【推荐2】Natalie Barnes is a bus driver in Wisconsin, US. She offered comfort and support to a homeless passenger many times, which warmed the hearts of many people across the state.

She was _______on a cold Saturday night when a man named Richard_______the bus. Richard, who Barnes had met on her bus before, rode the bus_______they got to the end of her route. Barnes then used her_______to start a conversation with Richard. As they_______, Richard told her that the house he had been living in was_______ in a fire. For a week, he had       been _______and sleeping on the street. Heartbroken by his _________, Barnes said he could ride her bus so he wouldn’t have to be out in the cold. And she often_______to get him something to eat. “Now I don’t know what to say but to ________you,” Richard told the kind driver. He insisted that he would________her back, but she refused. At her next break, Barnes________a friend working at a community organization to help Richard get into temporary shelter and they are now working to find him permanent (长期的) housing.

The bus company finally________related videos on their website, praising Barnes for her________.

According to the company, this is Barnes’s third time being________for good deeds on the job.

【推荐3】On James Owen’s 60^th birthday, he saw a video of himself walking up to a stage, painfully and slowly. “I looked like an old man,” said Owen, a successful Wall Street businessman. _________, he felt like an old man.

He was overweight and had _________ in his back, knees and shoulders. But instead of _________ age, Owen decided to set a(n) _________: He wanted to be pain-free in five years, and the way was through _________—even though he couldn’t do a single push-up then.

Owen began by walking, and was _________ after only five minutes. But that didn’t _________ him and he kept at it every day. _________ he had those basics down, he then hired a trainer to _________ an exercise plan for him. The last piece was finding other __________ he enjoyed, which turned out to be cycling and swimming.

In less than five years, Owen was able to walk for miles each day. And yes, he was __________ of aches and pains. He says, “As long as you can __________, it’s never too late to become __________.”

Owen used his __________ to write a book in which he details how __________ can safely get off the couch (长沙发) and __________ more movement to their lives. “Think of it as movement, not exercise,” he says. “The __________: getting started, even if you could walk just three blocks, which was all I could __________ at first.”

Now 81 and retired, Owen __________ exercises an hour a day, six days a week. “It is the best __________ I’ve ever made in my life,” he says.

【推荐1】Whether it is a relaxing walk or a power one, taking a walk usually only lasts a small duration of time. This was not the _________ for Tom Turcich, though.

On April 2, 2015, Tom decided to walk around the world by himself. It wasn’t a _________thought. His childhood friend died _________ at the age of 17 due to a jet ski accident. _________by how short life was, he was fueled by a strong _________ to live every day to its fullest.

Tom’s walk _________ as a lone journey. But quickly, he found himself missing _________ on the road. And so, while making a stop in Austin, Texas, he _________ Savannah, a rescue dog. Since then, the pair have been making their way across borders, continents and seas, _________ 25, 000 miles in all.

Traveling always has some ups and downs. Tom __________ numerous unexpected delays along the way. He was __________ due to severe weather in Panama and became very ill in Scotland. Also, he had no __________ but to wait out pandemic lockdowns in many countries. But on the __________side, he met many kind people and __________ the beauty of nature in different parts of the world.

Tom __________ something few people have succeeded in, which helped him gain a much larger understanding of the world.

【推荐1】I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most___________and tiring games I've ever had. When Ed first phoned and___________we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an___________victory. After all, Ed's idea of _________has always been nothing more_________than lifting a fork to his mouth. As far as I can remember, Ed's been the least physically fit member in the family, and _________proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often___________about that，Ed refused to buy a larger T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed arrived for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly_________,   I was so surprised that I was_________. My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape. __________, at the point in our game when I'd have predicted the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was ____________7 to 9—and Ed was __________. The sudden realization was painful. We continued to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious______________about staying alive until 21 years old, let alone______________that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to move . In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my __________.

【推荐2】My husband and I cried when we learned our home had been destroyed in the Northern California Camp Fire. The souvenirs (纪念物) of our fifty years of marriage, along with items that________could replace, no longer existed.

Several weeks after the disaster, we were________into the area where our home once stood. I had researched online what items would survive the________and was prepared to________as many as possible while digging through the remains. Tears streamed down my face as I dug. Every item I found was a________to be restored.

I looked at the________stones mixed with ashes, wondering how long we would be living in hotels and how we could ________. I questioned my strength to survive the oncoming________.

An afternoon wind started and unearthed________burned pages from books that had been buried under metal items. A piece of paper was stuck to the top of my boot. I pulled it off and read the printed________: “If life seems tough, I________and reflect on the blessing sometimes hidden within every circumstance. With renewed faith and________, I began again.”

I framed (给……做框) that piece and put it where I could________it often in every hotel room we stayed in. The framed message now sits on a shelf in the________we settled into four months after the fire. It had helped me go through the________emotional recovery process.

【推荐3】It was 11 a.m. on October 8, 2018, when I set out on the 12-mile bike ride home from work along the Connecticut shoreline. The sun was brilliant ______the blue sky, and the leaves were starting to change colors. It was a(n) ______time for me.

I loved my job as a program manager at Peace Jam. My husband Sean, a mail carrier, was ______with his work , so I’d made plans with a friend for a long ride later that afternoon. ______I settled into the right-hand lane of a busy avenue, a truck turned in my direction from a side street. He slowed at the corner. But for some reason, he suddenly _______speed. There was nothing I could do but scream. ______, the huge truck knocked me down onto my left side. I felt my leg cracking, but I still ______my head just enough to see something sticking out from my leg. The skin had been ______right off most of the lower half of my body. There wasn’t any ______flesh to see. People came rushing from all ______and aided me.The doctors arrived and rolled my body onto a backboard. I was sent _______to the emergency room, where, for the next eight hours, I kept dying. During this period, I was in and out of surgery several times. Sometimes I was unconscious, but other times I existed in a _______that has no easy comparison. What ______me out of my fear was remembering a speech by Nobel Prize Jody Williams. “Emotion without action is irrelevant” .

I thought of all the people who had saved my life. The strangers who ran to my side after the truck hit me; the ______who brought me back from death more than once; the staff at Gaylord who were ______ to help me walk again and relearn basic tasks. And then there were the strangers who had donated their life-giving blood. Suddenly I felt a need to do something to ______ them. I may not have been able to walk yet, but I ______ organize a cycling tour to raise money for disabled athletes. I ______ raising more than $10,000. Then, I turned inward, concentrating on my own recovery.

My injury also made me ______ just how lucky I am. In the darkest moments of being ______ in the coma(昏迷) their voice constantly comforts me. To this day, I am gratitude in motion with each step.