【推荐1】Five years ago, a friend asked me to look after his cat while he went on holiday, and I realized the idea had potential on a bigger scale. So I moved to London and decided to _______ cat sitting (猫咪代养).

For me, cat sitting is about _______ two groups of people who need what the other can offer. I get to stay in people’s _______ without rent while they’re on holiday. The owners get _______ cat sitting. It also means that there is someone to keep an eye on their homes while they are away. It seems a fairer _______ than just watering plants or walking dogs — I’m more of a cat person.

I have always loved cats, and their gentle temper makes them ideal _______ for someone working from home. Cats have such different personalities, so it’s not surprising that I _______ more with some than others. An owner once told me not to _______ her cat to sit on me, as it had happened only once. But just four days later, the cat came over and sat on my lap. I sent her a photo!

Cat sitting helps me with my _______ anxiety disorder, too. I want to be around people, but sometimes I can’t. Sometimes, this anxiety even ________ me from leaving the house. But since becoming a cat sitter my mental health has ________. Having my own ________ gives me the power to plan my day. I can recharge when I need to and can go out and meet people when I want. The cats have ________ helped.

Now I have stayed in 25 houses, ________ 30 cats and saved more than 10,000 pounds that would have gone on ________. One day I want to save up for a flat so I can have a cat of my own.

【推荐2】It’s Wednesday at Lismore South Public School, in northern New South Wales, Australia. A group of eight-year-olds practise _______ with four-legged friend Maggie. Sandy-haired Charlie says he likes her “because she’s so calm”．

Maggie, too, is eight human-years old and _______ enjoys Story Dogs, which is now in 239 Australian schools. Owner, Anne Meagher, says Maggie was rather _______ and good at escaping when she first adopted (领养) her.Now Maggie can stay still and patiently allows readers to _______ books on her stomach.

“It’s a simple enough idea, reading to a dog, but somehow the children _______ and find reading easier,” Anne says. “Maggie _______ listens to the children read. She doesn’t _______ them or correct them. She’s non－judgmental.But the facts show she is helping children _______. I haven’t had one student in two years who hasn’t improved. I think we create a space where they can feel _______ to make mistakes and have a __________.”

“Story Dogs is __________,” says Janine Sigley who, with Leah Sheldon, came up with the program, to make reading __________ for children, so they become confident (自信的) lifelong readers.

“Schools have reported not only improved reading but also __________ self-confidence among readers who become more prepared to join classroom activities,” Janine says. “Story Dogs is helping to build up kids’ interest in reading, and once a child __________ to read, they can do so much__________ at school.”

【推荐3】It was the first night of a tiring seven-day 250km race across the Gobi Desert a year ago. Mr.Leonard spotted a little dog going around his camp trying to_________herself.

“Cute, but I’m not giving you any,”Leonard thought.Like all_______,he had packed just enough for the whole course. He’d been running competitively for three years, and he had a_______ to win.

The next day, at the starting line,the dog_______ him again.He waved her away, _______ she might be stepped on by the runners. However, the dog followed him all the way until the day’s race_______.That night the dog snuggled up to Leonard and even_______ to get a little food from him. By then,he was determined to name her Gobi.

The pair went on to finish the seven-day race,with Gobi_______ a distance of 125km on her own, and winning Leonard over, enough for him to make a_______-he would take her home to Edinburgh. “Seeing Gobi on the race changed my attitude to things. It made me think more about stopping and helping her,________just focusing on winning,“said Leonard, who finished second. “It also made my running more________,giving me a lot of pleasure.”

As Leonard was preparing to get Gobi home,she was________.With a group of 20 local volunteers coming to his________,he finally found her. After that, Leonard never let Gobi out of his________.Now Gobi’s favorite activity is still running, and she________does at least 8km with Leonard up the hills.

【推荐1】I will never forget a girl student sitting at the back of the classroom. Having________the college entrance exams and changed schools twice, she couldn't smile________. Every day she would sit at the desk, staring at textbooks and exercises, motionless and________. The extreme loneliness she spread almost stopped me________teaching. Of course she had no friends in this fiercely competitive class. Every time I________the classroom, I welcomed everyone. Of course when I said something to her casually, she unwillingly answered with a________smile.

Life is harder for senior students. Hardly does a day go by________endless exercises or tests. Every time when the scores________, her score would be the last or the second to the last. Dark clouds always________in her eyes. When I invited her to the teacher's office, we never talked about study or scores, but I would make some jokes casually________. She never replied, only staring out of the window. Slowly she felt a bit________.

One day the exam results came out and she did________! When I quietly walked into the classroom, she was still sitting at the back of the classroom but with a big smile. Later, she was________into a university. Since then she had never been heard from again. Two days before the Spring Festival Eve, I was shopping in a supermarket________an excited voice came into my ear: "Hello, Mr Deng." I looked around and found she stood by the goods shelf, working part-time during her college holidays. From her happy face, I could see she was busy and happy. "Mr Deng, you helped me________my darkest time. I know what you did every day at that time. Thank you."

Gone were her sad________and a sunshine face threw light on every customer. In that instant, I realized how________it is to give a bit of care to those________every day. You may never know________each gesture or word may mean to someone else. I_______that experience.

【推荐2】When I was a kid, my parents sent me to a summer camp in New Hampshire. At the camp we did tons of great things like swimming, sports and archery (射箭), but for me, the most memorable _______ was an overnight trip of mountain climbing. If you’ve ever _______ a mountain, you know it’s a physical challenge, _______when you’re carrying your food and shelter on your back. When campers got _______, they certainly started complaining.

“How much farther is it?”

“I can’t go any further.”

“My _______ is too heavy. Can you carry it for me?”

The reply of the _______was, “Suck it up (忍耐，别抱怨)”. The truth is that the complaining campers were nowhere near the point of _______. If they had been, the teachers would have noticed the _______ and given them care. The kids simply weren’t used to the physical challenge. Once they realized they weren’t getting any sympathy(同情心) they would _______ the discomfort(不适), and in most cases end up having a great time. In my camp days, I don’t ________ a single camper complaining at the top of the mountain.

There are two ways to deal with an ________ situation. You can complain, or you can make the best of it. If you complain, you might feel like you’re getting that ________ energy out, but you’re probably not going to cause a positive change. It’s much more likely that your complaining will cause the ________ of those around you. No one likes a complainer. They’re annoying and they hurt the group. Complaining makes life ________ for everyone. Instead, if you determine to master your own suffering, to move past it and focus on a ________, it’s my experience that you’ll realize it wasn’t bad in the first place.

【推荐3】Recently Steve had a car accident. So he put his car in the ______ to carry out the repair work. Since he had to go to the job daily, he ______ that until the car is ready, he would travel by metro train. One day, he noticed a ______ guy at the train station at night. He felt ______ for him, so he gave him some change from his pocket.

The homeless guy thanked him for it. Next day again, he ______ the homeless guy at the same place. This time Steve thought to ______ him something to eat, so he went outside the ______ and brought him a meal. The homeless guy thanked him for his kindness. But Steve got ______ and asked him, “How did you get to this _____?”

The homeless guy looked up at him and with a smile, he said, “By showing ______.” Steve didn’t understand it, so he asked him, “What do you mean by that?” The homeless guy replied that “Throughout my whole life, I made sure that everyone was happy. No matter what was going right or wrong in my life, I always ______ everyone.”

Steve asked him, “Do you ______ it?” To which the homeless man replied, “No, it just hurts my soul that the very people I gave the ______ off my back to wouldn’t give me a sleeve of that same shirt when I was in need. Son, it is ______ to build your own house and invite someone in for shelter than to hand them your ______ while you are building yours, because one day you will turn around and look at the ______ where you had planned to build your house. It will be an ______ lot. Then you are the one looking for bricks.”

Steve understood what the homeless guy meant and thanked him for the good advice.

Helping others is not a bad thing at all. But sometimes, ______ we are helping others, we forget our own problems and needs. One must remember that sometimes sharing is better than ______ away. You can do a lot more by being in a ______ position instead of bringing yourself into a weaker situation.