【推荐1】Levi is on the waitlist for a new kidney (肾). This _________ that while he is in need of help, he is at the mercy of fate. It may be a long time before a(n) _________ donor can offer this brave young guy a kidney.

One day, mother Julia and her three kids met a Santa in a shop in Kansas. When Julia spoke on Levi’s behalf, she said from the _________, “He is on the kidney transplant list, so he would like a new kidney for Christmas.” The astonished look on Santa’s face _________ that he was not expecting to hear that!

Santa _________ Levi and placed him on his lap. After putting one arm around Levi, gently placing his remaining hand on Levi’s belly, he began to _________ for him. Julia was shocked by the generous gesture.

She couldn’t have known that this Santa would have _________ this much. It would be _________ for a Santa to avoid the question at hand or escape responsibility knowing that there’s nothing he could do for the boy, but this _________ Santa showed a lot of heart when this moment came for him.

After giving Levi a big __________ and placing him back down, he looked back to Julia and discussed with her. This experience was so __________ for a mother who wants her son to be happy and healthy.

While this story has attracted much __________ online since the Santa encounter in 2018 and __________ a huge amount of people, young Levi is __________ on the wait list. A year later, Julia and the children saw the __________ Santa again and he was still praying for a miracle (奇迹) for Levi.

【推荐1】As captain of Argentina’s national wheelchair basketball team, Adolfo Damian Berdun has led his team to many victories and is the MVP(most valuable player) of his Italian Cup-winning team. Yet he _______ four classes of elementary-school kids this past spring as part of a _______called “At School I Learn to Play Without Limits”. For five weeks, the children learned the _______ skills of basketball and sportsmanship from the true _______ of the sport.

When Berdun _______ onto the court(球场) on the first day, he was in front of a(n) _______ group of Grade 2 students. But he made it _______ that they weren’t there to talk about his _______ leg—they were there to play basketball. As the weeks _______, the students’ skill level and interest grew quickly. For Berdun, who has visited many schools to talk about how he lived with his ________ for years, it was the first opportunity, which he had hoped for, to simply be called “________”.

During the last class, Berdun ________ how he lost his leg at age 13 after being hit by a truck in his hometown. To his ________, after asking him several questions, they couldn’t wait to go on doing basketball practices. “It seems that they ________ about my disability quickly.” Berdun said. The most beautiful thing is that they managed to ________ the barrier(障碍) between the coach with one leg in a wheelchair and his dream of being a coach.

【推荐2】In July of 2022, my parents and I were in Venice on holiday. At around one in the afternoon, we stopped at a restaurant for lunch. As we were _________, a strong man with a long beard entered the restaurant. He was clearly _________, unsteady on his feet and slurring (含糊地说) his words. Seeing this, a young waiter, around 15 or 16 years old, came up to help him to a seat and take his _________. But the man pulled the boy towards him _________ and rattled off (飞快说出) his food choice in loud, unclear words. Puzzled, the boy took the order and ran into the _________. A few minutes later, the man began to get _________ and complained loudly. The boy appeared hurriedly and started _________ the man. _________ in his nervous rush, he accidentally knocked over a glass of water on the customer.

Suddenly, the angry man rose from his seat and raised his hand to _________ the boy. The boy was so __________ that he began to cry. The other __________ were watching the scene quietly. The other staff seemed __________ — the cashier looked on coldly; the cook __________ came out from the kitchen.

Just as the man was about to hit, a middle-aged man from a nearby table __________ and placed himself between the boy and the __________. A fight ensued (接着发生)— the drunken man __________ took out a knife, but the tall, well-built man pinned him down to the floor until he __________. Turning his attention to the boy next, the man held him until the boy __________ crying. He ordered a cup of tea for the boy, talking to him in a __________ voice until he felt better. Then, the middle-aged man __________ the bill and left the restaurant to thunderous applause.