【推荐1】This is a story that happened in a summer 15 years ago, but it has always stayed with me since then.

On the way back from work every evening there would be a _______ man, standing at the exit of the freeway. He often _______ at every car smiling. Every time I would remember to _______ any spare coins and put them aside. When I saw him, I would _______ hand the coins to him from my car window as parking was not allowed there. He always said to me, “Thank you. I’m blessed!” And I always left with _______ and satisfaction.

It _______ me that even in the unsettled lifestyle he was so _______. And his reply would remind me of how _______ I was — a single mother with a lovely child, with a place to call home and with a job to _______ my kid.

One day, I was informed by my boss that I was ________ due to the terrible economy. A feeling of ________ surrounded me. On my way home, I ________ to look for my spare coins as usual. I was in no mood to do anything. Without any ________, I got off the ramp(坡道) where the man would be. Yet there he was as always, still ________ others by waving with a smile. I didn’t look up at him and didn’t do ________ I had always done. I drove straight ahead coldly.

To my ________, while I was in line at a red light to leave the ramp, he stopped at my car with a dollar bill, saying ________, “You look unhappy, but you know all will turn out fine. Give you a dollar today and ________!” Then he left. I burst into ________. I wanted to jump out of my car and hug him!

That day he gave me more than a dollar bill. He taught me a lesson. No matter what material things are taken from you, no one can take away your ________ to be joyful.

【推荐2】The boys had been shopping all morning and still weren’t done. I _______, standing in the store.

Just nine days before_______, Caitlin’s house had burned to the ground. But Caitlin and her family all _______escaped.

All the family _______was what they were wearing and each other. The school was replacing their books and uniforms and now, two days after the_______, all the girls in Caitlin’s class were taking her shopping for clothes and shoes. The boys were shopping for _______like scarves, socks and hair ties, all the things they don’t even _______.

After another hour, I had finished my_______ and had helped the boys _______everything they wanted to get for Caitlin.

When we got home, my brother brought everything he had ________for Caitlin to my room to make sure I thought she’d________everything one last time before he________them.

“I think she’ll love everything,” I said, and he smiled his big smile. I hugged him,________he tried to push me away. I was so ________of him at that moment. He loves giving and making others________. He’s an honest kid who sees only the good in the world. I used to wonder how he could________ see the good when there was so much bad, but now I________why: there is so much good________ him.

He selflessly gave up all his________ for Caitlin. He had, through this act of a pure heart, got the true ________of Christmas.

【推荐3】Courage involves the balance between fear and bravery. Without fear, we’ll do foolish things. And without courage, we’ll never step into the _______. The balance of the two is where the magic lies, and it’s a balance we all _______ every day.

It was frightening news when I was first diagnosed because I had no _______with chronic(慢性的)illness or disabilities. And I had no idea how the disease might _______. But I continued to _______ my dream of working all over the world. And then my work brought me to the United States. And even as the disease progressed _______and I needed leg braces(支架)and a walker to _______, I still longed for adventure. And this time, I started dreaming of a _______outdoor adventure.

Sitting eight feet above the ground, riding a horse, I got the impression of the Grand Canyon—one of _______ and terror. But there was no ________. In the first hour, disaster struck. Going down an oversized step, I was ________ forward and hit my face on the back of the horse’s head. There was ________. My head hurt fiercely, but the path was too narrow for me to ________the horse.

Now that the trip is over, I know that I would never do horseback-riding again. The ________, all that planning and the trip itself showed me a level of ________I had never experienced before. But more importantly, it showed me how boldly ________ I can be.

In facing my fears and finding the courage to ________ them, I swear my life has been ________. So live big and try to let your courage ________your fear. You never know where it might   ________ you.

On Sunday I had my own Father’s Day celebration. Suddenly I _______ about my dad a lot. My dad is _______ the kindest man in the world. He would never _______ anyone in trouble.

Every Thursday night, my dad would _______ Shreveport, to a church there. I always drove the car for him.

Although this happened many times, I _______ one incident on one of those trips to Shreveport. That time on the _______ , my dad saw a hitchhiker (搭便车的人). Dad asked me to pull the car over and offer him a _______. Dad asked him his name and address, told him ours, and talked to him about all sorts of things.

At first the hitchhiker was hesitant (迟疑的), but he changed his _______ as he could tell we were really listening to him. I did know that it was quite _______ outside and the hitchhiker was very happy to be able to get a lift in our warm car.

We ________ another forty-five minutes and learned that the hitchhiker was ________ many difficulties in life. Dad told him to keep his head up and said that ________ would become better for him soon. He ________ into his pocket and handed the hitchhiker a twenty-dollar bill, leaving only a ten-dollar bill for himself. The hitchhiker then became very ________ .

I was always told never to ________ a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every time he saw one. Dad always gave them money ________ he did not have much of his own.

From that I’ve learned a lot about my dad and ________ . I’ve learned that if you come from a place with ________ , you will show a lot of kindness to people who are ________ . Just one single kind act may ________ someone’s life.

【推荐3】You just can’t imagine what a brave mother is like. She was a mother of three, who just __an earthquake, couldn’t tell if her children were_________for help. Or what if you knew you couldn’t yell at her for help because she couldn’t________ you? That was what happened to Connie and her three children when the 6.1-magnitude_____   rocked Napa, California. Connie is________and communicates with her children using________.

At midnight, Connie and her three children were_________on the first floor of their two-story home. She and her 16-year-old son, Juan, were________ awake. Instantly, they realized there were no disaster supplies_________. Connie, also_________one-month-old Raul and 8-year-old Adriana, called Juan to come close to her in the darkness and_____ for him to go upstairs to get a____________.

Juan slowly________ the stairs. He heard a loud creak (嘎吱声). Arriving on the top floor, he moved quickly but________ to get what he needed. Using the flashlight to guide his________back down the stairs, the family was able to take a few________from the first floor and________. Their home was almost in ruins.

Being deaf was not deterrent (妨碍物) for this____ mother. The family made it to the ___ safely, which _______everyone.

3.

A．see

B．hear

C．forgive

D．reach

【推荐1】Yesterday was my best friend’s birthday. She would _________ a birthday party in the evening and invited me to go to her house. My friends planned on _________ at her house, but my parents never _________ me to stay at someone else’s house, and they also had time _________ when I went to parties. However, my best friend _________ me not to forget the party anyway. All day I was _________ the great party with my friends but I didn’t know how to get my parents’ _________.

One of my classmate s had told me a story of everything that comes true, which made a deep _________ on me, so I wanted to put it into _________. I imagined being at her house late at night, talking and watching movies. I felt __________ about it and believed it was going to come true.

My friend’s house was far away from mine so I was __________ about my dad’s answer to my request. But I managed to talk to my dad about it and __________ that the party was very important for me. To my __________, he said, “OK, stay at her house for the night.” I was so happy and __________ my best friend and she was happy, too! I got dressed well and went out __________. That night we enjoyed ourselves. I then believed the story that my classmate told me.

【推荐3】When you are a young active person with a clean bill of health, you never really expect to be hospitalized for two weeks. And you certainly never expect you will_______ it.

I was put in the _______ and then into surgery after I had been in a motorcycle accident a week earlier. At that point, a few thoughts had _________ my mind about possibly losing my leg, but the staff were all so_______ to cure me of my leg.

After almost a week at that hospital, I got_______ to a little hospital. The nurses there weren’t nearly so busy and they had more time to stay and_______.

One night when I couldn’t sleep, I got out of bed. Then a nurse saw me and she just gave me a hug and asked what was wrong.

“I’m_______,” I said quietly. She invited me to sit at the desk with the other nurses there.     One of them talked to me about university that wasn’t something I really wanted to _______right then, but I stopped crying _________, and ended up going to bed with a smile. Nobody had said anything in particular that __________ me down, but those nurses treated me with such ________ and love, which made me forget for a while why I was so upset.

It took lots of __________ for my leg to heal, but it did. I have quite a __________on the skin of my leg and I love it. It ________ me of the goodness in people that made a huge ________ to this dumb kid who went looking for ways to scare herself.