【推荐1】This morning, my daughter, Helen, and I arrived at a town in Xi’an, China. We came to _________ my husband, James, who had landed a job. We had spent the past four years living in Hong Kong, China, after I _________ my job as a journalist in Sydney. When we saw James, he had never appeared so _________. He happily kept sharing interesting things with us.

The next day, James was busy with his work. So Helen and I _________ the new town on our own. We were _________ about everything on the street. Crowds of people had a strong _________ to know about us, too. A girl asked Helen, “Where are you from?” Helen began to _________ with her, and soon they seemed to be friends. With curly hair and blue eyes, Helen stood out in the _________ and was very popular. People paid too much attention to us, but they meant _________.

Walking around, I was __________ by the town. It was a typical Chinese town filled with traditional buildings and red lanterns lining the streets. With such a beautiful area right by our doorstep, I started to feel __________ about the future.

After Helen __________ an international school in Xi’an city, I had a chance to communicate with some parents of different colors during the school run. Before long we became familiar and close, and I made a few__________ from all over the world. Regardless of (不管) __________, we all shared the basic desire to be loved. After several years, our family __________ to Sydney, but I couldn’t get China off my mind.

【推荐2】I’d like to share my story of kindness. I had a car ________ and needed to get a new car as quickly as possible but I don’t have ________. Everything is more ________ these days so I saw some cars for around $ 5000 but then I found one ________ for $ 4000.

This newer car has some ________ and only 1 key but it has power locks, steering (转向装置) an windows, newer tyres and safely airbags so it is much ________ than my old car. After a test drive I said I ________ to buy it. The seller, Richard, said that he only wanted me to pay $3500 as we are the right people ________ buying it. He said he’d had some terrible interactions with people asking him to ________ it to them. I’m a single parent of an 11-year-old child and I think he was very taken by my lovely and lively girl and her ________ of how we had had an accident and the car just doesn’t feel ________ anymore.

I paid the money and the next day he was ________ enough to drive it over. Then he told me that he’d paid 3 months registration (登记), ________ the tank and bought me a new key! They cost almost $300. How amazing! We have been ________ feeling so safe and happy. He has made such a ________ to our lives!

【推荐1】Last Sunday, waitress King was on her routine work. She took the order of an elderly lady who was sitting _______.

“It was on Sunday, which is always pretty _______,” King told Newsweek. “About halfway through her meal, it started to slow down so we chatted for a few minutes. Just a small _______, nothing too deep. She told me she was almost 70...and she just wanted to stop by an old _______ restaurant for a bite.”

As the lady had _______ eating her meal, King noticed that she seemed quiet and in deep _______. The waitress's first idea was that there might have been something wrong with the_______. King went over to check with the lady. But the lady said, _______, “The food is good. _______ is wrong. Thanks for your kindness.” A few minutes later，the lady _______.

But the _______ which the lady left behind with the $3 tip on her $10 check brought King to tears.

“Thank you very much for your kind _______,” it read. “This was the _______ time eating out alone since my husband passed away. I was hoping I could _______ it.”

King _______ a picture of the note to Twitter, which received a ton of feedback, including “I want to give whoever wrote this note a hug.”

【推荐2】18-year-old Lilly Baker was driving when an elderly woman in a wheelchair caught her eye. The woman was ________ to cross a train track but got stuck. Without ________, Lilly stopped to rescue her. Little did she ________, however, that doing so would ________ a narrow escape for them both.

With all of her ________, Lilly tried to pull the elderly woman to safety, but she faced difficulties. ________, in their attempt for freedom, they ended up ________ twice. Still, Lilly remained ________. She got an added rush of this determination when she saw a train coming right at them.

“He was honking (按喇叭) wildly and the lights started ________,” Lilly recalled. Soon after, Lilly managed to pull her and the woman out of the ________ way. Had they been much closer to the train, neither of them would have ________ it. “It’s a near-death ________,” Lilly said. “The railroad company told me that I was 18 inches away from getting ________.”

Ardmore Police Chief Jereme Robison was sent to the ________ to help. Despite his experience, he was ________ by the risky rescue. He took this moment to stress the fact that anyone can be a hero, no matter who they are. “________ comes in all shapes and sizes,” Jereme said. “You don’t have to be a 6’5 guy that’s ________ to get out and do something.”

The elderly woman has major leg injuries but, ________, she’s in the hospital and is expected to be okay ________. As for Lilly, she said she couldn’t be more grateful for the ________ to help someone.