【推荐1】Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his___________time, he likes to get out in the country and take some_______ of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his ________ . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him ________ he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which ________ to his uncle in the afternoon. They __________ the night there, so that they could __________ out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm _________ the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember _________ he was. He turned over ________ and looked at the clock. It was 5 o'clock. Then he __________ that he was at the___________ and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got _________ quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the _______, where Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It _________ good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk ________, because they didn’t want to _______ up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle _________ hot coffee and took some sandwiches that Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had __________ for them. They gathered their camera__________ and started out.

【推荐3】From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students’ Union. I always _______ them for taking responsibility for all of us. Years flew by, and soon I was able to _______ the election, praying I would win. But the reality struck — I hadn’t had the _______. I wasn’t pretty. Girls across the school _______ knew me. I just did not have what it _______ to win a school election. I was _______. As I cried in my room that evening, I suddenly took a deep breath and decided I wouldn’t stop _______. I decided that I would join in the election _______ in my final year at school — and I would do my best to win.

I recognized that my _______ had a lot of things in their favour. What were the ________ that would work in my favour? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest ________ was the faith I had. I would not allow my ________ appearance to hold me back from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I ________ my election plans a whole year in advance.

I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the __________to represent them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful, so I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my ________. In order to learn how to present a great election speech, I also attended a course on effective public speaking.

The day after the election, when the principal announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students cheered. The joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was also theirs.

【推荐1】A man went to buy fruits and asked the shopkeeper about the _________ of the fruits. The shopkeeper replied that banana was $2 and apple was $4 per kilo. At the same time, a woman came into the shop and _______ the same question. Without a second _________, the shopkeeper answered, “Banana is $1 and apple is $3 per kilo.” Hearing this, the man stared at shopkeeper in _________. The shopkeeper noticed this immediately and signaled him to wait for a while. The woman took the fruits, paid for them and left _________.

After the woman left with a smile, the shopkeeper looked toward the customer and said, “I didn’t mean to _________ you.” He continued after a brief ___________, “The woman lives in my neighborhood. She is a poor mother of four. I have tried many times to help her but she is not _________ to take any help from anyone in our _________· Then I thought of this way to help her. Whenever she comes, I sell her fruits at the ______________ price. This way, she won’t feel that she is being helped and ______________ on others. This is the only way I can extend my help. And whenever this lady comes, my sales ______________.”

After he learned the story, tears ______________ in the customers eyes. He hugged the shopkeeper and bought fruits without complaining or ______________. More importantly, he left with a lesson learned that if you want to ______________, you will always find a way and your own bless will come along.

【推荐2】Last night, my husband and I were taking a post-dinner walk in a nearby parking lot, when we saw a man breaking something with a rock. He was completely _________ his task and didn’t look up at anyone passing by. We kept _________ him as we walked around the parking lot and talked between ourselves about what he might be doing. I _________ he was breaking stones to make sand, but why would he do that?

_______, we decided to go up and speak to him. He was _________ pieces of leftover bread that he had collected from his housemates to make _________ for the birds that come there every morning. The large pieces of bread would be _________ for the birds to eat, so he ground（研磨）them into a fine powder（粉末）with the _________.

It was moving to hear that he’s been doing this every _________,by himself, for the last three or four years. What __________ us more was that he was surprised we were even taking __________ in this, since for him it wasn’t a big deal. Every night, he __________ leftover bread from his housemates. He then spends the next one or two hours in the parking lot crushing（压碎）each piece of __________ and making a neat pile（堆）for the birds, which he says will be __________ by the next evening. He also __________ fresh water and adds birdseed（鸟食）on top of the pile.

When we asked him why he does this small and simple act of __________, he shrugged and said, “It’s just something __________ I do so that the leftover bread doesn’t go into the __________ and the birds get food.”

We shared his story with the hope that it might remind us to be more __________ with our leftover food. Perhaps it might __________ someone to do something similar in their own area.

【推荐3】When I was in seventh grade, I volunteered at a local hospital during the summer.

I spent most of the time there with Mr. Gillespie, _____ to him and helping with anything that needed to be done. He _____ had any visitors, and nobody seemed to care about his condition. He became a close friend of mine, even though he _____ with only an occasional press on my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma (昏迷).

Then I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr. Gillespie was gone. I didn’t have the nerve to ask the nurses where he was, for _____ they might tell me he had died.

Several years later, I noticed a _______ face at the gas station. He was alive! I went over to ask him if it was Mr. Gillespie who was in a coma five years ago. With an uncertain look on his face, he replied yes. When I explained who I was, tears _______ in his eyes, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever received.

Mr. Gillespie began to tell me how, as he _______ there in a coma, he could sense my presence. He firmly believed that it was my _______ that had kept him alive. We both cried for a while, exchanged a hug, and went our separate ways.

Although I haven’t seen him since, he fills my heart with joy every day. I know that I made a _______ between his life and death. More importantly, he has also made an enormous influence in my life. I will never forget him. He ________ my help.