【推荐2】When I was growing up,I was ashamed to be seen with my father.He was severely disabled and very_______. When we would walk together,he put his hand on my arm for_______,and people would stare.I would be afraid of the unwanted_______.If he ever noticed or was bothered,he never let_______his feelings.It was_______to coordinate（使协调）our steps,and because of that,we didn't_______much as we went along.But as we started out,he always said,“You set the _______.I will try to follow you.”Our usual walk was to or from the subway,which was_______he got to work. He went to work,despite sickness or bad weather.He almost never missed a day,and would_______it to the office even if others could not.

He never talked about himself as an object of________.Nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or ________. What he looked for________others was a “good heart”,and if he found one,the________was good enough for him.Now that I am older,I believe that is a proper________by which to judge people,though I________don't know exactly what a “good heart” is.

He has been gone many years now,________I think of him often.I wonder if he________I was unwilling to be seen with him during our________.If he did,I am sorry for my feeling________to be with him in public and how I regretted it.I think of him when I complain about trifles（琐事）,when I am envious of another's good fortune,and when I don't have a “good heart”.

At such times I put my hand on his arm to________my balance,and say,“You set the pace,and I will try to follow you.”

【推荐3】My daughter had talent for acting. When Alex was accepted into New York University’s musical theater program, I ________what dress I’d wear to her Broadway debut (初次登台). But now she decided to be an exercise instructor. It was ________ for me.

“I thought ________ at gyms was just to help you pay the bills until you had your good luck, wasn’t it?” I asked when Alex ________ her full-time job at a gym called Equinox in New York City.

“Acting was my childhood dream,” she explained. “I loved ________, but my adult self wants to help people be ________.”

Even after Alex earned her personal training certification, I still couldn’t accept her ________. When the COVID-19 crisis shut New York’s gyms, and Alex returned jobless to Richmond, my ________of working on her acting website was rejected. Instead, she launched online kettle-bell classes and rounded up clients using Instagram.Her ________ took off, and our house became her virtual studio until she returned to Manhattan in August 2020.

One day I signed up for her private sessions. While doing deadlifts (硬举训练), I asked, “What are you doing to find a real job?”

Alex pointed to her waist, ________ my posture, “Mom, this is my ________. I’m growing a business.”And she was. Soon she was making more than she ever did in gyms and had total ________ of her business. I was one of many who ________ from her patient encouragement. Over time, my lower-back pain disappeared and I could lift a heavy box ________. Through my training, I learned she knew the right ________ for herself.

【推荐1】Sylvia is a woman with big scars(伤痕) on her body. The incident happened during a childhood game of hide-and-seek with her sister. Due to frequent power cuts (停电), her mom used to ____ pots of water and put them on the bathroom floor. Her mother had told her not to enter the room, but Sylvia ____ in the room. When her sister pushed the ____, she fell backwards into the____ water.

With scars over her body, a life of hiding from ____ followed until the____ point came in July last year. Sylvia was on holiday with her mother when she ____ a man’s camera phone following her. Then she was____ by the effect the experience had on her mother—she could see Mom staring at her scars, looking ____. Seeing this, Sylvia ____ to pose to make her mom____.

Sylvia felt like she had____ her family’s lives and thought. She realized it was the time to ____ not just to make a change herself, but to help others with disfigurements(缺陷).

Sylvia pointed out “Every person is____. We should accept our bodies the way they look.” She also organized a swimwear show featuring models with different disfigurements and wanted people to see what it truly ____ to be inclusive(包容性强的).

【推荐2】Ida Nelson was showering in her sister’s bathroom when she heard the noise of a small airplane _______ the nearby airport. It was 11:30 at night in the Alaskan village of Igiugig, population 70 and, as she later told the reporters, “Any time a plane flies over that _______, you know something is wrong.”

Nelson and her sister ran to the window,and saw the _______: the airport’s runway lights were out.

Nelson _______ some clothes, jumped into her ATV, and floored it to the airport,where she found an airport attendant trying to turn on the lights manually.

“_______, if you push the button 10 or 15 times, the lights will just light up,” Nelson said.Not this time. Meanwhile, she and the attendant _______ of the plane’s urgent mission:It was there to transport a seriously ill local _______ to the nearest hospital, 280 miles away in Anchorage.

Nelson had a(n) _______. Driving her ATV to the end of the run way, she _______ her headlights on the way for the plane to follow. Great idea, but it wasn’t ________. More light was needed, so a neighbor ________ nearly every home in the village — 32 of them.

Within twenty minutes, twenty ________ arrived at the airport, many of the drives still in nightclothes. Following directions from the pilot,the cars ________ up on one side of the runway.

The plane made its final approach and, guided by the headlights, landed safely.The young patient was ________ onto the aircraft, and the plane immediately took of again. Soon she was released from the hospital, completely recovered.

【推荐3】I used to think my life was perfect. My mom had her dream job and a beautiful office and I had my own room with a computer and a garden to _____. But one Sunday, everything changed. A hurricane _____ our neighborhood while we were visiting my grandparents in Raleigh. Our kitchen was destroyed, and our clean and comfortable home was in ruins.

But something ______ happened. Our neighbors, the Flores family, came to our ______. They helped clear broken pieces and offered us a place to stay. Their ______ was most impressive. We had never______ spoken to them before, but they ______ their home to us and made us feel like family.

We started a new______ of having weekend dinner together. We invited other families from the neighborhood to join us, and our ______ were filled with laughter and delicious food. It was a beautiful thing to see our ______ come together in the wake of a disaster.

I ______ knew Rosica, their daughter, before the hurricane. But she quickly became my friend. She had a gift for______ and our evenings together were filled with adventure and laughter.

Looking back, I realize that the hurricane______ unexpected benefit. It brought us closer to our neighbors and ______ our lives in ways we never could have imagined. Sometimes, it takes a(n) ______ to bring out the best in people.