【推荐1】A little girl created the perfect Mother’s Day gift. It was a drawing of a _______ on white paper with the words "For mom: love, love, love" decorated in hearts. She folded(折叠) her letter,_______then she lost it.

For most people, that would be the_______of this story, but this story has a different result: James Carrell _______the letter. He had just _______his mother, wishing her a happy Mother’s   Day. After he got off the phone, Carrell saw the _______ on the ground outside of a hardware(五金器具) store in Manvel in Texas, United States."I _______ it was a note" said Carrell. "I _______ it and saw the flower and hearts. It _______ moved me." Carrell thought the letter would ________someone’s day and maybe he could find the________, so he posted it in the Talk of Alvin Facebook group. The message ________a lot of people, especially one man.

"I was sitting at my friend’s house and saw a man ________, " said Carrell.

His Facebook comments(评论) included a message from Roberto Alvarado. He wrote, "I can’t ________ you found my baby’s letter. "Carrell reached out to Alvarado to ________the letter. It took a few days, but the men finally ________ on Thursday night, one day after Alvarado’s   daughter Natalie celebrated her seventh birthday.

"________ the letter made it home," said Alvarado. " We are ________ for what James Carrell did.”

We often forget the power of ________ things, but for this family from Alvin, Carrell’s small act left a(n) ________impression(影响).

【推荐2】When I entered the sixth grade, I went from being someone to being no one. After being a popular kid for three years in_______, I had a tough time_________to this. The kids in middle school were _______ . I had been at the top of the world in primary school, and now, no one _______me.

On the first day of school, a kid threw a rock at me and hit me in the back of the head. I couldn’t do anything about it because he was much _________than I was, and he would definitely _______me up.

As the days passed, I got _______more and more. I got angry and I tried to_________, but all that happened was that I got in trouble. _______ , I got depressed.

Then one day, I decided that I had to __________myself. No one else was going to do it for me. I had always been the smart guy since second grade, right?

I began to__________myself. I started out by________an after-school class to help me get my grades up. I also__________for piano lessons, and then I joined the chess club and the math team. I went to a math competition and__________first in the district and went on to the competition for the counties! I couldn’t believe it! After my victories, everyone __________me. At the end of the year, in our yearbook, they________as “Mister Smarty”!

My mom always said, “If you don’t protect yourself, __________will.” This is just the ________thing. If you don’t push yourself, you’ll just be a ________! If I can do it, you can do it—so ________and put yourself in front of the class!

【推荐3】I work in Silicon Valley. My bike ride to work is the most ____ part of my day. It is my time to think and get some fresh air before getting into my busy_____

Last winter, my dad ____ and that peacefulness was gone. His death took all of us by surprise. He was a Kansas farmer, vigorous and dedicated to the land. He farmed until his heart gave out.

I missed Dad much. I was in my forties. His death made me_____ how I should spend my remaining life. I wanted to make a difference, and many questions were wandering in my mind. Dad wasn't ___   by such uncertainty. He was ____ and loved us kids, which put us to work. His ____ were high. “Is that the best you can do?” he’d ask ____. It wasn’t criticism, but it always made us want to do better.

Life on the farm was ___   before I was ten years old. I rode my dirt bike wandering the fields happily. When I was 12, I started driving tractors. Other kids of my age ___   summer days by the pool while I plowed fields in the hot sun.

Dad never ____ me to do anything. He led by _____ He did what he said he was going to do. He didn’t look for a new ____ in life. He knew what was important, and ____ it.

I smiled. The more I ____ about it, the more clearly I knew the answer to my question. Dad had been showing me that ____ in my entire life. The externals—this job, that job— ____ less than living with integrity(正直). I didn’t have to change the world but be myself.

Businesspeople talk a lot about ____. The most influential leader in my life was my dad. He was leading me, even after his death. His ____ were part of everything I did—instructing employees, coaching my son’s Little League team, writing songs with my daughter. From now on, I would make those values more ____ to my life.