【推荐2】I cleared the dishes from the kitchen table, with Mama following close behind to carry our tableware to the kitchen. There was no stopping her. Despite everything, she still wants to _______ , I thought.

My mama had _______ in moving around and had lost much of her speech to Parkinson’s disease. After a recent fall that left her with a broken arm, the _______ suggested she use a wheelchair. It was _______ to see her like this. From the time I was a kid, Mama had always been an active person with a positive _______ . I could still see her in my mind, cooking and cleaning in the house I grew up in, sometimes humming (哼唱) while _______ .

Now I did my best to _______ her like she’d done for me. I made the long drive as often as possible to _______ her and help around the house. Independent as ever, she never _______ working. “You’ve done ________ , Mama,” I said when she took the towel to clean the table. Where does she get the ________ ？

I turned on the tap to wash our dishes and noticed a ________ coming from Mama’s direction. I turned off the running water. Mama was humming! I ________ as she moved around the table, her happy song filling the room. “What’s it that you’re humming, Mama?” “Count Your Blessings (常怀感恩),” she ________ with a smile on her face.

________ , it was where Mama’s strength came from. There was no stopping her from being thankful, always.

【推荐3】In the city I live in, we have a national park full of trees. I am thankful for that place, although I do wish it was bigger. One day I was looking around and climbing by a _________ when I saw a beautiful tarantula (狼蛛) crossing the path. I just stopped and decided to_________ carefully its walking nature.

Behind me there was a_________ going up the same path. And they also_________ the tarantula. Without doubt, a kid shouted, "Quickly, Dad, kill it. "

His older brother also said that, _________ their dad to kill the tarantula. Then I_________ their dad, saying, "Wait. This is the last_________ that the tarantula has to live in. Do you_________ want to kill it？"

"Well, it's_________ and we all have kids here. "

"Why not stand still and let it cross__________？Then you can go up and__________ the rest of the forest. "

After some__________, they agreed to stand still and watch. Soon, the tarantula crossed and hid into the bushes and rocks. I shared my view with them that sometimes we get into__________ but we need to keep calm and__________ our point of view. __________ we are kind to a small creature (生物), then we can start to be kind to__________ ones.

Their dad__________ me and shared his opinion about the above mentioned__________. He said, "You're right. I was about to make a__________. " The children even said goodbye to the tarantula and they__________ something too. I remained there, watching the family pass with a new view of life.

【推荐1】Casey McIntyre recently died of cancer (癌症). Before she passed away, Ms. McIntyre _________a way to help others. In 2019, doctors told her that she had a _________ kind of cancer that’s usually found in women much older than her. Though Ms. McIntyre was _________ treatment for the cancer, her health was failing.

But she _________ that in a way, she was _________ than some other people. She had insurance (保险) to help pay for her medical care. Ms. McIntyre and her husband knew that many people with cancer had to _________ tough decisions because of the _________ of medical care. She _________ others who weren’t as lucky as she had been. Soon, Ms. McIntyre and her husband began donating money to a group called RIP Medical Debt. This group _________ to pay off the unpaid medical debts (欠款) of others. A few weeks later, she __________ to make an effort to help as many people as she possibly could.

On November 12, Ms. McIntyre passed away. Her husband posted a __________ on her social media account. “If you’re reading this, I have passed away,” the post said. “To celebrate my __________, I’ve arranged to buy up others’ medical debts.” The couple had created a page on a website to __________ money for this purpose.

The post attracted a lot of __________. In less than a week, the donations on the web page __________ passed the original goal. And the donations are still coming in.

【推荐2】When Jackelyn Kastanis found out her childhood best friend, Brooke, had cancer, she dropped everything to be by her side. She not only stayed with her in the _________, she also tried to help her feel normal and give her a sense of _________.

“She was told at 27 years old she had a year to _________. Once I found out she was very sick I came home and I _________ residence with her in her hospital room,” Kastanis told CBS News. “I brought hair and make-up and tried anything to _________ her spirits. And she, believe it or not, changed _________.”

Jackelyn wanted to find a way to copy the _________ for other women who are battling cancer. So, she set up her nonprofit Simply From The Heart and started visiting hospitals with _________ to give beauty products and makeovers to the women.

Jackelyn and the volunteers _________ “glam boxes” with 30 beauty products, __________ by individuals and corporations, and take them to the women in the hospital. Since 2014, they have __________ the lives of more than 5,000 patients. Medicine and treatments help them __________, but friendship and kindness help regain the hope of life.

“One patient, I remember her __________, ‘These girls cured me in a way the __________ could not,’” said Jackelyn. “You know, we have our doctors and they keep us alive. But __________, we all want our souls to feel sparked up to get us through.”

【推荐3】Recently the air was turning warm. I went for a drive ___ the local countryside, having no ___ in mind. It was sunny and the animals were out ___ freely in the forest.

____, I came across a car on the side of the road. I___ an old woman get out of her car and walk down to the ditch (沟渠).

I wondered ___ happened to her. Maybe she had some problems with her car or a medical situation. I became ___and, to see if I could be of any ___, I decided to stop my car. First, I___myself, and then I asked if she was all right.

She ____ me that she had just stopped to pick up ____ that had been ____ thrown out of the window by some travellers. She____ me to look inside her car and see how much rubbish she had already ____.

I told her that I wrote articles for the ____ paper and asked her if I could use her name. “Oh, no,” she said without ____. “I’m not doing this for recognition. We live in a beautiful country, and I try to do my little part to help keep it that way.”

So the next time you go out for a drive, be____ that there are people there who choose to be good ____ of the Earth. And consider taking some time to keep your little ____ of the roadside clean. You’ll get some exercise, fresh air and a good feeling knowing that you have ____ to helping keep our country beautiful.