【推荐1】In the summer of my eleventh year, the home I had grown up in was ________ in the middle of the night. Thankfully, my mom, dad, brothers and I ________ through the smoke. However, we had only the night clothes we were ________ in.

I ________ the rest of that night with friends of our family, ________ trying to sleep in a bed in their basement. That’s because I was too ________ to sleep. I didn’t know what ________ things would lie ahead of us. The next day, my mom ________ me a few T-shirts and pairs of jeans given to her by another friend. One pair of jeans was too short and the other was too long but I didn’t ________. At least I had some clothes again. Meanwhile my dad ________ to the blackened ruins of our home to see what he could find. The only thing he could ________ was my mom’s wedding rings. The plastic case she had put them in that night had melted but protected the rings from the ________.

As the ________ days went on, in spite of having little money, my dad was able to ________ us a dusty old house by the side of the road near where our old house had been. As we moved in, our friends and our community continued to ________ all they could to help us ________ our feet. There were more clothes, furniture, food, money and even some books for me to recover from the disaster.

Looking back now, I am ________ for all we went through because it ________ me so much about life, love and people. It showed me that when you have nothing left but ________, for the first time you will see that love is enough.

_____ you always have “Enough” then for all the days of your life here.

【推荐2】It was a day when I started school again after having the world’s best summer. I was _______ standing at the bus stop, for I knew that after I stepped on that bus, my _______ would be gone for a long time.

I never had friends at the school. My parents _______ said that if you want to have friends, you have to be a friend. I did that, but it didn’t _______. I was still ignored. I didn’t want it to be the same way this year. Before I knew it, it was the _______ day of school.

Then, the bus slowly _______. The door opened, and I walked to the _______ of the bus. As I passed the other kids, they would _______ and suddenly giggle（咯咯地笑）. The bus trip seemed to take a long time _______ we reached the school. When we arrived, I walked to my classroom, and sat at the ________ in the very back of the classroom. It wasn’t that I disliked school, but I wasn’t a ________ of the kids at the school. I ________ listening to the teacher in the class, but I didn’t like it when the bell rang for ________ .

I walked to an empty table, opened my lunch bag, and began to eat ________. A girl with a friendly smile came over to my table.

“What’s your ________?” she asked.

“Rachael,” I said in a low voice.

“I am Monica,” she said. She ________ talking to me, and I talked to her a little bit.

“No one likes me,” I said after a while of ________. “So do I,” she replied.

“I ________ that after a while of being lonely you have to be friends with people that look lonely too. Then, ________ will ever be lonely in this world,” she said.

Ever since those words were said to me, I have had lots of true friends. I will never ________ the day when my friend gave me the advice that would last a lifetime.

【推荐3】I first met Paul Newman in 1968, when George Roy Hill, the director of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid introduced us in New York City. When the studio didn’t want me for the film — it wanted somebody as _________ as Paul — he _________ me. I don’t know how many people would have done that; they would have _________ their agents or the studio powers.

The friendship that _________ the experience of making that film and The Sting four years later had its _________ in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of _________ and live TV. We _________ craft (技艺) and focused on _________ the characters we were going to play. Both of us had the _________ and virtues that are __________ of American actors: humorous, aggressive, and making fun of each other-but always with an underlying __________. Those were also at the core (核心) of our relationship off the screen. We shared the __________ that if you’re fortunate enough to have success, you should __________ something back — he with his Newman’s Own food for kids in need, and me with Sundance. Paul and I didn’t see each other all that regularly, but sharing that brought us together. We supported each other financially and by showing up at __________.

I last saw him a few months ago. He’d been in and out of the hospital. He and I both knew what the deal was, and we didn’t talk about it. Ours was a relationship that didn’t need a lot of__________.

【推荐1】Today I had lunch with Cynthia, a former student of mine. The go-to restaurant I use for _________ like this is Merit Vegetarian. It’s a good _________ to vegan food and everyone I’ve _________ there has loved it.

As I was waiting for my friend to _________, I overheard a man and his wife saying they needed to go to their car to fetch cash in order to pay for something. When they _________ outside, I spoke to a worker and _________ to pay their bill. As it _________, it was just for a piece of cake and I asked them to just add it to my _________. I handed the cashier a Smile Card, _________ her to give it to the man. When the man came back with his money he was pleasantly __________.

I thought I had done a good deed, but there were more surprises to come. Cynthia and I were __________ a conversation and our lunch when Bill, a worker at the restaurant,__________ us. He explained that the couple on table 1 had paid for our lunch, including the cake. Bill didn’t understand why but I guessed it was just ripples (涟漪) __________. My Random Act of Kindness was magnified (放大).

When we were getting ready to leave, I asked Cynthia to __________ a table so that we could keep the journey of kindness going.__________ they all looked deserving, she just chose one. I called Bill over and said I wanted to pay for their lunch. He was wild with __________, smiling from ear to ear. I don’t think he had ever __________ anything like this before. Cynthia __________ that she’d never experienced anything like this, either.

In the past 7 years I’ve been able to witness so much generosity and kindness in __________. Whatever the reason, it’s not a __________ . I feel deep gratitude to you, and the rest of humanity.

【推荐2】This morning I went out for breakfast. It was a lovely day. But what wasn’t so lovely was the lady who took our ______.

It was not a big deal, only that I noticed something unpleasant about her ______. She spoke in a way that was unhappy, certainly not friendly, and kind of ______.

When it was my ______ to approach her and order, I thought to myself, “What can I do to make her day, to ______ her, and make her smile?”

____ there must be something for which I can appreciate(赞赏) her. Then there it was and I noticed it ______.

It was her ______. She had the most unbelievably beautiful voice. It was so good. So

So after she served me in the same ______ way, I said, “I hope you don’t mind me saying but you have the most amazing voice. It’s so clear, well-spoken and ______ so professional that I think it is ______ for announcements or even radio.”

Her whole face ______. She smiled—the first time I had seen her do so. As I ______, I noticed the ______ in her. The customer behind me received a totally different kind of ______, a happier one. It was all because of what I did. Something so ______!

There was a time when I was too ______ to say such a thing. But now I know I must do so. Why? Because I have the ______ to change someone’s day by something as simple as a few kind ______. And you have this power too. We all do.

【推荐3】England is a highly developed country. Many people think its people lead a luxurious (奢侈的) life.

One day my friend and I _______ a restaurant. There was a table where a young couple was having their meal. There were _______ two dishes and two cans of beer on the table.

There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish was _______, they would finish every bit of the food on their plates.

As we were hungry, our friend _______ more food for us. When we left, there was still about one third of _______ food on the table.

When we were leaving the restaurant, the old ladies spoke to us in English. We understood that they were _______ about us wasting so much food.

“We _______ our food, and it is none of your business.” My friend told the old ladies _______. The old ladies were angry. One of them immediately took her phone out and _______ a call to someone.

After a while, a man ________ uniform from Social Security organization (社会保障组织), looking like a policeman, arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he gave us a 50 euro (欧元) fine, which surprised us.

The officer told us in a serious voice, “________ is yours but resources belong to society. There are many poor people in the world who are ________ hunger. So you have no ________ to waste resources.”

Their attitude to eating put all of us to ________. We really need to reflect on this. We have been given a lesson: Yes, money is yours but resources belong to the society. We can't ________ to waste them.