【推荐1】A woman was walking along the beach on a damp day, lost in thought. Suddenly she was ______ back to reality by a sound of someone shouting. It was from a man, just visible through the mist (薄雾). His arms wide, he shouted, “Come, blessings!” He took a ______ in one direction and then another, shouting ______, “Come, blessings, come!”

The woman stopped,______the scene. Here was a man, she thought, calling blessings into his life loudly and eagerly. It was such a pure, direct spiritual call for something he ______. She started walking toward the man, hoping to speak to him and express her thanks to him for the ______ she had got from his calling. As she walked, the wind continued to ______ his voice, “Come, blessings! Come, blessings, come!” She started to speak the simple yet powerful words along with him, feeling ______ inspired each time.

Just then, a cute dog suddenly jumped toward the man from the mist with ______. The woman now was ______enough to hear him crying to the dog, “Blessings! There you are! I thought I had ______ you!”

At first the woman felt ______ for making such a ridiculous mistake. She confused a dog named Blessings for a wonderful moment of communication with God. But as she continued her walk, she smiled contentedly. She had received the inspiration to ask clearly and plainly for the ______ and other blessings she longed for. It was clear, ______ the bearer of the message had four legs and a tail.

Perhaps, she thought, it was not a(n) ______ that the man had named his dog Blessings. And perhaps the dog had not been lost at all.

【推荐2】Night fell. Loug Falter came back home, teary-eyed and _________. The 33-year-old professional photographer had just run from one end of Hawaii's Waimea Bay to the other scanning the water _________ his “baby”, a custom-made(定制的) blue surfboard.

On arriving home, Falter _________ his search online. “Was surfing tonight and _________ my baby.” he wrote on Facebook. He hoped it would wash ashore in the coming days and that whoever _________ it would have also seen his Facebook post. But instead of pushing Falter's surfboard to _________, the currents of Waimea Bay swept it out to sea, _________ Hawaiian Island.

Weeks passed with no _________ of the surfboard. Then _________. Lyle Carlson, who had made the board for Falter, comforted him with the possible reunion but nobody knew when.

But Falter never completely __________ about the board. It __________on the remote island of Sarangani in the southern Philippines-six months after and over 5,000 miles away. The local fisherman sold the unusual __________ to Giovanne Branzuela, a 36-year-old elementary school teacher for $ 40. For Branzuela, riding the big waves had been his dream.

The once-blue board had __________ to a pale straw color during its journey, but its __________ markings were still there: two elephants and the words “Lyle Carlson Surfboards, Hawaii.”

On realizing how far the surfboard had traveled, Branzuela __________ Carlson online, who, in turn, contacted Falter. Falter __________ the board was his and was __________ to learn his “baby” had floated across the world's largest ocean and __________.

He was thrilled, but not only for himself. Knowing someone an ocean away shared the same interest with him __________ a lot to Falter, He couldn't imagine a better __________ to the story.

【推荐1】On July 20, Yu Yifei, a medical student, made his way home in a subway train after his first day’s training. When a downpour struck the city, he _________ about a dozen people trapped in a flooded subway train as the rainfall reached 201.9 millimeters between 4 pm and 5 pm, a totally new _________ in the history of Zhengzhou.

Flood _________ through a barrier and entered the underground area. The train came to a sudden stop before the water began _________ in the carriages, trapping passengers inside. Thus, Yu, _________ to leave and fearful of his life, made a _________ call to his father.

As water continued to flow into the carriages, passengers’ _________ rose. When subway workers arrived to rescue them, Yu _________ to get out. However, as he made his way to safety, he heard a cry for help. He quickly _________ the white coat given to him at the hospital __________ and returned to the platform to save other passengers. On seeing him, a number of frightened people were greatly encouraged and their spirits __________.

As more passengers were pulled from the __________, Yu instructed others in the key steps to save a victim from drowning. He __________ CPR (心肺复苏) on those unconscious and near death from drowning. One of the passengers, a female doctor, nearly died. After __________ consciousness, she joined Yu in treating others. Yu was very __________ yet he gathered up his strength and tried to provide help to those in need. In the end, Yu and the other rescuers managed to save many lives from the flooded subway train. Yu’s actions proved that even in the darkest of moments, there is always hope for humanity.