Mr. White with his wife _______ living at a small Italian hotel, _______ they had stayed in Italy for months on holiday. One night he went out for a walk _______. It was late. The small street was dark and _______. Suddenly he heard _______ behind him. He _______ his head and saw a middle-aged man with wild hair, who quickly walked _______ him. The man was nearly out of sight when Mr. White suddenly found that his watch _______. He thought it was the _______ man who had taken his watch, so he ran quickly after him and soon caught up with him. As he knew ________ Italian, Mr White had to ask the man ________ the watch in another way. He showed the man his strong arms and ________ to his watch pocket. The man thought a while and gave________ watch to Mr White.

Mr. White returned home and told his wife ________ had happened. He was greatly surprised when Mrs. White pointed to the watch on the table. Now he found it was ________ that had taken the Italian’s watch.

【推荐2】From the very beginning, the girl’s family objected strongly to her dating this guy though the girl loved the guy deeply. After a couple of years, the guy finally graduated and decided to ______ his studies overseas. Before leaving, he proposed marriage to the girl and promised to love her the whole life. The girl agreed, and with the guy’s determination, the family finally ______ . Before going abroad, they got engaged. They often sent their ______ through emails and phone calls. Both never thought of giving up.

One day, on her way to work, the girl was knocked down by a car. The collision (碰撞) on her brain has caused her to lose her ______ . The girl did not want to be a ______ to him. She wrote to him ______ that she did not wish to wait any longer. With the letter, she sent the ring back to him. The girl decided to move away, hoping she could ______ forget everything. In the new environment, the girl ______ the sign language and started a new life. She told herself every day that she must ______ the guy. One day, her friend came and told her that he was back. But she asked her friend not to let him know what had happened to her. Since then, there wasn’t any more _____ of him.

A year later, her friend came with an envelope, ______ an invitation card for the guy’s wedding. The girl was shattered (打击). Opening the ______ , she saw her own name in it. She was about to ask her friend what was the matter when she saw the guy standing in front of her. He used the ______ telling her, “I’ve spent a year learning the sign language. I want you to know I haven’t forgotten my ______ . Let me have the chance to be your voice. I love you.” With these, he _____ the ring back into her finger. The girl finally smiled.

【推荐3】As I was taking a walk with my mom，I asked her，"Have you taken the senior bus yet?" I held my breath as I waited for her ____．"Oh，yes，I have，"she said．"How was it?" I said the words as_ ___ as I could to show my excitement，even though I sensed the answer was not going to be ____．She sighed heavily，"No one ever ____ on that bus．They all sit there quietly and look sad．I only see about thirteen ____ old ladies and men." My ____ for her situation grasped my stomach．

My dad had recently passed away, and his sudden leave made my mother _____and frightened. For fifty-seven years, my dad had walked by her side. Mom never learned to ____, so Dad drove her everywhere. Now，her wheels were gone，as one grandchild so properly ____ her situation．I knew she needed great ____ to make the decision to take the senior bus. However, I firmly believed the ____ wouldn't last too long, for Mom was so outgoing and active that she could chat with almost everybody whom she met in the street．

Several days later，when I came to visit her，I asked. “Do they talk to you now? " She ____ and there was a sparkle in her eyes. It didn't take genius to figure out that the ____ had changed．"It was silly that all of us must sat there ____ saying a word．So one morning when I ____，I greeted them and then remarked what a nice day it was．Soon，they began to ____ and we chatted happily．Now we are friends and always have some good ____ on the bus，"she replied．

My mother held the key to the ___ _of the other lonely people on that bus．A smile and some ____ words were all it took．She sowed tiny seeds of ____ for herself and her friends on the bus．

【推荐2】Beep! Beep! Beep! I rolled over and turned off my alarm clock. It was still _________ outside, so I felt my way to the wall switch (开关) and turned on the light. I got dressed _________ because I knew my dog, Fluffy, wanted to get outside very much. However, when I reached for my coat, I stopped. The weather here in the Appalachian mountains of my home didn’t follow a _________. It was snowy two days ago and warm yesterday. I had forgotten to _________ the weather report for today, so I wasn’t sure if I needed my light jacket or my heavy coat.

I_________my light jacket, and went out with Fluffy. The moment I stepped outside, I knew I had made the _______ choice. The wind was terribly cold. I _______ and complained a bit, but when I turned my head up to the sky, I was in _________. The sky was full of stars. Suddenly, I felt _______ inside of me and stopped shaking. I was ________ for the wonder of nature’s creation. In all of its sweet seasons, it had never __________ to soften my heart. It had heated my heart on the coldest days and __________ my spirit on the darkest nights.

Our lives are full of __________ as well. From the innocence(纯真) and youth of spring to the __________ and wrinkles(皱纹) of winter, we are all called to live, to give, and to love. __________ all your seasons then. Make each day of them a creation of your love!

【推荐3】One morning, my eyes caught a small poster across the room, which read, “In order to help others, I must help myself first.” I can’t ______ where I got it, but the poster has always been there. I didn’t take notice of it before, but this time, I felt something ______ .

Somehow in my mind there often ______ pictures from a documentary (记录片), which I saw several days ago about the lives of ______ children in Palestinian refugee camps (难民营). Their living ______ are so poor. They live in overly crowded   ______ without electricity or fresh water supply. Schools are ____ a luxury (奢侈) for many children. _______can tell when it will end. They surely need a helping hand.

I sincerely hope that there will be some helping hands which can give hope to these children ______ they can start to appreciate a good and _____ world. At that moment, I   _____ that the joining of many helping hands must start with one helping hand and that was mine. But how do I go about doing this? I was silently lost in my own ___

“What are you thinking?” My silence was______ by my dad. I asked him, “How can I be a helping hand?” He ____ a deep breath. Then he said, “To be a helping hand, ____ , you have to be successful in whatever you ____ to be.”

He walked out of the room and soon came back with a ______in his hands. He handed it to me and said, “Spend some time reading this and ____ you will understand what I meant.” After spending the whole day reading the book, I realized that “in order to help others, I must help myself first” has a deeper-rooted ____. Helping myself means I have to be ____ so that I can help others with my helping hands.