【推荐3】It impressed me a lot. I never thought that little help would______out to be the most satisfying thing I have ever done. He was tired, and______to climb further. With a broad______, he asked if I could help him with some money. He was paralyzed in both legs and was______funds for some operation. He said that if operated successfully, he could______training guaranteeing him a job. I was full of______and even asked him to show his legs. I gave him the______money. After a few days, he again came at my doorstep asking for more money for accommodation. This time I was more or less______he is not cheating me. I gave him some and said this is all I had.

A year went by and I had moved to a(n)______place. One fine day I got a call from an unknown number. The caller called out his name but I didn’t______him. Then he said he is the very paralyzed person I helped a year ago.

I asked him how he is doing. He said, “ What, sir? Do you recognize me not by my name but by my______state? ”

Then he went on saying, “With your kind help I am now able to______on my legs without support. I was operated______. I am married to a beautiful lady and have a stable______.”

I don’t______remember if I gave him my phone number.______, what he said next was touching. He said he wanted to return my money so that I didn’t feel cheated and continued to help people______in the future. I don’t know whether he read my facial expression the day I helped him but tears were______down my face. That day I promised him I will continue to help people as i see a(n)______—small or big.______that changed my life.

【推荐1】I often thought that politeness was out of fashion. Very rarely have I met so______a person in such a busy and noisy______. Lately, I would have to change my______.

Not long ago, when I went to a coffee place with two of my grown-up______, I______such a human being face to face. The place was full of______as usual and we had to climb steep(陡峭) stairs in order to find an empty table.______enjoying coffee and snacks, we went down the______stairs, where there was hardly any space for another person to either climb up or come down.

Just as I was in the______of the stairs, a gentleman______the main entrance of the café which was right in front of the staircase. I was sure I would be______roughly by this man going up. I kept coming down as fast as I could. My daughters were already down. They looked up at me______, hoping I would reach them before the stranger started walking up the stairs.

Nearly reaching them, I noticed the man still standing near the door. I______my daughters and passed the stranger at the entrance door which he kept holding open. I looked back thinking he was still at the door,______whether to go in or find another less______place. I saw him going up the stairs, two steps at a time. I told my daughters about it and all three of us felt______that we did not even______the polite gentleman who was actually holding the door open for us______to pass through before going up.

Such well-mannered people are______to find these days, when pushing is very______in our advanced but aggressive society. We applauded for his gentleman spirit.

【推荐2】The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall was the part of the Great Wall I liked to visit. _______, one day in May 2000, I chose something wilder, more _______: Simatai. This section of the Great Wall has far fewer visitors than most other sections of the wall.

At the entrance to Simatai was a group of vendors (小贩) trying to _______ postcards. One tiny old lady seemed to _______ me wherever I went, and I was becoming increasingly _______. “How many times does it take for ‘No!' to sink in?” I thought. I finally ended up running away just to   _______ this tiny woman.

Once I caught sight of the Great Wall, _______ overtook me, and the tiny old lady with the postcards _______ from my thoughts. I raced up the Great Wall _______. Then, halfway up, I stopped and suddenly realised I was rushing along a ________ “path” no wider than a meter. There were ________ “walls” — only steep drops on either side. I remembered then that ________ had fallen to their deaths in this section. I was so fearful that I ________ there completely stock-still.

Suddenly, I felt a small hand on my back and a ________ voice telling me, in Chinese, not to be   ________, that she would slowly lead me to the top. Half an hour later, we ________ a section that had a few remnants (剩余的小部分) of the wall. I was able to turn around to see who had given such ________ to me in my hour of greatest ________. It was the tiny old lady I'd told a dozen times — eventually shouting at her — that I didn't want any ________. I felt really ________ of myself. I gave her a big hug, and then later bought every one of her postcards.

【推荐1】Have you ever volunteered for something? Why did you do it? How did you feel when you finished ? _______arrive early, stay late, go without breaks, and always smile. They do a job without being _______ and they are willing to offer _________. Can you imagine what would happen to our work___________everybody did his or her _________in the volunteer spirit of “I want to” rather than in the contractual(合同的) spirit of “I have to “? Contracts require you to do what you have _______to do or promised to do. Volunteerism_______requires you to do so, _______it leads to higher productivity at the same time.

Imagine what a(n) _______would be like without volunteers. Consider the organizations that ________volunteers:youth groups, hospitals, schools, sports leagues and environmental groups---in every area throughout our country. Our life would be ________if it were not for the volunteers who selflessly offer their time while ________no pay---and often little or no recognition.

What is the force ________these unusual efforts and the great desire to help others? Volunteers find the work extremely satisfying and volunteering ________personal skills. It ________us how to use our time more productively. More________, it teaches us that it isn’t ________what you have, but more often what you ________that matters most in life. It teaches us to place a greater value on what we contribute to society than on what we ________.

Through volunteering, we make more than just a living with our lives ---we make a ________ and create ”ordinary “ miracles. May each of us volunteer to make and keep our country friendlier ,kinder, and more helpful in the world!

【推荐2】Sammie Vance, 14, knows there’s nothing worse than feeling left out. For years, she’s been helping kids who feel lonely _______ friends. What she was doing was running the Buddy Bench program. The _______ was that anyone at school who was feeling lonely could sit on the “buddy bench”. That let other kids know someone needed a friend. “It’s really helpful to have other people be able to _______ you,” Sammie says.

Sammie got the idea for the Buddy Bench program at summer camp in 2017. She thought it would be _______ to have a buddy bench in her school, so when she got back, she _______ the idea to her principal (校长). Getting approval for the project was just the first _______.“There have been a lot of small challenges, like money,” Sammie says.

To reduce _______ and be eco-friendly, Sammie decided to make the bench out of recycled material. So she asked her community to gather bottle caps. Word of the project _______, and soon Sammie was getting caps from people all around the country. She even got them from people in other countries. In the end, she _______ more than 1,200 pounds of bottle caps. A company called GreenTreePlastics was able to make these into three benches.

Before long, Sammie was helping other schools acquire benches. Her work continues to ________ kindness far and wide.

【推荐3】Ruby Kate Chitsey at only 11 years old has been making people's wishes come true! Not with magic, but with love. In fact, Ruby is one of the most _________ young people you will meet!

Ruby started her service after spending time _________ nursing homes with her mom who is a _________. While speaking with some of her mom's patients, she _________ that many of them have little _________ or family. In fact, many_________on just $ 40 a month that the government provides as _________. Hearing that one person had to _________ her dog because she couldn't afford it, she felt something was wrong. That’s _________ she started The Three Wishes project. She asked each resident (住户), "If you could have three __________, what would they be? " Some of her friends kept her __________, and they helped her note them down.

Most wishes were __________. Some people just wanted a person to talk to. Others a pair of shoes that __________ them. One person asked to watch children at __________ at a park.

Ruby and her mom started to raise funds __________, so they started a GoFundMe campaign in their city. So far, she's raised over $ 26, 000 out of her $ 40, 000 target. But that is __________ to go up, because Ruby was just __________ as “GoFundMe kid hero of the month"! Her final ________ is to just make people happy. Ruby is a great example of a young person taking action to __________ a wrong. In doing so, she is helping __________ many people's lives for the better.