【推荐1】A man was employed to paint a boat. He brought paint and _______ and began to paint the boat as the owner wanted. While painting, he _______ there was a hole in the body of the boat and decided to repair it. When he finished painting, he received his _______ and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat visited the painter and _______ him a cheque (支票), much higher than what he was paid for the painting work. The painter was _______.

“You've already paid me for painting the boat, sir!” he said.

“This is not for the paint job. It's for repairing the _______ in the boat.”

“Ah! But it was such a small service.” the man said. “Certainly it's not worth paying me such a high amount for something so _______ !”

“My dear friend,” the owner said, “You don't understand. Let me tell you what happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I _______ to mention the hole. When the paint _______, my kids took it and went on a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a hole there. I was not at home at the time. So when I ________ and noticed they had taken the boat, I was ________. Imagine my ________ and joy when I saw them returning safely from fishing.”

“Then, I examined the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You now see what you did? You ________ the life of my children!”

Each of us has a moral duty to offer help, wipe tears, listen carefully and repair all the “hole” we ________ in our life journey, because a small act will make a big ________ in the future.

【推荐2】I worked in a restaurant. One night a woman came in with three small children. As a ______, I could usually tell who is going to tip well and who isn’t going to tip at all I ______ got the latter vibe (气息) from her. She asked about the ______ of everything on the menu, but she ordered ______ water to drink. She wasn’t ______ appetizers (开胃饮料). At one point her daughter asked her very politely: “Mom, can I have ______?” The woman pulled out her coin purse and ______ her change before saying yes. Then I was ______ that I wouldn’t get a tip, but they were very nice and pleasant to ______ so I didn’t even think twice about it.

At the end of the meal, she paid ______ in coins.

When I went back to clear the table, to my ______, there were a lot of quarters left for me. They amounted to $ 8, or about 25% of the ______. Here was a woman who had to count her money before ______ her daughter a milk because she wanted to ______ she still had enough to tip me.

Was it the largest tip I ever got? No, but it’s the only one I ______ after all these years.

This story is a ______ that the very best aspects of human nature can shine through in even the most ______ of everyday situations. The first ______ may be powerful, but it’s important to let others show their true nature rather than making a snap (仓促的) ______ about them. As a matter of fact, generosity is a valuable virtue, whether you ______ to be rich, poor, or somewhere in between.

【推荐3】On October 13, a small plane flying to Chile accidentally crashed into a mountain in the Andes. How some of the passengers______to live is one of the greatest survival stories ever told.

The survivors ______ inside the remains of the plane, using seat covers for blankets, and waited for a______ that never came. Days turned into weeks. It was urgent to find a way to______. Three of the passengers一Canessa, Parrado, and Vizintin volunteered to______through the mountains to search for help. When they left, each man wore______ clothes: three pairs of socks, a plastic bag around each foot to keep the water out, boots, four pairs of trousers, and four sweaters. Many of the clothes came from those who died in the crash. The three men______ that they would survive and bring back help.

For part of the first day, they were glad to make some______. But as the land and weather changed, climbing became______. After several days, they reached what they thought was the top.

They had ______ this moment for days. On the other side of the top, they hoped, would be a _______leading down and out of the mountains._______, they saw the same snow-covered tops. All hope wasn't_______. Although they were still in the middle of the mountains, Parrado_______two low tops far away that didn't have snow. If they get there, they would be out of the Andes.

Within the following days, they walked toward the two low tops. Little by little, the landscape began to change. Snow_______completely, and flowers were everywhere. “This is the valley," Canessa said.“This is the way out." Then things of humanity started to appear- a few cans on the ground, some farm animals in a field. By December 21, the extremely_______ men made it to the town of Los Maitenes, and a rescue team was sent immediately to_______for the survivors who were still high in the Andes.

Finally all of the remaining survivors were_______. The memories of the crash in the Andes would be with the friends forever, but for now, their terrible_______was over. They had made it out_______.

【推荐3】Poetry has the power to change lives and help people out in many walks of life.Amy Singh, a female poet from Chandigarh, India, has been using the_________to help another poet, Anam Narula. After Amy found out that Anam was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer, she did a lot of things, not just_________him. She raised money through poetry for the family.

Using her blog, she asked people to send in requests for_________, for any amount they could pay, and all of the money would go to Anam's_________. She started this project_________, working with over 100 requests every day, until a group of 10 poets joined her in the noble cause to_________their friend.

Writing, which pours feelings onto paper, is often viewed as a (n)_________job, but writing for another is a difficult task altogether._________, now that they have all written together, the writers' block has never really happened to them. They screen the requests, and whoever feels_________by a certain request would pick it up and write for it. They are trying to__________themselves fully to these poems.

While Amy has been doing her best to raise money, Anam has been__________the deadly disease with determination and courage. When finding out about the__________that people have been offering, Anam and his family are very__________. Anam says he wants to thank everyone__________when he gets well.

The world is full of tales of war, crime and sadness, and we should add something__________to our lives. Hats off to Amy Singh and her team for thinking of and working actively towards helping a friend in need.