【推荐1】Michael rises every morning at 4: 00 and walks into his sandwich shop. By5:50, he's making the rounds of the shelters on Centre Street. He_______out 200 sandwiches to the homeless before beginning his workday.

20 years ago, when Michael_______a homeless man named John, he began to help him with effort then. Day after day, he brought John some food and, when it was really cold, a_______place in his car while he was working. Once he asked John if he wanted to get cleaned up._______, John said，“Are you going to wash me?” Michael knew that he was_______his promise. It was at that moment that Michael_______to help the homeless. He just wanted to do some good in his way.

Michael made 200 sandwiches every day in the past 20 years. I don't simply give them away. I shake their hands and_______them a good day." Once mayor（市长）Koeh came to make the rounds with him. They_______the media, and it seemed like it was just the two of them. But of all Michael's _______, working side by side with the mayor was not as important as working next to someone else.

A man had__________from the sandwich takers, and Michael worried about that. He hoped the man had moved on to a more__________environment. One day, the man came back, greeting Michael and carrying__________of his own to hand out. He said Michael's daily food, warm handshakes and wishes had given him the__________he badly needed. After achieving some success, he decided to do the same thing as Michael.

The moment needed no__________. The two men worked silently, side by side, handing out their sandwiches. It was another day on Centre Street, but a day with just a little more__________.

【推荐2】Now you’re a fool for helping. “I don’t want to get involved” seems to have become a national motto. One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California to New Orleans, Louisiana. In the middle of the desert, I passed a young man standing by the roadside. He had his _______ out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time _______ you’d be called a jerk for passing by somebody _______.

Several days later I was still _______ about the hitchhiker（搭便车的人）, about how I didn’t even lift my foot _______ the accelerator（油门）for him. “Does anyone stop any more?” I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois’s famous line— “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Was that _______ these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey _______ the US without any money, just _______ on the good will of others. What would happen? Would he find food, shelter and support?

The idea intrigued（激起兴趣）me.

The week I_______ 37, I realized that I had never done something truly crazy. ________ I decided to really do it: travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. I would only accept ________ of rides, food and places to sleep. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. I was treated kindly ________ I went. I was ________ by people’s readiness to help a stranger.

In Oregon, a house painter named Mike __________ the cold weather and asked if I had a coat. I didn’t, so he gave me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker in Michigan named Tim invited me to a __________dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me a tent. I refused, but Tim insisted, packing it into my bag himself. I found people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or ________ with them whatever they happened to have. Those who had the ________   to give often gave the most.

I’m __________ to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter and their gifts. My faith in ordinary folks was ________ . I was proud to live in a country where people were still willing to help. In spite of everything, you can still depend on the __________ of strangers.

【推荐3】Our girls had performed well all day at the Bradford North Lawrence Cheer-leading Clinic, and Abby and I were happy. As cheer coaches of the Shawswick Elementary 2018-2019 Cheerleaders, my daughter and I couldn't ________ for the day of the award ceremony（颁奖典礼） to begin.

Three of our seven cheerleaders won individual awards—Kennedy won a best jumper award; Ally won a spirit ribbon; and Chelsea earned a best gymnast medal. As we took________ of our girls with their group and individual awards, I________one of our 4^th graders, Trista, wasn't as "spirited" as usual. In fact, she seemed quite________.

I was just about to ask her about it________Chelsea, one of our individual award winners and a 5th grade squad（小队）member,________her arm around Trista's shoulder and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I just wish I could have won an award," Trista said, with big________in her eyes.

Without missing a beat, Chelsea________Trista the "Best Gymnast" award and said, "You can________this one. I have others at home because I________with an All Star squad.”

Trista________Chelsea and then happily ran away to________her mom the award, and I stood there in amazement at the________act I'd just seen. At that moment, I________I had had an extra-special award to give Chelsea for her kind heart.

I'm not sure if anyone else saw what Chelsea did that afternoon, but I saw and it________me. Later, I told Chelsea how________I was of her, and she smiled and sort of brushed it off, not wanting me to make a big________of it.

How long has it been since you've done something, selfless, without wanting any________, just to bless another person? Like Chelsea, you may think it's a small gesture of________, but it might make a big difference.

So, go ahead. Make someone's________today.

【推荐2】Have you imagined that planting trees can make a big difference? People say that one man can’t make a difference, but Abdul, a 60-year-old taxi driver, has _________ that doing a _________ thing over a long period of time can _________ very much. He has planted at least one tree every day since he was 12 years old, which means that he has so far planted a small forest of over 17,500 trees.

Abdul has worked as a(n) _________ for most of his life. He makes _________ money from his job, but he somehow tries to buy at least one _________ every day. He considers it his _________ to the world. _________ he plants them on government land so nobody can cut them down later. He also waters them, and if he sees anyone cutting a tree, he _________ them.

Abdul, his wife Jorna, and four of their children live in two __________ houses, on a piece of __________ that is __________ by the Faridpur deputy commissioner’s office. They have no land of their own.

Sometimes, his wife commands him not to plant trees but he doesn’t listen. Abdul’s 30-year-old son has never told his father not to plant trees, because he thinks his father does a good thing for   __________.

Abdul’s colleagues all know about his __________ habit, and praise his __________. Whoever can ask of him anything, he will do his best to help. Therefore, Abdul is loved by __________.

For his __________, Abdul was recently __________ by The Daily Star, and given $1,253 to help him build a __________ home for his family. The Daily Star wished everyone to __________ his example, and protect the environment.

“I can’t do it alone. I need the help of you all,” Abdul said in his speech.

【推荐3】There he was, turning the corner of Hawley and Main Street like clockwork. His red hair seemed to catch the sunlight, giving his head a soft candle-flame glow. He caught my eye, and up went his arm in his usual wave. As usual, I _______back and gave him a warm smile. I didn’t know his name, but he was very _______to everybody. No matter the weather, I saw him walking out there almost every day.

Having moved from a larger city, I wasn’t used to waves from _______. Actually, wherever we were, people hardly_______each other. We simply passed by each other, heads down, minding our own_______.

Perhaps that’s why I enjoyed these daily waves. It felt great to be _______and receive that message of “Hello!”. On days when we didn’t _______ to pass each other, I missed him and wondered if he was all right. The next day, I’d find myself driving with one eye on the _______. It was a happy reunion when I spotted him, and I’d wave first in my _________.

One night I was walking in the street, my thoughts traveled to “The Waver”, wondering if I could be________enough to wave at people I didn’t know. Just at the point.

I heard a car ________. I made eye contact with the person in the car, smiled and waved at her. The woman’s face____________, and she waved back. I was a little surprised. I reminded myself, “It’s okay. It’s actually kind of ________!” I waved to everyone I saw the rest of the way home.

Everyone at some point in their lives wonders if they’ve made any ________on the world. I can tell you that you don’t have to change the world ________. It’s enough to help sweeten it a little, even simply by a heart-warming wave.