【推荐1】It is every kid’s worst nightmare(梦魇) and six-year-old Jaden Hayes has lived it twice. First, he _______ his dad when he was four and then last month his mom died unexpectedly, _______ him an orphan(孤儿).

Jaden is understandably heartbroken. But there is another side to his _______, a side he first made _______ three weeks ago when he told his friends that he was tired of seeing some people sad all the time. And he had a plan to _______ it.

Here is how it all _______. Jaden asked his aunt to buy a bunch of little _______ and take him to downtown Savannah to give them away. He _______ people who don’t smile and then turns their day around, expecting _______ in return — but a smile.

So far he has gone out on four different occasions and has ________ nearly 500 smiles. Sometimes he doesn't get exactly the ________ he was hoping for: it simply ________ some people why a six-year-old gives them a toy. They ________ to behave awkwardly: stepping back or giving a ________ smile. In most cases, however, he will be paid ________ in hugs. Those good reactions have worked wonders: the more people that he made smile, the more ________ came out of him.

For Jaden, he would ________ his parents with each passing day. He is a little fighter, and he chooses to ________ his life with a smile. Meanwhile, he puts smiles back on the face of others to lift their ________.

He reminds us too, that however ________ life can be, there is always some measure of joy.

【推荐2】These days, teenagers often have their noses buried in a cellphone or other electronic devices. They are often so _________ with what’s happening on social media that they often _________ what’s going on around them. But you _________ can’t say that about this 17-year-old. Seeing _________ the teen helped an elderly woman who was _________ at the Dollar General just restored my _________ in our youth!

17-year-old Senquavlous Driver joined his _________, Connie, for a trip to the Dollar General. They’d put down their shopping and were starting to _________ when Senquavious noticed a woman in her eighties struggling to get out of her car. She _________ but was having trouble walking. Senquavious wasted no time coming to the __________!

The teen jumped out of his aunt’s car without __________. He helped the elderly woman to the sidewalk and __________ with her into the store. She was there to get soda, but could __________ walk. The woman explained that she’d recently __________, hurting her back and face. So, Senquavious stayed with her the whole time, helping her get her shopping done, and then saw her back to her __________.

His aunt watched on, __________ by her nephew’s compassion (同情). She pulled out her cellphone and took some photos. “I was in __________ taking pictures because he didn’t hesitate to help her, and that made me happy,” she said. “I’m so __________ of him.”

Connie proudly __________ the photos of her nephew’s act of __________ on Facebook, saying, “I hope he continues to do great things in his life.”

【推荐3】The teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as it happened, my aunt. She was Myrtle C. Manigault, the wife of my mother's brother Bill. She _______ in second grade at all-black Summer School in Camden, New Jersey.

During my childhood and youth, Aunt Myrtle encouraged me to _______ every aspect(方面) of my potential(潜能), without considering what was _______ or possible for black females. I liked to sing; she _______ my voice and considered it good. I couldn't dance; she taught me the _______ dancing steps. She took me to the theatre — not just children's theatre but _______ comedies and dramas — and her faith that I could _______ adult plays was not disappointed.

My aunt also _______ books from her library and shared them with me. I had books at home, _______ they were all serious classics. Even as a child I had a strong liking for humor, and I'll ________ forget the joy of discovering Don Marquis's Archy ＆ Mehitabel through her.

Most importantly, perhaps, Aunt Myrtle provided my first opportunity to ________for publication. As a writer ________ for one of the black newspapers, she ________ my name to the editor as a “youth columnist”. My column, begun when I was fourteen, was supposed to ________ teenage social activities — and it did — but it also gave me the ________ to write on many other subjects as well as the habit of ________ material, and, after graduation from college, a collection of _________material with my name that was my ________ to writing jobs.

Today Aunt Myrtle is still an enthusiastic ________ of her “favorite niece”. ________ a diamond, she has reflected a bright, multifaceted(多面的)image of possibilities to every pupil who has crossed her path.

【推荐1】Even if you’ve never been to Phoenix in Arizona, you probably know this about the place: its terrible _____. From June to September, the temperature can easily climb up to an unbearable point. But that doesn’t _____ hikers from attempting the 1.3-mile hard walk to the top of the city’s famous Camelback Mountain. Signs _____ that the trail is extremely difficult. If you continue, a posted checklist suggests at least a liter of water per person. And _____you’re   still   not   stopped,   another _____ farther   up   declares:   “If   you’re   halfway through your water, turn around!”

_____ many people hardly pay any attention to the warnings.   Fortunately, Scott Cullymore does. When he’s not _____ his carpet-cleaning company nearby, the 53-year-old Cullymore can be found hiking up and down Camelback a couple of times a day, _____ cold bottles of water to _____ hikers. He has helped so many hikers that he has _____ a heavenly nickname: the Water Angel. “I’d like a more manly name, but, you know,” he joked. Cullymore was on Camelback Mountain one day in 2015 _____ a British tourist died after being lost for nearly six hours in the hot July. That experience _____ him to start helping people _____ caught by the unforgiving version of Mother Nature. “They lack deep understanding of the mountain, and they feel too _____ of what they can do, and so they get themselves in trouble,” he told the Arizona Republic. If a hiker has a flushed face and is not sweating anymore, Cullymore says that he _____ his backpack, pulls out a frosty bottle, and hands it to the person. “It’s _____ that we’re safe in the middle of the city. You can die up here, and no one would know.” One hiker who enjoyed the _____ of offered water agrees. “You think you know the hot weather, but then you get out here in the desert and it _____ you like a blanket. You have no way to get out,” said Austin Hill, who was hiking with a high school friend. They were _____, he said, pointing to Cullymore. “We ran into this Good Samaritan(乐善好施者) here.” And with that, the Water Angel goes _____ another hiker in trouble.

【推荐2】There were three little butterfly brothers, one white, one red and one yellow. They played among the ____ in the garden, but never grew ____ because they were so happy.

One day there came a heavy rain, and it ____   their bodies. They flew away home, but when they got there they found the door locked and the key gone. So they flew to the tulip(郁金香) and said, “My dear friend, will you let us stay here till the   ____   is over?”

The tulip answered, “Only the red butterfly and the yellow one may ____ , because they are like me.”

But the red butterfly and the yellow one said, “If our ____ may not find a place, we will stay outside with him.”

It ____ harder and harder, and the poor butterflies grew much wetter, so they flew to the white lily(百合花), saying, “Good Lily, will you ____ a little so we may get in?”

The lily answered, “The ____ butterfly may come in, because he is like me, but the red one and the yellow must stay outside.”

Then the white butterfly said, “If you won’t ____ my brothers, I’ll stay out with them. We would rather be wet than be separated.”

So the three little butterflies flew away. But the ____ , who was behind a cloud, heard it all, and he knew what   ____ brothers they were. So he pushed his face through the ____ , drove away the rain, and shone ____ on the garden. He dried the bodies of the three little butterflies, and ____ their small bodies. They danced among the flowers till evening. When they flew back home, they found the door wide open.

【推荐3】When I first met Begay at Los Ninos Elementary on “King and Queen Day”, she was wearing a smile ear-to-ear.

This morning, though, Begay was______. The parent she had been trying to_____was a no-show again. Begay______needed to talk to her. Her boy was smart, but now about a year behind. She______there were problems at home. He was always late and had already missed too much school.

By 8 a.m. , kids were arriving, and Begay’s______quickly became a beehive（蜂窝）of activity. Forty-five minutes_______, the little boy finally walked in, shoulders sunk, head_______. Rather than______him in front of the class, Begay welcomed him warmly. He was testing Begay’s long-held_______that no child is a lost cause, no matter how______he seems. “It’s the unspoken       _____teachers start out with,” Begay said.

During lunch I sat down with Begay’s students and asked them what they liked about her.

“ She never gets angry, “ said one girl. A boy______:” She’s funny and likes telling jokes.”

Before we left the______, the shy, quiet girl next to me______,” She teaches me when I don’t want to learn.”

Her_______stayed with me. When I_______it with Begay, I told her that I felt it was a very       _____thing for a child to say. She agreed.

“They never______that to me.” said Begay, “But that’s what I_______. I want them to enjoy school. I want them to feel like someone_______them.”