【推荐1】For the first year of our relationship, I didn’t know his name and didn’t welcome his interruptions (打扰), I felt ________ by the unexpected knock on my window, which was necessary to get my attention because my apartment had no doorbell.

________ my annoyance, I secretly named him Kris, because he was a kind of modern-day Santa Claus. He brought me presents and tried to ________ cheer — except his uniform was UPS brown, not Santa Claus red, and I had ordered and paid for the presents myself.

Our relationship started when I moved into another apartment. When I was home, the UPS man would knock until I ________ came to collect my package. I hated small talk, but with him I made an ________, chatting about the weather or other topics. My close friend thought it ________ to spend so much time with the UPS man and warned me to ________ future knocks, but Kris reminded me of my father, so I continued to ________ the door.

COVID-19 changed everything. Trapped in my apartment, I did ________ his visits, He brought what I ordered and would stay for some time chatting with me. He would tell me about his favorite routes and neighbors. I even learned his real name: Dave.

One day in hot July, Dave knocked with a package, and when I answered, he told me that UPS was changing his ________. My heart sank.

“I’m excited for a change,” he said, “but I’ll always ________ my regulars.”

“Congratulations.” I felt ________ what else to say.

He ________ the silence, “I used to ________ what I was doing with my life. My job, this job, just felt so small.”

“What changed?”

“Nothing, ________ my attitude,” he said. “I realized I was delivering people things they needed, things that brought them joy.”

I couldn’t see his smile through his mask, but I could sense it.

【推荐2】What we believe we can become is often shaped by the world we see around us. This is especially true for young children who _______ becoming everything from astronauts to future world leaders. And it’s one of the reasons why representation matters so much. For Asian American _______ and Ph. D. candidate Elaine Shen, she had never _______ herself to be an inspiration for future generations. That is until she received a(n) _______ email from a third-grader in Minnesota who wanted to interview her for a class _______ .

“I’m working on my big year-end project,” the heartwarming message _______ , “I love biology. I did some online research and found your website. I would like to ask if I could _______ you. ”

Needless to say, Shen was immediately _______ by the email—so much so that she shared a screenshot of the child’s inspiring message on Twitter. The post _______ became popular, gaining more than 270, 000 likes and 1, 500 ________ since she first shared it.

Many commenters were just as moved by the email as Shen was. “It’s pretty amazing to witness that children are ________ to achieve as much as you have done.” said one Twitter user. Other readers were ________ of their own experiences with young children growing up. “Representation matters, and it is ________ the third-grader found his role model.”

Now that the story has touched thousands, Shen has a renewed motivation to ________ her Ph. D. and continue creating an environment of ________ for students within her field.

【推荐2】A family in New Tazewell, Tennessee, recently found out that when the situation is _______，there isn’t much their 7-year-old foster son (养子）Eli wouldn’t do to help his loved ones.

On December 8, Chris and Nicole Davidson were enjoying a nice，quiet _______ at home with their three kids. They are both former firefighters who have _______       34 children, including Eli. They have also adopted Erin, who is 22 months old, and Elijah, who is 2.

That night _______ like any other. The whole family was asleep in their beds when Nicole suddenly _______ to the smell of smoke. In a _______ ,she and Chris grabbed Eli and Elijedi and _______ for the door，but by the time they got to the room where Erin was sleeping in her crib (婴儿床)，the fire had   _______their path.

That’s when the family decided to try another _______ Racing outside, they went to Erin’s bedroom window on the ground floor, but Chris couldn’t quite ________ it to lift himself inside. Instead, they ________   to Eli, who has lived with them for about a year.

“The smoke was so ________   that there was no way I could get to her.” Chris explained. “We went outside to get to her from the ________ But there was nothing for me to stand on to reach up there. So I picked up Eli, who ________ the window and was able to grab her from her crib.

________, the fire ended up destroying everything the family owned. A GoFundMe was set up to ________ them get back on their feet, and so far, it has ________ more than $ 362,000! While they are still recovering from the ________ event，they are in awe of(敬畏）their brave little boy. Though he was ________，faced with an overpowering situation, he still   ________   to the challenge.

【推荐3】On a hot afternoon Rhiannon was driving her old van down the highway. As she ________ her window to let in some fresh air, her car registration paper blew off the sun visor (防晒板) and onto the floor inside. When leaning down to ________ it, she accidentally drifted into oncoming traffic. In panic, she over-corrected and pulled the ________ sharply in the other direction. ________, the van rolled over three times, and Rhiannon was thrown onto the road, lying in the middle of the road and bleeding, nearly ________.

A medical student witnessed the accident and came to her ________. He covered Rhiannon with his coat and gave her emergency first aid, including ________ the wound on her left arm before the ambulance arrived.

________, Rhiannon was rushed to a hospital where an emergency room doctor spent hours ________ all the pieces of windshield (挡风玻璃) from her arm, and gave her three dozen stitches (缝针).

Luckily, Rhiannon was saved. Not for the bandage, she would not have ________long enough for the emergency personnel to arrive. Though Rhiannon didn’t know him, she was grateful to the medical student who saved her life. So she ________ the words online, “It’s a pity that I don’t know your name. If you happen to see or hear this story and recognize yourself, thank you for your kind ________.”

Rhiannon also had a message for the other ________ heroes, “Please consider this a pay-it-forward letter of ________— a letter from the ________ you helped who, for whatever reason, couldn’t thank you themselves.”