【推荐1】From a young age, Micheal Platt loved two things: Martin Luther King and cupcakes. He set down statistics about income inequality and childhood hunger. But he also___ afternoons at his computer in his home, astonished by YouTube bakers who changed eggs, flour and water___ edible(可食用的) works of art.

Michael saw a way to___ his two passions. At age 11,   he founded a bakery. For every   cupcake, cake or cookie Micheal ___ , he donates another to the homeless and ___ . Micheal, now   13, said he___ enjoys handing out cupcakes to kids.

Sometimes Micheal bakes to get money for hunger-fighting groups, too. He spent a morning last weekend teaching a baking class to___ money for Nokid Hungry.

He can keep up with   his   baking partly   because he is   homeschooled by his mother, who   _____ her job to take care of Micheal full time. Micheal   _____ of public school after his epilepsy(癫痫) was diagnosed in sixth grade. His epilepsy became too ____       and too frequent to allow him to sit in a classroom, his mother explained.

“It was a very,   very ____ time,” she said of the period after the diagnosis, during which   Micheal   had to ____ his   physical   activity. “He had to   stop everything he ___ : gymnastics,   climbing trees, diving. So that’s___ he kind of threw himself into baking.” She said. Baking,   Micheal said, makes him feel calm.

But when he started the bakery, he knew from the beginning that he wanted his ____ to do     more than make money. Micheal hopes his cupcakes___ others to work for social equality.

Sometimes, Micheal   ____ , he grows tired of being in the kitchen.   Then he remembers the   ____ boy he met once while___ cupcakes. A couple of days afterwards, the boy’s father messaged Micheal on Facebook saying that his son, encouraged by Micheal’s example, now is eager to   ____ a baker. “That inspired me,” Micheal said.

【推荐2】I sat and waited for Kathleen to speak. “Annie,” she said, “A food bank that serves the elderly is asking for _________. I’d like you to organize the event.” “Well, err...sure.” As I stuttered (结巴地说) through my _________, all I could think was, “What? Why me?” I walked back to my office wondering where to _________. This was a time _________ the economy was getting worse. The rise in unemployment forced many of my coworkers to _________ to survive. How could I ask them for more?

That evening I drove home, depressed. Then I remembered once my father was out of work.

Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to _________ any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the _________ and left four liters of milk. He left a message, _________, “Kids need milk.” The milk delivery _________ as usual and Jim never collected a cent ____________ us. The memory of Jim’s ____________ fired my enthusiasm. Perhaps I’d be in for a pleasant surprise.

The next morning I ____________ signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign said, “Food drive to support the poor elderly! ____________ of non-perishable (不易腐的) foods are greatly needed.” Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to ____________ a large number of contributions we had ____________. One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me every day from one department to another to pick up the canned goods and other ____________. Though over sixty, she ____________ manage to push our food trolley (手推车) around like a woman half her age.

I asked her where she got all the enthusiasm. She said, “With the unemployment rate touching 10 percent, I can’t think of a better way to be ____________ for keeping our jobs ____________ so many have lost theirs. Sure money is tight. But when isn’t it? People need food.”

As I listened to Maggie, the milkman’s words ____________ in my ears, “Kids need milk.”

【推荐2】I was about to open the door of my car when I saw a man approaching. The man pointed a（n）_______ at me. “Give me your purse!”

“I don’t have a purse,” I said.

He kept coming. “Give me your purse!” He _______ the gun in my stomach. He reached over, seized my _______ and opened the trunk（汽车尾箱）. He _______ me to the back of my car. I hesitated.

“Get in,” he shouted, “now !”I did it, only _______ I knew exactly where the trunk release was.

“Don’t move; don’t make a noise,” he _______. He slammed the trunk shut. Everything went _______. Right there in the trunk, my eyes were adjusting to the darkness. My fear started to _______ and my mind cleared. I knew whatever direction he turned, he would have to slow down. I waited for my _______.

He drove the car forward and then stopped. I heard another car honk behind. He then ________ and the car quickly reached 80 miles an hour. I couldn’t tell where we were going. As soon as he slowed down, pulled the ________ release, pushed it open and jumped out. I ________ through people’s yards and tried to put distance and objects between the kidnapper and me.

I ran back to my apartment complex and ________ doors. One finally opened and an older lady let me in. I ________ closed the door and locked it. While I was on with the 911 ________, there was a knock at the door. Standing there was a hulking figure, Daytona Beach police officer. He was in the neighborhood and ________ immediately.

Officers ________ the kidnapper the next day. “You have no idea how ________ you are,” one of the officers told me. “Carjackings that developed into kidnappings ________ turn out well.”

I knew it wasn’t luck that had saved me. It was the ________, both of mind and of soul. Remember chances only favor those who are prepared!

【推荐3】I guess a boss must be pleased to hear that his employees are sorry to hear he's leaving and that they respected him and appreciated the job he'd done. Cards and e-mails are great, but maybe it's just ________ heartwarming to know that kind words are being said ________ "behind your back".

I like to do the ________ for my students. Of course I give them my own compliments, but I love to let them know when other adults have noticed their good behavior and attitudes. I want them to know that we aren't spending our lunch and meeting times ________ about them all the time! I want them to know that we often express our pleasure in working with this ________ group of kids, and I want them to know why!

I ________ myself when someone finds how my teenage grandchildren are turning into such fine young people. Then it's absolutely necessary to let them know it too! I want them to know that people notice them, and that it ________ when what they notice is good and praiseworthy.

I've known, from the other side, how much this can ________ . I often lack confidence in my own abilities as a teacher, so it gave me quite a ________ when a friend who works with families in the community mentioned that he has heard several times from parents how glad they are to have their kids in my class. It just feels more important ________ to have the words said by people who don't know I'll ever hear-when they can be totally honest. Great to hear it and great to ________ !

Sure, it's pleasant when we can say nice things about other people. It feels good! And I think it's a ________ compliment for people to know of the times when others are saying nice things even ________ ear shot.

Watch for your next opportunity to be the ________ ! Make sure to tell them about the nice things being said behind their backs! Because how will they know ________ we tell them?

【推荐1】One day, I stood at the roadside waiting for a bus. Everything was going as _________when suddenly I heard a _________ beside me ； it was a boy in _________ clothes, with a face that seemed like it had never been washed at all. I felt so disgusted at that moment that I tried to _________ myself away from that little boy.

The boy kept _________ me, shouting, “Bhaiya! Bhaiya!” （Big brother! Big brother!） , but I didn't answer him at all. My _________ self was cursing the country for its poor _________ Always begging for money-it all kept annoying me, making me feel more _________ to answer that dirty little boy who kept calling to me. "Bhaiya! Bhaiya! I heard him call out again. This made me very angry and I shouted at him that I had no money to give him. And the boy, without even bothering to hear my words of _________ , said to me, “Bhaiya, could you please help me __________ the road?”

The next moment, I felt __________ I couldn^’t feel my legs. The sudden feeling of __________ had engulfed （吞没）me from within. Was this what I had become? Had prejudice engulfed me so to such a level that I decided that they begged for money and food every time somebody passed by?

I held the boy's hand __________ and for the first time, without a feeling of disgust that he might not have __________ for days or weeks，I helped him cross the road, and that successful act of assistance __________ a new hope inside me. I realized that our being judgemental will surely have a very bad effect unless we overcome it.

【推荐2】In January this year, a fire destroyed the building that housed Yossi Heiman’s Fish Market in Borough Park, Brooklyn: The _________ made Yossi Heiman have no place to operate his business and no ability to get _________.

The merchant Shea Langsam owns a(n) _________ store, just a few blocks away. One would have _________ that sympathetic as he maybe to his competitor’s bad luck, he would welcome this opportunity to _________ new customers and increase his business. _________, Shea did something truly excellent. When he learned of the fire, he _________ the phone and called Yossi Heiman. Not only did he _________ him but when he heard Yossi say he would need a facility and deliver _________ to his customers, he said, “don’t worry! Why not join me in my store before your store could be rebuilt? As fellow community members we all should try to help each other.” Shea did as he promised and Yossi __________ his losses.

The story is wonderful and it’s a(n) __________ of seeing fellow community members as part of one family, putting needs of others __________ their own needs. Businessmen usually want to make more money or grow their __________ but the story is __________: It’s a truly sincere display of true faith and great kindness. Real faith means __________ others and having a heart of compassion (同情) and mercy like Shea.