【推荐1】An old man who was no longer strong and energetic decided to live with his son to spend the last fewer years of his life. The man was weak, his hands trembled and his eyesight was poor. The family ate together at table, but the old grandfather’s ________ hands made eating rather ________. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, often ________ spilled on the table cloth.

Life was always not easy for the elderly. The son and his wife became ________ at the mess (脏乱). “We must do ________ about grandfather,” said the son. “I’ve had enough of the spilled milk and food on the floor.” So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There, grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family had their dinner at the dinner table ________ . Since grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a ________ bowl. Sometimes when the family glanced in grandfather’s ________, he had a tear in his eye. Still, the couple always blamed him when he ________ a spoon or spilled food. The four-year-old watched it all in ________.

It’s an evening before supper, the father ________ his lovely son playing with small wood pieces. He asked the child sweetly, “What are you making?” The little boy ________, “Oh, I am making bowls for you and mummy to eat your food from when I grow up.” The words so ________ the couple that they were speechless. Then tears started to ________ down their cheeks. Though no word was ________ both knew what must be done. That evening the husband took his father’s hand and led him back to the family dinner table gently. From then on, the grandfather ate every meal with the family.

【推荐2】Everyone loves getting cards on their birthday. For Bailey Sellers, the card from her father is a card, one that she’ll ________ forever.

Her father, Mike Sellers, died of cancer in 2013, just a few months ________ her 17th birthday. But her dad made sure he could still ________ her special day, even in death. Before his death he prepaid a flower shop to ________ flowers and a card to her every year on her birthday. The last flowers and ________ came last week, for her 21st birthday.

In the card ________ came with this year’s flowers, Mike Sellers told his daughter, “This is my ________ letter to you until we meet again. You are and will always be the most precious ________ I was given. I will still be with you through every milestone. Just look around and there I will be.”

_____ by her late father’s gesture, Sellers posted a photo of the flowers, the card and an old ________ of her dad raising her up on his shoulder during a long ago trip to the beach.

“Miss you so much daddy,” the post ________, with a little purple heart. The post moved thousands of people, who not only ________ it but also told their own stories of how they ________ the pain of losing a parent. Sellers ________ that pain; she said she became ________ after her father’s death. So now she’s studying psychology（心理学）, hoping to be able to one day help people get out of the kind of ________ that once enveloped her.

“He would be so ________ that he pulled off such a beautiful gesture, which offers an important ________ for all of us. He made people ________. He made people realize that they shouldn’t take the people who ________ them for granted.”

【推荐3】My parents managed to clear their debt before we moved to America. Neither of them spoke fluent English and neither had a professional career. Growing up, I was always aware of my family’s ________ financial situation. I also found that Iwas responsible for my parents’ hardships. I decided that my goal in life was to become successful, get a well-paying job and _______ them. So naturally, I took my studies seriously and worked hard to become an _________ high-achieving student. I dreamt to enroll in a top college to pursue greater knowledge. Like many students, I spent a lot of energy and time ______ my college resume. Despite my ______ schedule, I managed to complete the lengthy, complex______. I believed it, from essays to recommendation letter, was flawless—a guaranteed acceptance into this competitive program. But I had one last______ to overcome: to ______ mail the application. On the instruction sheet, it said in captalized , bold letters: “ WE DO NOT ACCEPT CERTIFIED MAIL(挂号信)”. I should have posted the application myself because it had special directions, but my father kindly insisted that he ______ it. I had my ______ because my parents didn’t speak great English, but I finally ______ and wrote the instructions for him.

While I was in school, my father sent me a text saying that he had finished the task______. He had found a worker at the post office to help him. I was ______. Yet, later, I found out that he had done one thing very______: he sent application as “certified mail”.

Right then and there, my perfect application became an automatic ______. But in the moment of despair and frustration and danger, I ______him. I locked myself in my room and sobbed until my face was covered in tears, my floor in used tissues. Then as I ______ my room, my father also came out of his. My mother, who was watching from a(n) ______ distance, joined the hug, and we three cried together. I knew my ______ need for success came from my selfless desire to make my parents happy, and my temporary hatred toward them was a result of my love for them. My intentions were pure, but things were ______ later. I’m just glad finally they were all straightened out.

【推荐2】I still remember the elderly lady my friend and I went out to help one evening many years ago.

One day, after we_________our work and left the office, we felt a little bit_________. So we stopped at a hamburger shop and_________some hamburgers and drinks for supper. It was Sunday and there were only a few people. We watched around and found an empty table_________. Shortly after we sat down and enjoyed our food, we noticed a(n)_________woman came in and bought some food too.

She was dressed in what was probably her best clothes that were_________and neat(整齐). The woman_________the plates and cups very carefully on the table, as if she was serving the most important dinner in the world. We could tell that this ordinary meal was a real_________for her.

My friend often had dinner in the shop and he was_________the people who worked there. He was curious about the ____________and went to the people working there. He____________them. He was told that she came in every____________, bought the same cheap meal and always ate alone.

We____________that she lived alone and that this meal was the best food she could afford to buy for herself once a week.

We felt very____________. Even though we never____________to her, we decided to do something for her. When we paid our____________, we also paid hers and then____________enough money to pay her meals at the shop for a month. The workers were really____________. After all, she was just a____________to us.

We didn't want the elderly lady to know what we did,____________we just left.

【推荐3】There is no way they just drove into that water, thought Corion Evans. The 16-year- old was _________ with friends in a parking area underneath a highway when a car with three teenage girls inside drove off a boat slope and into the Pascagoula River. It came to _________some 20 feet from land, then sank.

The driver, Evans would learn, had _________ followed wrong directions from her GPS.

It was around 2： 30 a. m. by the time Evans and brothers Karon and Caleb Bradley got to the river’s edge. In the darkness, they could barely _________ the girls holding on tightly to the roof, the only part of the car still, barely, _________ water. But they could hear the drowning girls _________ . Without hesitation, Evans took off his shirt and shoes, tossed his phone down, then dived into the water, a river he knew crocodiles called _________ .

He helped the first girl he saw and, keeping her head above water, _________ her ashore. Just at the same time, Karon dived into the river to help another of the girls. But halfway back to shore, she _________ and went underwater, pulling Karon down with her. Evans jumped back into the water and helped them until they could ____________ .

There was still one girl in the water. Cora Watson, 19, could not swim. She was gulping water, struggling to stay ____________ . Scared, she began to go under. The next thing she knew was Corion had ____________ her. The three girls and Karon were taken to the hospital and ____________ “They’re alive”, says his mother, Marquita Evans, “Corion Evans ____________ his curfew, a time when children must be home in the evening”. But she’s not mad. “He had a good ____________ this time,” she said.