With the fun and pleasure, 13-year-old Frank Wilson was still unhappy. It was true that he received all the presents he wanted. And he also ______ the big Christmas dinner with family members. ______, Frank was not happy because this was his first Christmas without his brother, Steve. He died in a car accident. Frank missed his brother.

Frank said good-bye ______ his parents and said that he was going to see a friend. It was cold outside, so Frank ______ his new coat. It was his favorite gift. He put the other presents on his new sled. Then Frank left. ______ Frank went down the street, he saw a room with old stockings hanging over an empty fireplace. A woman was seated nearby, crying. The stockings made him ______ his brother. They always hung their stockings side by side. And the next morning, they would find ______ in them.

Then Frank had a(n) ______. He knocked on the door. “Yes?” the ______ voice of the woman said. “May I come in?” asked Frank. “You are very welcome.” she said, seeing his sled full of gifts and thinking he wanted to ______ gifts. “But I have no food or gifts for you. I have ______ for my own children.” “That’s why I am here,” Frank said. “Please take whatever presents you would like for your children from the sled.” “Why? God bless you!” the ______ woman answered. She took some candies, a toy plane and a doll. Finally, the stockings were not ______ any more.

“Thank you so much!” the woman said, “You are welcome,” Frank said and left.

Frank’s ______ was full of happiness. Then he gave his favourite ______ to a poor cold boy. At last, he gave away all his gifts to those who were in need.

【推荐2】My dad asked me to volunteer with him in Meals On Wheels when I was 13 years old.We _________ every Saturday morning during the summer while I was off school. We _________ hot meals to the old people in our town. They were too old or too weak to make their own _________. I really enjoyed it for a number of _________.

It gave me a huge sense of _________ because it was my first volunteering experience and I never did such a job before either. I felt like I was helping my community. That made me realize that I was _________.

It also helped me know some of the _________ the old people faced. They have trouble in moving around and many of them are _________ without any children around. Some of the old people even asked us to _________ for five more minutes for a small chat — it broke my heart at the time! And it __________ me to visit my grandparents more often. The most important is that I should listen to them more __________.

At 13, it’s quite easy for me to only __________ myself. The volunteering experience made me a better person and made me think a lot more about other people and their __________. It was also quite special for me because my dad and I would go for a __________ along the street and talk about anything. So I not only got a great feeling from helping people in need, but also got a better __________ with my father. Volunteering gives me a chance to change people's lives, including my own.

【推荐2】When I was a child, I played handball in a team. I stopped _________ it after one year. I never did any kind of sports from then on.

I’m 28 years old now. I _________ running about two years ago. When I started to run I stopped smoking. My first run was terrible. I couldn’t run 300 meters _________ taking a rest. I wanted to stop because I thought running was a _________ idea and yet I did my second run.

On a special day I decided to join in a city run with a distance of 5 kilometers. I started to run 3 times every _________. My skills got better. I _________ progress with every run. I reached my goal(目标). I finished the _________ kilometers in 26 minutes.

After one year and a half   I’m very _________ being able to run a half-marathon(半程马拉松). I never thought that I would do this _________, but I did it. My new sport goal is to __________ a full marathon in the next years. Every healthy person should be able to do this. You only need to leave your comfortable zone(舒适带).