【推荐1】It was Easter 1990, and my family was on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Solomon Islands for my sister's wedding.

I was travelling with my husband, my four-year-old son and my daughter，who was nearly two. We'd been ______ it was very hot in the Solomons, so we'd ______ lots of light cotton clothes and were wearing the same as it was summer. The only problem was that we had to catch an overnight bus that ______ at midnight for the airport so we could make our early morning ______ to Honiara. It was cold on the bus! My husband and I were snuggling (依偎) our children , trying to keep them warm . The bus stopped many times as passengers got on and off, and we didn't take much ______.The little ones were ______, unable to sleep for the biting cold. Then at one stop, an old lady came forward from the back of the bus and stopped by our seat. I sat forward to see what she wanted and she held out a small knee rug (毛毯). My little girl reached ______ for it and pulled it tight ______ her. The lady said she'd made the rug herself and, seeing that we were cold, she wanted us to use it. After she went back to her seat, our now-warm children ______ off, and they slept comfortably all the way to the airport. Just a stop or two______we arrived，the rug lady made her way to the door to get off. I tried to unwrap the children to return her blanket, but she protested. “No, ”she said，“______it. I can always make another one！”

Over the years, that little blanket became a ______ to me and to my children of the kindness of strangers. I told the story to the children over and over again and put the rug on the end of my daughter's bed so we would see it often. That rug was handmade with the colors carefully chosen. Yet its maker parted with it to keep my family warm for a night. If ever people were bad or cruel, it served as a ______ that there is goodness in the world.

I am forever ______, not just for the warmth that night, but for the lifelong reminder of the ______ of people. That blanket has warmed my life.

【推荐2】A British boy named Seb Clover has a fantastic and exciting hobby-sailing. He sailed his 9.8-metre-long boat 5,000 km _________ Tenerife to Antigua. Fifteen-year-old Seb has become one of _________. People to sail alone across the Atlantic Ocean so far. Seb said, “Sometimes I was afraid. But I still enjoyed every moment. The _________ thing was seeing fish and other sea animals swimming close to the boat, and the worst part of the journey was when I ran out of chocolate.” Seb _________ boats since he was very young and _________ to get ready for this journey when he was only twelve. Seb said, “I’m enjoyed sailing alone, but I’m looking _________ to going back to school now.” Seb _________ twice a day for a year by his coach and a half year to prepare for the sailing. He also held fundraisers (募捐会), not only _________ the cost of sailing, but also to _________ money for an organization which helps __________ persons. Seb said, “Any teenager can do this and all they have to do is to have a try.”

【推荐3】Mrs. Wang has worked in a charity _______ 1999 and she is very busy. Today when she is at breakfast at 7:30, there comes a call. Twenty minutes _______, she is with Jane because Jane can’t stop her child from _______. There Mrs. Wang helps with Jane’s three-month-old baby and it soon calms down (平静). It is her first child and she should learn how to look after it. After that Mrs. Wang goes on to see Mrs. Black, a rich old woman who lives _______. Her right arm is broken and can not wash or put on her clothes herself. She must _______ by Mrs. Wang every day.

Then Mrs. Wang gets her third call. She goes to the place for the _______. There she is with the elderly till 3:00 p.m. One by one, she answers their questions and helps them take their _______ when the doctor looks over other people.

Mrs. Wang keeps hurrying around all day and _______ she can be rung up even late at night when the sick must be helped. She is _______ tired to work when she goes home, but she still __________ helping others.