【推荐1】Xie Liang, an eighty-year-old man, has given free help to people who ask for directions for 8 years.

Every day, Mr. Xie goes to Dongzhimen Bus Stop, and gives help to at least 1,200 people asking for _________. During holidays, the number may be even 3,500. There are more than 50 roads and streets meeting at Dongzhimen, and at least 100,000 people pass by there every   _____________.

The reporter of Beijing Youth Daily had a(n)     _______________with Xie. At that time, he       _____________at the bus stop and placed _________and guidebooks written by himself on his little table.

“Is it really _____________to ask you for the way?” said a person from Southeast China.

“Of course,” Xie _____________with a smile. “Quite a number of people have asked me the same question. I am a volunteer without expecting anything in return.”

The reporter found that at least 5 people came to ask him for the way in a minute, and Xie told them the way ___________and gave every one of them a note with his words on it. Xie has a husky(嗓子哑的)voice. People think that it’s caused by what he is doing.

Now Xie has       _____________several other volunteers to join him. Many people hope to do voluntary work like Xie, but it’s ______________to do as well as he does.

It’s Sunday afternoon. It’s my son’s eighth birthday today. I go into a _______ shop to buy a big birthday cake for him.

There are a lot of people in the shop. When I am looking for a cake, I find a little boy watching the cakes for a long time. He is in old clothes. At last he chooses a cake. Then he gives money to the girl shopkeeper and says to _______, “I want the _______ cake.”

“Sorry, the cake is 15 yuan, but you only have _______ yuan,” says the shopkeeper.

“I…I have _______ more money,” says the little boy and he begins to cry(哭).

“Oh, my boy. Who would you like to _______ the birthday cake for?” I ask.

“My _______, madam.”

“_______ doesn’t she come and buy one?”

“My father left us three years ago,” the boy says. “We don’t have much money. My mother has to work from morning to night every day. She celebrates(庆祝) my birthday every year, _______ she never celebrates hers. It’s her birthday tomorrow. I want to buy a small cake for her. But I don’t have enough money...”

“Oh, my boy! I’m your ________ friend and I work with her,” I say. “I will buy her a nice birthday cake.” I give the money to the shopkeeper and leave the shop.

A woman was waiting at an airport one night. She looked for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to _________.

She was reading her book but happened to see a ________ sitting beside her. He took a cookie or two from the bag in between. She tried not to ________ and ate her cookies. As the cookies became fewer and fewer, she was getting _________.

With each cookie she took, he took one, __________. When only one was left, she ________ what he would do. He took the last cookie and broke it ________, with a nervous laugh. He ________ her half and he ate the other. She got it from ________ and thought, “Oh, what a rude (粗鲁的) guy he is! ________ he doesn’t even show any gratitude (感激)?”

________ her flight was called, she took her things and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the rude man. She boarded the plane, and sat down in her seat, and then she looked for her book in her ________. As she looked inside her bag, she was ________ because there was her bag of cookies.

“If mine is here, the other bag must be his, and he tried to ________,” she said to herself. Too ________ to say sorry, she started to know with sadness, that she was the rude one.

A friend wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. His life was full of problems. He felt hopeless at the time. He ended his ______ with this question: “We can’t really change this crazy world we live in, can we?” I replied to him immediately and started my own letter with these words: “Yes, we most ______ can!”

I can still ______ someone who changed my world. She was the music teacher at my primary ______, like a friend. She was good at playing the guitar. I ______ to make her notice me. However, my singing was quite ______.

One day, she let me try playing her guitar. I did my best, ______ could only stumble along(断断续续地弹奏). When I finished, I put my head down. “I guess I am not very good,” I told her. She looked at ______ with her kind eyes, smiled at me and said, “We are all good at something. You just need to ______ what you are good at. Then, you can share it with the world.” Those simple(简单的)words ______ me. They planted a seed(种子) in my soul that continues to grow this day. They made me realize(意识到) that I had ______ to give others. I had something ______ inside of me that could change this world for the better. I just had to find it, bring it out and share it. And that is ______   I have tried to do all of the years since that day.       

Can you change the world? Yes, you can! You can change it ______ one choice, one person or one kind act at a time. All you have to do is to ______ your kindness. So make your love great then!

【推荐2】I looked at my watch. It was ten to six. There ________ just ten minutes left before we could leave for home. Suddenly the earth began to shake. In no time did the shake become very ________. “Earthquake (地震)!” Someone shouted. I ________ the others to the door but we couldn’t get out. I stayed under a desk, covering my head and neck with my arms. “Will someone save me ________ the building falls down? Is this the end for me?” I kept thinking about that.

Several minutes later the shake ________. Two of my workmates tried to open the door again, and they made it! We ran to the street right away. It was such a ________ that we couldn’t believe our eyes—the street was full of debris (碎片) and broken wood. More and more people came out and many were injured (受伤的). Lots of them did ________ but look up into the sky in shock.

We walked a long way home not saying much. Some were praying (祈祷) and some were crying. ________ in such a situation was difficult. Our phones didn’t work because of the earthquake. So it was ________ to find out if your friends were okay. I had no way of letting my family in China ________ that I was still alive (活着). I just hoped that they wouldn’t hear about the earthquake until tomorrow.