【推荐1】Last week, I went out for dinner with my father, a general, at the local restaurant. When we were seated, my dad asked the waitress _______ there were any soldiers eating at the restaurant. The waitress said there was a soldier having dinner with his friend. My dad told the waitress that he would _______their dinner. He also told the waitress to keep the secret because he didn't want the soldier to know about it.

The waitress was moved saying that she had never seen _______ like this before. She had studied _______ at a local college and she wanted to thank my father for his kind heart by performing a piece from The Pearl Fisherman later.

After a while, the soldier _______ at our table（I didn't know how he knew what my dad had done for him. ） and said that he would be sent to the front the next morning. He gave a salute（敬礼） expressing his thanks and respect for my dad. They shook hands _______ as the soldier left.

Before we left, the waitress came by again. She did what she promised to do. My dad left her a note with an email address asking for her next _______ in addition to a $ 50 tip.

Everyone saw something _________ in the human spirit that night. I hope to see more of this in the future.

When I was young, I lived in a small village in Melaka, Malaysia with my parents and two brothers. ______ we were poor, we lived happily. The Lin family, living in the bicycle shop opposite our house, had an even ______ life.

Mr. Lin, the bicycle repairman, had six children. He couldn’t buy new clothes and get enough food for them. His children were always dressed in old clothes and looked very ______. My father was kind-hearted. He ran a grocery store (食品杂货店). He ______ took whatever food we could spare to Mr. Lin.

To make more money, Mr. Lin started selling second-hand ______ in his shop. He worked very hard. As time went ______, the number of customers in his shop increased and a lot of bicycles were sold out. The business in his shop got better and better.

It was at this tine that my father fell ill for no clear reason. My mother took him to see doctors many times, but he didn’t got better. Even worse, the business in the grocery store was in danger of failing. And one of us children had to stop schooling because we could not ______ the fees (费用).

Mr. Lin knew about our difficulties and came to help. He introduced my father to a famous doctor. And not long, the doctor healed (治愈) my father. Mr. Lin also raised money to support ______ education.

Thanks to Mr. Lin, things got better. Whenever I met up with Mr. Lin, I would thank him ______ his help. Mr. Lin said with a big smile, “I’m just repaying (回报) the ______ that your father has shown me.”

【推荐3】Jessie was driving home when the accident happened. ______ truck hit a car, but the truck driver didn’t stop it. The truck was gone!

Jessie thought that the people in the car must ______ and she should help them. Without thinking of the danger, Jessie ______ to the other side of the road. Looking into the car, she saw two adults and two kids. Jessie was happy to see all of them alive, but the man, the driver, got ______ hurt.

Jessie pulled one of the car doors, but she couldn’t move it. She went to the next door and opened it a little. “Please get ______ kids out first,” said the woman. Jessie pulled the little boy out ______ the car first and then the little girl. She took them to a safe place. When she went back to get the parents out, she found the door ______ open wide enough for the parents to get out. Jessie thought of the toolbox in her car. She had ______ in it and it could help get the door open. So she got the box quickly.

While Jessie was working on the door, the father said, “Not many people would do ______. You are brave and great. Thank you so much.”

“You just take it easy, and I’ll get you out soon,” said Jessie. ______ she helped the woman and the man get out of the car, it caught fire.