Gift from a stranger
My local supermarket is always busy. The first parking space I found was convenient, but I'd noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a while. _____ I was in a good mood, I let her have it. On the edge of the car park I backed into the next available spot—it was a tight fit.
Pretty soon I'd made my way through the supermarket and was back in the fresh air. Feeling good, I____(empty) my purse change into the hands of a homeless man and helped a struggling woman reverse park（倒车）.
Just as I approached my car, 1 saw the woman I'd let have my car space earlier. She was giving me _____ odd look—half puzzled, half intent (热切的). I smiled and wished her a pleasant day. As I squeezed back into my car, I spotted the same lady
_____ (look) in at me. "Hello," she said, hesitantly. "This
_____ sound crazy but I was on my way to drop some of my mother's things off at the charity bins.” You are just so much
_____ her.” You helped those people, I noticed, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me meaningfully and passed a box in through the window. “I think she would like you to have it.”
_____ (shock), I took it from her automatically. She smiled and walked away.
After a pause, I opened the box. Inside was a beautiful gold necklace with a large grey pearl. It was _____ (nice) gift I'd ever received, and it was from a complete stranger. The necklace was around my neck, a warm reminder of human kindness.
Yesterday, as I approached the front door of our public library, a white-haired gentleman stepped back to hold the door for me. You see, I have to go everywhere these days with a walker, and folks are __________ (constant) holding or opening doors for me, so this was not unusual.
However, I told the gentleman that the door had ________ automatic opener, and he did not need to stay to hold it open. He said “Here I thought I would have an opportunity to be __
_______ (help).”
At that, I backed up, let the door close, and allowed him to reopen the door, not _________ (use) the automatic control this time. His comment then was “Well, now I feel like that I __
______ (accomplish) something helpful and worthwhile today.”
We never know _________ someone else is feeling. We seniors seem to feel we can take care of _
________ at all times. That random act of kindness brightened not only my day, but to my joy and delight, also the day of that white-haired senior citizen. I felt a glow for the rest of the day, and,
________ (hope), so did he!
So, gentle readers, never hesitate _________ (offer) kindness. You may find to your __
_______ (amaze) that there is more kindness in your community than you ever believe possible.
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It was now raining heavily. My husband was away. I did not want to ask anyone else to go with me. So I went to the hospital by . I was taken to a small room. Lina lay
(sleep) quietly on a table.
This wasn’t first time Lina had taken too many pills. I knew she would sleep deeply for about twelve hours
the poison stopped doing its harm.
I sat down by Lina’s side and watched her sleep. The room was still. I looked around. The room seemed familiar. “Have I been here before?” I wondered. I looked around again. “I’m sure I’ve been in this room,” I told myself. Then I remembered. It was in this very room I gave birth
Lina seventeen years ago.
happy I was then!
Lina used to be such a bright, (health) and nice child. “What has turned her into a dope-taker (吸毒者)?” I asked myself. “And why are millions of young people like her
(take) dope to destroy themselves? There must be something
(serious) wrong with our society. What is it?”
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The "selfie" is used to describe the self-taken photo, often from a smartphone. Someone takes about 10 selfies each time he does, and he only ends up (post) one or two of those. He picks the one that he feels make him look the
(good). In that picture, he gains confidence. For that moment, everything bad or terrible that has happened to him
(remove) ,because that smile is what gives him the
(determine) to love himself.
I read poem recently and the young man said,“If I ask you
you love, the answers will most likely roll your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love your mom, your daughter, or your best friend. How long do you think you can go on and on before you say 'I love
.
That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. I've struggled with confidence all my life .I still do. And in way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway
confidence.
,the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves.
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Nowadays，the ice bucket challenge is among the (hot) news of a11．It is an activity
(hold)by an American charity organization．It not only helps the sick people to get the money to heal their disease，but also makes more and more people aware
the disease，so that they can give more care to the patients,
Ice bucket challenge is like the epidemic(流行病)， becomes popular around the world very
(quick)．The starter holds the activity，
(hope)people can experience the ALS patients’ pain．In the activity，people need to pour the ice water down from their heads，and then propose another three people．They can either choose to accept the challenge
donate 100 dollars，or do the both．
The ALS makes people’s muscles become hard．It is hard for the patients to move．Stephen Hocking is one of the (suffer)．Ice bucket challenge is
great success．Until now，a big donation
(receive)．
The blacksmith Jones worked hard in his shop. The son of Mr. White, ______ rich neighbor, came to see him everyday. “Young man, why not learn to make shoe tacks (钉)?” said Jones. “It may be useful to you
day.” After a little practice, the boy found he could make some of the finest tacks. Old Mr. White died and because of the war the son lost all his goods. He ____
___(force) to leave home and live in another country. It happened __
___ in this village many shoemakers spent a lot of money ___
___ (buy) tacks for their shoes and sometimes they were not able to buy them _____
____ there was a high demand for soldiers’ shoes. Young Mr. White, who was finding ____
___difficult to earn his ___
___ (day) bread, told the shoemakers that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him ___
___ (settle) in his workshop. The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer. Soon Mr. Smith found that he was making the finest tacks in the village. “How funny,” he said, “Even making tacks can bring a fortune. My trade is ___
___ (much) useful to me than all my former riches.”
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