Ryan’s charity work is not unusual. Many kind-hearted people who give Ryan much support donate money for charity     1     (activity), and others volunteer to help run charities. On most UK high streets, for instance, you will often come across people    2     (raise) money and looking for volunteers for Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and many     3    (much), one of     4     many public-spirited citizens are willing to take an active part in.     5     the help of the organizations, the poor or the     6     (disable) can improve their lives or even realize their dreams.

In china, volunteers are also playing an    7     (increasing) important role in environment protection, disability    8     (assist) and many other fields. As a matter of fact, it is easy for you to be a volunteer. If you have     9     opportunity, you can visit old people houses to do some cleaning. Also, you may help sick kids in hospital so long as you put love to good use. It     10     (hope) that you can be involved in voluntary work to help others in need.

Last summer, Katie Steller was on her way to work. She stopped at a traffic light, where a man, in his 60s,     1     (apparent)looking out of luck, was sitting alone. She rolled down her window.“Hey!”she shouted.“I’m driving around to give free haircuts, Do you want one right now?”The man, missing a few teeth, paused and laughed.“Actually,”he said,“at this time tomorrow, I    2    (attend)a funeral(葬礼)of my friend. I was really hoping to get my hair cut.”

Then, Steller unloaded a red chair from the car. The man, named Edward, took a seat. As his curly graying hair was being cut by Steller, he told her about growing up in Mississippi, about moving to Minnesota, and no matter    3    busy he was, he still talked to his mom over the phone every day. He said his family consisted    4    four people and that he had been living in Minnesota for about ten years. The    5    (interact)between them was very relaxing and constructive.

Steller knows that a haircut can change a life. One changed hers: As a teen, she suffered from ulcerative colitis(溃疡性结肠炎)that was so serious, her hair thinned severely. Seeing this, her mother arranged for Steller’s first professional haircut.

“To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just a sick person helped me feel cared about and less alone,”she says.

After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own hair salon so she could help people feel the way she’d felt that day. Not long after finishing cosmetology school(美容学校)in 2016, she realized her dream. Two years later, she began what she now calls her Red Chair Project,    6    (reach)out to people on the streets.

Steller said,“As you know, I can’t have their problems    7    (fix), but maybe I can help    8    (they)feel less alone for a moment.”Steller listens to people’s stories of loss, addiction, and struggle to get back on their feet.

An offshoot(衍生物)of the Red Chair Project is the Steller Kindness Project, in which people who commit acts of kindness are invited for a free makeover(美容)at Steller’s salon, In exchange, they tell their stories, which Steller shares on her website. It is her hope that by reading about kind acts, others will be inspired to do their own.

    9    is evident that it has been working well.“You have no idea what people are going to do with the kindness that you give to them. Kindness and generosity can contribute to a    10    (harmony)society,”says Steller.

【推荐2】A student once asked his teacher, “What is Greed?” Instead of giving the answer directly, the teacher asked him     1     (go) through the chocolate factory nearby and pick the one chocolate he liked most. But he could not turn back as he passed through the factory.

The student went to the chocolate factory. As he walked through, he saw one chocolate     2     (wrap) nicely. He instantly liked it, but he said to     3     (he) that he might find a much bigger one further. So he walked on and saw another chocolate. But again, he thought     4     same. When he almost came to the end of the factory, he couldn’t see any chocolates as big as the one he didn’t pick     5     (early). He started to regret his decision of letting it go.

Finally, he went back to his teacher with an empty hand and gave an account of     6     he did. The teacher told him, “You did like the one chocolate very much, but still you kept looking for a bigger one. And later you realized that what you gave up     7     (be) the best chocolate you could find there. That     8     (call) Greed.”

We let go of many good things in our life because     9     our greed of having even better things. But in the search for better things, we let go of many good things that could have given us similar     10     (satisfy) and made us happy. Learn to make your choice wisely.