John K. Brown is an office worker of a company in Washington, and he inherited (继承) $1,000,000 when he was 23. But he didn’t feel happy at a    1    . His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn’t have to. John made up his m    2     to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He didn’t tell any of his friends and donated $100,000 of his money to a c    3     that helped poor children to have better lives. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and owns a small car only, but he is much h    4     .

Until now John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world, $200 a month for each. The children do not r    5     the money in cash (现金). The money pays for the children’s basic e    6    , food, clothing and m    7     for their health. John gets a report each year on the children’s progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.

When John first h    8     about these children, he wanted to help them. “I did not know a    9     about the type of life they had until I had the chance to got to these countries and meet the children. I saw that the money was used for a very good plan. I will continue to s    10     those children in need.”

【推荐2】Have you ever heard of volunteering? Have you ever     1     （be） a volunteer? Every year, thousands of young people in Britain take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other     2     （country） like France and Australia to work as volunteers. Volunteers give my     3     （they） time to help people, for example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they help with environment.

Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Britain. Next year, she wants to go to university to study French,    4    now she's living in Queensland, Australia. Pauline says, “I'm working with other people here to help with the coral reefs （珊瑚） in the sea near Queensland. The reef here is one of    5    （beautiful） reefs in the world, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral will die.I    6    （help）to do the research on the coral and the fish that living around the coral reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are beautiful and we need to do something    7    it's too late.”

“I'm staying with a family here and I help    8    the housework. 1 don't get money, but it's OK.I love my job here. And I'm learning a lot about people of Queensland and    9     （I）. When I finish my work, I want    10     （stay） here for another three months. I want to travel around Australia.

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Lei Feng Day is on March 5. More than fifty years ago, Chairman Mao called on people to “learn from Lei Feng”. Is the spirit of Lei Feng out of the date(过时) now? Some people show us that it     1     (not be) outdated yet? Here is a true story about the spirit.

After the 2014 college entrance examination, Xing Sirui ,a 17-year-old girl from Dongying, waited for the result. On June 24, while she     2     (walk) along the Qingfeng lake, she suddenly heard someone     3     (cry) for help. She stopped hurriedly and looked around for the voice. After seeing a young woman in the lake，she jumped into the water bravely,     4     (keep) her head above the water and tried to pull her back to the bank. It took her about 45 minutes     5     (finish) the job. At last, the woman     6     (save), but Xing Sirui left quietly without     7     (say) anything. She was praised highly for her behavior and was choosen as the Dongying Finest Girl.

In recent years, it is wrongly considered to be old fashion to learn from Lei Feng. Xing Surui risked his life to save a stranger whom she didn’t know at all. She sets an example for us Chinese. In fact, some people around us     8     (do) the same things for the society like her.

In my opinion, even in modern times, we     9     (help) each other to build a harmonious (和谐的)society and then our country     10     (become) better and better.