I’ve been making shawls (披肩) for a few years and giving them away as gifts. I didn’t know who would ________ it when I started a new one.

“Did you hear about Susan?” my workmate Lori asked me one day. “She’ll have an operation (手术) immediately,” Lori said.

“What a ________ time it is for her to get through!” “Maybe the ________ could be given to Susan,” I thought to myself with ________. But I only saw her in meetings, and we’d never had a private ________. Wouldn’t she think it ________ to receive something personal from an unfamiliar workmate?

Anyway, I asked Lori about the ________ of the hospital where Susan was having her operation. And I learned that Susan was well ________. Friends and family were giving her best wishes. I put the shawl in a box, and sent it with a note, “I hope this brings you ________.” I signed my name, unsure if Susan would even ________ it.

I didn’t mention it to anyone else at the office. Not even Lori. I was ________ to learn that Susan had told Lori about the shawl.

“She ________ it even when she went in for the operation,” Lori said. “She didn’t even let her husband touch it.”

“I never expect she ________ my work so much,” I said.

“It was not just about your handicraft (手工艺品). It was your message that cheered ________ up.” Lori said smilingly. Then I realized my shawl ________ served a higher purpose.

Hello! My name is Li Wen. I’m 12 years old. I would like to ________ my best friend, Liu Ye.

Liu Ye comes from Guangxi. She is twelve years old too. Liu Ye ________ me to call her “Yezi”. “I ________ to be like a leaf (树叶),” she says.

Liu Ye is a good ________. She learns all her subjects well and she is ________ late for school. Her ________ place is the library because reading makes her feel great.

Liu Ye is nice. She often goes to the old people’s home. “I can’t do ________ things for those old people now, ________ we can share (分享) a lot,” Liu Ye says. “They need love and they can teach me ________ to love.”

“A leaf is small, but lots of green leaves make the ________ beautiful. I like being a green leaf,” she says.

Jeffrey was in college. He needed a place to live. He found a small _______ near his school. It was perfect for him. It had a small kitchen and a big TV in the living room. Jeffrey couldn’t _______ an expensive house. This place didn’t cost much. He met with the landlord（房东）who said Jeffrey could _______ move in.

A few weeks went by. Jeffrey loved everything about his apartment but one thing. There was a dog somewhere in the apartment building. The dog kept barking _______ Jeffrey did in his house. It even barked in the late night when Jeffrey was trying to _______! The noise troubled him.

Jeffrey walked around the apartment building. The barking got louder. Jeffrey stopped in front of a door. He _______ the dog in this room. Jeffrey knocked on the door. It opened. Jeffrey saw the dog and its owner. It was the landlord! Jeffrey thought with a _______ mind. If he complained about the dog, the landlord might tell him to move out. But if Jeffrey said _______, the dog would keep barking. What should he do?

“Excuse me, sir,” Jeffery said. “How cute your dog looks! Could I take him for a walk?” At first, the landlord stayed _______ on his request. But after Jeffery expressed more ________ for the dog, he finally agreed. Soon, Jeffery took the dog outside and stopped him barking in the end. Why? Well, Jeffery used to raise some pet dogs and knew how to calm them down.

From then on, the dog didn’t make noise, although his owner was very amazed at that.