Betty and I are best friends. Our birthdays are on the same days, so every year we have a birthday party together. But this year, we ______ a costume party (化妆舞会) instead.

While we were writing the ______, my mom came in and asked, “Why not invite John?” John had been in our class for only a few months, ______ he was already getting better grades in math than anyone else in class. I shook my ______. “Mom, he wears the same brown trousers to school every day. How could he have enough money to ______ new clothes?” Mom said nothing.

The next day, mom gave me an envelope (信封) with a shopping ______ in it. “I thought it would be nice of you to give this to John”, Mom said. But how? We ______ it for a long time. We didn’t want to make ______ uncomfortable. Finally, Betty and I had a good idea.

On the day of our party, kids arrived and dressed ______. John arrived, in an old coat, but still in the same brown ______ as usual. We danced, ate snacks and played games in groups. Before eating the birthday cake, Betty said in a ______ voice, “Now it’s time for the great prize game!” It was a math game. None of us were ______ when John came up with the right answer first and ______ the envelope.

Everything went well as we ______. John wore a new pair of trousers and a new shirt the next week. He felt happy. So did we. We will keep the ______ in our hearts. I knew when we help others, we need to find a proper way, or we may hurt them.

4.

A．

B．heart

C．arm

D．head

Each nation has many volunteers who help to take care of others. They are warm-hearted and willing to help other people. Some volunteers always go to the nursing home（养老院）to ________ the old. Sometimes they just visit them and play games with them. Now there are many ________ in many universities, and they use their spare time to help more people in need. For example, they go to the countryside in the summer vacations to ________ the children in the countryside so that the children can get more knowledge.

Some are sick or poor and they are short of ________. The volunteers go and work in their homes. They paint, clean up, repair their houses and help them do some shopping. For boys who don’t have fathers and may feel ________, there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball game or fishing places and help them to get to know things that boys ________ learn from their fathers.

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to ________ games or learn crafts （手艺）. Some of these clubs organize a short ________ to mountains, beaches, or other places. Most of these clubs need students who want a chance to use their skills and knowledge to help the little kids and have ________ patience and are warm-hearted.

If more people are willing to volunteer, our world will be better and better. Volunteers are the greatest people in the world. Let’s work together to make the world a ________ place.