Bill was fourteen years old. He thought he was a young man, but his parents thought he was still a ________. They said, “When you begin to think about ________ others, you will be a young man.”

One morning, his parents ________ Bill some money to buy milk at the store. In front of the store, Bill saw an old man. He seemed to feel ill. Bill went to him and asked, “Are you all right?” The old man answered, “Yes, but I need something to eat.” “Then, let’s go to the ________ ,” said Bill.

After going into a restaurant, Bill asked the old man, “Have you had your ________?” “No, I haven’t had any food and I don’t have any money because I ________ it,” answered the old man. Bill said to the waiter, “My friend wants to have bread and milk.”

The old man ________ what the waiter brought him. “I’m fine now,” he said. “I’ll never ______ your help! You are a very good young man.”

Bill was ________ because the old man thought he was a young man. The waiter came, and to their surprise, he said that the food was a gift and was ________. It was the birthday of his boss(老板), and they were the first customers(顾客) of the day.

【推荐3】Several years ago, Andrew started to work in Shanghai. But after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in April, he suddenly _________ his job.

Seeing there were many others like himself in _______ from the outbreak, Andrew and his two roommates, Peter and Michael, thought hard about what they could do for their local community. Finally, they came up with a good idea. Andrew said the idea was very _________, “Just take what you need and leave what you can.”

With the help of Peter’s father, they built a street pantry—a box made with shelves and hanging baskets and two doors made from old furniture. The three boys decided to cross the road and put it up _________ their home. The pantry was quickly _________ with the donations from the community. “It’s the community’s strong _________ that keeps the project alive.” Andrew said.

“We now have hundreds of people visit our box every day. It might only take two hours for the box to be full and next hour it might be empty. We are now helping others to carry out _________ projects in their own communities too.” Peter said.

Michael said things in the box were mostly convenience (方便) foods, _________ some necessary life things such as toilet paper. “Few people take everything _________. They think there are other people who need them more.” Michael added.

There were many people rushing there for donations. The three boys needed to disinfect (消毒) all the donations and make sure all food packages were not broken. Andrew said that they had no time for rest, but __________ they did was well worth. They felt so glad to do something for their neighbours.