Jim is an artist and environmentalist who loves animals very much. He often saw     1     dogs sleeping in some used tires (轮胎). An idea came into his mind, “Why not use these tires to make some comfortable     2     for the poor dogs?”

After that day, Jim started collecting old tires. He first cleaned them and     3     their tops. Next, he covered the holes in their bottoms with boards. The artist then painted each tire     4     bright colors. He also put something soft on the tires in order to make the beds more comfortable.     5    , he gave these colorful beds to local animal houses.

Have you ever heard of a famous charity (慈善机构) called Operation Smile? Let me tell you something about it.

Operation Smile is an important i    1     children’s medical charity, working for children around the world born with facial deformities (畸形). It was started by a doctor and his wife. In 1982, together with some volunteers, they went to Philippines. They w    2     to help those children with cleft lip and cleft palate (唇腭裂). It was very difficult for them to eat and drink. These volunteers worked very     3     (hard). But they worried that they could not continue with their work, because they were short of m    4    . Then they decided to start a charity so that they could help the children in need. They called it Operation Smile.

Operation Smile mobilizes (动员) a world of kind hearts to heal children’s smiles and to make a chance across the globe. The charity manages     5     (work) in over twenty developing countries and has helped over 10,000 kids who have problems with their     6     (mouth). Operation Smile     7     (win) many prizes for its work so far. In 1999 they even started a special event called “The World Journey of Hope”. Over 5,000 children in 18 countries are cured during the event.

On the other hand, Operation Smile trains local doctors and nurses in developing countries so that they can continue     8     (help) children when Operation Smile has left. As to the children with much more serious problems, they will send them to America for     9     (far) treatment (治疗).

There are a lot of children who need your help. We hope that more people     10     (join) us to help them. Please show your kindness to the needy children now. You can send your donation to Operation Smile at local banks. Because of you, many children can get the precious gift of smile.

3 . In my childhood, my mother spent her evening hours doing something for someone else. Sometimes she knitted (编织) hats for babies, and at other times, she cooked chicken soup for sick neighbors. So I wasn’t ________ when one evening my mother said she had taken on a new project.

“I am going to telephone seniors (老年人),” said my mother. “Every ________? But you don’t even know these people.” “It doesn’t matter,” she said. “What’s important is that I ________.” I was fifteen years old and couldn’t understand why my mother was willing to spend her evenings talking to ________. She had friends and my two older sisters to call if she felt lonely. “They will talk all the time on the phone. Some people didn’t even stop to catch breath.” I said.

My attitude (态度) didn’t stop my mother’s love for the project. That evening, I listened as she ________ the woman on the other line about her day and what she had eaten for dinner. When she finished the call, I said, “________ do you care whether (是否) she had cookies or rice pudding for dessert?” My mother said, “I’m the ________ person she talked to today.”

It took me more than thirty years to ________ understand the meaning of my mother’s words. Now, as my mother is nearly eighty, I find myself thinking about those nightly ________ she used to make. I am often the only person who telephones my mother, and sometimes I’m the only person she speaks to all day. I ask her what she cooked for dinner, but mostly I just listen as she describes a walk she took, or how her dog Lucky stole foods from the fridge. I ________ that my mother’s calls were lifelines, which made sure housebound seniors to keep in touch with the world. Without her, their world would have been empty.

5 . My heart is filled with love. Recently, I’m so thankful for the support of a very dear friend of mine. With his help, I can achieve my dream of making a kind act. It b    1     me more power in my life.

We live in a small African city. As you know, many people there live in a poor life and it’s h    2     for them to find jobs. I’ve been looking forward to o    3     a soup kitchen for many years. I hope to help the l    4     people in need. My friend helps me create a web page c    5     Sunshine. On it, we usually share our kind activities. These days, I’m making hearty food while my friend is handing out clothes. You know there are always so many homeless people l    6     on the streets, which shocks me a lot.

We want to invite more people to j    7     us. The act of love by giving has touched my heart greatly. Sometimes I feel very t    8     after working hard for a whole day, but I still go on with the love activities. B    9     of the project, my life becomes so m    10    . I know what I’m doing now may make a difference to some people’s life.

Recently, a short video from Chongqing has become hot on the Internet. In the video, a bus is moving on the road in a v    1    . When the driver notices a schoolbag hanging outside the d     2     of an old house, he stops and honks (按喇叭). Soon, a boy rushes outside, carries the schoolbag and gets on the bus.

The bus driver is Cheng Lin. He drives from Luotian to Wuqiao South Station for many years. There are many left-behind children a    3     the route (路线)—they go to school in the city on Sundays and come back on Fridays. Mr Cheng knows the i    4     of his role on their way to and from school, so he pays a lot of attention to them.

The boy is a student of Grade 9 who goes to school by himself. He lives with his grandmother b    5     his parents work in another city and seldom come back. Mr Cheng cares about him a lot. They have d    6     a secret code (代码). If the boy needs to take the bus, he will h    7     his schoolbag at the door. When Mr Cheng sees it, he will honk.

The boy’s parents were deeply moved by the driver’s kindness when they saw the video. “We are glad to see s    8     is taking care of our child. We are very thankful to Mr Cheng,” said the father.

Mr Cheng’s story is well-known and he is p    9     as a good driver. He says it’s just a little thing and that he will c    10     doing it.

7 . When I travel around the world, I always meet some kind-hearted people and touching things. One day while I ______ for a train at a station in Amsterdam, I saw a young homeless man asking people ______ money, so he could buy ______. Most of the travelers simply took no notice of the young man or gave him a dirty look. Only an older, well-dressed lady is different. When the young homeless man moved ______ this elegant (优雅的) lady, she turned back and looked straight into his eyes and ______ asked, “How much do you need?” I couldn’t hear what the young man said but watched ______ the old lady pulled several bills from her wallet and ______ them in the young man’s hands.

I don’t know whether the young man really used this money for breakfast or for some other purposes. What I know is that I saw two completely ______ reactions (反应) to the same situation. I saw people who were afraid or angry or distrustful. And then I saw this old lady who treated the homeless man as her ______. I decided then that, even though we have to be ______ in this world, I will still choose to be like her.

Every day may bring us many chances for kindness. The key is to do it or not.

I live in Missouri, near a river called the Jacks Fork. Before I was born, my grandparents decided to help ________ the river clean. So they started a club called Stream Team 711. But I like its another ________ better—the Jacks Fork River Rats! Our club tries to make sure the water is clean and ________ for fish and people. And now I’m old enough to help take care of the river, too.

Picking up ________ is like a treasure hunt. My friends and I can always find plastic bags, empty bottles, cans, paper, and many other things by the river. There used to be ________ rubbish here. One weekend, my grandparents picked up 6 tons of rubbish. That was as much as an elephant ________!

The rubbish was bad for the river as well as the animals and plants living there. So the River Rats taught people who were relaxing by the river to take rubbish with them ________ throwing it into the river. Now there’s much less rubbish for us to pick up. Maybe we won’t find any rubbish here.

My favourite thing is to ________ waterbugs (水虫)! The bugs like to stay at the river bottom. Some bugs don’t care ________ dirty the water is, but other bugs can only live here when the water is clean. ________we can find lots of bugs that need clean water, we will know the river is clean enough for fish and for us.

I enjoy taking care of the Jacks Fork River. We help make sure it’s a clean, safe place for me and my friends to play.

9 . The Smiths enjoy having dinner out on the weekends. They always go to a local ________. Their favorite waiter is Victor. When they walk in, their 8-year-old son, Bert, always gets a high-five ________ Victor and they joke a lot. The boy is so happy when Victor ________ his order, which is the same every ________. Victor treats ________ with kindness, and he always knows exactly what they want. “I love working here as I have a chance to make people feel good every day,” he often says.

A few months ago, Bert learned more about Victor. He ________ a very poor life and the whole family lived in a small room. Every day he had to walk several miles to work. He wanted to buy a ________ car. He’d been having a(an) ________ time saving money for one.

Bert told his mother about Victor’s ________. He kept saying “We have to ask others to help Victor get a car.” Finally, Mrs. Smith ________ to help Bert set up a fundraising (募捐) website. The goal was to ________ $5,000. When a local news station found out, it spread (扩散) the ________ online. Many of Victor’s other customers jumped in to help. The fund rose ________ to more than $30,000 in two months. That was enough for a car and to pay for an apartment for Victor’s family.

The 29-year-old Victor was deeply moved ________ he learned what his young customer had done. “I’d kept fighting quietly and didn’t want to ask anybody for anything,” he said. People were also touched by Bert’s kindness. Bert said he was ________ that so many people wanted to help. “This is the definition (定义) of community,” one of the customers wrote online.