1 . Stephen used to work in a company. ________, he got serious heart disease. He couldn’t work for a long time. Thinking he could still do something for others, he decided to be a volunteer at a Children’s Hospital. Stephen ________ the children very well, and all the children loved him deeply. Of course, with his love, he did his job well.

There was a girl who ________ walk because of a disease. She couldn’t do anything and she was very sad. What was worse, the doctors said that they could do little for ________. Stephen decided to try to help her. He started visiting her, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He put the brush in his mouth and began to ________. He didn’t use his hands at all. Only his head would move. He always told her that she could do anything she wanted.

At last she began to draw ________ her mouth. She and Stephen became friends. Day by day, the little girl was getting better and better. She was allowed to ________ the hospital. One day, to Stephen’s great ________, she walked to see him on her own feet! She gave him a ________ she had drawn. At the top it read, “Thank you for helping me to walk. It’s all because of your love.”

Love can sometimes be more ________ than doctors and medicines. Love makes our world more beautiful and colorful. Stephen died a few days after the girl gave him the picture.

2 . One night a man came to my house. He told me, “There is a family with eight ________. They don’t eat anything for some days.” After I asked him where the family was, I took some ________ with me and left.

When I finally got to that family, I ________ those little children were too hungry to say ________ . There was no sadness in their eyes, just the deep pain of hunger. I gave the food to the mother. She took a half of food, and then ________. When she came back home, I asked her, “ ________ did you go?” She gave me this simple ________ , “To my neighbors—they are also ________ !”

I was not surprised that she gave to others, because poor people are always very kind. But I was surprised that she knew her children were hungry. Usually, when we are in trouble, we always ________ ourselves first, and we have no time for ________ .

8 . It was a few years ago. A friend had sent me a restaurant gift card for Christmas and I had picked a sunny Sunday afternoon to ______ it. The meal was delicious and we all had a good time.

When the waitress brought the check, I looked down ______ it. The gift card covered almost all of it. I reached into my wallet to ______ enough cash to cover the rest. I saw two bills in my wallet. The first would cover the rest of the ______ and give the waitress a nice tip(小费),The second bill was ______ larger so I reached down to pick out the first one.

At that moment my ______ flashed back to 30 years ago. I was working as a waitress in a ______   much like the one we were in now. It was long hours of hard work for ______ pay. I went home just only making enough to feed my young family.

______ I thought about it, I picked out the much larger bill. I folded it around the gift card. As we all ______ from the table, I handed them to the hard-working waitress.

“You keep the change.” I said with a smile and a happy heart. We are all one family.

9 . Volunteering means spending some of your free time helping others.     1     And you can also volunteer to protect animals, the environment, or any other things that you care about.

★ Help yourself by helping others.     2     If you’re upset about something that’s happened—volunteering can be a great way to cope（应付）with your feelings.

★ Get started.     3     Ask a teacher for ideas. Some places want volunteers who are 12 or even older, depending on the job. Often kids start volunteering by working alongside their parents.

★ Do things with parents or family members.     4     Talk to your parents, brothers, or sisters and see what they might be interested in doing. Find something you all agree on.

★ Invent your own opportunity. Kids can also come up with their own ways to raise money or provide needed services. Here are some ideas: make and sell products and give the money to the charity.     5     Start your own charity group.

Volunteering can also help kids learn important things about themselves. So what are you waiting for? Make a plan to start volunteering today.

10 . Many people think heroes need to be handsome, rich, or very smart. But as for me, a hero is a person who always helps others. My hero is Uncle Bill. He is the oldest son of a worker, and grew up in a poor family with four younger brothers and two little sisters.

He was good at neither writing nor math. In fact, he never did well in school. He had to give up school at a very young age. He worked and gave all his money to help his parents. When he was getting older, he found that he was very interested in fixing things. He collected broken things which people threw away and fixed them into good ones. He could fix almost everything that did not work. He worked hard and never gave up. Finally, he opened his own repair shop. It took him about 20 years to become a successful shopkeeper（店主）.

Now, he is very rich and has four other shops. But he never forgets the days when he had nothing. He gives money to poor families, helps poor kids buy books and offers them free lunches. He also encourages people to reuse things. He always says, “Make good use of what you have because we just have one earth.”

I’m proud of Uncle Bill. He is really a hero.

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