Three years ago, my teacher asked me to join her program to help _________children. Each week I spent an hour in the classroom _________ children with their schoolwork. My mother is a(n) _________, so I knew how to help children. However, I didn’t know the children with special needs could _________ my life greatly. In the beginning, I thought it might be _________ to be with children who were so different, but later, I found something special about these students.

One day, I read a story to some children. The story told us the disabled could do great things, too. _________ that, I helped them make model characters of the story. I could tell they felt happy and confident(自信的) from their smiling faces. Then I knew why the teacher _________ the program. I didn’t need to be afraid of them at all.

Today, I still work with those children. I often encourage(鼓励) them, and they _________ give up. They can always finish their work by _________. I hope they could remember this feeling when they meet ____________ in the future.

5 . Hua Yuchen is a school teacher in the city. She has been fighting the virus as a volunteer for over a month.

“At first, I had no idea what kind of work I was going to do.” Hua said. “But as I was born in this city, I knew I must do something for my hometown, even though I am just an ordinary person and cannot save patients as doctors do.”

She does a lot of work. She sends medical workers to and from work. She takes the temperatures of drivers on the roads. She sends goods for a hospital.

Hua said all of the volunteers were working hard. “There’s always someone who arrives earlier than me, does more work and leaves later,” Hua said. “We are just humans. No one can say they are not afraid. But the volunteers are brave enough to stand up and do what they can.”

“I am happy, and every day I enjoy finding out where I am most wanted,” Hua said.

6 . I often drive on the road for my job and have seen a lot of accidents. One day, I was heading to a far-away town. I had to take a _________ road to get there. There were many high hills and a lot of sharp turnings. When I was going around a _________, I saw a car in my lane (车道) suddenly move into the other lane. It _________ the cars in the other lane to come to a sudden stop. In return, the cars behind them _________ as well. Still, some of the cars hit each other and caused accidents on the road.

After a while, things were almost cleaned up. All the cars drove away, and I was driving on the way, too. I thought there would be no more _________ ahead, but suddenly, I saw a big rock lying in the road. I thought I’d _________ it to stop similar accidents from happening again.

And just as I got out of my car to pick it up, I _________ a man on the other side of the road running to the rock. I watched him _________ the rock and put it in the bed of his truck. The _________ wasn’t in his lane and he still picked it up. He was just doing something for somebody else’s safety.

I guess it was just __________ to see someone else go out of their way to do something for other people, knowing he wouldn’t get a thank you at all. So thanks man, whoever you are.

8 . Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.

Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now she’s living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral dies. I’m helping to do research (研究) on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”

“I’m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself!

When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America.”