1 . More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holiday working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

2 . My life is always filled with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always face it _________. In July last year, I couldn’t believe the news that I was _________ to enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed home and told my parents. But my father didn’t seem as _________ as I was. He just kept smoking _________ saying a word. And my mother put her head down and couldn’t help crying.

_________ I saw didn’t make me surprised. I knew very well what my family was like. My mum had been in bed for two years because of her _________. My family lived a hard life and couldn’t afford my tuition fee （学费）. I felt so upset but I could say _________ to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work to support my family instead of continuing my education. To my surprise, things completely changed just three days before the _________ of the new term. My head teacher who had taught me for three years came to my family with some money. The money was raised by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream and never give up.”

At the same time, my father also earned some extra money. He tried his best to afford part of my tuition fee. I knew I was lucky, and I have been studying hard _________ I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always think of my head teacher and schoolmates, and then I can always get enough courage to __________ fighting.

At 9: 00 a.m. yesterday, bus No. 26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man     1     (lie) on the side of the road.

The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, stopped the bus     2     thinking twice. He got off to see     3     happened. Someone     4     (say) that the man should go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act     5     (quick). He expected most or all of the     6     (passenger) to get off and wait for the next bus. But to     7     (he) surprise, they all agreed to go with him.

Thanks     8     Mr. Wang and the passengers, the man was     9     (save) by the doctors in time. “It’s sad that many people don’t want to help     10     (other) because they don’t want any trouble,” says one passenger. But the driver didn’t think about himself. He only thought about saving a life.

4 . Once upon a time, there was a farmer called Da Niu. One day he was walking in the forest and found a bird. The bird was hurt and it cried. Da Niu picked it up and took it home. He looked after it carefully every day. The bird got well soon.

One morning Da Niu enjoyed the sunshine next to the wall. The bird took his hat and flew away. Da Niu was very angry and ran after it. He shouted , “What a bad bird you are!” Suddenly he heard a big noise behind his back. The wall he sat next to just now fell down (倒下).

8 . I went ____ a beautiful beach last week ____ my friend, Lee. ____ was sunny and hot. We had great fun ____ in the water. In the afternoon, we went to a zoo. We saw ____ animals. The next day, it was ____, so we went to the museum. I didn’t really enjoyed it, ____ I don’t like the robots. Lee found a small boy ____ in the corner. The boy ____ lost. He couldn’t find his mother. We decided to help him. ____ the end, we found the boy’s mother. We were very happy.

9 . Sara was sitting on the sofa and thinking about her birthday party. Because of the terrible storm, her parents decided to have the party next weekend. Sara didn’t understand why. They didn’t live near the ocean.

“Sara, you can’t sit there all day,” her mother said. “We’ll have your party next weekend.”

“It’s not the same. My birthday is today, not next weekend.” Sara turned on the TV. She wanted to watch anything that wasn’t about the storm. But just about every station was talking about it.   “I can’t even watch my favorite shows. This storm is ruining（毁灭）everything.” Her mother sat down next to her. “The storm is ruining a lot. Look at that. Those people are trying to save their houses. Could you imagine if we lost our home?”

Sara looked at what was happening on TV. The storm did look bad. She knew she’d be really sad if her family lost their home. “What’s going to happen to all those people? Will they be okay?” asked Sara. “Usually when there’s a big storm like this, people raise money and send food and other things to the homeless families. Some people even help rebuild houses.” “I want to help, too, ” said Sara. “Maybe I could give my birthday money away. Those people are going to need it more than me. ”

Her mother smiled. “I’m really proud of you, Sara. Helping others is a great way to weather（经受住）the storm. ”