Zhang Ning was a volunteer at the Winter Olympics in 2022. When she was interviewed (被采访) on the radio, she shared her stories and ________ with the audience (观众). “I was 10 years old ________ Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008. As I was watching TV and ________ the amazing shows, I was excited.”

She came to know that holding the Olympics was a chance (机会) to ________ China’s stories to the world, showing the world a more beautiful China. “It’s a wonderful experience to be a ________ at the Winter Olympics 14 years later. It made my childhood dream _________,” said Zhang Ning. “I learned a lot, ________ I was busy and tired.”

In order to ________ better service, Zhang Ning and her team were trained seriously. They worked hard in the face of ________. One of the most difficult things was the cold weather, as some of the work was outside. ________ more than 300 other volunteers, she might have worked for about 1, 000 hours, like ________ temperatures and tickets carefully at Wukesong Sports Center.

“I ________ for our athletes (运动员) when they were trying their best; I felt truly proud (骄傲的) when I saw our national flag (国旗) rising high, tears in my eyes,” she said. “Volunteering is unusual. I’ll do such jobs again. I hope more people will ________ us.”

President Xi Jinping once said at a meeting, “I hope the volunteers, volunteer service organizations and volunteer service work staff will make new ________ in the new era (时代), push forward the volunteer ________ of dedication (奉献), friendship, mutual (相互的) help and progress, and carry on their good deeds (行为).

I work in a cleaning company.     1     people call us, and we give them house cleaning service. One day, I got a call from a man     2     Jim. “I want to help an old man. He just had surgery (手术). Can I pay for it without     3     him know?” he asked. Then he explained to us why he was     4     about the old man. This old man is Jim’s neighbor, Mr. Brown. He lived alone and just came back from the hospital. There was still something wrong with his leg. His house was in     5     mess, but he couldn’t do any housework. Even folding the clothes was difficult for     6    . So Jim offered to help Mr. Brown and he said he didn’t want to bring the old man any     7    .

The next day, we went to Mr. Brown’s house.     8     we promised Jim not to tell his name, we didn’t tell too much to Mr. Brown. He was moved by the gift from someone he didn’t know. Sometimes we can’t depend     9     others, as we are afraid of making them get into trouble. However, there is always someone who     10     for you and tries his best to help you.

3 . Everyone admire heroes. When we are asked who are our heroes, someone well-known like Yang Liwei or Zhong Nanshan may come into mind. They make a big ________ to the world. However, there are “every day” heroes in our daily life. They may not be so ________ to the public, but these common people are also working hard to build a better world. Among them is Sun Jun.

Sun Jun comes from a poor village. The villagers used to have no enough food. He knew much about the ________. He learned to save food at an early age. When he was a college student, he found that the problem of food waste was more and more ________. He started to collect unsold food from restaurants and stores for homeless people.

After graduating, Sun Jun joined a volunteer organization called Green Food Bank, which was ________ to build a bridge between people who are ready to help others and those who are ________. It works by collecting and ________ free food for the poor, the disabled and so on.

So far, Sun and his team have done something meaningful to the society. They’ve not only saved a lot of food but also helped some people ________. More volunteers and restaurants join them now.

Why does Sun do all these things? He says, “Thanks to Grandpa Yuan Longping, we are almost no longer short of food. We need to think about how to ________ wasting. There’s a long way to go, but I won’t ________ halfway. It’s just the beginning. We still have much to do.

4 . International Volunteer Day is on December 5 every year. It started on December 17, 1985. It is a day to honor (尊重) volunteers all over the world.

Every day and every minute, lots of volunteers around the world work out of their own kindness and love to make the world a better place. They take care of the environment, build schools, teach kids, care for animals ... Most volunteers work without getting paid, and many do so using their own money. We should all appreciate (感谢) their work. International Volunteer Day gives us an opportunity(机会) to do so.

Celebrating International Volunteer Day also lets more people know about the work of volunteers and inspires (激励) them to join the volunteer team. When people see how volunteering is changing things for the better, they may want to give away their time and play their part.

There are many problems in the world. No one has answers to all the problems, but when we face them together, we are able to find good ways to solve them. The things we care about today will help build a better world tomorrow.

7 . Last year, I worked in a middle school near my mother’s house. I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I helped her ______ some housework and buy some food.

After the first week, I noticed that the food was eaten up very ______. Then I began keeping an eye on my mum. ______ my surprise, I found that she would put some of the food into a paper bag and go out with it ______ about nine every morning. And finally, I decided to follow her. I saw her taking the food to the street children. Then it ______ me—why wouldn’t she want to tell me about it? Was she worried that I would stop ______ food if I found out?

When my mum got home, I told her she didn’t need to keep it a secret from me. And she told me ______ about the children. Some of them lived with ______ old lady in a small house. ______ slept on the street. For years, she was helping the poor street children by giving them food. I was so moved by ______ selfless (无私的) she was.

8 . When I was eleven years old, my life changed forever when I got a serious disease. My life was ________ with operations and treatments. I felt stressed because I was really uncertain ________ everything that was happening.

One day, I was receiving my thirteenth operation in the hospital. Being away from my friends and school was bringing me almost as much ________ as the operation itself.

During that hospital stay, I received a card from a volunteer. That simple ________ meant much to me and gave me hope again during my time of need. I’ll never ________ the way I felt after that small act of kindness. I started creating an organization called Cards for Hospitalized (住院的) Kids.

The charity began with a simple dream of giving ________, joy and magic to those kids. It later ________ a national organization that sent cards to over 5,000 sick kids at more than 50 hospitals across the country.

It is hard to believe that an act as simple as a card can do so much good, ________ it does. Seeing a picture of a child ________ one of our cards with a huge smile makes us keep this wonderful charity alive.

________ might provide medicine for these sick kids, but we provide that little bit of hope and magic that’ll go a long way.

I will never forget the summer day in 1999. On that day, my mother died because of a terrible     1     (ill) at the age of 36.

Later that afternoon, a policeman came to my house     2     (ask) for my father’s permission (许可) for the hospital to use my mother’s valve (心脏瓣膜). I was greatly     3     (surprise). I cried.

“How can you let them do that to Mom?” I shouted at     4     (he).

“Linda,” he said     5     (quiet), putting his arms around me, “the greatest gift you can give is a part of yourself. Your mom told me     6     she can make a person’s life better after she dies, her death will have meaning. ”

The lesson my father taught me that day became one of the     7     (important) lessons in my life.

Years passed. I married and had a family of my own. In 2019, my father     8     (become) seriously sick. With a smile, he told me that when he died, he wanted to give     9     his eyes which were really good.

My father died and we gave his eyes to     10     blind boy as he had wanted. Three days later, my daughter said, “Mom, I’m so proud (骄傲) of what you did for Grandpa.” After hearing her words, I felt really happy.