Last Sunday morning, I had a yard sale with my sister. We set up a long table in the _______ and put many old things on it. We made a poster (海报) to tell people that we wanted to _______ some money for a student in our school. The student was ill but her parents didn’t have enough money to take her to _______, I Maybe because of our kindness, our sale went very well. We were happy because we could _______ money for the student.

Just then, a boy came to our sale. He _______ at a necklace (项链) and asked, “How much is this?” “20 yuan,” I answered. He took out some coins (硬币) and _______. Then he asked us, “Could I have it for 15 yuan? This is all I have.”

I asked, “_______ do you want to buy it?” “Tomorrow is my mother’s birthday. I want to give this nice necklace to her as a _______. At the same time, I can do _______ for the student who needs help. I think my mother will be happy about what I do.”

My sister and I were both moved (感动) by him. We ________ to let the boy buy it for 15 yuan. After saying thanks to us, he went away with the necklace happily. We were happy, too.

2 . My mom works on Saturdays, so every Saturday my aunt, Jenny, takes me somewhere interesting. For example, once she took me to the sea museum, and then she made me do a project（专题研究）about my favorite ______. Last Saturday, Jenny ______ a plan to take me to an old people’s home. She was a volunteer there, so she _______ went there in her free time. There were a lot of old people there. Jenny introduced me to some of them. Then she asked me if I would like to read the newspaper to them. I was glad to do that. I read ______, so they could hear me. They said my reading was excellent. I felt really ______.

Later, Jenny and I had ______ with them. I sat at a table with a man and two women. During lunch, they told me stories about their lives. The man had been a guide. The two women were from different ______. Mrs. Wang came from China, and Mrs. Guleed was from South Africa. They ______ their lives in the hometowns. It sounded interesting.

After lunch, Jenny ______ the piano. Some of the people sang along to the music. The people there were very kind to me. I liked them so much that I began to ______ them as soon as I got home.

It was nine on a cold winter night. I hurried to _____ home from work on my motorbike. At the last crossing, _____ I was waiting for the green light, I saw an old man walking towards me. He stopped me and I felt a little _____ because I didn’t know him. The old man said slowly, “Excuse me. Could you please help _____?”I looked at him up and down. He looked about 70 years old.

The old man took out ten yuan and said to me, “You see the old lady over there? She’s selling baked sweet _____. Could you just _____ the money and buy one from her?” He pointed at an old lady_____ something about fifty meters away over there.

“But why don’t you go and buy it _____?” I was puzzled（迷惑的）.The old man continued, “That old lady is my _____ and it’s her first day to sell baked sweet potatoes. Just now I called her. She told me that there was only one sweet potato left and she wouldn’t go home until _____the sweet potatoes were sold out. But I know that she can’t _____ the cold because her legs hurt. I’m very worried _____ her. ”

At that time, I ______ why the old man asked me to buy his wife’s sweet potato. I felt really warm and moved. Without taking the money, I rode to the old lady quickly and bought the _____ one. When I waved (挥手)goodbye to the old man, I could see him standing there with a thankful _____.

4 . Today I want to tell a true story about myself. Fifteen years ago, I left school I came to Beijing to _______ a job. I went from one company (公司) to _______ but no one wanted me. Now I had little money. I had to go back to my small town. So I came to the station. I felt _______ and tired. It was very late at night and the _______ was full of people. They were waiting to _______ tickets of the last train. I bought the last ticket, and I was very happy.

At that time, a woman _______ a crying baby walked to me. She asked me if I could sell her my ticket. I agreed and gave her the ticket. I thought they needed it _______ than I did. After _______ left, I sat on the bench and didn’ t know _______ to go. Just then, an old man came and said, “Young man, I ________ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like ________. Would you like to work for me? ”

No great lose without some small gain. We should believe that kind people are always ________. Helping others ________ helping ourselves. We should ________ kids to help others from an early age and let them ________ to be kind.

5 . I’ ll never forget that morning. It was cold and _______ outside. And it was also my first day in my new school. Along the road to it, I walked _______. I didn’ t want to get there early because I _______ about lots of things in the new school. That made me _______.

It was early and there weren’ t many people on the road. In front of me, a girl was _______ a bike in the snow. Suddenly(突然), she fell down (摔倒). She wanted to _______ but she couldn’ t. I went over and helped her. She said, “Thank you, ” and then she rode away. I was still sad, _______ what she said made me feel warm.

Some minutes later. I got to school. _______ Mr. Green’ s help, I found my new classroom. Then, Mr. Green introduced(介绍)me to my _______. After that he asked me to sit down next to a girl. I felt so ________ that I didn’ t look at her. Soon the first class, maths ________. Their books were different from those in my old school. I didn’ t know ________ I could do. Suddenly, a(n)________ book appeared(出现)in front of me, “ Hi, let’ s look at the book together(—起)” I felt the love and friendship(友谊)from her. That made ________ happy. But when I looked up, I got a big ________. She was the girl I helped this morning. From then on, Emily and I were good friends.

One day, a little boy held a dollar coin in his hand and _______ the shop owners along the street, “Excuse me, do you sell God (卖上帝)?” The whole day, the boy went in and out of many shops, but each time they said no.

Then, at the sixty-ninth store, a kind grandpa _______ to sell it to him and asked the little boy, “_______ do you want to buy God?”

The boy told him that his parents died when he was still a baby and that his uncle was now _______ him. But a few days before, his uncle fell off stairs and was in hospital. The doctor told the boy that only God _______ save his uncle.

“How much do you have?” the old man asked. “One dollar,” _______ the child.   

“My boy, God’s price is one dollar,” said the old man.

Then the storekeeper took a bottle of “God” from the shelf. “Take it, boy! When your uncle drinks it, he will be _______ soon.”

The little boy _______ to the hospital and shouted _______ to his uncle, “Uncle, I ________ God and you will be fine soon.”

The next day, a medical (医学的) team made up of the world’s top medical experts (医疗专家) came to the hospital. The operation was very successful (成功的).

When the little boy’s uncle saw the medical bill (账单), he felt ________. However, the hospital told him a rich elderly man ________ the bill.

The little boy’s uncle went to the shop to thank the old man. ________ he was away on holiday, leaving a letter.

“You don’t need to thank ________. To save you, your nephew brought a ________ and went into every store to buy God. Thank God, he was the one that saved you.”

It was only the second week of summer vacation. Jason was _________ of it because all of his friends were away on vacation.

Jason’s mom was getting ready to go downtown to _________ food kitchen to help out. She volunteered _________ lunch to the poor people. “Why don’t you come _________ me?” his mom asked. “I don’t know anything about working at a food kitchen,” said Jason. “You just watch me _________ then you will see how to serve the food.” said his mom.

It was time to go. Jason _________ excited to try working in the food kitchen. He watched his mom put some food on a plate, then pass the plate to others. “I can do that,” Jason thought to _________. One of the _________ left early, so Jason took her place. He served twenty-five people that day. Jason really _________ his day. He couldn’t wait to get home and __________ his father how much fun he had. “Jason, you helped many poor people today. I am so proud（自豪的）of you!” his dad said.

Jason went to bed that night thinking about the food kitchen. “I am going to help out again,” he thought.

How are you going to spend your summer vacation? Many students plan to travel around the world. However, some students choose to be _________. What are the reasons for this? Volunteering will help you learn more skills. More importantly, you’ll make a big _________.

But before you start your volunteer work, you should make preparations. You need to find out _________ you are interested in, what you are good at and what volunteer job you will do. Remember, the better you _________ for it, the more meaningful your volunteer work will be.

Bruce used to _________ English in Vietnam(越南). “It was one of the most wonderful experiences in my life. It changed my life. I will _________ doing this in the future,” he said. “People often say, ‘Why do you work for _________? You don’t get anything.’ I reply, ‘Try it _________ and you will find that you get a lot.’ I’m really excited about the work _________ I always have a feeling of joy.”

All in all, volunteering is a win-win! Experiencing volunteer work will improve your understanding of the world! When you help those in _________, you’ll become more open-minded and get great satisfaction.

Do you plan to be a volunteer this summer holiday?

My parents used to tell me how important school was for me, but I didn’t think so. I paid little attention. But one thing let me finally ________ what my parents meant.

One day, when I walked past a mobile phone store, I saw it was hiring (雇用) new workers! I went into the shop and ________ the job. The manager looked at me for a few ________ from head to foot. “Do you have a high school diploma (文凭)?” He said, “Or do you have any ________ experience?” I felt so ashamed (羞愧的) and I just turned ________ and left.

I could not fall asleep that night, and I thought a lot about my ________. “I must go to school to continue my study ________I can’t do anything without a good education, ” I said to myself silently.

Everything looked the same when I went back to the store years ________: the same people and the same design. However, now I felt more confident (自信的). The manager told me they needed ________workers. I showed my diploma to the manager. He looked at it and said: “Great! You are in. ”

Education helps you have a bright future. Now I am not worried about my future because I’m still ________ in my spare time.

My first memories of acts of kindness are from when I was about 12 years old. When I found people in trouble, I always ________ them with whatever they needed as soon as possible.

At that time, I noticed that many ________ people had difficulty going to the shopping mall after heavy snow. I would spend part of a ________ Saturday knocking on my elderly neighbor’s apartment doors to ask if they needed anything from the mall. The mall was down a huge hill and I would bring back a couple of bags of necessities (必需品) for them every time. I liked it and it made them so ________ too.

My friends asked me what I was doing and after some time some of them joined in and it became a tradition as time went by. I ________ asked for money for these, but sometimes the old ladies would put some in my pocket without telling me. The next time I would buy some flowers or cards for them.

When I went to college, many of these people would ask my mother about me, ________ my mother didn’t always know who they were. I had never told her about what I ________ to do for these people. And then she knew it through the conversations between these people and her. I started helping others when I was 12 and it has ________ until today. Now I’m a teacher and teaching my students the art of true ________. At first I wrote this for my diary, but my mother said why not share it with ________. I hope this inspires (激励) younger people and the older ones as well.