1 . Wang Zhijun has become famous as “Ferry (摆渡) Teacher of the Mountains”. He has been teaching at this poor village school in Hubei for over 28 years. The three sides of the school face water, so it’s ________ to reach the school. However, it’s the ________ school in the village. ________, many students have to take the boat to school.

Wang regarded (视为) the school as his home. He bought a small boat to carry students from far away ________ to get to school on time. When the water level (水位) ________, it will be dangerous to take the boat. So Wang usually ________ his students to stay and eat with him in the school at this time.

“Some students sometimes live there for more than a week when parents can’t ________ their children. The children also regard it as their second ________,” Wang said.

With Wang’s help, 46 students from the village have got into ________ for further education. He said, “I just want to ________ more students so that they can go higher and farther. I also hope they can return to help develop their hometown after completing their studies.”

Martin is my youngest son. He likes staying alone and he seldom laughs. As the boy’s mother, I was _______ about him. I took him to see the doctors in many _______, but it didn’t work well. Nothing could make him happy but the recycling truck (垃圾回收车) passing by my house. Every afternoon, he raced to the front of the house, _______ for the truck.

When we were late and _______ the truck, Martin would be very disappointed. One day, I stopped the truck and _______ myself.

“Nice to meet you, too. I’m Vince.” The driver greeted me in a happy voice.

“Your coming is the most _______ moment for my son,” I smiled.

After knowing our story, he said, “Can you give me your phone number? Maybe I can send you a _______ before I arrive.” I exchanged my number with him at once.

Then began our _______ with Vince.

Recently, I said to him, “It’s my little boy’s birthday tomorrow. Could you please do _______ special for him?”

The next day, as I was standing _______ the road with Martin, we saw the green truck running down the street with a loud beep (嘟嘟声). Like a superman in a movie, Vince stopped and walked towards us with a box in his hand.

“Today is your birthday, Martin, and here’s a _______.”

He handed the box to my son. Inside, there was a green model truck like _______. My son, surprised, looked up happily and _______ him.

After chatting for several minutes, he was about to leave for work. I tried to give him some money for his help. He kept _______ his head and refused my money, saying “Today you, tomorrow me.”

I was deeply _______ by these simple words. And I have been ready to help others whenever I can. You will never know when you’re going to be the one that needs help.

4 . A couple in Florida, USA have found a great way to spread joy and kindness in their community. They ________ it “the Door of Kindness”.

When Jessa and Tim moved into their new apartment in August 2021, they ________ much time making a difference in their neighborhood. They ________ a small table with post-it notes (便利贴) and pens outside their front door and left a note, encouraging neighbors to write positive (积极的) ________. Within hours, notes began to appear on their front door. As days went by, the door was covered with positive notes.

Jessa said her ________ of “the Door of Kindness” came from the pens she used while working in a restaurant. On the pens read messages, including “Your past does not ________ your future”, “You’re valued” and “You’re beautiful”. “It was a small way to let the customers know that they were ________ to the restaurant,” Jessa said. So, when the couple moved into the new apartment (公寓) and realized people would pass by their door every day, Jessa put the pens to use again. “People can take a pen and leave a positive message. If someone’s having a bad day, he can come to ________ these notes,” Jessa added.

So far, the couple have received hundreds of messages from their neighbors. “Many of them told us that they have left notes ________, though none of them would ever say which one was theirs. And they have told us how wonderful our ________ is and what a great idea it is,” Jessa said.

9 . Last Saturday, Du Juan came to a park with her red chair and tools (工具) as usual. She put a sign saying “_________ Haircuts” on the ground. Then an old man came and sat down.

Du Juan and the old man talked _________ like old friends. The old man said he was going to _________ his son’s birthday party.

Twenty minutes later, “OK, done,” said Du Juan. The old man looked at himself in a mirror (镜子) and _________ her.

So far Du Juan has _________ such free haircuts to people around the city. All began because of an illness. It made her thick hair very _________. After that, she was afraid to have her hair cut until she met Bob, a skilled barber (理发师). “He talked with me kindly, and it makes me _________. He changed my look, and more importantly, he changed me,” Du Juan said.

“I learned the haircut _________ and later became a barber,” she said. During her free time, she not only gave people free haircuts, but also made them feel happy. “I can’t make their _________ go away, but I can help them feel less lonely for a moment,” she said.

Du Juan believes simple acts of __________ such as a free haircut, can make a difference. “The way you show up in the world is important,” she said.

10 . As a volunteer teacher, I traveled a long way to a village school in Longzhou, Guangxi. On my way there, I _______ the school and the children there. “It must be new and big, flowers are everywhere,” I said to myself. _______ I got so upset when I arrived there. It didn’t look like a school at all! How small! And there were only _______ rooms! One was for Grades 1, 2 and 3, one was for Grades 4, the third one was for me.

The only comfort (安慰) was that the children welcomed me _______ on my first day. They asked me a lot of questions, and I told them stories about myself and my life in Shanghai. The next day, I gave them a test (测试) _______, though the test was very _______, over half of the students failed (不及格). But they all wanted to learn new things. I knew they _______ me.

Now I’m busy preparing lessons for them every night. I can see that they are doing better and better _______ my help. I learn a lot from them, too. I understand _________ lives better now, and we are good friends. I’m very happy, and the experience is ________ very useful for me. I love the small school and the children.