2 . If you want to work as a ________ in an old people’s home, try the following ways.

Know more about old people’s homes through different ways. At first, know which old people’s homes need volunteers. Then you can make sure which is ________ for you to choose. Next, you need to ask for their agreement to volunteer there. Finally, you must ________ all the rules.

Choose the old people’s home which isn’t ________ from your home in order not to spend much time on the way. It’s a good idea to ________ some information about the old people’s homes online. Then you can know how to get there easily. Read all the rules ________. Different old people’s homes have different rules. For example, an old people’s home asks you to work 4 days each week, ________ you are only free on weekends. Some old people’s homes ________ the volunteers aged above (在……之上) 16 years old. If you can’t reach the age, they won’t change ________ rules for you. Your volunteer work should depend ________ your interest. Doing the volunteer work you like can make you enjoyable. For example, if you like doing chores, you can volunteer to help the old wash the clothes, sweep the floor and so on.

One day, Joe watched a video at school. It was about a factory. The factory made a lot of ________ and put it in a river. People living near the river drank the polluted water and many of them got ________. They needed medicine and made visits to doctors.

But the video wasn’t all bad news. It ________ ways to pick up rubbish and why it’s important to do this. It said everyone can make a difference to the ________.

Two days later, Joe walked through a park. He saw lots of rubbish in the lake there. He thought of the ________ and decided to clean the lake.

He told his grandfather about his ________. His grandfather said, “It’s a tradition (传统) in our family to help people. That’s why we ________ food every month. I’m ________ that you can help people by cleaning the lake.”

Cleaning the lake would involve (涉及) lots of work. Joe decided to ________ a group to help him. He asked his family and friends to join him. They worked hard together. Six weeks later, there was no rubbish in the lake. ________ they were tired, they were happy that they did something for the environment.

5 . Jessie was driving home when the accident happened. ______ truck hit a car, but the truck driver didn’t stop it. The truck was gone!

Jessie thought that the people in the car must ______ and she should help them. Without thinking of the danger, Jessie ______ to the other side of the road. Looking into the car, she saw two adults and two kids. Jessie was happy to see all of them alive, but the man, the driver, got ______ hurt.

Jessie pulled one of the car doors, but she couldn’t move it. She went to the next door and opened it a little. “Please get ______ kids out first,” said the woman. Jessie pulled the little boy out ______ the car first and then the little girl. She took them to a safe place. When she went back to get the parents out, she found the door ______ open wide enough for the parents to get out. Jessie thought of the toolbox in her car. She had ______ in it and it could help get the door open. So she got the box quickly.

While Jessie was working on the door, the father said, “Not many people would do ______. You are brave and great. Thank you so much.”

“You just take it easy, and I’ll get you out soon,” said Jessie. ______ she helped the woman and the man get out of the car, it caught fire.

6 . I was in the fifth grade. One day, my dad’s car was broken into by someone and all of the things inside was _________, including my schoolbag. My textbooks and my notebooks were all in it. I was really sad.

I had to go to school with _________ the next day. My teacher, Miss Taylor, was very kind to me. She gave me a new notebook _________ I told her what had happened. She also handed me some crayons and asked me if I’d like to color the front of the notebook. I really thanked her for her _________.

But I never did color the new notebook, because something even _________ happened later that same day. Miss Taylor got a call from the office. After she _________ the phone, she said excitedly, “Zoe, a miracle has happened! Someone found your schoolbag!” I rushed to the _________ and got my schoolbag. When I opened it, I saw that all my things were still inside. The office secretary _________ it had been brought to the school by a couple. They found my schoolbag on the side of the road and brought it to the school’s office because they found the _________ in my notebooks.

It _________ that there are lots of people out there who are kind. There is no need to lose faith (信心) in society just because of one bad apple.

Cathy is a 14-year-old girl. There is an empty land (空地) in her neighborhood. Over time, the _______ was full of rubbish. People around often complained (抱怨) that. it was too terrible in summer.

One day, Cathy looked down at the empty land. Then she saw the flowers on the roadside. _______, an idea came into her mind. Later, she _______ her friend a drawing of a garden (花园). David said, “What a beautiful drawing! But how can we make your thought come true? It’s hard work.” “Let’s ask _______ for help,” Cathy said. Then they _______ to share their ideas with their neighbors. After hearing the idea, most of the neighbors were _______ and they decided to help Cathy.

On a clear day, to clean away the _______ on the land, many of them came to help. And they also brought some little trees and seeds (种子) of different flowers. Cathy and her friends planted and watered the trees and the seeds.

Finally, the terrible land _______ a beautiful garden. _______ the neighbors came to the garden, they were all surprised and even couldn’t believe that a garden could look so great! Cathy ________ that one small idea could make a big difference if people worked hard together. It was a wonderful experience for Cathy.

If you are given only 1 yuan, can you live in a city for one day? It may be a little difficult. But ________ from Xi’an did it.

On April 10th, more than 60 students from the Middle School Attached to Northwestern Polytechnical University ________ the One Yuan Metropolis Survival. The charity for teenagers called Imperceptible Education held this ________. Students had to live and they had to deal with a lot of ________ tasks. It has happened in eight cities and is going to four other cities, including Beijing, in May.

To make ________ many students looked for part-time jobs and saw how hard life was.

Zhang Qiyue, 14, asked more than 10 restaurants for a job and ________ got one chance. “We were sad when they said ________. But slowly, we got used to it.” he said. After being a waiter for an hour, he ________ 25 yuan. Some made use of their talents ________ singing and dancing in parks or shopping malls. Many people who walked by took notice and helped ________. Zhe Jincheng, 14, drew pictures and made paper crafts (手工). “This showed it’s ________ to learn a special skill.” he said.

Living was hard, ________ finishing the tasks was not easier. They went to different places to finish tasks in a ________ time. The most amazing one was that they had to exchange things worth a hundred yuan with only a piece of paper in half an hour. “We learned ________ to persuade (说服) others. From a balloon to a cake to a bottle of yogurt…after almost 20 tries, we got an expensive necklace,” he said, “we would ________ all of the money we had raised to poor schools in Tibet.”