Bob and Mary from NO.3 Middle School give up several hours each week to help others.

Bob loves animals and wants to be an animal doctor. He volunteers at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it can help him to get his future dream job. “It’s hard work,” he says, “but I want to learn more about how to care for animals. I feel satisfied when I see the animals get better and the look of joy on their owners’ faces.

Mary is a book lover. She could read by herself at the age of four. Last year, she decided to try out for a volunteer after-school reading program. She still works there once a week to help kids learn to read. “The kids are sitting in the library, but you can see in their eyes that they’re going on a different journey with each new book. Volunteering here is a dream come true for me. I can do what I love to do and help others at the same time.

Two students in the UK     1     to do some volunteer work during the school holidays. They wrote the following reports.

Mark: There are many homeless children. My mother and I visited nine of these children. We played     2     with them and taught them to tell stories. One child said, “I am not getting along well with my friends. They don’t     3     me.” I talked with him for a long time. After that, we spent some time with a girl called Vivian. Her parents died in a car accident. She does all kinds of housework by     4    , such as cooking and     5     the floor. She is unhappy and very     6    . She needs friendship.

Annie: I want to help     7     children. They have     8     in walking or moving. I taught them to sing because music can bring them joy and peace. I met a boy called Tim. He     9     his legs in an accident, but he is very     10    . We need to help children like Tim and raise their spirits.

The year 2020 is unforgettable (难忘的) for everyone. We are at home for     1     long time because of the COVID-19 (新冠肺炎). But many people still go out     2     (help) people in need. Zhong Nanshan is one of     3     (they). This year, we can always hear his name on TV and on the radio. On August 11th (共和国勋章) to thank him for his hard work.

Zhong Nanshan is a very famous doctor and teacher. He     4     (come) from a family of doctors. His     5     (parent) are both doctors. When he was young, he     6     (want) to be a doctor. He is 84 years old this year, but he still goes to Wuhan and helps the people there. During that time, visiting patients (病人) is often the     7     (one) thing for him to do every day. When his family call him, he always says on the phone, “Don’t worry     8     me. I am fine.”

We must learn from him and help people around us. He is a hero (英雄) of China. We all thank him for what he has done for us.

4 . I really love volunteering, for example, volunteering at old people’s homes. It’s one of my favorite _________.

At my school, I often helped my classmates. It was really fun to _________ their studies. I didn’t always get _________ grades, but I could explain to them _________. Now when I’m _________, I often volunteer on my town’s main street. Every weekend, other _________ and I make a lot of dishes to feed everyone who crosses the street. There are always about 500 people. The long day makes me tired, _________ it also brings me great joy. The looks of joy on those people’s faces would make my tiring day into a _________ day.

From my volunteering, I _________ that helping others not only makes others happy but makes __________ happy, too. And maybe one day, the people once you helped would help you back.

5 . 周末是我们生活中重要的一部分，合理利用周末时间对青少年至关重要。某校英语杂志社就“如何让周末生活更有意义”开展征文活动。请你根据提示，用英文写一篇短文投稿。80 词左右。（短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。）

Life on weekends is an important part of our daily life. How can we make our weekends more meaningful?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In short, let’s make good use of our weekends!

My mother told me we would have a yard sale this weekend. Yesterday I ________ lots of old things from my bedroom. I had to ________ five things I no longer use. I was quite ________ at first. Although I have not played with my old toys for a long time, I ________ wanted to keep them. For example, I have ________ the toy car since my sixth birthday, and I played with it almost every day ________ I was ten. And I didn’t want to lose my toy bear, ________ . It was one of my favorite toys. It came from my grandmother. I have ________ it for five years. I wanted to keep them ________ they brought back many sweet memories. “Maybe some kids need the toys more than you. They don’t fit you anymore. But they can bring ________ to the kids,” my mother said. In the end, I gave away the toys to the kids in need happily.

One spring afternoon, I went to the shopping center with my son. As I was looking for the parking space (停车位), I saw a(n)     1     pushing her shopping cart (购物车) in front of us, and the cart looked too     2     for her — it was full of food and drinks. She was also carrying three bags in her hands. She saw us and tried to move to the side so that we could     3    . At that time, the wind blew away two of the food bags, and she ran to catch     4    . I asked if she was OK. “Yes”, she said, “I’ll be out of your way soon”. She picked up the two bags but another bag fell off.

I     5     my car and told my son to wait for a minute. I ran to the woman and she said sorry first. She told me those things were for her son’s     6     birthday party. I helped her put the things in her car. She said, “Thank you so much.” I smiled and said, “I am a mother,     7    . Many people helped me before. I’m just returning the kindness.” She said thanks     8     and got in her car.

When I walked to the shopping center     9     my son, he took my hand. It was the most touching gesture (动作) of all, and I realized that our children are always     10    .

10 . 假设你上周末参加了一次义务劳动，前去人民广场清洁打扫，请用英文将此活动叙述一下，80词左右。

Last weekend, our class went to ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________