1 . 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.

One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat near his feet. He put up a sign which said, “I am blind, please     1     me.”

There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was     2     by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the     3    . He then took the sign, turned it around, and     4     some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could     5     the words.

Soon the hat began to fill up with coins. A lot of people were giving     6     to the blind boy. The afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see     7     things were. The boy recognized (听出) his footsteps and asked, “Are you the man     8     changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a     9     way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,     10     I cannot see it.”

Karen was a social worker. Every day, on her way to work, she had to pass a place where many poor people lived. She had not paid much     1     to it before. But this changed one day when she met a poor boy     2     Ben. Ben knew she was the head of social service, and that she could     3    . He reached out his hand and said, “Can you help me? I’m looking for my dad.” His hands were so     4    . Karen asked, “What’s up?” “My mom is terribly sick. Her birthday is coming. I know my father’s coming     5     would be the best present. My dad had left us before I was two years old,” said the boy.

Karen was     6     moved and asked Ben to take her to his home. He led her to a small house. Karen saw a woman lying in bed. The woman knew she was dying. She said to Karen, “Please find a     7     for my son.” Karen took her hand and nodded with tears (眼泪). She got an idea! Her husband and she had     8     children, and looked forward to having     9    . Later Karen brought Ben home. Ever since then, the new family have had     10     and laughter.

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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.

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Billy is a boy of fifteen. His parents died three years ago. One day when he was walking in the street, he _______ a wallet. He returned it to the owner, Mr. Baker. He gave his _______ to the boy. As the boy had no job, Mr. Baker made him work for him in his _______. Billy worked so hard that Mr. and Mrs. Baker were _______ with him.

Mr. Baker loved planting _______. The week before last， he brought a few trees home，planted them in the _______ himself and watered them every day. Several days _______, he had to leave for another city. Before he started, he said to Billy “Take good care of the trees. Some boys near our house always want to steal them.”

“Don’t _______ about them. “answered Billy. Six days passed and Mr. Baker came back. He asked, “_______ anyone ever come to steal the trees?” “No, sir.” said Billy, “To stop someone from stealing the trees, I ________ them up six days ago. I have hidden them for almost a week.”