1 . For years, Sammie Vance, 14, has been helping kids who feel lonely make friends. She has been _______ the Buddy Bench program since the third grade. The program was that anyone at school feeling _______ could sit on the “buddy bench”, telling other kids he or she needed a friend.

Sammie got the _______ for the program at a summer camp in 2017. She thought it would be cool to have a buddy bench in her _______, so when she returned, she _______ the idea to the headteacher.

Getting _______ for the project was just the first step. “There have been a lot of other _______, like money,” Sammie says. To cut down costs and be eco-friendly, Sammie decided to make the bench out of _______ material. So she got her community to gather bottle caps.

_______ of the project got out, and soon Sammie was getting caps from people in all 50 states, and even from people in Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries. ________, she collected more than 1,200 pounds of bottle caps. A company called Green Tree Plastics was ________ of upcycling (升级改造) these into three benches.

Not long after that, ________ her own school, more than 200 schools and parks nationwide, in Mexico and Australia ________ benches through the program as well. Her work continues to spread ________ far and wide. “We recently got a bench in Ghana, Africa,” she says.

Sammie thinks her small gesture can make other people’s day and that even small acts of kindness can ________.

4 . It was a September day. Today was the first day of high school for a freshman, Kayla. Kayla had always been a bit of a shy kid, but she had always ______ her studies. She was determined to make full use of her high school years.

As she walked down the hallways, Kayla couldn’t help but feel ______. The older students seemed so confident, while she felt small and unimportant, But Kayla was determined to succeed, no matter what ______ came her way.

It wasn’t long before Kayla’s determination was put to the ______. In her first week of school, she was assigned (分派) a (n) ______ project that required a lot of research and planning. Kayla did her ______, but she soon realized that she was in over her head. As she struggled (努力) to complete the project, Kayla began to ______ herself. She wondered if she was cut out for high school. But then, something ______ happened.

Kayla’s classmates began to notice how ______ she was working, and they started to offer her help and ______. They gave her advice on how to ______ her time better, and they shared their tips for ______ assignments. With their help, Kayla was able to complete the project on time and with great ______.

From that day on, Kayla ______ that high school was not a challenge to be faced alone. With the help and support of her ______, she was able to deal with any difficulty that came her way.

5 . When the weather starts to warm up, we love heading to the beach for a few days. During one such trip, after a few days of being _________ on the beach and spending too much time walking the boardwalk, we decided to go for a _________.

We _________ a car for the day and drove to Key West. Our _________ was to enjoy a scenic drive on Highway 1 and maybe try some pie and head back, but the day _________ to be more memorable than that.

It was a breathtaking drive and we kept our eyes glued to the window. The scenery was _________ and felt like we were driving over water. When we were closer to Key West, _________ my husband-stopped the car, grabbed his camera, and ran out looking up at the sky—_________ me looking at him confused (困惑的).

After a few minutes of looking and pointing at a shiny object in the sky, he was pretty _________ to announce he’d spotted a UFO. I should __________ here that he loves sci-fi movies and UFO shows and strongly __________ we are not alone.

We eventually got back in the __________, stopped at a nearby store, and asked someone in the parking lot, “Do you see that shiny thing in the sky?” The man looked up and __________, “Do you mean that weather blimp (气象飞艇)?” The shiny object in the sky was not an unidentified flying object or alien craft but a weather blimp.

It is one of the short funny travel __________ that always come up when we talk about our __________. It starts with one of the kids saying “Remember the time when Dad thought he saw a UFO...?” and always makes us laugh.

6 . Patrick, Scheels store’s fishing manager, always helps customers with their angling (垂钓) needs, but one ______ stood out.

One day, a young boy named Xander entered the store with his mother, Brynn. Patrick noticed his eye were filled with ______ about the world of fishing. For nearly half an hour, they ______ their shared passion.

Brynn shared the ______ of Xander’s connection to angling, explaining, “My dad, a fisherman, passed away last year, but Xander never got to go fishing with him. So over the last year, he’s been ______ grandpa, wishing he could go fishing with him.”

______ by Xander’s longing for a connection to his late grandfather, Patrick decided to take action and ______ Xander his first fishing pole. “It was sixty dollars and he bought it with his own money,” Xander said. This ______ gesture brought tears to Brynn’s eyes, and she acknowleged that such acts of kindness aren’t ______ .

However, Patrick’s generosity didn’t ______ here. The 22-year-old fishing enthusiast went a step further by ______ a memorable fishing trip for Xander and his family. To ______ that Xander had an enriching experience, two professional anglers from Scheels ______ him on the trip, offering guidance and teaching him valuable skills.

Patrick’s kindness was ______ a breath of fresh air for Xander and his family, who described the fishing trip as a once-in-a-lifetime ______ . “I felt like it was my due diligence to pass on the good word of fishing,” Patrick said.

8 . A cancer diagnosis (诊断) can bring you to the very edge of the cliff (悬崖). It did for Allie Newman. A bright, athletic 16-year-old one day and a cancer ________ the next.

Osteosarcoma isn’t a word that should be in a high schooler’s ________. Allie got very familiar with it, a type of bone cancer. She ________ 12 months of treatment, losing her hair, her strength and her desire for food but never her positive ________. Then came the surgeries to replace some of her bones. In addition to those was long-term medical treatment. The ________ suffering can prevent a person from being ________. But when Allie ________ herself on the cliff’ edge, she decided to live and ________ life, no matter what it brought. Though it was ________, Allie discovered the courage to finish college, travel abroad and celebrate every new year of being cancer free.

“Cancer ________ people,” Allie says. “It shapes us into someone who understands more deeply, hopes more desperately and lives more passionately.” With that ________, Allie joined an organization that helps hospitals treat teenage cancer patients. So far, the organization has ________ 18,000 families.

You ________ know where your life will lead and what courage you will have to gather. But when you are facing your ________, do as Allie says, “Take a second to smile, and give yourself a minute to truly ________ all the good in your life right now.”

10 . Jodi and Chase’s family liked to kayak (划皮艇) out to a small cabin down the river. Each summer, the parents always ___________them of the dangerous brown bears nearby.

Today, Jodi and Chase were allowed to___________ahead alone. They put on life vests and started their adventure. After a while, Jodi took a break and laid her paddle ___________her kayak, taking out their sandwiches: smoked salmon with pickled onions.

Chase raised his eyebrows. “We’ll have to___________the fish smell on our hands when we’re done,” he said “We don’t want to smell like a bear’s favorite snack.”

Jodi squinted at him as she ate. “Not funny.”

“I never ___________ about bears.” Chase shrugged.

Shortly, they arrived at the usual stop: a cove (小海湾). Stepping out of their kayaks, they dragged it above the waterline,___________the rope around a tree stump (树桩), and washed their hands in the water.

“You go ahead,” Jodi said. “I need to grab some berries.” Then she got off the road

Walking alone,___________, Jodi sensed movement. She stopped and listened. There was rustling on the far side of the stream. She wanted to ___________down the trail immediately. Would that be a ___________? Just as what Dad had told her?

Then, a giant creature came out from the shadows. Jodi was frozen to the spot, going through a ____________in her mind: round ears, dark fur and a straight body...It’s a black bear! She exhaled slightly, for this kind was less____________But still, she could smell its stinky breath from across the stream,____________it had eaten something rotten (腐烂的).

Yet, as quickly as it had appeared, the bear escaped. Jodi breathed a sigh of____________

When she arrived at cabin, Mom, Dad, and Chase were already there.

“How did it go?” Dad looked __________

Jodi grinned. She did have a____________for them!