1 . Next week, as millions of families gather for their Thanksgiving feasts (大餐), many other Americans will go without. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, more than 12 million households _________ enough food for everyone in their family at some time during the year — including _________.

Hunger is surprisingly widespread in our country — one of the world’s wealthiest — yet the government estimates that we waste almost 100 billion pounds of food each year, more than one-quarter of our total supply.

Reducing this improper distribution of _________ is a goal of America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. Last year, it _________ nearly 2 billion pounds of food to more than 23 million people in need.

America’s Second Harvest is a network of 214 inter-connected food banks and other organizations that _________ food from growers, processors, grocery stores and restaurants. _________, the network distributes food to some 50,000 soup kitchens (施食处), homeless _________ and old people’s centers in every county of every state.

A great deal of work is involved in distributing tons of food from thousands of _________ to thousands of small, non-profit organizations. Until a few years ago, America’s Second Harvest lacked any _________ way to manage their inventory (存货). Without accurate and timely information, soup kitchens were sometimes empty while food was left to __________ in loading places.

In 2000, America’s Second Harvest began to use a new inventory and financial-management system — Ceres. It is a __________ designed specifically for hunger-relief operations. It is used by more than 100 America’s Second Harvest organizations to __________ food from donation to distribution.

Ceres has helped __________ the spoiling of food and improve distribution. An evaluation found that the software streamlined (精简) food banks’ operations by 23 percent in the first year alone.

With more accurate and timely reports, Ceres saves time, frees staff members to focus on finding new donors, and __________ more efficient use of donations.

Hunger in America remains a(n) __________ social problem. Technology alone cannot solve it. But in the hands of organizations such as America’s Second Harvest, it is a powerful tool that is helping to make a difference — and helping more Americans to join in the feast.

2 . Some years ago, when Pat Thorn asked her husband Frank what he was going to do when he retired, he replied: “I'm going to volunteer with UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund).”

After_______, Frank was true to his word, and he and Pat toured schools and organizations around Britain as he gave talks about UNICEF. When they_______abroad, their original plans for a relaxing holiday would_______often turn into a UNICEF fact-finding trip instead.

They threw themselves into achieving important goals--- whether it was raising people's _______of issues or sourcing(采购) sewing machines to send to communities in Kenya that had _______them.

Pat and Frank were _______travelers, and when they headed to different continents, they were inspired to find out for_______how UNICEF put its child-focused plans into far-reaching _______.

“We met community leaders, and saw how UNICEF_______non-governmental schools so that children________attend them when they wanted to, which really made education more________to everyone.”

“The point is that UNICEF has this network in place, doing good work________, not just________there's an emergency.”

Pat and Frank also discovered early in their involvement that UNICEF's________programs are supported by donations, ________any funding from the UN budget.

Frank had become a promoter(促进者) for UNICEF's legacy-giving (遗产捐赠), He and Pat made the important________decision to________the charity in their own wills.

“It was a simple ________for us to put UNICEF in our wills,” says Pat. “The people running UNICEF have always been sensible and________, and that's the most important thing. My gift will join Frank's when I________this world.”