1 . People have been told to stay separated — at least six feet apart and to practice _______ state and local officials call “social distancing”. Some have been asked to work at home. But as people try to slow the spread of the _______ coronavirus, the resulting chaos and fear are bringing both large and small communities _______.

Simple acts of kindness are sprouting up online and in public, as neighbors, students, teachers, and others begin to _______ those who can pass this long and isolated time smoothly, and the people who may not have the means to _______.

For Jesse Farren-James, _______ out has taken the form of organizing trips to the supermarkets for supplies, and use of her membership card if anyone needs to buy large quantities. She _______ the offer in a Facebook group for the community residents (居民), and some people came and _______ to her. “I just feel so lucky _______ I have so many people in my life to rely on and so sad that not everyone has that,” she wrote in the group. In another interview, Farren-James said the “community is coming together” and “there are so many good and amazing people ________ to help others”.

Also, parents in Dorchester have gathered together online. In a Facebook group called DotParents, parents have been raising money to buy food and supplies for students and families in the community. Lisa Graustein has been organizing this activity. On Thursday, she used the more than $2,000 ________ by neighbors to purchase food in a restaurant supply company. A group of volunteers ________ the food and planned to distribute to schools for those who may need it.

“Food ________ is real in our city and this crisis is going to be ________.” Graustein said. “But here’s something we can do to deal ________ with the hard time.” This idea is spreading. She said friends in four ________ states had been running similar campaigns. Next, she wants to find a way to get landlords (房东) to ________ abandon rent for residents in ________ difficulties because of the outbreak.

As our president Xi said, we want to build ________ community, everyone should get ________ during the pandemic.

2 . When the lockdown began, 54-year-old artist Steve Derrick had to work from home. As he had ________ time on his hands, he wanted to do something to ________ the heroes on the front lines. One day, he found a magazine photo of a nurse ________, who had stayed so late at night treating COVID-19 patients. He decided to paint her with       _____ from her mask.

After painting that first portrait, Derrick felt ________ and began using Instagram to ________ the nurses who posted photos about treating COVID-19 patients. As ________ spread, medical workers started sending him photos, and so did their friends and family members who wanted to ________ their hard work. He sent the paintings to his subjects, free of charge. The reaction he got was, “This is amazing. It’s ________ a time in history.” Derrick said their ________ kept him going.

Derrick would take a picture of the portrait before putting it in the mailbox. When he ________ publishing the paintings on social media, he began ________ photos of frontline medical workers around the world. Requests       _____ came from patients who were ________ to show their respect for the doctors who helped save their lives. Since early April, Derrick has painted and ________ at least 100 portraits.

Although Derrick ________ reward of any kind, he says he’s gotten very ________ in another way. “Right here,” he said, ________ to his heart. “That’s the payment. That’s the reason why I do it.” Indeed, in the paintings, you can see not only the ________ in the eyes of the medical workers but also the admiration the ________ has for all of them.

4 . Talented people who want to create things often see their creativity fall into the “valley of death”. Why is that? Because only ________ is often not enough.

Take the ________ of Dr. Katalin Kariko, who is the inventor of a special mRNA which is now ________ all over the world to vaccinate (给……疫苗接种) people ________ the COVID-19. Forty years ago, Kariko, a hard-working and brilliant PhD student in Hungary, tried to ________ mRNA for antiviral therapy (抗病毒治疗). But the lab she was working at in Hungary ________ money. She had to stop her research work. Later she finally ________ it thanks to the following two encounters.

The first ________ encounter happened in 1998 at the University of Pennsylvania. There, Kariko ________ Dr. Drew Weissman, MD, a famous doctor. At that time, Weissman’s ________ was to develop a preventive HIV vaccine. As the result of this encounter, Weissman and Kariko started to ________ with each other. Kariko finally invented the mRNA, whose shortcomings were overcome ________ by their combined effort.

The second encounter was with Dr. Ugur Sahin, CEO of BioNTech. Kariko was invited by BioNTech to ________ a lecture in Mainz, Germany. Sahin was very impressed by her technique and her mRNA, ________ her to be a vice president in his company, and offered her a large research ________. We might not have today’s mRNA vaccines that have been so ________ in slowing down the COVID-19 pandemic without those two ________.

So ________ you want to create a successful invention like Dr. Kariko, ________ you need not only talent and effort, but also good relationships with others, which are ________ on trust and respect and very important to you.

5 . When most people in Shanghai, which is experiencing its ________ COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic emerged more than two years ago, are retiring for the night, others are working to keep the city ________.

Long Anhua, 51, a native of Hefei, Anhui province, became a truck driver after he arrived in Shanghai in 2008. ________ the pandemic, his main job was to ________ automotive parts.

He told us in the past he finished work at about 7 p.m., but during the pandemic, he does not return to the ________ provided by the logistics’ company until after midnight. “We all want to deliver as many supplies as quickly as possible to ________ in lockdown,” Long said.

All the drivers in his company are on call at night to ________ urgent deliveries are completed, eating and taking naps in the trucks have become their ________. And to ensure driving ________, Long and eight colleagues have been ________ by the company to take turns to work the early and late shifts, stopping for a ________ every few hours.

Long admitted he feels ________. “But I can ________—what I should do during the pandemic, and what I have done o far that embody (体现) my personal ________,” he said. He also added that he is able to persevere in the fight against COVID-19 because of his family’s understanding, support and ________.

Recalling the day he delivered supplies to his own ________, Long was a little upset: “It’s hard to ________ my feelings at that time. Although I was so close to my family members. I couldn’t ________ them. But my wife encouraged me, telling me not to worry about her and the children and also ________ me to protect myself when I made deliveries. From that moment on, there have been just two things on my mind—that the outbreak will ________ as quickly as possible and that I can soon get together with my family members again.”

6 . Renee Dixson is the director at a preschool in Indiana. She has always taken her role in her students’ lives very _________. Because of the novel coronavirus pandemic(流行), many of her kids' lives have changed _________. Renee said some of their parents are now _________ foodbanks to feed their families, which _________ any extra money they have will go to _________, not to Christmas gifts. That's why Renee has _________ it upon herself to make these little ones smile!

In addition to her day job at the preschool, Renee has started driving for Uber to _________ some extra money. But she won't be keeping it for herself. _________, she'll buy presents for all 50 of her students.

Thankfully, she isn't doing this _________! Several people in her community have __________ up and donated to her __________. Between their help and her Uber __________, she has been able to make massive(大量的) trips to Target to __________ up on toys. In fact, her office is quickly filling up with __________ for her students!

“I know how it feels to be __________ as a child because your parent doesn't have anything,” she said. She feels that   __________ she didn't do this for them, she would be letting them down. With or without presents, it's __________ that she could never disappoint them because she clearly goes above and __________ for them!

“Everyone always told me I have a big heart,” she __________. “I said, ‘No, I love children.’”

It's safe to say both are __________ for this selfless individual! Thank you, Renee, for making sure everyone has a wonderful time this holiday season!