1 . Sick of coffee of famous brand? Deborah Johnston and Katie Hurwitz may have a low-key, completely free ______ for you: their in-suite coffee shop, C Side Coffee and Tea. ______ to find a way to meet new people and provide a ______ environment on campus, the duo(搭档) ______ the idea based on their ______ .

Johnston mentions her main ______ is from First Village, a coffee shop in her hometown. First Village ______ wireless access but has signs on their tables that ______ for their customers to talk to each other. “That ______ what coffee shops were like back then, which was for ______ instead of just for getting work done,” said Johnston. “We want to encourage people to ______ our door and feel like they can come and hang out.”

Their recent “grand opening” had a ______ attendance of a couple friends. ______ , the two have hopes of welcoming more ______ to their suite-shop, as well as creating an hours schedule for the shop if turnout increases. In addition, all of their offerings are currently free of charge, with ______ on creating a “give a little, take a little” space for ______ .

“We’re hoping to host ______ kinds of events, such as holiday parties with baking and cooking, tea and crafts, and jamming and drinks with local musicians,” said Johnston. “We’d like this to become a ______ where people are welcome to come without a(n) ______ or a text message. It’s not a coffee shop where we ______ people. It’s a coffee shop that brings people together.”

2 . Adam Harvison grew up in a poor family and his parents worked hard to support the family. _______, his dad lost his job, which added to their _______. Learning about this, community members did not look on. They brought them groceries and school supplies. Adam says, “I could see the_______of that even as a kid.” And he decided to pay it forward.

For Adam, it all started with an electric wheelchair. After _______ from the army in 2013, he got a job helping needy veterans (老兵). Then came a phone call about the wheelchair. Someone wanted to _______ it to a veteran who was in need only. Adam_______   to make that happen. Then word was spread and more and more people began to call in, _______to make a donation.

Therefore, in 2017 Adam_______a nonprofit organization Harvison House to provide _______ for low-income veterans for their homes, which are vital for a home, such as beds and kitchen tables. Adam and his team collect, clean and ________the donated items, for some may not function well, and then send them to veterans. Once it is ________, a photo of the donated object in its new home is sent to the donor. And the photo is usually along with a letter that ________the help.

Adam always believes that the personal________makes a difference. “We don’t advertise, but within 20minutes, I could get three phone calls with________ of household supplies.”

Adam, like all his staff, isn’t paid for his work. “For some things in life, you just have to put love before the ________,”he says.

3 . Pupils from a primary school in Merthyr Tydfil have created their very own mobile phone app in an attempt to boost other children’s health and happiness.

The content on the app includes _________ about mindfulness music, healthy recipes and the school’s _________ Max. The app was designed by Year Five and Six pupils from Pantysgallog Primary School who _________ the videos, wrote the text and worked with a company to build the app. They _________ to make the app after the coronavirus pandemic meant they were forced into two long periods of_________at home. They started the _________ in September 2021. It took three months to fully build the app, before making it _________ on the Apple App Store. It has also been shared with local_________ in the area.

Although it’s_________aimed at children, the app also has a map of places where families can go to__________or unwind (放松). One of the __________stars on the app is the dog Max, who was once homeless but later__________by the headteacher. He __________ in the school every day with the headteacher, Mr. Thomas. A__________version of Max in sunglasses was a hit on the app.

The children said Max and the app helped them after the “__________"times when they had to learn from home. “He’s in lessons, he’s out on the yard, and he __________ some children in counselling (辅导) lessons – he’sjusta (an) __________ around the school”, said Mr. Thomas. “Pupils don’t __________anymore, because they know that if they drop things on the floor Max will eat them. And ifhe’s__________, everyone knows they have to be quiet because his hearing is so__________,so he’s been a real success story for us.”

4 . I’m a single mom. Unluckily, I was________earlier in the year so times was really________. My son had been in and out of the________for six years because of a severe disease. He was 8 years old and his brother was 7.

My sons knew we had________troubles, but they didn’t know how hard we were because my parents________for them. I was grateful that I had helpful parents.

One day, we were at a grocery store(食品杂货店) and I was________about grocery money and gas money because the day I had to pay for bills was________. Meanwhile, my 8-year-old son saw a homeless man outside the store. It was really cold and the man asked if we could give him some_______. My elder son walked to the man and gave him a dollar, and his brother did the________thing. I saw my sons talking to him and ________them say “be right back”.

They came over and asked me if we could get the man some hot coffee because it’s ________and the man had stayed there for four hours. So, we went inside, buying the man some________. Suddenly, I was not thinking about my________, or my worries at all. Instead, I was happy to see my sons do something kind, which was so________.

I hugged both my kids, because they had________me the great value of kindness.

5 . A group of frogs went jumping through the forest one day. Suddenly, two of them fell into a deep _________. All of the other frogs came together to look _________at their two fallen friends. They all began to shake their heads _________ “It’s too deep!” said one frog. Another added that there was no way they would ever be able to get out _________.

The two frogs began to jump and tried to get out. But the frogs that were _________ kept shouting at them that they had better _________because they were just wasting their _________. One of the two frogs finally _________, listened to their advice and died.

The other frog just kept on jumping harder than ever _________all the shouts. They kept shouting at him to stop being so __________and save himself from all the pain when he jumped and fell back down to the hard bottom again and again.

Finally, to the __________of all the other frogs, he jumped right high enough and got out. The other frogs asked him, “Why did you keep jumping __________we shouted at you to stop?” The frog explained, “I was so worried at that time that I could hardly __________anything. I thought all of you were saying words of __________all the time and cheering me on to try harder.”

Yes! Cheering words can sometimes make such a(n) __________. A little encouragement can go a long way.

6 . A man being called a “hero” rescued a 7-year-old girl Wednesday evening, who was ________ wandering alone in Englewood neighborhood. 46-year-old Tony Taylor ________ the girl near 59th Street and Halsted at approximately 5 p. m. without a coat or shoes.

“I did what anyone should have done,” Taylor said. “I jumped out of my ________ in traffic, stopped traffic, took my coat off, ________ and I called 911. Her feet were ________ and she was just crying and crying trying to walk through the snow. I asked the girl her name and she couldn’t ________ . Her mouth was ________ so badly.”

Taylor put the ________ in his car to warm up next to his 5-year-old daughter, and his daughter hugged the girl, ________ her they were going to pray for her. “She just looked at me and said, ‘Mister I love you’ and I said ‘I love you too.’ I said ‘you will be ________ and I called help and help is ________ .’ And she just said. ‘Thank you,’” Taylor said.

The 7-year-old told Taylor she did not want to return home because she said her parents ________ suddenly. The girl said she had left her ________ home, according to officials. Police said the girl was transported to Comer Children’s ________ for body check. Taylor ________ praise from people across the community for his ________ .

“This could have been a total ________ situation. We could have been standing here today offering rewards for a ________ child. But ________ we are standing here praising Taylor and his wife,” community police officer Early Walker said. Taylor and his wife said Thursday that they are interested in ________ the 7-year-old girl once she is out of the hospital.

7 . Everyone has hobbies. Hobbies bring us a lot of _______. For most of us, the activities we take part in are common and easy to do. However, there are other people who like to take _______. They are more interested in doing extreme sports, such as snowboarding, diving and rock climbing.

Many people _______ rock climbing. They can do it indoors on _________ walls or outdoors on real mountains. There are many advantages of rock climbing - it is fun and it also helps people _________ their worries.

The most important equipment to have is good shoes. They need to be half a size smaller than your usual size. The next thing you need is a harness (保护带). This allows you to _________ freely, but will hold you up if you fall. It's important to know how to use your equipment. If you are a _________, it's best to have lessons. A climber with experience can help you a lot when you are learning to climb.

Rock climbing is very _________ for people of different ages. Climbers, however, must be careful not to _________ the mountains. When some rock climbers climb, they sometimes leave a lot of __________ on the mountains. They should take it with them and throw it away into the dustbins. This will let future climbers enjoy a clean environment.

8 . Anyone welcoming a new baby knows that while this is a beautiful time, it is also busy and stressful. Many new parents have to worry about finances because of the added ________, and any new parents know how ________

worrying about money can be when you have a new baby to feed. One California couple experienced exactly the same ________, and now they are giving back to the community in order to make new ________ feel a little more secure.

Krystal Duhaney and her husband ________ to hide $1,000 cash inside various baby ________ around a few Target stores around Southern California. According to ABC, Duhaney wanted to help out new parents because she knows from her own ________ how difficult the beginning of the parenting journey can be, ________ when you have to worry about money.

Duhaney shared, “When we had our first baby, we ________ to make ends meet. Now that I own a successful business, I wanted to ________, We really wanted to make things a little. easier. Hopefully brighten their day and hopefully ________ others to kind of, you know, spread joy and ________.”

Duhaney is the founder of Milky Mama, which is an organization that ________ mothers with breastfeeding. She and her husband ________ a video of them slipping money into diaper boxes on the Internet. She captioned the ________, “We hope that the parents that ________ these items have a brighter day when they find our gifts. “

The post has gone________ viral with nearly 100,000 shares, comments, and ________, with many people sharing their responses on just how ________ they were by the gesture.

She hopes this gesture will inspire her kids and people all around the world to ________ kindness.

9 . I came to love stage design by accident. When I was in the ninth grade, my teacher Ms Weaver asked me to ________ her stage design team for a play. But I ________. I told her that I didn’t know anything about stage design. But Ms Weaver said, “Give it a try ________ you have a talent for it!”. ________, I became part of her team. And Ms Weaver was ________ right-I was good at stage design! Ms Weaver was strict and spoke in a direct ________, but she was always encouraging and ________. For example, if we could not ________ what kind of stage design to create for a scene, she would say, “In that case, think about the ________ from a different point of view. You never know what will pop into your mind!” ________ by her words, I began to work even harder. It turned out that this job not only gave me a sense of ________ but also hope. I have to ________ that leaning stage design greatly broadened my mind.

And thanks to Ms Weaver, I began to have more ________ in my own creativity, and I developed such a strong ________ in stage design that I realized I wanted to spend the rest of my life ________ my dream of becoming a famous designer.

10 . My brother rang. “Can you do something with Mum?” he asked. Since Dad died, she’s been unwilling to _________ the house. She and my dad came over from Iran. My brother, Faraz, and I were born and _________ in America. _________, even now we always speak in Farsi (波斯语) when together as a family.

Mum was a writer and wrote poems in her own _________. But she didn’t write any more and stayed indoors after Dad died. One day, I saw a poster _________ that our town hall would be hosting people who’d been to Iran. I asked Mum to share her _________ there. _________, she agreed. After we arrived, she _________ cottage pie with chips. Seeing me dip my chips in gravy (肉汁), she was _________ at first. But then she accepted and laughed, because she knew I was a child of two __________ eager to enjoy what they both served up.

That day was a good __________. After that, Mum began to take a(n) __________ in the world again: She started a new collection of poems. “I’m thinking of taking a degree in English __________ if my English keeps improving. You and Faraz will help, I hope?” She asked on the phone. “Of course, Mum - as long as we don’t lose our mother tongue.” I replied. Ever since, I’ve been thinking about the phrase “mother tongue”. It means so many things: The __________ given by mothers to their babies and said back to them and the acknowledgement that all languages are rich in poetry. I’m a child of two cultures and I love them both, just as I love the people who helped __________ them around me.