1 . Lucy Blaylock is on a task to comfort kids going through difficult times,one blanket at a time.The 11-year-old_______learned to sew（缝纫）three years ago when she made a blanket for a friend's birthday party.After the_______she asked her mom if they could put together a _______giveaway（捐赠）for children in need.She posted on social media and received sixteen messages from parents of_______who are fighting against some diseases or a move to a new city.

"When I told her it was time to choose one from the sixteen kids, she started crying and said she couldn't_______just one,"Lucy's mom Veronica Blaylock said. "She wanted to sew one blanket for_______of them, so we got sewing for the sixteen kids."

_______Lucy has made 500 blankets for kids in 14 countries, spending two_______with her sewing machine for each blanket every day. Every blanket has her name inside a heart to show _______ love.

"It makes me feel ________when I think of the kids getting the package in the mail and ________it,"Lucy said. "I always hope they'll know that someone ________them. It feels good to know that I'm helping all these kids feel loved."

"Kindness does matter, and it always will,"Lucy said. "It makes the world a better place when we do________acts. It may get hard sometimes, but what we are________is making a difference."

Lucy, who lives in Gallatin, Tennessee, received a volunteer service award from the government. She tells kids who are________volunteering to"just start and keep going. Serving always matters."

2 . Most people walk by trash they pass on the streets and the sidewalks. Some people don't even notice it. Then there's Billy Adams. He not only _________ it, but he picks it up—all of it.

Since the spring, the 54-year-old Montgomery County man has spent his daily walks into the District _________ garbage around the city. “It's just something I do,” he said. “It's becoming part of my _________.”

He leaves his home at about 8:30 a.m., garbage bag in hand, ready for a 12-mile walk around the city. _________, he walks down Massachusetts Avenue, then to 14th Street, continually squatting to collect the trash he _________ along the way.

Dressed in activewear and _________ his walk on a sports watch, Adams scoops up everything _________, from plastic water bottles to food wrappers, beer cans and _________ face masks. “I'll pick up _________ anything,” Adams said. He doesn't wear plastic ____________, but he washes his hands whenever he stops along the way.

Eventually, he turns toward ____________, usually going from Q Street over to Georgetown, where he ____________ in at a Starbucks on M Street for an Americano—and ____________ a fresh garbage bag. He always leaves a $1 ____________.

Starbucks ____________ said they call Adams the “garbage guy”. They often have a bag ready for him when he visits the store. “The first time he came I was ____________,” said Ahmed Oucchir, the manager at the M Street Starbucks. “I thought: ‘Why is he asking for trash bags every day? What's going on with this guy?’” ____________ being baffled by the request, Oucchir kindly would give Adams a ____________ bag upon each visit. Soon, he realized what the bag was for.

For Adams, he hopes his trash pickups ____________ others to ____________ less and pick up more.

3 . One late summer afternoon, Edward, a teenager, hung out with his friends. They swam in the _________ after a long day at school. They had water fights, swimming races, and _________ themselves.

Just as the _________ went down, when Edward was about to go home, his friend _________ him to go and swim in the deeper end of the pond. Edward knew some _________ facts about it. It had many different types of algae (藻类) and _________ water currents. Several people had _________ there as some rumors (谣言) said. Edward was wondering what to do next when other friends also dared him to _________ there.

Edward was about to say _________, but his friend said that he would give him something __________ if he did it. Edward declined the deal __________ and was ready to, home, but then the rest of his friends were chanting (反复喊), “SWIM, SWIM” Edward __________ candy, even a tiny one would make him very __________. Also, he didn’t want to be __________ in front of his friends. So he went into the deeper end. But as soon as he did this, he started __________. Edward could swim, but not that well. He yelled, “HELP” His friends tried to come and __________ him, but they were too far away. Just when Edward’s life seemed almost over, a worker cleaning up the pond area came to his __________. He pulled Edward out of the pond by his shoulder. And he __________ Edward for attempting such a stupid dare.

Edward said he would never forget the __________ and that he would keep in mind that although swimming is fun, __________ comes first.

4 . This morning I was in an unfamiliar town to cheer myself up. I had stopped at a gas station to get some gas _________ I left to go home. I was not in a good _________. I have very impractical ideas and therefore have_________ mild depression (沮丧)on occasions.

I walked up to the entrance of the building to _________ my gas and stopped to read a bulletin(小报)on the door _________ , “Please help me attend the Special Olympics this year by donating(捐款).” As I walked _________, I saw a lovely young girl with Down Syndrome(唐氏症). She spoke to me very _________and asked if I could donate to her cause. I politely _________ and told her that I didn’t have cash on me at that time. Although secretly I knew I _________ easily get cash from the ATM. I just wasn’t in the mood. So after paying for my gas, I __________out of the gas station and the girl waved me goodbye.

__________ I was walking back to my car, the girl’s words rang in my ears and I was __________by guilt. I knew I was able to __________ . And although I was in a bad mood before, __________ seemed to disappear. I wasn’t upset anymore. __________I thought about before stepping into my car was that lovely girl who deserved to have her moment to __________ . My next action was obvious. I walked back into the __________and headed towards the ATM. I __________the $20 dollar bill and handed it straight to her.

She was wild with __________ . She looked at me and gave me a huge smile and thanked me again and again. I accepted her __________and walked out of the building smiling wider than I had in a very long time.

5 . One evening, Mother returned home after shopping for groceries (食品杂货) at the supermarket. I _______ her to sort out the groceries and put them into the refrigerator. Grandmother saw that the rubbish bin (垃圾箱) was _______, so she took a big black garbage (垃圾) bag and emptied the rubbish bin. While Mother was preparing dinner, grandmother asked me if I would like to take a walk with her. At the same time, we would _______ the rubbish at the rubbish collection point _______. I happily agreed.

We took the lift and got to the ground floor. We walked over to the rubbish collection point when we saw a man at the corner of our block _______ on his motorcycle. We did not take much notice of _______ and continued walking. Grandmother and I were talking about the recent events that were taking place in the world when we heard the sound of a motorcycle coming towards us from behind. _______ the motorcycle rode past us, the motorcyclist took a quick _______ of the garbage bag which grandmother was carrying. Grandmother was in shock for a second and then shouted _______, “Help!” My first reaction was to run after him. Then it dawned on me that the thief had taken our bag of rubbish! I burst out laughing. Grandmother also ________ when she realized that her purse was still with her. The motorcyclist had made a silly mistake!

6 . In 2021, Father’s Day falls on June 20. Before you go sopping for a gift, you can learn a little more about this special day.

There are a series of events, which may have _________ the idea of Father’s Day. One of these was _________ a large group of men, many of them fathers, who were _________ in a mining accident in Monongah, West Virginia in 1907._________ was inspired by the actions of a man named William Smart, whose wife died while _________ their sixth child. Deeply heartbroken, he devoted himself to _________ the newborn and other five children alone without marrying again, which was no doubt _________ back in those days. His daughter, Sonora determined that his sacrifices (牺牲)_________ recognition. So it was in the early 1900s and Sonora, was _________ at church one day, listening to a sermon (说教) on Mother’s Day. It __________ her that there should also be a day to __________ fathers. Sonora wanted to draw people’s attention to what __________ fathers played in lives.__________, Sonora gained local __________ and made her dream a reality. In 1910 Sonora __________ June 19th, as the day to celebrate Father’s Day __________ that was her father’s birthday. Later, Father’s Day was officially __________ in 1972 by President Nixon as a __________ holiday.

Now. Father’s Day is celebrated all over the world and wearing flowers is a __________ way to celebrate it. Apart from that, some families __________ do things together to celebrate Father’s Day like going for a meal.

7 . It was about 10 p.m. on October12, 2020. Paul Wilson and his friend Tina Stern were stepping out of the elevator (电梯) of her apartment building when they _________ smoke. “My dogs!” Tina shouted with _________ as she ran down the hall to her apartment. Paul 54, who is _________, walked carefully toward the smoke.

“I was _________ across from Tina's apartment door, I slowly took four or five steps to the right, and smoke hit me right, and smoke hit me right in the face.” Paul said, “I _________ the door, shouting, ‘Anybody home?’ _________, nobody answered.”

Suddenly the door opened, and more _________ more out Paul heard coughing and reached behind the door, waving his arm until he _________ someone. It was Diane, who lived there. He took her arm and pulled her into the hall, then ran back to the _________ apartment with Tina.

He and Tina picked up the fire extinguisher (天火器). While Paul held it, he __________ Tina to use it to fight the fire. __________, the fire finally died down.

Diane had fallen asleep when cooking on the stove, and it had __________ the fire. She later called Paul to __________ him. “I could have died without your help.” she said.

As it turned out, __________ fires was just second nature to Paul—he had been a __________ with the St. Lucie County Fire District for about 2 years in the 2010s. He __________ a serious eye disease in 2013 and lost his sight.

Last November, the St. Lucie County Fire District awarded (颁奖) him and Tina the Citizen Hero Award for their __________ actions. When asked what he was __________ at that moment, Paul said, “I was not __________ at all. I just knew it was __________ that I had to do.”

8 . A teenager, Justin Gavin, 18 years old, was walking down the street. Suddenly, he saw something that made his heart ________.

A small SUV covered in ________ drove past him. The Police Department ________ multiple calls, describing a woman trapped inside a burning ________. Gavin was on a walk to a local market when he first ________ there was a car on fire. Drivers honked their horns（按喇叭）and got out their cars to ________ the mother of the burning vehicle. Gavin was ________ to the woman to stop the car. But she couldn't stop. That's when he didn't have time to think and fell into ________. He ________ the burning car to help the family escape. "I just felt like if I were in that ________, I would want somebody to help me out," he said. When Gavin finally ________ the vehicle, it had come to a stop. He opened the car door and pulled the three children in the back seat to ________ first. Before the flames grew ________, he had gotten everyone out in time. The ________ was engulfed（吞没）by flames moments later.

The mother ________ the teenager with saving her family's life. The Police Department honored Gavin as a ________. Police Chief Fernando Spagnolo ________ the teenager with a "challenge coin" to acknowledge his ________ act. Gavin smiled big as the Chief shook his hand and offered him the ________. And Gavin realized the experience was ________.

9 . Trevor was not born blind, but there was something wrong with his eyes. Ten years ago, he was still able to drive. With time going by, he could see nothing_______light. On the other hand, Melanie was born_______with a kind of disease, which_______her of the ability to walk.

Trevor always loved outdoor sports and continued_______in them even after he became a_________man. As a kid, Melanie often spent her time camping and_______the outdoors while she was in a_______on someone’s back.

Knowing all of this about each other, the pair_______a brilliant idea—with their strengths_______, they would climb the mountains of Colorado together！

Before the start of each________, Melanie, secure in carrier, is always helped by a friend or a fellow________onto Trevor’s back. Her role is to give________to her partner as they moved forward on the road.

“I________everything I see and tell Trevor________how he needs to move,” Melanie said of their hiking method. “He’s the legs, I’m the eyes—boom! Together, we’re the________team.”

“It made me so happy to help someone experience what I’ve been able to________in my whole life. Just getting on top of a mountain which a car can’t get to, you just feel that sense of________. The best part is being able to make her smile, which gives me purpose,” Trevor said.

To them, the best part about________as a pair is that they get to give each other the________to accomplish something that other might believes is________.

10 . Four students from a German high school choir wrote a letter to Peng Liyuan. "Singing ______ songs was the happiest part of the day when we studied at home," they said. The letter, written in Chinese, was in reply to a letter from Peng on Feb 9th to the students and teachers at    Burg Gymnasium, ______ them to contribute to promoting the ______ of China and Germany.

The students said they have ______ Peng's letter many times and are very ______ . “We feel so proud after knowing that you even ______ our video,“ they wrote in the letter, ______a video clip in which students ______ a Chinese song.

Simone Reuen, the principal of Burg Gymnasium, said in her letter to Peng that she was ______ happy that the school had received so much______ . “Your letter is a great praise, acknowledgement and ______ to not only our school but also the ______ of our school's Chinese choir；"     Reuen wrote.

Reuen said that she believed that their songs have played a ______ but very important role in the ______ and mutual （相互的）learning between people in Germany and China. She said she was ______   of the students for ______ the distances between the two peoples.

The students and teachers at the school asked the Chinese ______ in Germany to forward the _____ letters to Peng, together with works of calligraphy and other ______ made by the students.

Burg Gymnasium has been ______ Chinese language courses since 1994. In March 2014, Peng visited the school and joined a Chinese class there during Xi's state visit to Germany.