1 . A little girl created a perfect gift for her mother’s birthday. It was a drawing of a _______on white paper with the words “For mom: love, love, love” decorated with hearts. She folded (折叠) her letter, but then she _______it.

For most people, that would be the _______ of this story, but this story had a different result. James Carrell found the letter. He had just_______ his mother, wishing her a happy birthday. After he hung up, Carrell saw the _______ on the ground outside of a hardware store in Manvel. “I _______ it was a gift,” said Carrell. “I opened it up and saw the flower and hearts. It really _______ me.” Carrell thought the letter would _______ someone’s day and that maybe he could find the owner, so he posted it on the Internet. The message moved a lot of people, _______ one man.

“I was sitting at my friend’s house and saw a man’s ________,” said Carrell.

The comments included one from Robert Alvarado. He wrote, “I can’t ________ you found my baby’s letter.” Carrell reached Alvarado to ________ the letter. It took a few days, but the men finally met on Thursday night.

“Eventually the letter made it home,” said Alvarado. “We are ________ for what James Carrell did.” We often forget the power of ________ things, but for this family from Alvin, Carrell’s small act left a ________impression.

2 . Years ago, when we first went to Canada, we were driving through Montana to Colorado with our two children. We thought we could find a hotel on the way without _____ ahead of time. As it was getting late, we started looking for a hotel, only to find that all the hotels were full.

_____, around 9 pm, we stopped at a gas station to fill our car up with gas. My husband told the woman behind the counter that we were_____to find a hotel. She told us it would be _____at such a late time in a busy season. Noticing that we were worried, she said we could spend the night at her home nearby.

Though surprised at her _____, we gladly accepted it. She then called her son to come and lead the way, since she had to work until midnight. Soon a truck arrived and we _____ it. When we reached their home, her husband _____ us. He invited us to have coffee and we chatted when _____ his wife. Finally, she came back past 12.We asked if we could slip away in the morning so as not to_____ them. They said we were now ______ and that we’d have to have breakfast with them.

The next morning, around the table were many people, and we were ______ that they offered us a big breakfast. After breakfast, when we were ______, my husband asked if he could offer some ______. But they said no. Then even if we left, we kept in ______for many years. Later we lost contact, but over the years we have never forgotten their ______.

5 . Lydia Denton felt very sad when she learned about the incident, in which many children in the U.S. died because someone left them in hot cars. But no one has come up with a good way to deal with the ______. The little girl, who would enter the seventh grade, decided to find out ____.   

Two years later，the 12-year-old girl from North Carolina won a $20,000 prize for her ____. The Beat The Heat Car Seat, a car seat device measuring the ______ of a car. The device is able to ______ the parents of the danger when the inside temperature of the car ____ reaches 102 degrees Fahrenheit (38.9 degrees centigrade).

Lydia used part of her $20,000 to continue to ______ her device with the hope of getting it to market as soon as possible ______ it can be something that will save lives and something that most people can ______ to get it.

With her 14-year-old brother and 10-year-old sister, Lydia also ______ some of her prize money. They also helped bring the ______ in the car seat device. Her brother was really great at coding and her little sister would ______ them with some sweets or cakes.

Lydia’s mom, a science teacher, said it was ______ to watch her three kids cooperate to think out a way to the problem that has ______ for years. They have proven that time and time again nothing is ______. She is really proud of them.

6 . The Double Seventh Festival, also known as the Qixi Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival. Here is a beautiful story _______ it.

Long，long ago, there was a young man named Niulang(Cowherd), One day, he_______a   beautiful girl- Zhinu( Weaver girl)， the Goddess s seventh daughter. She had just run away from the_______ heaven(天国) to look for fun on Earth. Zhini soon_______Niulang, and they got married without telling the Goddess. Niulang worked in the field and Zhinu wove(织布) at home. They_______a happy life and gave birth to a boy and a girl. Unluckily, the Goddess soon found out the fact and_______ Zhinii to return to heaven. After Zhini left， Niulang was _______upset. With the help of his magic cow,Niulang flew to heaven with his children to look for his wife. The Goddess discovered this and was very_______Taking out her hairpin(发簪), the Goddess created a wide river in the sky to separate(分开) the two_______. From then on, Niulang and Zhini had to live________ on the two sides of the river. However,their true love________ all the magpies(喜鹊) in the world, ________once a year tens of thousands of   magpies would fly up to heaven to make a bridge- the bridge of magpies for the couple to meet each other. At last, the Goddess allowed ________ to meet each   other on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. That's________the Double Seventh Festival started. Today,   it is a great________for Chinese young people to express their love.

7 . I took my son to a popular restaurant for a lunchtime treat. And it seems everyone else had the same_______. The place was full of_______!

I drove around the small parking lot(停车场) for10 minutes_______a spot (位置). Finally I_______ one. A lady was returning to her car so I_______ her and waited patiently. As I did this I looked in my rear vision mirror (后视镜) and_______ a young man quickly pull up behind me. As soon as he saw my indicator (转向灯) on for the spot，he seemed very_______ and began hitting his steering wheel(方向盘). I knew this wasn’t directed at me but at the disappointment that he had_______ a spot. I felt his_______. I too had been__________ the place for ages.

As the lady left I__________ something that surprised even me. I turned off my indicator and drove straight past. I let the man__________the spot.

The man behind me was__________, unsure what to do.__________ I lowered my window and gave him a(n)__________ to take it, calling out at the same time "It’s yours.”

I__________ driving further down the road to another car park, where although I had to walk quite a bit further, I was__________ I could. Perhaps the man couldn’t walk easily as his__________ wasn't as good as mine? I will__________ know. But I knew the spot__________more to him than it did to me, when I saw him react the way he did.