1 . Wayne Rogerson’s close friend, Ashley Cooper, died when he was seriously injured in a crash in 2008. His family later _________ his donated organs (器官) helped save seven people. This _________ Mr Rogerson to start donating blood.

Mr Rogerson said he _________ to do his bit and had donated blood 21 times, seldom _________ an appointment over eight years. But he could not have known the _________ act of giving blood would _________ save his own life.

At a donation _________ in 2017, a Red Cross Australia Lifeblood nurse discovered Mr Rogerson’s hemoglobin (血红蛋白) count was low and _________ him to seek medical care. “I had no _________, none at all,” he said. After Mr Rogerson went to a hospital and had medical tests, doctors said that he had developed cancer. Mr Rogerson spent about three months in hospital for an operation and treatment. During that time he _________ two blood transfusions (输血). “I was so _________ that they got it in time … I was fully recovered in November that year,” he said. But, to his _________, he can no longer donate blood due to_________ reasons. “After being both a(n) _________ and a recipient (接受者), I urge everyone to donate if you can,” he said.

“The _________ you save might just be your own.”

2 . Life is colorful. Sometimes it’s just like potato salad.

With three young children to bring up, my husband John and I were very _____. “Can we go on a picnic, Mum？” my six－year－old daughter, Becky _____. “Please. ” I had said no so many times in _____ months，and I decided the usual Saturday morning chore could _____. So to her surprise, I agreed her _____.

I prepared a few sandwiches and _____ a cooler with ice and drinks and called John _____.

My eleven－year－old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some _____ time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch _____ out on the table, John arrived on the ______. That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. John and the boys ______ rocks into the lake, Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly at the picnic table，thanking God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks. As I walked out of the room it dawned on (逐渐明白) me that even the busiest ______ could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you ______. Even though kids have now grown up and ______ from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a ______.

3 . Vinod Menon, head of the physics department at the City College of New York, was going through his office mail. He opened a package, only to find it contained $180.000. Piles of $50 and $100 notes _________ in paper bands, a letter, and a return address that in the package _________   to “Head of the Physics Department”.

“I’ve never seen so much cash in my dreams. _________in real life,” Menon said. “That really _________ me, so I just did not know how to react.”

The sender obviously had unshakable _________ in the U.S. postal system, and desired to send the cash to _________ students looking to pursue physics and other _________. “ Supposing that you are a bit curious as to why I am doing this, the reason is very _________, ” the letter read. It continued to explain that many years before, its generous writer had _________ the excellent educational opportunity, available at City College to study physics and pursue a rewarding scientific __________.

The return address was to Kyle Paisley, a name __________ from the college’s graduation registers, at a house in Pensacola, Florida, whose owner __________ had no idea of the donation. The money was first__________, but after the two-month-long research which had found nothing linked to illegal activities, the college decided to keep the __________ . Menon stated that the gift would provide fully-funded scholarships for students who couldn’t __________ the expenses of schooling for a decade.

7 . The disease had slowed me down. Then my granddaughter sent a cat to me. Honestly speaking, I fell in love with the cute little thing immediately when I first saw her.

“I’ll _______ you Rainbow,” I said with a smile.

The next day I _______some cat food and two toy mice in a pet shop. Rainbow went crazy over those _______: she got them stuck under the desk or the sofa. Then she wouldn’t stop meowing (喵喵叫)_______ I got them back for her. She’d bring the mice to me and demand that I throw them for her over and over again- she never felt bored. She couldn’t feel the pain in my _______.

Rainbow always got into troubles. She kept knocking over my plants or _______ my cups. I had to deal with the “_______”. My back _______ with all the ups and downs of trying to keep up with Rainbow. But what was I supposed to do? I couldn’t bear the _______ of sending her away.

One day, I felt there was something wet on my cheek. Rainbow, licking me, wanted breakfast. “OK, I get the ________,” I said. I tried to lower my body to put her ________ in the bowl on the floor, expecting pain to spread from my back through my body. But it didn’t. I felt ________.

After she finished eating, I bent down and picked up her bowl without having to hold on to the desk. She looked up at me and meowed, as if to say, “See? I’m ________what the doctor ordered!”

Three years later, Rainbow still kept me moving and I began to ________ her play. I didn’t want a cat, but someone knew I ________one.

8 . A fifth grader at Shreve Elementary in Ohio created a Kindness Closet to help students in need.

Anderson “Andi” Musser said a friend told her that she ________   she had some girls’ clothing to wear to school.“I went to my ________ and got the clothes and shoes that don’t ________ me,” Andi told The Daily Record. “I gave them to her at school the next day.And she was really happy.” 

After ________ clothes to her friend,Andi couldn’t help thinking about how great it felt to help someone in need. 

“She realized what a difference that ________ for her friend,” said Jessica Musser,Andi’s mother.“That was so ________ to do.She asked, “ Can we do this for more people? ” She took the initiative (倡议) at that ________.” 

So, Andi ________ her principal with her idea to ________ a Kindness Closet, a place where ________ students can visit during the school day to “shop” for a new coat or ________ worn garments.

She came to me, and having knowing what she thought, I said,“Great, let’s do it, ” Principal Adam Stein said.

________, Andi doesn’t have enough clothes.She came up with an idea and asked local stores for ________.

“It’s great for Andi to see her vision ________,” Principal Stein said.“It’s part of our ________ here at Shreve and Triway.It’s what every principal and parent would want for their kids to do — to put others first.”