Jiang Zhirong, 22, is from Yingcheng, Hubei Province. Last year, she passed the examination for upgrading from a junior college student to a university student, and     1     (admit) as an undergraduate at Hubei Minzu University.

As she was the only one in her class     2     succeeded in passing the exam, Jiang’s teacher and classmates advised her not to suspend her schooling, but she was     3     (determine) because she “wanted to give back to society”.

As a member of the Plan of the 2022 College Students Volunteer Service to Western Regions, Jiang has now worked in Hubei’s Laifeng County, at the junction (交界处) of three     4     (province), Hubei, Hunan and Chongqing.

In the     5     (two) year of her junior high school studies, Jiang’s father passed away. Her mother was unable to take care of herself because she suffered from     6     illness and her grandmother later succumbed (被压垮) to Alzheimer’s.

    7     (help) Jiang’s family, the local government helped rebuild their house. A kind-hearted man called Nie Chunhua gave support towards Jiang’s mother living in a welfare home.     8     a heart full of gratitude, Jiang studied very hard in technical secondary school and college, until she passed the undergraduate upgrading exam and suspended her schooling.

Speaking of her     9     (decide), Jiang said, “When I was asked whether I would regret     10     (suspend) school to volunteer in the western regions, I was certain I would never.”

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3 . Principal Jody Sowards, is being applauded and regarded as a hero for saving the life of Jonathan Wells, an 8th grader of Huntington East Middle School.

The teenager was attending his basketball training in the school’s hall when he________collapsed (昏倒). The principal was immediately________that a student was in need of________“I turned the corer and saw a young man lying on the floor,” Sowards said. “That’s when it really________me that somebody did need me.”

After assessing the teenager’s________, looking for his pulse and checking on him if he was________, the principal leaped into________at once by performing CPR (心肺复苏术) to save the boy’s life and later________him to be taken to the ambulance before he was taken to the________hospital.

The doctors________that Jonathan’s left coronary artery (冠状动脉) had not been pumping enough blood. His mom Katesha Wells said that her son had been born with some heart problems but that had never been a(n)________for him to join in sports until now.

The teenager is________well, receiving a physical treatment. He delightfully praises his school________for saving his life that day. He________to return to school and________sports as soon as possible.

“Seeing him be able to walk and talk without any difficulties right now, I think it’s a(n)________.” Sowards said. For his quick response and________actions that had helped to save the boy, Sowards was awarded the “Superintendent’s Superhero Award”. “It’s part of what my leadership________is,” Sowards modestly explained. He also gave________to all the others who were________that day to save Jonathan.

4 . At first glance, l5-year-old Kenan Pala seems like a typical high school student. He runs cross-country and plays video games with his friends. But he founded Kids4Community, a San Diego-based nonprofit organization that offers volunteer projects and encourages kids to participate, when he was just 12 years old.

The idea for Kids4Community came out of his family’s experience. Pala’s parents came to the US from Turkey in 1998 and founded Confirm BioSciences, a company that produces and delivers drug-testing kits. Their journey was filled with hardship, but the kindness of others, in the forms of both emotional and financial support, left an unforgettable mark.

“We started with very little money in our journey here, but we got so much help along the way and we’ve always felt very grateful,” said Zeynep Ilgaz, Pala’s mother. “If it wasn’t for the help we got along the way, we would not be here today where we are.” The Palas wanted to instill (灌输) this lesson in their children, so they encouraged them to give back to the community. Pala said, “My parents really wanted me to understand how lucky I was to have the life I had and they did that in having me give back while I was growing up.”

Pala’s organization aims to boost young people’s involvement in community efforts because many organizations don’t let children volunteer. Now， Kids4Community regularly organizes initiatives (新方案) to help people who are homeless, including the dinner service at homeless shelters and this year’ s Christmas gift bag drive. In addition to meeting physical needs, the initiatives are designed to give people a sense of dignity and hope.

5 . One day, Vinod Menon, the head of the physics department at the City College of New York, who had to face the unpleasant task of going through almost a year of COVID-lockdown office mail, opened a 9-month-old package, only to find it contained $180,000.

Piled notes in 50s and 100s wrapped in paper bands, a letter, and a return address to an alias were all that accompanied the parcel addressed to “Head of the Physics Department.” “I’ve never seen this kind of money in real life in cash form except in movies,” Menon told CNN. “That really floored me, so I just did not know how to react.”

The sender evidently had unshakable faith in the US postal system, and desired to send the cash to poor students looking to pursue physics and other sciences. City College of New York is one of the most-productive public university systems, and the physics department is particularly outstanding. Three Nobelists in physics received their education there, and in 1921 Albert Einstein gave one of his first lectures at the campus.

“Assuming that you are a bit curious as to why I am doing this, the reason is straightforward,” the letter read, continuing to explain that its writer had, many years ago, taken advantage of the “excellent educational opportunity” available at City College to study physics, earn a master’s, and pursue a “long, productive, rewarding scientific career.”

The alias return address was to Kyle Paisley, a name absent from the university’s graduation logs, at a house in Pensacola, Florida, whose owners apparently had no idea of the donation. After a two-month long investigation revealing nothing linking the money to criminal activity, the Board of Trustees held a vote and decided to keep the money. Dr Menon noted that the gift would provide for two fully-funded scholarships every year for a decade.

6 . Andre Bouvier hiked in a snowstorm to reach a trapped woman. The retired ________is being praised as a hero for________the woman and three other cars likewise.

Many have had the same________as Shannon St Onge even when looking at a yellow________of snow—that they have time to________their daily tasks. So she drove to work and she had________left when the snow began to fall. She________a dirt road to provide better________for her tires, so she quickly became lost. She stopped and called 911, with the operator suggesting she________the snowstorm. The operator took her________and told her an officer would call back. Almost 14 hours had passed, and nobody had called her yet to check in.

“What if I fell asleep and the tailpipe was________? Would the gas tank last until morning? What if I didn’t________it home at all?” St Onge wondered. Determined to ensure the________end, she went out in the snowstorm and discovered her location on a road sign. Then she was________enough to find a neighborhood Facebook group for the area she was passing through—informing those it________of her trouble through a Google Maps pin.

That’s when Andre Bouvier, an 80-year-old retired teacher, learned about St Onge’s situation.________his own safety, the 80-year-old went out to find her on foot,________he couldn’t manage to start his tractor. On the way he found three other trapped________, totaling seven people. Walking a quarter mile________, he led the helpless cars one by one to his home. He remarked that everyone would have done the same, and that it took very few thoughts or________to help.

Sincerely,

Li Hua

10 . A British woman who won a S1 million prize after she was named the World's Best Teacher will use the cash to bring inspirational figures into UK schools.

Andria Zafirakou,a north London secondary school teacher, said she wanted to bring about a classroom revolution (变革). “We are going to make a change, ”she said.“I’ve started a project to promote the teaching of the arts in our schools.”

The project results from the difficulties many schools have in getting artists of any sort - whether an up-and-coming local musician or a major movie star - into schools to work with and inspire children.

Zafirakou began the project at Alperton Community School, her place of work for the past twelve years. “I've seen those magic moments when children are talking to someone they are inspired by - their eyes are shining and their faces light up,” she said. “We need artists . more than ever in our schools."

Artist Michael Craig-Martin said: “Andria's brilliant project to bring artists from all fields into direct contact with children is particularly welcome at a time when the arts are being downgraded in schools." It was a mistake to see the arts as unnecessary, he added.

Historian Sir Simon Schama is also a supporter of the project. He said that arts education in schools was not just an add-on. “It is absolutely necessary. The future depends on creativity and creativity depends on the young. What will remain of us when artificial intelligence takes over will be our creativity, and it is our creative spirit, our visionary sense of freshness,that has been our strength for centuries."