1 . I was driving down the highway, enjoying the freedom of the open road when suddenly, I heard a loud noise. My car shook _______, and I knew something was wrong.

I carefully _______ to the side of the road, as far away from the traffic as possible. I got out of the car and looked at the damage, with a rising sense of fear. The tire(轮胎) was completely flat, and I had no _______. I was stuck in the middle of nowhere with no one to help.

I tried to flag down passing cars, but no one seemed to notice me. They drove past me at high speed, as if I were _______. I began to feel frustrated and _______.

As the sun started to set, my _______ turned to despair. I felt like I was stranded(滞留) in the middle of nowhere, with no hope of _______. I thought about how long it would take for someone to notice me, and how dangerous it was to be stranded on the side of the road at night. I felt _______ forcing their way out of the corners of my eyes, but I tried my best to hold them back.

Just when I was about to give up, I heard a car _______. I tried to flag it down, but it seemed to be about to speed past me. I felt my heart ________, but to my surprise, the car slowed down and pulled over to the side of the road. A tall man got out of the car, and I felt a sense of ________ wash over me.

As expected, the man helped ________ the flat tire with his spare one. Before I expressed my gratitude, he ________ into the night. What a silent but warm-hearted ________. The road might be challenging, but the ________ of the stranger lit it up.

2 . The very unusual series of events finished as Sondrup was heading home from an extended work shift. She had just completed her fourth continuous night shift, and _________ was coming over her. Little did she know that July 26, 2023, would become a day unforgettable in her _________.

While driving home, Sondrup _________ a truck had overturned on State Route 143 near Sky Harbour, with a man _________ inside. Despite her tiredness, she made an inspiration—of-the-moment decision to help.

“It’s _________, but there were so many reasons that led me to that fine moment,” recalled Sondrup. “_________, I wouldn’t have been there.”

Under what she described as a turn of fate (命运), Sondrup _________, joined by a couple of other individuals who happened to be passing by. With unquestionable timing, no other cars were on the road, allowing her to cross over safely and reach the _________ scene.

Sondrup courageously _________ under the truck to check the injured man. In an act of __________, she used a bystander’s belt as a makeshift tourniquet (止血带) to stop the bleeding. Months have passed since that fateful day, and on October 18, the Phoenix Fire Department __________ Sondrup for her life-saving actions.

“I really feel that my guiding __________ led me to that very moment,” she told Fox 10Phoenix. “I’m not without imperfections, but I believe that at that __________ moment, I received a guiding premonition (预感).”

The man Sondrup rescued recently reached out to express his __________ for the second chance at life. “I wish him nothing but the best,” Sondrup said. “I hope he experiences a new __________ and a future filled with success.”

3 . On Oct. 11, hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have _________ the course earlier than she did. Her _________ came because she was carrying a _________ across the finish line.

As reported by a local newspaper, Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through her _________ when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She _________ to help her fellow runner, Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with _________. She couldn’t. Bailey then _________ to let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get _________ attention.

Once there, Lenoue was _________ and later taken to a hospital, where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees. She would have struggled with extreme __________ to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey’s help.

As for Bailey, she is more __________ about why her act is considered a big __________. “She was just crying. I couldn’t __________ her,” Bailey told the reporter. “I feel like I was just doing the right thing.”

Although the two young women were strangers before the __________, they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the __________ of human kindness won the day.

4 . For the second year in a row, a 12-year-old boy has turned into secret Santa, buying Christmas presents for over a hundred children in foster(寄养)care who might not otherwise get to enjoy the holiday season.

Jonathan Warner said he was inspired to_______his charity project after hearing about his father’s own childhood_______in foster care. “Based upon stories that I have from him, it didn’t really sound like they had much of a Christmas,“Jonathan said.

This year, 138 children will receive basic_______and personal favourite items Jonathan _______for them, He chose the items on multiple shopping trips based on_______that local social workers shared with him to help guide the process.

Jonathan said he bought about 600 presents overall,_______approximately $11,300. To _______the gifts, he sold popcorn to local community members and this year, he made more than he was_______.But throughout the journey, Jonathan said he’s simply happy to_______”I have definitely learned a lot throughout this________. I’ve learned money management, It also makes me really________to help those kids,“Jonathan said.

His parents say they couldn’t be more________. His father Steven Kolk said,“I’m proud of what he chose to do and the number of people that he can________with this project.” “What he did moved me________. He’s really making a________to people,” Serena Kolk added.

5 . An e-mail request for a special dish came in to a restaurant in Baltimore on a Thursday afternoon in March. The sender didn't _______ want the food itself. He said that he was writing _______ his mother who loved the broccoli（西兰花）dish made by the restaurant. He went on to _______ that she was now in the final stage of lung cancer at her home in Vermont and that he was hoping to _______ the recipe to make it for her at home.

Steve Oliver, the restaurant's owner, read the _______ and quickly replied with a（n） _______ . "Thanks for reaching out,” he wrote. “We'd like to. _______ you in Vermont and make it fresh for her.”

Brandon Jones, the _______ , was shocked and wrote back, "Do you _______ that it is Vermont that we're talking about?”

“No problem. You tell us the ________ and we'll be there,” Steve responded.

The day after receiving Brandon's e-mail, Steve ________ his truck with a cooler filled with ingredients（食材）and the necessary cooking tools and then ________ for Vermont with Ephrem Abebe, the cook.

As soon as they ________ at the parking lot, they got to work. ________ the broccoli dish, they made many other special dishes. After ________ boxing everything up, they knocked on the door.

“Go ahead and answer,” Brandon told his mother.

As soon as she ________ the door, she recognized the smell. When she saw Steve Oliver and Ephrem Abebe, she couldn't ________ it.

For the past six years, every time Brandon's mother visited Baltimore, the first place she wanted to go was their ________ . Brandon Jones was ________ that his mother was able to enjoy her ________ broccoli with a side order of remarkable kindness one more time.