1 . Dalton Shaffer ran a pizza shop in Battle Creek, Michigan. One day he got an unusual call from someone in Indianapolis, over 225 miles away.

Julie and Richard Morgan had once _______ in Battle Creek, and loved their local Steve’s Pizza. “We were young and money was _______ but every pay day, Richard would visit Steve’s Pizza. We moved 25 years ago and _______ many more pizzas, but we never found one we _______ as much as Steve’s,” said Julie.

As a birthday celebration, they had _______ a trip back to Battle Creek, but the _______ was canceled. Rich was _______ rushed to the ICU and diagnosed (诊断) with cancer. He only had a few months to live and wouldn’t be able to have his favourite pizza again.

Julie’s father called Steve’s Pizza, talking about Rich’s _______ wishes. The restaurant’s manager, 18-year-old Dalton Shaffer, answered the _______. Despite the restaurant’s firm take-out-only ________, Shaffer immediately prepared two big pizzas and got in his car. At 2:30 am the following day, Shaffer ________ at the hospital with two pizzas. The journey took him three and a half hours.

Shaffer was greeted with open ________ and an offer to stay at a hotel for the night. He ________ because he had to work seven hours later.

Talking about his good deed (行为), Shaffer said, “I made the midnight ________ just to cheer them up at a really ________ time.”