1 . I was working as a mechanical engineer, doing designing and product development at my company. I was really having a good time.

However, one day, I got a message for a _______ from my manager at 4:45 pm. I went into his office, and I saw someone from HR sitting beside him. My manager said,“Your _______ is not up to the mark. You always need help from others to complete your work. You aren’t working _______ . So this will be your_______day.” I had_______my hardest in the last 3 months and to hear something like that_______my confidence. I tried to convince him but the_______was final.

In this situation, I had two_______. To feel sad for myself or to leave everything behind and go get what I was worth. I told myself that I_______a job. I started________a new job actively. Putting in maximum effort, I got________. I made a record of 12 interviews in a week! I________several offers and accepted a new job! I was really________and proud of myself.

I just want to say that no matter how much you________, you can always get back up. I am proud of myself that I stayed________and got a new offer within a few weeks.

4 . Recently I was very busy and I needed a timeout. So I decided to drive to the supermarket and pick up dinner instead of doing my usual ______.

In the supermarket, I took fat and juicy chicken and some warm cornbread. As the cashier began processing my items, I______my bag for my credit card. However, I realized my wallet was not there. In______, I told the cashier I had left my money at home and apologized sincerely, offering to______my items to where I______them. Just at that moment the supermarket owner appeared, saying “Please, take everything home and______the dinner. It’s on the house tonight!” I tried to______the lovely offer but he______a dark chocolate bar near the counter and said, “Here! Take this, too!” His act of______lifted everybody present. I thanked him______for making my day.

When I approached home, as I______into my driveway, I saw my next-door neighbor had just mowed my lawn (草坪). He was putting on the finishing touches, clearing the cut grass. Feeling______, I jumped out of my car and asked him how much he wanted for his ______, to which he replied,“Nothing at all. The lawn needed doing.” He______me off summarily as he returned to his home. A second scoop of good______had landed in my lap, which again reminded me kindness is everywhere in the world.

5 . Two years ago, I lost my wallet. I made the poor decision of keeping my identity card, my credit card, a large amount of money and other various things inside my_________. I worried about anyone who got my wallet would take_________from my bank account, and I was also _________that my identity card would be used to do something___________

About a week ___________, a police officer knocked on my door and_________my wallet. Someone handed it into_________! Much to my _________, they didn’t touch the money inside or anything. I felt so lucky that such a kind person___________my wallet and took time out of their day to try and give__________back to me.

After that, I decided that I wanted to do __________things for other people, hoping that they also could feel that way. I started to do small things to __________ people. They were small simple things, like holding the door open for others. When you make others feel __________, you will have a great day.

That’s why I__________everyone to do small nice things for others. Helping others is to help____________

8 . Chris Person lost his wallet outside a Publix store. The wallet contained his license, credit cards, plenty of cash, and some gift cards. He _________ his pockets and the parking lot carefully but came up empty. He had completely become _________.

The next day, two _________ who Chris Person had never met before drove to his home in Palmetto Bay. To his excitement, he was told that 15-year-old Lucas had _________ the wallet in the parking lot by chance. Then he decided to go with his father to Chris’s to _________ it in person.

Chris became impressed with the _________ the father had obviously passed on to his child, _________ because every note of the more than $1,000 in cash was still in the wallet. “They both refused my _________ without any hesitation when I insisted they _________ the money that was inside, and they said they just wanted to do the __________ thing—and they did,” Chris told CNN. “The father intended to teach his boy the meaning of a selfless and __________ act by accompanying him for thousands of mile here. And I believe the boy will always make right decisions whenever he faces the same situation in the future.”

During their conversation, Chris learned that the warm-hearted boy liked rock and roll. Therefore, he was determined to do something meaningful to __________ the boy for his kindness. The following weekend, Chris and his wife got a new surround sound system. Chris had been __________ that Lucas was very fond of __________, so he called Lucas up and asked if he wanted it. The boy was both __________ and satisfied by the gift.

9 . The Japanese Macaca monkey has been studied in the wild for over 50 years. In 1952, on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some ________ with dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked their taste, but they found the dirt ________.

One clever 18-month-old monkey found the way to ________ the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river. She taught this to her mother. Her ________ also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.

All the younger monkeys ________ learned to wash the dirty sweet potatoes to make them ________ to eat. But many older monkeys found it very hard to learn this and still ate the ________ sweet potatoes.

Then something very surprising________. In the autumn of 1958, scientists found that the monkeys on other nearby ________ began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don’t fully understand how this knowledge was________ from one island to another.

10 . It was sunny last Friday. I arrived at the railway station at three in the afternoon. I would take the _________to Shanghai to see my old friend Jack. But it was two hours _________my train left. I thought it was the perfect time and place to look _________an act of kindness to do.

Outside the station, there was a girl having_________for sale. I told her that I’d like to buy flowers for someone else, and that she could_________who she will give the flowers to. She looked a little puzzled(困惑的), _________I suggested that perhaps she could give the flowers to someone who looked a little_________. That was because the flowers might cheer him or her up.

“That’s a crazy idea!” said the girl. But then I explained a little more about the idea of doing something for a_________, and she understood.

“I’m leaving for Shanghai and then I’ll_________know how it turns out,” I said. “But you will have a good__________to make someone happy. __________good deeds(善举)we do, they always come back to us.” At that time, she started to seem excited about it.

She went to__________the flowers out of the water, and I explained, “You’d better leave the flowers there until the person__________.”

At that time, I thought she was__________surprised and happy, because it might be her first time to meet a customer like me. I__________for the flowers, said goodbye, and walked into the station.

How wonderful the day was!