1 . Ever since I was a boy, I have been an avid (热衷的) reader. I have read and been _________ by so many books from so many authors. I think it may be one of the reasons I started _________ myself. I even enjoy hearing _________ about other authors, because they can _________ me a lot as well.

I heard one such story the other day that really made me stop and _________. The two famous authors, Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller were invited to a(n) _________ given by a billionaire at his home. As the host _________ his luxury house to his guests and bragged about the rare works of art he had collected, Vonnegut _________ to his friend Heller that their host had probably made more _________ in a single day than Heller had earned from his most popular novel, Catch-22 over its entire history. Heller smiled back and said, “Yes, he probably has __________ I have something he will never have—ENOUGH.”

What is enough? Our society tells us that __________ is ever enough. The messages and advertisements bombard (轰炸) us every day, attempting to __________ us to spend all the money we have and all the money we don’t have to __________ more and more stuff. However, what is really enough for us? If our bellies are full, then we have enough. If we have clothes to keep us __________, then we have enough. If we have a roof over our heads to __________ us from the cold, wind and rain, then we have enough. If we have people we love and people who love us, then we have enough.

3 . I’ve been working as a United Nations (U.N.) Peacekeeper in the Central African Republic for the past two years. Before this, I was a pilot and I ______ my work. However, I felt it was my duty to help innocent people who are caught in trouble, so I ______ the United Nations.

The Central African Republic is a relatively small country. Since it got ______ from France in the 1960s, there have been many violent conflicts between the government and rebels (反叛者). In 2012, a civil war began, due to which, over one million people were forced to _____ their homes and there were many deaths and injuries. ______, the United Nations established a peacekeeping _____ in the country.

We peacekeepers _____ cities and villages to _____ that no conflict is occurring and help bring supplies of food and medicine. We are a _____ that can keep people in conflict apart.

As a woman, I am particularly ______ as I can act as a role model for many women and girls in the country. When they see how others respect me, they feel that they also ______ to be respected and treated ______.

My life is not ______ in any way! It’s long hours in a very tough environment. I have basic ______ with just a bed in a shared room. Of course, being away from my family and friends is also very hard at times. However, I know that the Central African Republic is safer because of the U. N. Peacekeepers, and that makes it all _______.

5 . Childhood should be full of friends, play, and happiness. But when children are_________ and without their peer(同龄) group, they may _________ a helping hand to get back on track. That’s why schools in India are teaching _________.

Actually, it is important to _______kids to be resilient (有弹力的). They needed a(n) _________that could teach students to identify emotions and ways to release them.

The happiness course was _______started by the Indian government in 2018. It _______ mental health, well-being. It also encouraged_______ peer interactions for elementary school children. The course included storytelling and teamwork activities.

“The happiness course is a(n)_______, and schools should welcome it. The objectives include developing self-awareness, mindfulness(正念减压法), critical thinking, and helping children ________ life skills to deal with stress,” said Shikha Banerjee, the principal of the Seth Anandram Jaipuria School in Kanpur.

“Mindfulness(正念减压法) is the cornerstone(基石) of the happiness course and its biggest ______________ is that every day 1.6 million children in Delhi start their studies in school with mindfulness. It has been________ as a turning point in the lives of students studying in Delhi schools and has relieved (缓解) children from stress and __________ their focus in studies,” deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said during the Mindful Education Awards 2021 program.

The award is good to recognize the efforts of schools in creating a mentally and ________healthy environment for the development of ________ through teaching mindfulness.

7 . A man was driving when he found a lady needed help. So he stopped. When he was coming up to her, she was worried _________ nobody had stopped for hours. Besides, he didn’t look safe as his appearance was so ugly and _________. He could see how scared she was, so he tried to calm her, “I am here to help you. Don’t worry. My name is Bryan Anderson.”

The car _________, so he had to crawl (爬) under the car to repair it. When the job was done, she asked how much she should   _________ him for his help. Bryan smiled, “If you really want to pay me back, the next time you see someone who needs help, _________ the person help. And think of me.”

Several days later in a small _________, the lady saw a waitress nearly eight months pregnant (怀孕的). The waitress gave her a friendly smile although she was _________ after spending the whole day on her feet. Then the lady _________ Bryan. The lady paid for her meal with a $100 bill. When the waitress got change and came back, the lady had gone. She _______ a note on the napkin (餐巾纸), “You don’t owe me __________. Somebody once helped me, just like now I’m helping you. If you really want to pay me back, don’t let this chain of __________ end.” The waitress found four more $100 bills under the napkin.

That night the waitress came home earlier, wondering how the lady could know how much she and her husband needed money when the   __________ would soon arrive. She knew her husband worried about that, so she was very __________ to tell him the news. Then she kissed him and __________, “Now everything will be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.”   

The help you give to others shall always get back to you, so please don’t __________ to offer a helping hand whenever someone needs help.

8 . I sat down at my desk and started writing a letter of thankfulness, but when it came to actually putting the letter into the mailbox, I ________ I couldn’t do it. I suddenly felt a sense of ________ and insecurity (不安).

The letter was to an old teacher with whom I kept in ________ on Facebook. For months, I read about what she ________ on her Facebook page, which helped me to live my life differently. Her volunteer work wasn’t huge. ________, she was doing small, local good deeds. Gradually, she changed my views on the world and for some reason, I felt I should let her know how her example ________ influenced me.

I could have easily sent her an email, but that seemed not enough for such an important thank-you. That’s why I ended up ________ the letter. But now here I was, standing before the mailbox, unable to put the envelope inside. What was stopping me? It suddenly hit me that I was ________ of being too nice. I guessed I felt strange because it wasn’t like she was my best friend or a relative. Maybe my letter was too heartfelt. Thinking this over, I put the envelope in the mailbox ________.

Weeks later I received a Facebook response from her. It turned out she was going through a hard time and my note ________ a lot to her. She said she had no idea that she was playing such a big ________ in others’ life.

Not only did this letter make her happier, but her ________ increased my joy as well. I was so excited that it had such a great influence on her that I decided to write a(n) ________ letter to someone each month. Now it’s easier for me to ________ the goodness in others and be more ________ for this beautiful life I’m living.

9 . Natalie Hampton spent most of her 8th grade school year eating lunch alone. The new girl was at an all-girls private school in Los Angeles. A group of “mean girls” excluded her from parties, called her names and even physically_________her. They told her she was_________and would never have any friends.

Natalie once was a kid who loved going to school, but now she was_________of it. She stopped eating, and she couldn’t sleep. The_________became so bad that she had to be hospitalized. Her mom calls it “the darkest_________of our lives.”

Natalie’s mother sent her to another school for high school. Now a 16-year-old junior, she’s_________there, with a group of close friends and many after-school activities. But she’s never forgotten the dark year in her 8th grade, and she_________the idea of other kids_________what she did.

So Natalie_______ an idea that would allow students a judgment-free way to find lunch mates without the__________of being refused. She__________an app called “Sit With Us”, where students can sign up as “ambassadors” and post that there are open seats at their lunch table. When signing up as ambassadors, the students make a__________that they’ll be kind and welcoming to whoever comes to sit with them. A student who doesn’t have a place to sit can look at the app and find an ambassador’s table and know they are invited to ________it.

“Lunch might seem really small, but I think these are the small steps that make a school more inclusive (包容),” she said. “It doesn’t seem like you’re asking that much, but it starts to__________the way students think about each other. It makes a__________difference in how they treat each other.”