3 . 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.

5 . Mrs. Humboldt was my brother's science teacher. It was said that her look once _______ all the sixth-graders. The teacher never smiled and seemed hard to get close to, which was far from their _______ . What they had been wishing for was an easy-going teacher.

Mrs. Humboldt _______ rules. She believed rules could push better habits and self-control. It was really a（n） _______ for students like my brother who didn't follow rules. He always arrived late, and made various excuses to _______ homework. So he wasn't a stranger _______ the teacher's office. He seemed to be afraid of her.

However, in the days and months followed, my brother looked like a _______ person. He began to behave _______ . He got up early _______ it was an extremely cold morning. He finished his homework as soon as he came home. The only thing that didn't change was that he still ________ Mrs. Humboldt for her being ________ with him. He once said to me that Mrs. Humboldt paid much attention to his ________ at school every day. He had to follow Mrs. Humboldt's rules.

Later, he successfully entered a key high school. One day, my brother told us something that really ________ us. He said that Mrs. Humboldt was actually a great teacher and that he finally understood her good ________ . She really prepared him for high school. He added that Mrs. Humboldt was the teacher he wanted to say ________ to most.

8 . Since 2009, a small army of _________ in the Palace Museum have been receiving global social media attention. These hairy guards are _________ inside the museum walls. The purpose is to defend wooden structures and _________ relics against mice.

I visited the Palace Museum in the summer of 2023 to _________ the history of Qing Dynasty. I stayed in a small hotel in one of Beijin’s hutong areas for a whole month. It took me a 20-minute walk to the _________ every morning. Before _________ to Beijing, I had already conducted some background research on the history of the Palace Museum itself and managed to read an article about the famous palace cats. I was _________ to spot at least one of them during my stay there.

In the third week, _________ I was walking through the western gates, I was surprised to spot not one, not two, but three cats on the corner of a porch in front of an office. I _________ the furry guards in Chinese, “Hi! Kitties!” The cats ignored me, __________ to take a rest in the shade next to their white painted cat houses.

I __________ three more cats inside the bamboo garden of the employees’ exercise grounds. It wasn’t until my last week in Beijing that I __________ got to pet one. The slightly fat furry cat looked like the real “boss” of the palace as he made his way over to me, staring with his sharp yellow and blue eyes and letting __________ short, loud meows demanding attention. He was very friendly and __________ to be scratched behind the ear and even given a belly rub.

For those cat __________ planning on taking a trip to China’s capital, these absolutely adorable security guards are definitely worth spending a day in the palace looking for.

9 . When 19-year old Alice Dickinson found out her father had cancer, her _____ was a little different than you might expect. To honor her father, who she also describes as her best friend, she decided to start a book drive called For Love, _____ books for kids with cancer.

“It was very much an overnight idea,” she explains. “I posted a message on an app asking my neighbors for used book donations. I was only expecting a few here and there, but the response was truly _____ and it was just the push I needed to co-exist with my sadness rather than letting it _____ me.”

“It was absolutely heartbreaking to watch my dad _____ cancer and see him lose a little bit of himself each day, but the book drive allowed me to _____ a newfound sense of purpose mixed with an even greater sense of sympathy and desire to help others. I wanted to help _____. They’ve always held a soft spot in my heart.”

Using the _____ she earns from working at her parents’ bread shop, Alice has bought many books out of her own pocket. In addition, she receives donations through her online wishlist. Alice spent a whole summer driving around town, loading boxes of books into her car. “It was such a unique experience to know people had carried these books all their lives through generations, and they wanted to _____ them to my cause.”

The project has seen a huge ______, with For Love donating over 15,000 books and being widely recognized by the media.

10 . One day recently, Laurie Fenby was ________ at a garage sale in Rochester New York and as she was leaving, she found a ________ on the ground.

Laurie looked inside and ________ a Jamaican (牙买加人的) driver’s license, some American cash and some Jamaican ________ . She tried all the usual ways to find the man, whose name was George. She ________ for suggestions through Next door, a community website. One lady advised her to contact (联系) a little ________ that is known to have many Jamaican migrant (移民) workers as ________ . Laurie called the store and found that yes, indeed, there was someone named George who ________ his wallet.

When George contacted her, he was able to ________ everything in the wallet and Laurie was able to ________ it. But it didn’t stop there. Laurie asked George, “What do you and the migrant workers ________ ?” He said they need some warm clothes. Laurie ________ contacted the community and was able to organize a clothing ________ . Many people donated lots of ________ , shoes and other supplies. Recently Laurie met George and the other migrant workers in Rochester. They were so ________ to Laurie and her friends.