1 . Our life has become more and more intelligent over_______past 30 years. Have you ever imagined what a smart home is? Last weekend, Cox Communications published their new smart home ______(call)Home Life, in which all equipment is ”smart“. A _______ (power)Internet connection is central to their product. Not only is the equipment remotely controlled, this home also features direct connections to family members and doctors. For example, their relatives_______live in another state can enter their house through their smartphones or computers.

The smart home seems to be designed _________(attend)to the elderly. In a smart home, many activities can be monitored and all kinds of help________(provide)whenever necessary. If a person has a fall or doesn’t take their medicine, he or she will be reminded________(instant). However, the person________(live)in the smart home has his or her_______   (independent).

This smart home offers plenty of chances for patient control, as well________reducing health costs in many situations. Technology can help old people stay independent and safe.

4 . Linda likes to knit (针织). Since she suffered a stroke (中风) five years ago,_______has been a way for her to focus her mind and keep her_______busy.

Every day she knits a snowman and she sells it for a pound. Every_______goes to the local Children’s Hospital. The first year she knitted 160 snowmen, and then she got to 200 and she made another 200. At the moment she has knitted over 800_______.

Linda’s stroke took most of her eyesight away and made her almost_______but nothing can stop_______. She’s just handed over a 300-pound check to Derian House,an organization for charity (慈善机构), which offers care to children across the North West of England. It costs nearly five million pounds a year to _______ care like this. Less than 10% of that comes _______ the government. For the rest they depend_______donations (捐赠) like Linda’s. Every penny is important to the organization. So it doesn’t matter how much money people________to it.

Derian House exists to make money for seriously ill________and their families and to help them in their most terribly________times. So it’s easy to see why Linda will always be________her knitting wherever she is. “Every time I pick up a needle, I’m________the children, and that’s so important to me,” said Linda.

This Christmas angel (天使) is going on Linda’s tree, but there are some who would say that the real________is Linda herself.

5 . I got to know a homeless young man in Portland named Oscar through his Twitter posts two years ago. I _________ letters to him last spring to see if there was anything we could do to help. He has an autoimmune (自身免疫的) disease and lost his job and then _________ his home.

It took months but he finally answered my _________. He said in the hot summer he could use a fan. So we sent him one of those. Later he said he was _________ on the ground and he wanted a bed. So the next month we got him a _________. He later said how it is wet in Portland, so I found him a _________ of waterproof shoes. He said he felt like it was Christmas all summer.

Lately, he’s been helping a friend who is in a wheelchair and is also homeless. He asked if we could get a poncho (雨披) for his friend to cover the _________ and we’re shipping that out today.

My heart often breaks because of Oscar. I wish I could do more. I told _________ my son was lost and that my son would use the name Oscar sometimes in a game.

“I’m _________ what you’re suffering from,” he said. “What a pity! I’m not your __________.”

“I know. But I hope wherever my son is, if he is __________ too, someone is helping him.”

The other day I got a note from Oscar. “I was lying __________ my bed, which made me feel at home. I just wanted to __________ you and your husband for all your help.”

We helped nearly 1,000 persons to find homes over the years. I hope all the other homeless people in the world will find a __________ too. And we’ll do whatever we can to __________ them.

6 . Lucy Blaylock is on a task to comfort kids going through difficult times,one blanket at a time.The 11-year-old_______learned to sew（缝纫）three years ago when she made a blanket for a friend's birthday party.After the_______she asked her mom if they could put together a _______giveaway（捐赠）for children in need.She posted on social media and received sixteen messages from parents of_______who are fighting against some diseases or a move to a new city.

"When I told her it was time to choose one from the sixteen kids, she started crying and said she couldn't_______just one,"Lucy's mom Veronica Blaylock said. "She wanted to sew one blanket for_______of them, so we got sewing for the sixteen kids."

_______Lucy has made 500 blankets for kids in 14 countries, spending two_______with her sewing machine for each blanket every day. Every blanket has her name inside a heart to show _______ love.

"It makes me feel ________when I think of the kids getting the package in the mail and ________it,"Lucy said. "I always hope they'll know that someone ________them. It feels good to know that I'm helping all these kids feel loved."

"Kindness does matter, and it always will,"Lucy said. "It makes the world a better place when we do________acts. It may get hard sometimes, but what we are________is making a difference."

Lucy, who lives in Gallatin, Tennessee, received a volunteer service award from the government. She tells kids who are________volunteering to"just start and keep going. Serving always matters."