2 . She may be a young girl, but when it comes to sisterly devotion and giving back, Hailey Scheinman is wise beyond her years. 13-year-old Hailey has a(n) ________ sister named Olivia Livy, and the two are of the same age and ________ inseparable.

This is true despite the fact that physically, the girls are very ________. Hailey is healthy, but Livy ________ from epilepsy(癫痫). Regardless of their physical difference, Hailey’s love for Livy ________ every day. The sisters play and read together and Hailey helps her sister with her many needs. Since Hailey was very young, she has taken this ________ even one step further. In order to help with the costs of Livy’s physical treatments and to help other families with large ________ costs, she created and sold artwork through her ________, Livy’s Hope.

Hailey had overheard her parents talking about how to ________ money for Livy’s expensive medical treatments. She immediately started painting pictures and ________ them on eBay.

Hailey and her family decided to start ________ other families in need. Now, they give 100% of the ________ from everything sold at Livy’s Hope to other families who are going through what the Scheinman’s have ________!

More recently, they launched Lemonade for Livy, which has ________ from one local lemonade stand that Hailey’s friends organized for Livy to a national ________ that takes place in every state and around the world each July!

Through her incredible ________ and sympathy, Hailey has given new ________ to the words “sisterly love”, which has ________ countless others with her actions!

The Scheinman family’s ________ is Don’t Give Up, Give Back. They are a true example of taking action, helping others and doing something good in the face of ________.

3 . Last year, I told my family that I didn’t want or need anything for my birthday. Instead, I _________ them to think of a way to share a _________ in their world for me. My husband and my daughter did something different, but _________.

The week of my birthday my husband went to a local cafe and told a waitress that he wanted to _________ pay for the breakfast of a family. The waitress was _________ and said it was her last day at work there and this had never _________. When the family finished eating, the waitress told them their _________ had been paid. The mom started crying and the dad stood up, trying to _________ who might have done it, but my husband was outside _________ the whole thing. He told me he had such a wonderful __________ in his heart and he would like to __________ it a few more times.

My daughter was on a tight budget(手头很紧) so she__________ the week smiling more at people, and letting someone go before her at the market. She just took the time during my birthday week to slow down and be __________ and kind to a stranger and her co-workers.

When we finally all got together for Mother’s Day and my birthday, everyone was in tears as each person__________ what they had done. As you can see, it was the __________ birthday ever!

5 . The story happened ages ago, when my daughter was still little.

I was driving across the country with my daughter to _______ my husband. Since I intended to reach my _______ before supper time, I drove quickly for a long time without a stop. Then after driving for many miles, I became tired and needed to stop for a break to get _______.

I found a rest area. It was mostly deserted (废弃的) in a _______ area of the highway. I parked the car and carried my daughter into the restroom. When I came out a minute later, I saw a middle-aged _______ wandering around. Feeling   _______about that, I asked the lady why. What _______ me was: they were waiting for us!

The lady _______ to me that she and her husband wanted to see us _______ back into our car. She told me that sometimes rest areas might be a dangerous place for a young lady like me. I was very touched by their being so ________ to a stranger. Being young and probably ________ of the hidden dangers of rest areas, it never ________ to me that there was any possibility of something going wrong. I ________ them for their kindness and continued the journey, reaching our destination safely.

I never got their names but years have passed and the memory of their kindness is still deeply ________ in my mind. Sometimes angels come in make-up and just because you can’t see their ________ it doesn’t mean they aren’t angels.

6 . A US bus driver is being praised for the way she helped a passenger get some needed assistance. In October, bus driver Natalie Barnes started ______ with a passenger named Richard. He told her he had been ______ for a week, since there was a big fire in the place where he had been living and his house was ______.

When he asked if he could ______ along for the night to stay out of the ______,   she agreed. “At some point in our lives, everybody needs ______, ” Barnes said,   “I want to do what I could to help Richard in some way.” At one point during her shift, she took a ______,   at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and ______ to get her passenger something to eat. Richard was _______ “Now I don’t know what to say but to say thank you, ” he said to Barnes and promised to ______ her back somehow.

She ______, saying,   “I want to help you.” But one act of kindness wasn’t ______ for Barnes. During another break,   she turned to a friend for help,   who helped get Richard into temporary ______.

Barnes and Richard became ______ during that six-hour bus ride. Now he has her cellphone number, and they keep in _______

Helping others comes second nature for Barnes, who has received lots of praise for ______ service since she worked in the MCTS two years ago. She ______ takes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the bus to share with people in ______.

In fact, Barnes did what we all need to do to ______ homelessness: to look out for each other, to ______ each other and to work together.

7 . Have you ever rushed to some place very important only to realize you’re on the_________bus and you’ll never make it in time? One woman in New Zealand_________     this last week, but the bus driver went_________the call of duty to help her out.

Last Sunday, Mason was on her way to see her 79-year-old mom who lives in a nursing home. Due to its recent regulations,_________are limited to an half-hour period scheduled in advance. When Mason_________she hadn’t gotten on the right bus and her 30-minute window was fast closing, she was_________. Mason started crying, tearfully_________to the bus driver 57-year-old Alex Bailey what had happened.

Rather than offer routine_________ and keep to his schedule, Bailey decided to_________. With nods from the other__________, Bailey detoured (绕道) the bus and__________Mason to her destination, dropped her off, and then calmly went back to his__________route.

By pure__________, as Mason arrived at the nursing house, a news reporter happened to be there covering a story. Mason told the reporter her__________, expressing thanks to the passengers and praise for the bus driver. The story__________the evening news, and then it hit social media. Bailey was “Internet__________.”

Actually, Bailey is only one of the serving members during the COVID-19 pandemic (流行病), who have been__________around the clock to__________key workers, education and communities stay connected and keep the city running__________. Later, he said that it was just a__________, magical moment, and it was just the right thing to do.

9 . Rodney Smith Jr. drove home from school. For some reason, he took a different _______ than usual. That’s where Rodney saw an elderly man _______ to mow (修剪) his lawn. He would take a couple of unsteady steps, using the handle to _______ himself, paused, then _______ pushed the mower again. Something inside Rodney said, “You’ve got to _______ help to him.”

Rodney got out and _______ himself. The elderly man, Mr Brown, said he was retired with low income, so he wasn’t able to _______ anyone to help keep his lawn _______. Rodney promised that it was on him and he got the _______ done in 20 minutes. Mr Brown expressed heartfelt thanks to him, and Rodney went home feeling ________.

Sitting at his computer, Rodney couldn’t get Mr. Brown out of his ________. He went on social media and ________ that he would mow lawns for free for senior citizens. Messages ________ his in-box. His only ________: He couldn’t help folks who didn’t have their own mowers. He searched the Internet and found a guy who sold used mowers. ________ Rodney told what he needed, the guy let him have some for free.

Later, Rodney got a message from a grandmother in Ohio, saying he’d ________ her 12-year-old grandson to mow lawns too, which gave Rodney a(n) ________. Maybe he could make this a national movement for young people. He ________ a name - Raising Men Lawn Care Service, Rodney feels glad to see that kids learn the ________ of giving back to the society and make good life choices and ________ self - confidence.

10 . In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The _________   is that countries around the world have growing mountains of _________ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we become a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to_________ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. Thanks to modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and _________.

Another cause is our_________ of disposable (一次性的) products. As _________ people, we are always looking for ways to save time and make our lives easier. Companies _________ thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also_________ to the problem. We are addicted to buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that _________ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we __________ useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world, we can see the__________ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To __________ the amount of rubbish and to protect the __________, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. __________, this is not enough to solve our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions instead of throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about__________. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.