3 . I was in the second year of my PhD program when a colleague asked what I would do if I had a 25th hour every day. Without much _______, I said I would use it to help others. Like many graduate students, I was _______ with teaching, coursework, _______, and some efforts at a personal life. _______, I asked myself, “Do I really need a(n) _______ hour to help other people—or do I need to make better use of the 24 hours I have?”

A short time later, I started to _______ for an organization that provides_______for senior citizens and people with disabilities. To my_______, adding this activity to my busy life was just what I needed to _______ the chaos (混乱) I was feeling as a first-generation international graduate student.

I was a bit ________before my first ride, as I had not ________ much with people outside school. But my nervousness quickly calmed when I ________ my passenger: an old woman on her way to church for worship. She was________to see a young international driver and was full of questions about my________ ; she shared with me how thankful she was to attend________and get some fresh air. She gave me her blessings (祝福) . ________like these and the smiles on my riders’ faces________ me to continue driving.

I started to volunteer about 3 hours every weekend-time I otherwise would have wasted________ or looking through social media. Sharing stories with my riders was much more________. My previously over schedule began to feel ________.

4 . I’m proud of myself for this kindness I did last night. I did it ______ and did the right thing. However, I was unwilling to share, because by sharing I am also sharing the ______ and more self-centered side of myself.

It was last night and I ______my shift at work. It was late and I wanted to go straight home. On my way out of the door I noticed a fellow staff member and colleague. She doesn’t have a ______and usually either catches a taxi home or ______for an hour waiting for another staff member and friend of hers to finish work.

In the past I’ve ______ to drive her home as she ______ on my side of town. But last night I really did not want to. I wanted to drive straight home, alone. And I did not have to make “small talk”．

So I tried to ______ her, walking past her, heading down, and stealing out (偷溜) to the ______without letting her see me and ______ without offering her a lift.

Yet, something in myself was stopping me. Something in myself made me look at her and put myself in her shoes. She had young   ______ who she wanted to go home to attend to and, she could go home right now ______ I took her, not an hour later when the other staff member and friend of hers who was taking her. So I offered. She ______. And of course, she was extremely   ______．

Well, I learned a great ______ last night about not being so self-­centered and selfish!

6 . John graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to __ for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was ___ everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them ____, John was very satisfied with his performances and was very ___ that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager’s phone ___, he picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to John, “Sorry, I want to get some important __ now. Please give me the book with the red ____ on that desk? ”John looked around and found 3 books on the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him _____. Holding the book, the manager __ the phone and said, “ Sorry, we cannot give the job to you. ”John was __ and wondered why. The manager said, “There are three ___. First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn’t ask me which one I needed and you took one ___ . Third, I was answering the call. You should ___ to the desk to save time. These ___ showed you are not a careful person.” Therefore, John didn’t get the job.

We can learn a (n)___ from John’s experience. Some people don’t ____ the details in our life. But it is the details that ____ . Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even ____ our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the ___ of quantity and quality. We should keep it in mind that ____ comes first, without which quantity is of no importance.

7 . 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!

8 . 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.

9 . Many nursing homes all over the world are locked down to protect their residents from the COVID-19. Group-f is a ______ company in Belgium, whose employees wash the outsides of tall buildings, using platforms that are lifted by cranes (起重机). When the COVID-19 hit Belgium, Group-f’s business ______ . The cranes sat ______ . But one day, company manager Bosch saw a man standing on the ______ and shouting up to his mother who was looking down ______ from her window on the third floor of a nursing home. This gave Bosch a perfect______ .

Bosch realized he could put the cranes to good use. Ever since, he has been ______ them to nursing homes. There, a family can ______ a platform that a crane operator will lift up to the window of a loved one.

Eve Putseys came to see her 88-year-old aunt, who lives in La Cambre, a nursing home. Before she______ the platform, Putseys didn’t know what to expect. “It’s been seven long weeks that I haven’t been ______ to see her,” she said. But when Putseys returned to the ground, she was ______. “I finally got to see her. She looked very happy to see me,” she said.

Officials at La Cambre helped organize the crane-operated ______ . “It’s been hard work but quite ______ ,” director Thibaut Chevrier says. Bosch ______ that operating the machines costs his company money. But he has no ______ . “It’s a great honor to help people,” he says.

10 . “Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you don’t ________, something good will happen some day.”

Mother was ________, as I discovered after graduating from college, I had ________ myself to be a sports announcer(播音员). So I went to Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was ________ every time. In one station, a ________ lady told me that large stations wouldn’t employ（雇佣） a person without ______ since I just graduated. “Go out of the town and find a small station that might give you ______,” she said.

I returned to Dixon, where I had finished my high school education and had ______ high school football. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to ______ its sports department. The job sounded just ______ for me but I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment had ______ as if by design. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom ______ me. Dad lent me his car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio Davenport. The program director told me they had already ______ an announcer. After I left his office, I asked aloud “______ can a fellow get to be a sports ______ if he can’t get a job in a radio station?” ______, I heard the director calling. “Do you know anything about ______?” Then he asked me to ______ an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was ______ and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the ______ Saturday.