2 . I stood in my office, surrounded by hundreds of books! I hadn’t expected my book drive (捐书活动) to be of so much ______. Surely, with my kind and helpful coworkers, I shouldn’t have been so ______.

One morning a year ago, I suddenly lost consciousness (意识) and ______ myself in hospital after coming to myself. Cancer ran into my life. Considering I must be very ______, my friends offered support, especially Kathy. She would take meals to me. We grew ______. During one chat, I learned Kathy’s mom died of cancer when she was young and Kathy still ______ her every day. I wished to do something to ______ Kathy’s kindness. But I didn’t have the ______ to do so.

After 13 rounds of ______, my health returned. Before getting sick, I loved organizing activities for some free libraries, where people could ______ books to those in need. Now that I ______, I would do it again. That was how the book drive ______. I encouraged my coworkers to bring me children’s books. They responded so ______. My office was crowded with books soon.

I knew Kathy’s son was a(n) ______ of the Harry Potter series. ______, after finding a copy, I gave it to Kathy’s son. When he open it, his eyes were full of excitement. He told me, “You won’t ______ it! This is exactly the book my mother bought me! There are the words written by her: ‘From Kathy, Happy Birthday!’ ” He added that he ______ it. But it had been lost ______ several times of moving house, which was really a(n) ______. But somehow, here it was. Out of hundreds of books from countless families, this long-lost treasure had made it back into the ______ hands.

3 . Last year, being eager to escape the cold and dreary weather for spring break, Sophie and I decided to head south. It was a last minute decision; we did not make ______ anywhere.

Arriving in Florida, we tried to book a room in a good but affordable hotel. After going to six hotels and finding no room ______ at all, we stopped at an information center. A kind and helpful woman delivered the ______ news that if we didn’t have reservations anywhere, it would be very difficult for us to find a safe place to stay. She ______ that we check a couple of places, but they all seemed too ______ for us. Then she said that the Starfish Inn was ______priced, but that she would not want her daughters to stay there!

So that was how we got into our ______ situation. After paying the owner of the motel (汽车旅馆), we ______our luggage to the room, where we opened the door with great ______. Everything in the room was in shades of blue and green, with real and ______ starfish on nearly every surface; the place looked like it hadn’t been ______ since 1975!

The sofa was not exactly ______. The old television reminded me of the one my grandpa ______ in his basement. On the plus side, the room did have a ______, so we could ______ money by cooking meals. On the downside, the small table was so ______ that I was afraid to use it.

______ all of these problems, Sophie and I decided we had one choice—to make the best of the situation and ______ ourselves! We thought that it was time to ______ the false undersea atmosphere of the room and enjoy some real ocean views. As the old saying ______, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”

5 . My parents and I lived upstairs over my aged and sick grandmother. All of us________her as carefully as possible. Grandmother was gradually going blind. However, her mind was________.

I often think of the fall when Grandmother got the________to “be useful again” to help earn extremely-needed dollars. At that time, her niece had________one of lunch stands on the fairgrounds in our town during the week-long fair,________food for the hungry crowds coming to the fair, together with the niece’s daughter.

Though grandmother’s relatives would have little time to________during the day, they would need a place to sleep in. Grandmother stumbled (蹒跚而行)________around at home-thinking of all the________she could offer.

Under her guidance, the woodshed (柴房) of the stand had been made into a relatively________sleeping room. A curtain was________at the one small window. Simple beds with quilts were________carefully. A blanket would________their feet and the cold floor on the early mornings. Grandmother also helped take in a few dollars to________her relatives.

Shortly after that, the best day came! The two women got everything________early before the lunch time, finding that their simple sandwiches for lunch sold like hotcakes,.The fair’s employees themselves bought their breakfasts here, keeping the two women overly________.

Nearly________as grandmother may have been,she could do her________. Grandmother stated delightedly, “That was the best week I’ve had in years!”

The lesson that memory brings back to me is that we all________a chance to be “useful”or________. No matter what our situation is, there’s usually a way to________!