3 . Retirement hasn’t slowed down 90-year-old great-grandmother Jeanie Shaffer. She has made more than 11, 000 tiny _______ for newborns in her golden years. Every hat is made with special care and she has _______ them all to the local hospital for the last 15 years.

Hospital staff put a hat on a baby soon after _______ to keep warm. A warm hat calms and _______ newborns as they adjust to life _______ the womb (子宫). That is why the hospital staff and new _______ are so appreciative of Jeanie’s handmade hats. Many families _______ the hats because they _______ emotional value to their baby’s first hat.

Jeanie and her husband have a _______ family, with seven children, 15 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Although she has plenty to keep her ________, she still found time to start a fun hobby in her 70s after she ________.

To honor Jeanie’s years of hard work and selfless volunteerism, the staff decided to ________ pictures of her creations to fill an album (相册). The hospital made a special ________ on social media to all the new moms to submit a picture of their newborn wearing the hat they had received, which was responded ________. Thousands of grateful new moms soon shared ________ photos of their newborns wearing their special hats. The staff then selected part of the pictures for the album that they presented to Jeanie.

4 . Andrea works in a donation store. One day, Andrea was checking the quality of the _______ items. As she pulled out two sweaters tied together, she felt something _______ in between them. When pulling the sweaters apart, to her _______, she found several envelopes filled with cash. The cash was in $100 bills and _______ $42,000. The question of what to do with the _______ came easy for the honest employee. Without _______, she handed it over to the manager so he could inform the rightful owner.

Some might have thought that it was Andrea’s _______ day, coming across a small fortune. However, Andrea’s _______ nature urged her to do the right thing.“I do believe that if you do something good, something good will _______ you, ”said Andrea after returning the money.

Fortunately for the ________, there was identifiable paperwork along with the donated items. The store’s manager was then able to   ________ and return the money to the donor who had mistakenly placed the cash in the wrong box.   “________ we have no way of knowing who the money ________, ”said the manager. “Luckily this time we did. ”

It was hard not to think of the many wonderful things she could do with that much money. However, the ________ to keep the cash was just a passing thought. She always tries to be a good ________ to her daughter.

5 . Chicago winters are famous for their bitter cold. It is a ________ time to earn a living for the city’s street vendors (商贩). They have been hit hard by the pandemic (疫情) as the population of street shoppers has ________ by as much as half in the city. One Chicago based restaurant owner,Robert Magret,came up with a brilliant and quite ________ idea to help these vendors. He purchases their entire day’s food ________ as a clever way to get them out of the ________. Robert then distributes the food to the ________ for free,turning one good deed into a chain of ________.

Robert has been purchasing truckloads of ________ from Chicago vendors for weeks as the temperature began to fall into the single digits. After he ________ the vendors from the cold weather,he then ________ the delicious bread to the homeless. Robert also uses his purchases to ________ Love Fridges,which are fridges around his city where people can either donate or ________ fresh vegetables and cooked meals.

Robert’s creative idea won great ________ on social media and he immediately began receiving donations from the community. Robert plans to ________ buying out street vendors all winter with the help of donations from kind ________ who have joined him on his merciful mission.

6 . Henry was a high school headmaster. When he learned some of his students were in _______ need, he was determined to help. He decided to get an _______ job at Walmart besides his tiring day job. His entire _______ from the night job is generously donated to his students.

Henry seems almost a _______ to most. Incredibly，Henry works the night shift from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. stocking (上货) shelves three days per week after _______ work from school. He was motivated when he heard how some of his _______ had fallen on hard times. The headmaster was _______ with emotion as he described going to the home of one teenager and saw their difficult situation and heard _______ of other students sleeping under a bridge or in a(an)_______ car.

A high percentage of the students at Henry’s high school live below the ________ line. The community is further ________ by the pandemic (疫情). Henry’s donated funds go straight to his students and their families to purchase basic school supplies，food and ________ bills such as heat and electricity.

“At my age，we don’t ask for ________. We just don’t. You just go ahead and do what you need to do，”Henry said.

Henry hopes to keep his second job a ________. He said the only thing that he wants in return is that his students one day ________ and help others.

7 . Lakira noticed that a 10th grader, Jonny, often ate alone in the school cafeteria. Jonny has autism (孤独症), which makes social interactions ___   at times. One day, Lakira decided to join Jonny and they became fast friends.

Jonny often experienced ___ and nervousness on the first day of each new school year. He worried he would ___ to make new friends. Thanks to Lakira, this year was ___. He looked forward to joining his friend at lunch, and his whole world ___. He would go home and talk excitedly about Lakira.

His mother noticed the change in her son. He appeared happier and more ___, and looked forward to going to school. It was clear to his mother just ___ Lakira’s friendship meant to Jonny, and she wanted all kids to ___ the same positive transformation. So with Jonny and Lakira, she got the idea of forming a friendship ___ in their school, named “Not Alone Club”. More than 100 students ____ and promised to join and talk to the student eating alone.

Lunchtime at school is different now for the kids who ____ sat alone in the school cafeteria. Now, every seat at Jonny’s lunch table is ____. Loud chatter and laughter can be heard ____ from the cheerful group of new friends.

It’s inspiring for the ____ to come together and do this. ____ the group together is an example to Jonny that people can do anything they put their minds to, especially doing it together.

10 . A wave of anxiety rushed over Sebastian. The following morning, he would have art class. It was his favorite class, but there was a(n) _______. Sebastian saw the world differently from everybody else, so his pictures always made the whole class stare at him in _______. When he drew, butterflies had different-sized wings, and buildings had wavy sides.

The next day, the school bell rang and Sebastian’s heart pounding. What would the art teacher _______ the class to paint today?

“Good morning,” smiled Mr. Stevenson. “Today, we’re going to paint ...”

Sebastian _______, wondering what the next _______ would be. Please, he thought, nothing that has straight lines.

“We’re going to paint happiness!” said Mr. Stevenson.

“Yes!” said Sebastian _______.

“Happiness? You can’t paint happiness!” _______ Matilda from the other side of the classroom.

“Sure, you can,” replied Mr. Stevenson _______. “Think about it, Matilda. What _______ you happy?”

“Umm ... swimming, sunshine and ... chocolate!” said Matilda.

“Well, there you go. That’s ________ you paint happiness. Start working!” said Mr. Stevenson.

Sebastian was already ________. He splashed(泼) large amounts of paint all over the white sheet of paper. Next, he painted wavy lines ...

“Three minutes to go,” said Mr. Stevenson. Sebastian added the finishing touches to his painting. It was beautiful! There were shapes that didn’t ________ in the real world and colors so ________ that you almost wanted to half-close your eyes to look at them. The whole class ________.

From that day on, Sebastian was never ________ about art class.