2 . A little girl created a perfect gift for her mother’s birthday. It was a drawing of a ___________ on white paper with the words “For mom: love, love, love” decorated with hearts. She folded (折叠) her letter, but then she ___________ it.

For most people, that would be the ___________of this story, but this story had a different result. James Carrell found the letter. He had just___________ his mother, wishing her a happy birthday. After he hung up, Carrell saw the___________ on the ground outside of a hardware store in Manvel. “I___________ it was a gift,” said Carrell. “I opened it up and saw the flower and hearts. It really___________ me.” Carrell thought the letter would___________someone’s day and that maybe he could find the owner, so he posted it on the Internet. The message moved a lot of people,___________one man.

“I was sitting at my friend’s house and saw a man’s______________,” said Carrell. The comments (评论) included one from Robert Alvarado. He wrote, “I can’t ______________you found my baby’s letter.” Carrell reached Alvarado to______________ the letter. It took a few days, but the men finally met on Thursday night.

“Eventually the letter made it home,” said Alvarado. “We are______________ for what James Carrell did. We often forget the power of ______________ things, but for this family from Alvin, Carrell’s small act left a(n) ______________ impression.”

6 . Ryan Hickman was born in an American family. When he was three years old, Ryan Hickman visited a ______ center in California and found what he wanted to do most. Amazingly, the next day as he greeted his dad, Damion, he made a(n) ______. “I’m going to ______ all the bottles and cans from everyone in the neighborhood. I’ll start a new ______ myself!”

It’s never too ______ to start a business, though there’re no other staff but himself when the company was started. Today, Ryan, aged seven, the world’s ______ garbage man, is the CEO, manager and ______ of Ryan’s recycling company. Though Ryan says he doesn’t remember what made it all start, he remains ______ about what he is doing. When questioned why he did so, he said, “it’s because bottles get to the ocean, and then animals get sick and die.” Ryan’s neighbours have been accustomed to the little boy’s knocking for their recycled goods. More and more ______ ones call to ask for a pickup or even ______ bags of bottles and cans at Hickmans’ door. At school, Ryan’s favorite activity is helping the dust men separate the trash and taking away the recyclable. “My wife and I support him and we told him that whenever he wants to ______, he can,” Damion said. “I want to see him with friends, but the recycling just makes him ______. He has actually ______ five of his friends to join him.”

According to Damion, Ryan has ______ over $11, 000 through recycling bottles and cans. Ryan says he wants to buy a large trash truck to be loaded with enough garbage and become a ______ garbage man.

7 . Kim and I decided to go to see a new movie. We ___a little early and were talking about our day. Then came a young girl, followed by a man who we thought was her_____ They sat one row ahead and about two seats to the right. As they began to talk, it was ___that the man was her father, and that their family had been experiencing hard times.

The young girl seemed mature beyond her years. She ____ her father, saying that everything would be okay and that she loved him. As they spoke, Kim’s____ were filled with tears. He was thinking how fortunate this father was to have the love and ___ of his daughter. The young girl ___her dad of the past times when they used to go to the movies together, enjoying, talking, laughing and even crying. These were times she ___. She knew her dad missed ___, but he had devoted himself ___ to making money and supporting the family.

It became clear to us that they had ____ the early show because the tickets were ___. They had bought a small box of popcorn and were sharing it happily. This young girl had saved her money to enjoy this daddy-daughter “___.” The father felt grateful to his daughter, ___ that things would return to normal ____.

8 . Terasa Hill did not intend to do something unplanned. It began when Terasa was observing a horse auction (拍卖). A chestnut: racehorse was for sale? “She was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen, though it had an injured leg,” said Terasa.

When the bidding started, Terasa surprised herself by stepping in. Finally, Terasa became the new owner of Sierra, and Sierra, limping (跛) and hurt with pain from a broken knee, became a labour of love for Terasa. After three long months of nursing her under the guidance of a local animal doctor, the leg recovered.

It wasn’t only Sierra’s leg that needed to recover; Sierra needed to relearn how to trust people. Terasa thought the best way to win Sierra’s trust and fondness was to feed her treats. Terasa kept providing Sierra with many treats, but none passed the sniff (嗅) test. Desperate, Terasa experimented by making her own mixture of molasses and grains, which she baked in her own kitchen. The cookies were a hit with Sierra and other horses, sending Terasa’s life in a new direction.

Her treats, called “Barnies”, were sold to a local store and like hotcakes, within months local businessmen began demanding for more. Terasa’s kitchen was no longer big enough for the increased demand, moving her operation to an Oshawa company.

Then a serious health problem threatened to ruin her plans. Terasa called upon the same resolution that had helped her save Sierra to help her overcome her own illness. Family and friends came to her rescue and kept Barnies Ltd. going. Almost a year later, healthy and more resolute than ever, Terasa found a national distributor and Bainies began selling in 144 stores across Canada.

And what about Sierra, the inspiration for all this success and change? The horse has fully recovered and has become a wonderful riding horse.

9 . Just weeks after being named the Hero of the Year, Nelly Cheboi traveled more than 7,000 miles to bring her award home. Far from the lights, cameras, and celebrities who surrounded her at the gala (晚会) event in New York City, Cheboi was _________ by her own heroes: the students she serves in rural Mogotio, Kenya.

“I felt a lot of _________ just bringing the award to the kids,” Cheboi said. “For me, and for the community here, it really means a lot to be celebrated.”

Like many of her students, Cheboi lived in poverty (贫穷) from childhood, without _________ to education. Cheboi watched her mother work _________ so Cheboi and her sisters could _________ school. She saw education as an effective _________ to end her own poverty. In 2012, Cheboi _________ a full scholarship to Augustana College in Illinois and began her _________ in computer science. “The only tool I had at the time was education,” Cheboi said.

After graduation, she taught her students computer skills and helped them have Zoom calls with NASA. She’s found job opportunities abroad for them. She has brought professional, and _________ support to her community in Africa. “Digital skills provide __________ opportunities,” Cheboi said.

She owes her success to her mother, Christina. “I’m constantly __________ occasions to show people this is Christina Cheboi and she happened to have four daughters. She’s worked really hard to raise them.” When Cheboi’s name was __________ as the Hero of the Year, the first face she saw from the stage was that __________ one. “I looked at the audience, and saw my mom __________ at me,” Cheboi said. “This was someone who had no idea that all her hard work is going to __________ something.”