2 . Opening a book may take you on an adventure, but sometimes, what’s more interesting is what’s been sandwiched in the pages.

In her 20 years as a(n)________, Sharon McKellar has found different kinds of objects left in books: notes, tickets, postcards, and photographs. Visitors ________returned to claim them. But McKellar doesn’t ________those items. Instead, they have been put to good use.

It all started when the Oakland Public Library where McKellar worked intended to________its blog content. McKellar thought of Found Magazine (dedicated to everyday items discovered in public places), from which McKellar got the________to share her ever-growing collection of items online. Then, she________the “Found in a Library Book” project.

“I believe others must have found________stuff,” McKellar said. She thus________nearby libraries to ask if anybody can contribute something. As a result, people were highly________and McKellar was bombarded (轰炸) with other people’s collections.

McKellar has a few________behind her online database. For example, to protect people’s________, she blocks out information like names and addresses. She also believes it is worthwhile to ________all the objects in the collection, although McKellar does have some________, especially those left by children. What________her most was a note which said, “I love Dad! He’s my superhero.” McKellar said, “I ________the way kids express themselves.”

Even without more contexts, such items remain a testament (证明) to life’s little moments.

3 . Going out for a walk with their sons is a simple task for most fathers. But for Martin Ralfe and his one-year-old boy Leo, it can be a real _________. That’s because Martin is blind and Leo is also visually impaired (受损的), meaning they have to thoroughly _________ every trip they take outside of their home. The 29-year-old parent _________ to let his lack of sight stop him from _________ with his son and going exploring.

The pair have shared their special bond on TikTok and gone viral (走红) after showing how they go out for the day, with the help of Martin’s guide dog Diesel. Martin says it was actually his wife who _________ him to take Leo out on walks. He _________ he initially (最初) had some worries about taking Leo out on his own but now he is _________ and spends most weekends exploring with his son and his guide dog.

He said, “Our favorite _________ include going for walks and _________ the ducks. Currently, on our bucket list is to visit Disneyland but Leo is __________ interested in trains too, so we’d love to go to the National Railway Museum in York.”

Martin’s TikTok account has thousands of followers and has a range of __________ such as his walking with Diesel and Leo. He is using them to __________ other people with visual impairment. He said, “I love __________ these videos and I get so many amazing __________. Many people praise me but I’m just a __________ dad getting on with life.”

5 . Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has good _________, but always feared applying for a new job.

One day, he gathered up all his _________ and decided to attend a job interview. His _________ was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an _________ man wildly kicking the tire of his car. _________ there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished _________ the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the _________. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone _________, and he had to _________ for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the __________ I could do. Please. I insist.” Jimmy __________.

Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of __________ waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease (油垢) on him after the car __________, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with __________ look on their faces. Finally, his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. __________ the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart __________. “With the way I look now, how could I __________ pass this interview?” he thought to himself.

Then the interviewer __________ the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.

“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce __________ you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. __________!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.

6 . The 8-year-old boy across the street stormed in and out of his own house very often. A neighbor, William Dunn,_________ what was going on in his life. So Dunn asked him.

“He told me that he didn’t have a_________, ” says Dunn, now 58, “and I realized there was_________I could do for him. That something was_________, a passion Dunn’s father had shared with him.”

Dunn has taken groups of kids out almost every _________ to fish. Most didn’t have father figures in their lives and had never fished. “They’d been through a lot, and their lives were_________, ” Dunn says. “But when they were fishing, all of that_________Out on the boat, they’d be smiling, and even_________.”

Jayden, now 13, has become a devoted fisherman and _________Dunn with helping him mature. “I hope he knows I mean it when I say thank you,” he says.

Just as_________as the fishing are the _________Dunn forms with the kids. “When Jayden was going through a_________ period recently in study — I let Dunn know that his grades were suffering and he had a little talk with Jayden, ”Jayden’s mother says. To her delight, Jayden’s grades _________improved in the next exam.“There is nothing like seeing a kid _________ with a smile,”Dunn says. “I feel lucky to _________ that every weekend.”

7 . At around 9 a. m. on Friday, Bonnie Raitt stopped at a picnic area along a highway. She began walking her two-year-old sheepdog, Cady, along a path when a mountain lion ________ and attacked Raitt, injuring her left shoulder. She screamed, and Cady, who had been wandering ahead, immediately returned to ________ her owner. The mountain lion then turned its ________ to the dog and bit onto the bodyguard’s head. Raitt attempted without success to fight ________ the lion with stones, so she ran up to the road to get help.

Lindsey Stirling, who was driving by, saw Raitt and ________. After learning about the mountain lion attack, without ________, Stirling jumped out of, her car with her pepper spray (喷雾剂) and also grabbed a stick. The two women ________ to the scene in the forest, where, the struggle was going on, with the mountain lion still refusing to ________ the dog. They both started hitting it and yelling loudly ________ it finally set loose the ________ dog.

Cady eventually ________. Stirling pepper sprayed the mountain lion in the face, and it immediately turned away and ________. Cady was ________ injured, and Raitt hurriedly drove Cady to a vet (兽医). After spending several days there, the dog was released. Now Cady, lying on her own bed, with her favorite toys, is on the road to ________. “My dog is my, hero, and I ________ her my life,” Raitt said.

10 . Last Thursday, Michael and Linda were distributing (分发) meals to 4,000 homeless people for their wedding reception (婚宴) in the border town of Kills. The _________ had decided that instead of playing host to their friends and family with a traditional feast reception, they _________ to feed the homeless people from an earthquake-stricken area.

The idea came from Michael’s father, Ted, who _________ for a Turkish relief organization. For the past few years, the organization has handed out _________ meals to thousands of people who’ve suffered from natural disasters. He called Adam, who was _________ the organization, and suggested that the family cover part of the cost of feeding them for the day.

Then he told his son, who was surprised by the _________, but soon agreed. When he told that to Linda, she was really shocked but finally _________ because in southeastern Turkey there is a real culture of sharing with people _________. They love to share their _________, their table and everything they have. And afterwards she was quite __________ in it. So, they arrived at the __________ on Thursday to spend the day serving food and taking photographs with their grateful recipients (接受者).

On Tuesday evening, the __________ married couple were still pleased with their decision to __________ a personal celebration for one with greater good. Michael said, “A small act of __________ could make a big difference. __________, this will give the start for other wedding dinners to be held here with our brothers and sisters in need.”