On May 9, James Givens was sitting in the car when he heard what     1     (sound) like a knock. He turned around only     2     (find) a goose pecking at the car door, which was highly unusual seen. He knew that the birds     3     (normal) preferred to observe humans from a distance.

But on this day, the goose appeared to be determined to get his attention and did not stop pecking     4     Givens opened the car door and stepped out. Although     5     (force) to walk away a little out of fear, the bird kept turning around to make sure that he was following. When they finally stopped, Givens realized     6     the mother goose did so — she needed help to free her baby goose that had got     7     (trap) in some balloon string.

Worried that the mother goose would attack him if he got close     8     the baby, Civens called the local chapter of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Unfortunately, they were unable to help right away. Mainly     9     (take) into consideration that the baby goose would not survive the delay, Givens decided to take on the task himself.

The mother goose watched patiently as Givens saved the little bird. As soon as the little goose was free, it ran to its mom. Givens said this was the most     10     (forget) incident in his life!

While thousands of college students headed for warm climate to enjoy sun and fun during their week off from classes, seven local students had other plans.

The Northern Essex Community College (NECC) students and one of their teachers spent part of their spring break in New York City, helping repair an area     1     (destroy) by the hurricane. “I wanted to see for myself what happened,” said Terry. “I couldn’t imagine    2    it is like to lose your home and everything that you know and the    3    (power) effect the hurricane had on those people. I wanted to do something, to understand their feeling of helplessness.” The group headed into Brooklyn’s Red Hook district, which was hit hard by the hurricane. There they met people from other parts of the country,     4    had also volunteered to help. Together, those volunteers and the NECC students worked     5     (clear) rubbish out of a three-story building. They put on protective suits and gloves    6    they entered the building.

Inside the building, the students saw nothing but broken walls and doors and pieces of the building     7    (lie) all over the place.

The students returned to school with     8    sense of achievement, a feeling     9    they helped people in need. I was remarkable how a community lost so much and was still able to recover, and this left the deepest impression    10    the students.

This story happened to me last Christmas Eve. I was in the Dollar Tree with    1    （I）son looking for a particular item. Suddenly, a young girl     2    （come）up to us, said

Merry Christmas," and stuck something into my hand. She ran off before I could say a word or realize what was happening. I took it,     3    （think）it was just a kid's homemade card or a religious tract（册子）. Then I saw it was     4     envelope and was sort of afraid to open it. I walked around the store a bit and my son told me to go ahead and open it, so I did. There was a $ 100 bill! I     5    （actual）didn't know if it was real     6     I had never seen one of the new $ 100 bills before. I am not a needy person.

When my adult     7    （kid）heard about this, they teased me about "looking homeless. ” Of course I passed on the gift to a     8    （much）deserving person. Anyway, yes, I would take a gift     9     a stranger. People do this as a random act of kindness. It spreads the holiday spirit. Sometimes I do random acts of kindness for strangers, too, and it     10    （make）me feel good.

5 . I needed to get some money so I     1    (take) a job in the clothes department at Graham’s for the January sale. I can’t say that I enjoyed it,    2     it was an experience I’ll never forget.

When I arrived half an hour before opening on the first day of the sale, there was already     3     queue around three sides of the building. This made me very nervous. The moment the security guards     4     (lock) the doors, they hid behind the doors for protection as the noisy crowd rushed in. I couldn’t believe my eyes: this wasn’t shopping; it was a battlefield!

After a while, clothes were flying     5     all directions as people searched for the sizes, colours and styles they wanted. Within minutes I had half a dozen people     6     (push) clothes under my nose, each wanting     7       (be) the first served. The whole day continued like that. People were spending money like water thinking     8     they needed what they were buying. As long as it was a bargain it was OK.

That night, after a quick dinner I went to bed     9     (exhaust), fearing the sound of the alarm    10     would tell me to get ready for the second day of the sale.

6 . Most people    1    get a text message from a wrong number either let the person know    2    just ignore it — but this wrongful text was one that the receiver felt he had to answer.

When Mark and Lindsey Lashley had their baby boy, Cason Knox, one of their    3    (relative) sent a group text message to let a few    4    (friend) know about the birth — but it turned out that one of the phone numbers no longer belonged to someone they knew. Dennis Williams, the new    5    (own) of the phone number, responded to the    6     (excite) baby news,   “    7    (congratulate), but I think someone got the wrong number.”

When everyone else in the group text message realized what was going on, they laughed and apologized to this kind stranger for getting him caught up in the baby birthing news, but Williams ended up    8    (surprise) everyone. “What’s the room number... we have gifts,” Williams’s follow-up text read — and the best pan is that he    9    (actual) showed up at the hospital to welcome Cason. And they talked about turning    10    embarrassing situation into a sweet one!

Have you heard of a student awarded master’s degree? Of course. But the following student is quite different. Because she is     1     blind and deaf. She is     2     combination of disabilities that is one of the most severe known to mankind. Mrs Michelle Smithdas     3     (enjoy) a special success when she was awarded a master’s degree at Teachers’ College, New York, in the spring of 2005.

She did it with a lot of help from a lot of friends and     4     (volunteer). Michelle, who received her degree in education of blind and visually impaired (受损的) learners,     5     (believe) to be the first to gain a graduate degree from a top, famous university. She is an instructor at the Helen Keller National Centre in Sands Point, New York,     6    she teaches Braille, vocabulary, sign language and     7     communication skills to those who are deaf­blind like her. For five years, she was driven to and from New York City for her classes by Mrs Linda Stillman, who also served     8     her interpreter. During classes, Mrs Stillman would sit next to Michelle and hold her hand, using the manual alphabet (also known as fingerspelling)   to communicate. Michelle also participated fully in class, going on all field trips and     9     (ask) questions in class. Outside class, many of her friends and helpers helped her read textbooks and write research papers.

According to one professor at Teachers’ College, Michelle was     10     only a fine student but also an inspiration to us all.