Peter lived in a village. He was always upset and treated others     1     (bad). He enjoyed himself by making other     2     (villager) unhappy. So the whole village avoided     3     (he) as much as they could. On the day when he turned eighty,     4     unusual thing happened. Everyone     5     (hear) the words. “Peter looks happy today. Instead of     6     (say) something bad, he smiles to everyone he meets.” When the whole village got together, Peter     7     (ask) why. He answered, “I’d been running after my happiness     8     eighty years, but it was     9     (use). And then I decided to live without it and just enjoy life. That’s the reason     10     I’m happy now.”

Ten years ago, Melanie and Jeremy Zanni     1     (find) the house they dreamed of: a 300-year-old cottage in a small town. They moved into their new home     2     (short) after and set up a bakery. They’ve been happy ever since until     3     accident changed everything. In March, the Zannis’ cottage was burnt     4     the ground when a chimney fire grew out of control. Firefighters eventually put out the flames, but the house was completely destroyed. The couple were desperate.

Luckily, residents from the town joined hands to help the     5     (ruin) family. Using their     6     (variety) skills, they immediately got down to rebuilding the cottage.    7    (work) day and night, they ensured the couple and their nine-year-old son had a roof over their heads. Thanks to the efforts of the residents, Melanie and Jeremy once again had a place    8     (live) in.

“I am so grateful that we are living in a community     9     everyone is willing to offer a helping hand,” Jeremy said. Such     10     (story) have been heard everywhere on earth, and will continue to be heard.

Dick and Rick Hoyt were an unforgettable team. The father and son ran their first race together in 1977, after Rick told his dad that he wanted to participate in a 5-mile charity run     1    (hold) for a sports player who had been paralyzed in an accident. Rick is a quadriplegic, so Dick agreed to push     2    (he) in his wheelchair while he ran.

They came in next-to-last,     3     the experience opened up a whole new world for them. “Dad, when I'm running, it feels like my     4    (disable) disappears.” Rick told his dad after that race. From then on, Dick ran as many     5    (race) with his son as he could.

    6     Dick helped Rick achieve was extraordinary, especially considering the fact that when he was born, doctors had told Dick and his wife Judy that Rick had little chance of ever living a “normal” life. However, Dick and Judy worked on a mission of inclusion for Rick in school, community, sports, and the workplace. Their tireless efforts eventually     7    (lead) to Rick graduating from Boston University     8     a degree in Special Education in 1993.

Dick Hoyt, this loving father passed away     9    (peaceful) in his sleep. Later, Rick     10    (ask) what he would give his father if he could give him one thing, and Rick responded，“The thing I'd most like is for my dad to sit in the chair and I would push him for once.”

Many people have experienced negative consequences as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions. This includes small business owners     1     were forced to close. However, there has also been a chance for some people to show kindness and shine a ray of hope.

One of my friends     2     (own) a bakery. Because of the lockdowns (封城), he ran into a     3     (finance) crisis. He had to shut his shop for months,     4     (cause) his debts to increase.

My friend had     5     (previous) rented his apartment to a tailor, but this man also struggled to earn a living due to the impact of COVID. Even after the restrictions were removed, his business was not doing any     6     (well). Somehow the tailor managed to arrange for the rent to     7     (pay) to my friend after months. However, my friend refused to take the money. He discovered that the tailor     8     (sell) one of his machines to pay it. He advised the tailor to buy back his machine     9     not to worry until the situation had improved.

My friend is now out of debt as the bakery is allowed to do some business through online sales. Though there are some restrictions, he is able to manage his     10     (earn).   

I feel his kindness gives us all a ray of hope and helps him to clear his debts.

A young man seemed to take an     1     (unusual) long time to place his order at the flower shop. When the clerk asked how she could help, he     2     (explain) that his girlfriend was turning 19 and he couldn’t decide     3    to give her a dozen roses or 19 roses, one     4       each year of her life.

The woman advised, “She may be your 19-year-old girlfriend now,     5     someday she could be your 50-year-old wife.”     6     young man bought a dozen roses. He made his decision from both his head and his heart.

Too many people get it the other way around. They have hot heads and cold hearts. They react in the heat of anger or passion. They are cold. And they always make comparatively much     7    (poor) decisions.

A cool head asks the hard questions and thinks them through.     8     fairly weighs the choices and asks, “What is the logical thing to do?” A warm heart considers feelings and relationships. It asks, “What is my spirit telling me to do?”

Some decisions     9     (make) with our heads. Others with our hearts. But I think it takes both     10    (get) it right.