4 . In one of my college classes, we were required to do an act of kindness. My project included ________lunch for an elderly person. When I________the elderly person with the food I cooked, it never________to me that it would result in a new friendship and the discovery of a________.

The person I visited was Bill, who was unable to________much. A nurse came regularly to help him move to and from the wheelchair because he has no________. Bill said he was delighted to see me and it was a________for him to eat a meal with me because he usually eats________. He said the food was great, but he enjoyed having________even more than the food.

Bill had had a________life when working on the railroad and had many________stories to tell about his travels to many places. I was________a trip because of his stories. I had once________about traveling by train. However, I would________be going by train after meeting Bill.

Perhaps the biggest________of this project was that I suddenly realized that I am________of working with the elderly. Spending time with them was fun-they have so much life experience to_____. On the one hand, I am a good________. On the other hand, older people want someone to know their inner world, so it is a perfect________. I decided to focus my studies on the________. Hopefully in the future, I will work with them to help even more people like Bill.

8 . At the age of 15, I began volunteering at the New England Science Center. For the first year, the ____of working in a museum was what kept me ____about putting in hours every week.

However, during my second summer, I_________what had captured(抓住) my heart. It was not the polar bears in the outdoor wildlife center, ____ the train rides around the grounds. It was the ____. The staff of the museum, the other volunteers with whom I worked, and those who would be visiting the museum were so ____.

____I became a more respected and trusted volunteer, I gained more ____. I helped in a number of areas, and finally concluded that my favorite ____ was at the visitor information desk. Here I would ____everyone warmly who came to the museum, whether a visitor or an employee. I would talk to visitors, some of whom were members of the museum, who were ____in the area. I would give__________to the camp groups on the proper museum conduct. I saw countless ____children who were begging to ride the train, or who were excited about seeing the exhibits. Their smiles ____themselves on my memory.

The people there were all very special, and，since most were older, spending time with them taught me a lot . Since I ____experience, the people at the museum gave me a great deal of guidance. I was so__________to make friends with them whom I would love and ____forever.

Today, five years_________, I still remember my years of volunteering at the museum. Many of these people have moved on to different jobs. However, I can still walk into the center and know that I am surrounded by people who ____me. By volunteering at the New England Science Center, not only have I made a number of new friends, have also learned that helping others and ____ people's respect is of great importance to be successful.