1 . Jessica gave an account of her experience as a volunteer for the city half-marathon. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the verbs in the box below.

make       train       blow       place       carry       cheer

By the time Cathy and I, together with other volunteers for the city half-marathon, arrived at 4:30 a.m., tables     1     on both sides of the road. Bottles of water and paper cups     2     to different tables, so Cathy and I immediately went to help. Then, we took our place at the table and quickly started to arrange the bottles and cups so that they looked like an army of soldiers standing in line for inspection.

I took a step back, and looked at the scene with satisfaction. For the previous couple of weeks, I     3     on how to be a volunteer for the half-marathon. I decided to volunteer for this year’s half-marathon after the chairman of the organizing committee visited my school. We were told that the competitors would be raising money for charity, and while I didn’t feel that I had a strong constitution to run that far, I thought the next best thing would be to help those who could.

After all the preparations     4    , the exciting half-marathon began. Cathy and I waited patiently until word spread that the first runners would be arriving soon. As the tired, thirsty runners ran along, they     5     by the crowds. Cathy and I quickly poured water into the cups for them. After the last runner passed, I found paper cups and plastic bottles everywhere. The litter     6     around by the wind as I bent over to pick up a plastic bottle. Cathy and I started clearing up. We were tired and wet with sweat but it felt really good to know that we had been able to help others.