I’m not what you call a “good traveler”. Without curiosity to _________, I was unwilling to push my boundaries. But it just shows one is never too old to _________ himself/herself.

South Africa was the _________ surprise. I’d never _________ to go on a safari (观兽旅行). People said it was exciting, but I didn’t think so. However, once I was actually there, I _________ it.

I_________ at a beautiful hotel housed in train carriages on the Selati Bridge over the Sabie River, a hotspot for _________ the “Big Five” — the lion, leopard, rhino (犀牛), elephant and African buffalo.

The train cars are suites (套房) with floor-to-ceiling _________, so every day I’d look out of them to see elephants heading up the river. More _________, I started to develop a great passion for the landscape and the animals, which I’d never__________. I visited a rhino conservation park, where its workers were __________ rhinos badly injured by hunters. I bottle-fed these beautiful babies and hand-fed a black rhino. Being there, the concept of how much __________ these animals faced every day hit me hard.

But the most memorable aspect was the __________ I met. Meeting their families and dropping myself into their culture was __________. It did more good for me. I’ve always been __________ — never readily join in conversation with unfamiliar people. But the experience of __________ so many new people from so many attractive places has been a __________ thing, allowing me to brush off some cobwebs(陈腐)forming for many years.

Seeing the world has helped me __________ my ideas about the world, turning me into a more positive person. That’s what __________ can do. I am __________ not a crazy traveler exactly, but at least I’m making progress.

Joe Eitl, 37, was horn with cardiac defects(心脏缺陷). When he was a kid, he experienced the first of many operations to improve his________. Since then, he has experienced other________and has been treated with medicines.

However, he's created a________life in the process. In fact, he's been a bit________in his community. Joe has always had lots of friends, is a Special Olympics multisport athlete and has________a local rock band. And a local bakery even________a sandwich in his honor: The Joey.

But a year ago, Joe went into heart failure. He was________and his heart problem also caused stress to his organs. His parents started the________, complex process of having him________for a possible heart transplant(移植). Even the ever-lively Joe some days found it hard to gather any energy.

So his mother, Peg Eitl started________on Facebook about his long medical journey. Friends and family members posted Facebook________for people to send Joe cards and notes of________because he loves receiving________mail. Others then shared the post, which________even more shares.

And the mail started coming. One card came with a hand-drawn picture from a little girl and a note that________, "You don't know us, but we wanted you to know our family are________for you."

The Eitls couldn't________all the mail Joe has received, even if they tried. "We have thousands of cards," said Peg________. "Whether he gets a transplant or not, we don't know, but the cards, the letters and the gifts from strangers have literally made a________between a day he didn't want to get out of bed and a day he bounced out of bed. It's been________!”

Kevin Booth had originally planned to take some free food left outside the Sumner Food Bank for people to take when the bank is closed at night. Instead, he____a brown paper bag outside the front door.

____that it held food, Booth opened the bag only to see that it contained stacks (摞) of $20 bills. The bag was filled with $17,000_____. Needless to say, that money would have made a great difference to Booth, and there was no one around to___ that he had taken it.

But Booth says he knew the money would____more people at the food bank, so he waited until volunteer Anita Miller arrived to____the bank.

“There are a lot of people who would have ____it,” Booth said. “I’m just not that person.”

Miller was____to hear about that, and she____called the police. Though the police reviewed the security footage (监控录像), they were not able to____who dropped off the package. After____the necessary 90 days for someone to claim the cash, they turned it over to the____and honored Booth for his behavior.

Miller says that she has____the cash with Booth by giving him part of the donation in the form of gift cards.____ he lives in a tent, he has turned down her offers of shelter, although he does __ her gifts of winter clothes.____, a town citizen has started a GoFundMe campaign to help____money for Booth to buy a car that he dreams of using as shelter.

The food bank serves____meals to roughly 1,000 people every month, including Booth — and___ the multi-thousand dollar package, they will finally be able to____a new large freezer.