Libbie Stanton was seven years old and on vacation when she heard about a sweet idea. Each year after Halloween, 【小题1】 organization called Soldiers' Angels accepts candy through a collection drive, Treats for Troops. Then they send the treats to veterans (老兵) 【小题2】 are overseas or in hospitals, to help them feel a little 【小题3】(close) to home.

Libbie thought her town could help. She put 【小题4】 posters and went on news programs, 【小题5】 (ask) people to donate Halloween candy. She put out 【小题6】(donate) boxes at her school, the public library, and the town's welcome center, and collected candy that local dentists “bought back” from 【小题7】(patient)．

Then, with help from the local VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) organization, Soldiers' Angels sent the 【小题8】(collect) candy to service people.

Libbie's candy drive 【小题9】(raise) 60 pounds of candy the first year, 400 pounds the next — and 2,000 pounds (1 ton!) last fall. With the town's help, she plans to keep the drive going. “I get a lot of joy from knowing 【小题10】 the troops get joy from getting candy，” Libbie says. “It gives them a little feeling of being back home.”

My father was born in a small town in the United States. He wasn’t sure 【小题1】he wanted from life, but something told him to get out and begin a new adventure. He began that adventure travelling to cities in the US, before going on to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Philippines. He took his wife and three daughters with him and went 【小题2】 the road took him．

It’s easy to feel lonely when you’re on the road. As my mother said repeatedly, “We made lots of new friends on our trip, most of 【小题3】 were mechanics, since we often spent hours in repair shops.” But that was better than sitting by the roadside while waiting for the engine 【小题4】 (cool) when it was 40℃ outside.

【小题5】 (get) along sometimes seemed impossible. There were always a lot of arguments, especially among us back-seat passengers about who had to sit in the middle.   【小题6】 it was hard, we did learn a lot about forgiveness. When we were travelling in the Philippines, we drove to Quezon City one day. It 【小题7】 have been a one-hour drive but was nearly three, due to bad roads and worse traffic. “Did you put our suitcases in the car?” My father asked my mother as we arrived in Quezon City. From the back seat, we saw her slowly turn toward my father. “No,” she said, “I thought you did.” That was how a 7-hour car trip turned into a 16-hour car trip, which was mostly spent 【小题8】 silence. On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we 【小题9】 (stick) in a rolling box with the same people for the rest of the journey. Though I sometimes felt like opening the car door and pushing one of my sisters out, I kept my feelings to myself. This is why road trips were like mobile universities to us. We earned our degrees in how to get along with other people just by travelling in that old car. And if we were somehow given 【小题10】 second chance at life, we would do it all over again.

I was driving home late at night【小题1】my car lost momentum(冲力) and got slower and slower. Nothing I did seemed to make any【小题2】(different). “It can't be the fuel，”I thought.“The petrol gauge(汽油量表)was showing I had plenty【小题3】( leave).”Then my car died completely after I managed to roll to the side of the road. It was an【小题4】(extreme) dark, lonely country road. Neither a single person【小题5】any traffic was insight at all. I felt like an idiot. I should not have left without charging my cell phone. The battery was dead and I was alone without any way【小题6】(contact) my family. Time dripped slowly like a leaking tap. “God, help me!" I begged anxiously. “Is there someone who will be kind enough to stop and help me out?" However, there was no sign of anyone. I was starting to panic,【小题7】(feel) completely abandoned. Suddenly I saw a faint light【小题8】the distance. I waved my white scarf as hard as possible. It was a huge lorry. The driver stopped and kindly drove me to the nearest hotel,【小题9】 I had a rest, and then I called my family and explained【小题10】had happened. How lucky I was! When he stopped for me, I felt as if I had just found a million dollars.