Some years ago, when a factory with 75,000 workers closed in our city, there was a feeling of sadness. Higher gas prices and disastrous floods added to such _______.

Our church youth group _______ to bring our city back to life by doing something nice. One of our _______ was to buy $25 gas cards and bouquets (花束) of roses, and randomly give them out to people who might need some _______.

One day, one of our members and I watched a young woman in her mid-twenties _______ to the gas pump. She didn’t get out of her car. _______, she looked through her purse and then began to _______. We approached politely to knock on the window and _______ a free gas card to her.

Upon hearing the knock, the young lady wiped away her tears, tried to _______ herself and then rolled down the window. We said to her. “Here is a free twenty-five dollar gas card for you, and we just want to be helpful.” ________, she slowly reached out to take the gas card and then told us her story.

She had been ________ for a long time and was ________ to support herself. She had trouble making ends meet but was ________ about a job interview she would have that day. In fact, she was singing on her way to it when her gas gauge (仪表) showed “________”. She’d ________ she had one last ten-dollar bill in her purse, but she couldn’t find it. Thinking she would ________ her interview, she broke down and cried.

She ________ us and said. “You have no idea what you’ve done for me. Thank you so much!” We watched tears of ________ stream down her face as she began pumping her gas.

We’ve continued the ________ of handing out roses and gas cards over the past years. It has made a ________ in those receivers’ lives as well as ours.

When Freddie arrived to perform in the hospital room, Pam worried it was already too late. Her 88-year-old stepfather, Strobel, was ________. “You’re probably wasting your time,” Pam told Freddie. But Freddie, wearing a cowboy hat and carrying a Taylor guitar, ________ with her what medical professionals had told him: ________ maybe the last sense to go.

Freddie is a country and folk musician. When he was in his childhood, his mother encouraged her young son’s ________ talent. When she was dying of cancer, he tried to please her in the form of songs. He would go into the hospital with his guitar and sing her favourite. His mother seemed to relax, a ________ look crossing her face.

“That moment ________ her and me to connect like we used to when I was singing as a kid,” Freddie recalled. It emphasized (强调) to him the ________ of music. So when he heard about a nonprofit organization called Swan Songs, which arranged free musical last wishes, Freddie ________ on the spot.

Since then, he has performed dozens of musical performances. Sometimes they’re almost festive, with terminally (不治地) ill people surrounded by ________, including one patient who sang along and danced ________ with her walker (助行架). Other times, they’re quieter, as Freddie’s experience with his mum was. And sometimes they feel a bit like a miracle(奇迹).

That was the case with Pam’s stepfather. When Freddie arrived at the ________ that day, Strobel seemed ready to say goodbye. Pam and her sister, Paula, ________ their stepdad’s every breath, each holding one of his hands. Freddie played some songs and after 45 minutes, Pam ________ just one more song. Freddie chose Love, Me. When he played the last song, sang the last note, Strobel took his last ________.

“Oh, we just experienced one of the most ________ moments in our lives. It was a gift for us all. At a really sad time, it was delightful,” said Pam.

Michael rises every morning at 4:00 and walks into his sandwich shop. By 5:50, he's making the rounds of the shelters on Centre Street . He ____out 200 sandwiches to the homeless before beginning his workday .

20 years ago, when Michael _____ a homeless man named John, he began to help him with effort then. Day after day , he brought John some food and , when it was really cold , a _______place in his car while he was working .Once he asked John if he wanted to get cleaned up . It was a (an )______offer , because Michael thought John would refuse.______, John said , “ Are you going to wash me ? “ Michael knew that he was ______his promise . It was at that moment that Michael ______to help the homeless .

Michael received no _______, saying , “ I'm not getting media attention . I just want to do some good in my ______.

Michael made 200 sandwiches every day in the past 20 years. “I don't simply_______ the sandwiches on a table for them to ______up . I shake their hands and ______ them a good day . “ Once Mayor (市长)Koeh came to make the rounds with him . They______the media , and it seemed like it was just the two of them . But of all Michael's _______,working side by side with the Mayor was not as important as working next to someone else.

A man had _____from the sandwich takers, and Michael worried about that. He hoped the man had moved on to a more______environment. One day, the man came back, greeting Michael and carrying________of his own to hand out. He said Michael's daily food , warm handshakes and wishes had given him the _______ he badly needed . After achieving some success, he decided to do the same thing as Michael,

The moment needed no ______. The two men worked silently , side by side , handing out their sandwiches . It was another day on Centre Street , but a day with just a little more _______.