Peyton Manker, an 18-year-old girl from Illinois, has been getting a lot of attention on social media lately. In order to _________ this year's Stuck at Prom (舞会) contest, in which participants can have a chance to _________ a $10,000 scholarship, she used dozens of rolls of _________ to make a unique prom dress.

“I decided to make the dress _________ the pandemic, because I knew no one in the _________ was going to be able to recreate it,” Manker said. “I knew I would _________ in that way and I wanted to base it off of what was happening in the world.” The pandemic infects many people, causes deaths, and has widespread social and economic _________.

_________ COVID-19, her prom and graduation ceremony were canceled this year, but this didn't stop Peyton Manker from _________ just under 400 hours of work and 41 rolls of duct tape into her prom dress. The amazing dress __________ various coronavirus-related scenes, __________ front-line medical personnel wearing face masks, people fighting with a giant coronavirus and a(n) __________ graduation ceremony.

“The entire dress is supposed to represent the pandemic in a __________ light,” Peyton said. “I don't want people to think about the dress as just trying to __________ a moment in history. It is a __________ that we go through it.”

As a teacher, my daily activity includes driving to a new school almost every day.

On one particular day, I was teaching in a very ________ classroom. I was managing behavior all morning, and by lunch time I knew I needed a coffee to ________ the afternoon. So during my lunch break, I drove to a nearby square to get a coffee. Upon returning to the ________, I realized I have locked my phone and my ________ inside! I had about 15 minutes to get back to the ________, which was a good five-minute drive. If I ran back really quickly, I could ________ it. But it was winter, and a sudden fall on the ice would only make the situation much ________.

So I hurried into a McDonald’s in the same square, and ________ the man at the counter, who happened to be the ________ to call a taxi for me. After I ________ explained my situation to him, he rushed inside to make the phone ________ I waited anxiously in the restaurant. I had less than 10 minutes to ________ to my school at this point.

A moment later, the manager ________ only to tell me that the line was ________ and that he had not been able to ________ the taxi yet. I think both ________ and fear could be seen in my face.

Without a thought, he grabbed his coat and ________ to drive me to the school. Without hesitation, I followed him into his car and got back to the classroom with two minutes to ________before the bell rang!

This experience made me ________ that out of every seemingly hopeless situation, there is the opportunity for acts of kindness to happen, which has a(n) ________ influence on those who receive them.

My friend Jennifer was going to be at my school! I believed that we would be best friends. She________me to her friend Amy and we had lots of fun together. But things started to________. Jennifer wanted to be the“________ ”of our little group. She was controlling, and I couldn’t make new friends. If I made new friends, she would________that I was “mad at her”.

I always waited for Jennifer and Amy after class, but sometimes when they left, they’d walk________past me as if they couldn’t even________me.

We often gossiped about people, and I soon________that nobody was good enough for Jennifer. She had a list of________things about everybody, even Amy, and about me. I had changed—I became spiritless and lonely. I felt so________.

Finally, I was sick of having to________for friendship. I stopped________her after class. Jennifer quickly________I was “mad at her”. I said, “I’m not mad. I just want to make more friends.” But to Jennifer, she decided I was mad at her. Our________fell to pieces.

It was________at first, but I found many girls whom Jennifer had________as “unfriendly” or “mean” to be the________, friendliest people in the world.

Now, I have tons of________. We not only support each other but have fun together. It________me how easy our friendship is. We have no________to be on top-we are all equal.

I lost a friend, but I am a________person now.