The Well That Changed The World

There used to be some problems in many developing African countries, 【小题1】 which how to get enough drinking water was the largest. Ryan, a six-year-old Canadian schoolboy, had difficulty 【小题2】 (believe) it, because there were quite a few drinking fountains in his small school. “Life is easy for me, but hard for them,” he thought 【小题3】 himself, “why don’t I help?”

【小题4】 (determine) to build a well in Africa for them, he tried and managed to earn 70 dollars in a few months. However, he 【小题5】 (tell) he needed to make at least 2,000 dollars to have a well dug in Africa. He then started to ask 【小题6】 could donate money in his school and neighborhood for help. Only in a few months, he raised 2,000 pounds, with which a well was built near a primary school in Uganda. The local people were too grateful for what he 【小题7】 (do) for them and invited him to visit.

On arriving there, Ryan was struck by the 【小题8】 (surprise) poor life they lived. But all the students were always wearing a big smile on their faces. Nervous though he was on the first few days, what he saw filled him with 【小题9】 (warm) soon.

Today, more and more people joined him, 【小题10】 this makes it possible to build more wells. Tens of thousands of people in Africa have benefited.

When Polly left home that morning, the city was already covered in grey mist. After work, Polly tried 【小题1】 (take) her usual bus home before the fog got too thick, but the bus conductor told her to take the Underground to Green Park and find a taxi there. On the train, as Polly observed the passengers, she had a feeling that she was being watched by a tall man 【小题2】 wore a dark overcoat. While the rest of the passengers were getting out, she glanced 【小题3】 the faces around her. The tall man was nowhere to be 【小题4】(see). When Polly got to the station entrance, it was empty. The fog lay like a thick grey cloud. There was no one in sight. 【小题5】(sudden), Polly heard the sound of 【小题6】 (footstep), her heart 【小题7】 (beat) with fear, but she decided to accept his help. The man took Polly’s hand and led her to her house. In his other hand the man carried 【小题8】 stick. What a surprise when the man told Polly he was blind! She wanted to invite him to her home to rest for a while, but the man left quickly. He wanted to pay back the help that people gave 【小题9】(he) when it was 【小题10】 (sun).