The garden that Sijo Zachariah and his father planted made sure their family had food to eat. But it also helped their _________ and was likely to change the _________ of his life.

With the pandemic (疫情) _________, food stores in the area were nearly _________. Places that sold plants for gardening were closed. People had no enough vegetables to eat. So Zachariah and his father _________ seeds from whatever fruits and vegetables they could find to plant on the _________ of the garden. They also watched YouTube videos to learn about _________ and remembered information that Zachariah’s grandfather had _________. Over time, the garden would help _________ 20 other families in their community.

Zachariah came to learn that farming should work with nature instead of trying to control the land. In the past, Zachariah worked in Wales in Britain as an teacher. He __________ why the food he ate in Wales was better than the food he ate at home. Zachariah realized that the food was __________. It came from local farms __________ and was not treated with chemicals.

Zachariah is now considering a(n) __________ profession: farming. “It will be my __________ in the future. I am quite __________ at helping others and being in nature now.” he said.

From childhood, Moira loved to write. Throughout school she enjoyed writing, but pursuing it ________ was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse. “Medicine was a fairly ________ choice,” Moira says, “and writing was a career where it wasn’t a ________ that you’d have high income.”

She became a doctor but still wanted to write something. However, being a doctor was so ________ that she didn’t take up writing until her thirties. She ________ a novel – a fictionalized version of her travel in China after university. She got excellent ________. Moira sent it off to as many agents as she could find, and found one who wanted to ________ her. Suddenly, it seemed she was on her way as an author.

“I had a long phone call with the agent where we went through all possible areas that she thought needed ________. I worked on those and sent it back to her but didn’t hear anything.” It wasn’t long ________ Moira found another agent who was ________ if she was willing to rewrite it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work and sent it off again. “I got back a really brief letter: ‘Thank you, I’m no longer interested.’ It was really ________.”

A decade went by, and Moira found herself eager to write again, this time ________ for her own enjoyment. She set herself the challenge of creating a thriller and chose Western Australia as her setting.

As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen. “The characters ________ a life of their own; they started doing things I hadn’t thought about. It just ________.” One day, an agent called from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had a publication deal. Her novel, Cicada, was published in March.

“________ it hadn’t been published I still gained so much from the process,” says Moira.

My husband and I were both raised on Kansas farms. It was_______ to my husband's parents that their children should be educated and given the_______ to gain financial stability that they themselves didn't have when they_______to feed their family.

We each sought careers in the medical field. As we searched for a place to settle, we looked only at _______ communities. The city held no attraction for us. We wanted a_______,quiet area where our children could be exposed to good basic values, a good_______ , and a friendly environment. Our_______was made 40 years ago, and we never once_______settling down in a small town in north central Kansas. .

Early investment(投资) to secure the education of our children and our future retirement were focused on_______ . Farming was and is a(n)________part of our lives, although the primary income source is our________ practice.

What's great about small town living? The air is clean! There is no________. We feel safe! Our doors are locked________ . Our neighbors are honest and friendly. Only recently have we learned to________ car keys from unattended vehicles- not because of any great dangers, but to________ us more cautious and safe when we are in more heavily populated areas.

There are very few________in our small community. Even if you don't know each other very well, smiling faces with recognition and greetings are________with warmth. Friendly enquiries are________when there has been an experience with pain or joy. Anytime a neighbor is________from illness or some loss, the community is there to help, to________ the burden and to express their loving concern.