I was waiting in a checkout line. A woman and two boys were ahead of me. At the cash desk, a white-haired man had begun to _______ his goods. Then came the _______. Sometimes it’s a customer with multiple coupons (优惠券), or someone who forgot to _______ a piece of fruit. Fair enough. One waited.

But today, it was something else. The man didn’t have _______ money. So he began the process of choosing which _______ to keep and which to hand back. He _______ over each one before keeping or abandoning it. We waited. The line became longer.

Eventually, his _______ came to an end. The man turned back to us as he left, _______ and apologetic. We _______ off his chagrin (懊恼). It could happen to anyone.

But I had no idea just how ________ the family of three ahead of me were until their turn came. The woman asked the cashier to add all the ________ goods to her bill as quickly as possible. Then the two boys ________ through the exit with the small bag of groceries. When they returned, it was clear that their mission had been ________.

Then I realized all it took to witness this flash of ________ was waiting a little longer in a checkout line. I could have caught the bus. But I felt so ________ on my feet that I walked home instead.

McDonald owned a gas station that earned close to six figures a year. But he went bankrupt (破产) in 2010 with higher gas prices and an increase in gas theft “I_________lost my whole life after the gas station,” McDonald said.

In the following years, he had to live with his relatives, but bad_________between them left him on the streets, and he even suffered a fire that took most of his remaining_________. Eventually, he_________a one-bedroom apartment with a stranger. Unfortunately, the apartment wasn’t safe, so McDonald was forced to_________his time between the apartment and a tent.

During this time, his light motorcycle didn’t_________for missing a part. McDonald asked a woman nearby if she would_________his things while he walked to get a new part, and she_________. The_________stranger, Kim, decided to do more. She and her husband, Andrew, gave McDonald a solar-powered backpack that allowed him to__________his cellphone. They even offered to let him put up his__________in their backyard and use their bathroom.

Then the couple set up a GoFundMe__________to raise as much money as possible.__________they are able to buy a small house, the plan is to transfer (移交) it over into McDonald’s name. McDonald’s__________spread quickly on the Internet. Before they knew it, they had raised over $18,000 through the page!

“They have done more than I can ever say thank you for,” McDonald said. They started off as__________, but they’re so much more now, McDonald is part of the family now.