This past summer was really special for Jaequan Faulkner, a 13-year-old boy living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He set up a hot dog _________ outside his home to make some extra money. The boy took care to make sure that all food was fresh and clean. People in the neighborhood _________ the boy’s spirit, but there was only one _________: he didn’t have a permit.

When the Department of Health received a _________, instead of shutting down Jaequan’s stand, they did something exceptional. They helped the _________ get a permit so that his business could _________.

Daniel Huff, director of the department, said they were _________ to help a young man with such a sense of business. The health inspectors (检查员) helped to pay for his first permit. _________, Huff took another step and helped connect Jaequan with the Economic Opportunity Network, which gave the young businessman tips on _________ a small business.

“I was kind of __________ and so grateful,” Jaequan said about all the __________. “Because usually I would have one person at a time helping me, but there __________ to be so many kind people at once.”

The food stand now operates with a __________ and is open four hours daily from 11 am to 3 pm. Jaequan handles 90 percent of the business, and he is also planning to __________ to organizations that assist teenagers in need. With such a __________, the boy surely is going to have a bright future.

Life brings several ups and downs but nothing lasts forever. Nothing _______ it better than the life of diving coach Cliff Devries. Life had been _______ to him but his will led the way to making him one of the most inspirational persons in the world.

Devries built the dream of becoming a swimmer. His remarkable talent _________ could allow him to realize it. However, life was not a smooth sailing. He _______ to have one of the most painful experiences of his life. In his early youth, he began to have shoulder abnormalities and then felt _______.

Due to his failing _______, Devries turned to medical help, and the report stated Devries had a big tumor in his spine and the doctors said he wouldn’t _______ it. Devries said, “All my plans of a future, a family and everything were _______.” After a surgery in New York, Devries even had trouble in moving a finger.

However, every bad period comes to a(n) _______. Devries pulled through with his will to ________. He sought ________, exercise and all he needed to back up his feet. Soon, he was able to start standing and eventually walked. After many ________, he became a swimming coach at Rochester Institute of Technology. He ________ milestones in his career as a coach and director of swimming.

On his 46th birthday, Devries went up the diving board and dived into the water. This was the ________ he’d been waiting for all his life. The semi-paralysis (半瘫痪) that remains couldn’t ________ Devries making a dive. He uses his determination to rewrite his story.

I’m part of the Roots & Shoots programme, founded by Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE. It’s all about making ________ changes in the world, and these changes will make the world better. As Dr. Goodall said, “What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

I decided to do something ________ for the world.

In Bulgaria, where I live, stray (走失的;无主的) dogs are everywhere. Although many people can turn a blind eye, I struggle to ________ the soulful (凄婉的) eyes of a poor street dog. That’s why I’m no longer a food-waster. When I see plates of ________ food, I see the desperate eyes of a stray animal. I see a ________ dog prowling around the bins, searching for food to fill his empty stomach.________ eating out in a restaurant, I’m not afraid to ________ a food bag with leftovers. When there are living beings out there ________, it seems selfish to waste food. I’ll feed them to the stray cats or dogs. A week ago, I saw a stray dog around the bins. Hours earlier, I’d bagged up a plate of ________ fish. As I unwrapped it, he wagged his tail and sniffed the air. The fish was ________ in no time.

It’s sad, isn’t it? How can we waste so much food and think ________ of it? These homeless animals have taught me that food is precious and it isn’t right to waste it. When your stomach is full, don’t throw away the food you’ve left. ________ it for another whose stomach isn’t full.

I can’t count the times I’ve passed a stray animal with eyes asking for ________. For me, it’s something I can’t ignore. That is why I ________ end up fetching something from the food store if I don’t have anything on me at the time.

The next time you see wasted food, ________ it into worthy food for all the starving mouths out there.