Lots of kids set up lemonade stands in the summer. For many, it’s a first step toward learning what it means to _________ your own money. For 11-year-old Cartier Carey, it was a _________ to do a lot more. That’s because Carey isn’t using his _________ to open a first savings account. Instead, he’s _________ it back into his community. His goal is to help single mothers in need. With all the stress and _________ uncertainty brought on by the pandemic, Carey decided to focus on the basics: diapers and wipes.

The idea for the project took _________ while Carey was visiting his grandmother who lives in one of the area’s more economically depressed neighborhoods. Carey, who is keenly observant for his age, was _________ by how many women he observed raising children on their own. By the end of July, Carey had raised close to $5,000 via the lemonade stand and from donations, and _________ about 6,500 diapers. As of September, at 22,000 diapers, he’s _________ to achieving his total goal of 25,000.

But the generous 11-year-old is no __________ to worthy causes. Before becoming a “lemonade mogul”, Carey launched another community __________ titled “Carti packs”— care packages for the homeless that __________ such essentials as deodorant, soap, tissue, and even hand-warmers for when the weather got __________.

Carey says his greatest __________ comes from knowing he’s made a difference and seeing how much his efforts have meant to the people he tries to __________.

When I was young, my mom used to buy vegetables from a lady vendor (小贩) who visited our home daily. On a particular Sunday, the vendor_______bunches of spinach (菠菜). Her_______was one pound per bunch. My mom’s counter-bid was exactly half that_______but committed to buying four bunches at that price.

The vendor_______declared that she didn’t even_______her cost at that price, loaded the basket on her head, and walked away. After taking four steps ahead, the vendor turned back and shouted, “Make it 75 pennies a bunch.” My mom_______her original 50 pennies, stressing the_______of quantity discount. The vendor walked on. The two of them precisely knew each other’s _______.The vendor turned around, came back to our house, while my mom was waiting at the doorstep. The deal was finally_______at my mom’s bid. Then my mom took her time________ each bunch by gently choosing and examining each with a________eye for both its quality and quantity. She finally selected four bunches to her satisfaction.

________the vendor got up, she shook due to apparent________.After learning she didn’t have any food, mom hurried inside and came back swiftly with some food and offered it to the vendor. She hungrily and gratefully ate the food and continued her business.

Puzzled, I questioned Mom’s ________—tough in bargaining but ________in offering food. My mom smiled and said, “My dear child, there is no kindness in trading and there shall never be any trading in kindness.”

Once in a company, a team of 40 employees from different departments were working together on a project. The team consisted of bright and _______ young members but the problems was that they wouldn't _______ information.

So one day the leader of the project _______ them to take part in an event. In this event there were several fun _______. First the leader showed them into a room full of fun decorations and hundreds of colorful _______ on the floor. In the center of the room was a box full of balloons that had not been _______ yet. Seeing this, everyone was _______ and was guessing wildly what kind of activity it could be. The leader said, “Each of you pick up a balloon and blow it up. Then write your _______ on it.”

After everyone did as told, they were asked to _______ their balloons inside the room and ________ quickly. Minutes later, the team were asked to come back into the room and were ________ that they had to find the balloon they ________ with their own name on it among hundreds of balloons scattered there. The leader told them the first three to ________ the balloon with their own name will be the ________. And they were not allowed to pop (弄破) any balloon.

________ everyone tried their best to find their balloon, but ________ after twenty minutes, not a single person ________ to find their balloon. The leader came and told them that this round was ________ and everyone should go for the next round.

For the next round, the leader told them that, if any team member found any balloon with names on it, then ________it to the person whose name was on it. Everyone did so and within a couple of minutes, ________ member of the team had their own balloon with their own name on it.