When I was younger, I belonged to a club that did community service work. There was one specific event that was _______ for me. We spent four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless in the streets. After that we went to a(n) _______ shelter.

I was in high school at the time and my sister was too _______ to take part. She wanted to _______, so she made sixty cookies for us to take and _______ to people. When we got to the homeless shelter we passed out the remaining _______ we had left. Next, we began making sandwiches and pairing them with other goodies(好吃的东西)and _______ them with the crowd. I had the cans with my sister’s cookies in them and began to walk around, offering them to anyone near me.

I _______ an older gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a _______?”He stopped and turned around, ________,“What did you say? Did you call me sir?” And I told him I had, and his eyes watered a little bit and he said, “No one has ever called me sir. ________”

It________ me to the core(彻底地).

I explained I had been taught that everyone deserved respect. It ________ me to think that just because he was homeless, no one afforded him the ________ which every person should get. It broke my ________, and I couldn’t help but cry. I just didn’t understand ________ no one ever called him sir. Just because he didn’t have money or a place to live in. Every single person ________ to be treated with dignity(尊严). Years later, I ________ carry that memory and the lessons it taught me. Sometimes, what we take for granted as ________ gestures can really make a(n) ________ in someone’s life.

Reggie couldn’t hear a thing. He was a____boy, but he had been born deaf.   He was well-known to everyone in town, and they were all____him. Unfortunately, though, he____seemed to end up being treated differently from everyone else. Children worried they would____him, and that maybe because he wouldn’t hear the ball being hit in his____. Adults acted like he was unable to____them, as though he was some kind of baby.

His friend Michael didn’t like this. He decided that things had to be____. Michael’s father was the town’s mayor(市长), and Michael____to convince him that this year, in honor of Reggie, they should offer one day as a ____to deaf people. During that whole day everyone would have to wear earplugs(耳塞).

People liked the____. The day became known as The Day of Silence, and when it arrived, everyone stuck plugs in their____, in a spirit of great fun. That morning was filled with____and laughter. But, as the hours passed, people became more and more aware of how____life was when they couldn’t hear anything.

On that day nobody was thinking of Reggie as just a____person. This meant he could be____just like any other boy, and people saw a whole new side of____. Not only that, but Reggie had a bright and sharp mind. On that day, using his usual____, Reggie was the one who could communicate best with everyone. This meant that people paid more attention to what he was saying, and they were____by his intelligence and his ability to find solutions to almost any problem.   They____that he had always been like that, and that in normal life all Reggie needed was a little more time than others to____. That was the only difference.

Benjamin Franklin said, “If you want something done, ask a busy person.” That’s how Abreu practices.

Throughout his four years at Senior High, Abreu made ___________ service an important part of his life. “I don’t know where he finds the time to do ___________,” said his math teacher.   

Abreu, 18, ___________ different activities after school, like helping at the public library and ___________ customers at a local restaurant.

But faced with limited time, Abreu left his ___________ job to start working as a medical worker--a role that fits his passion（热情）for making a(n) ___________ to others’ lives.

“My appreciation for service has guided me into ___________,” said Abreu, whose dream is to be a doctor. “It’s such a rewarding feeling to help someone.”

During high school, Abreu put 50 hours annually to volunteer work-- ___________ double the school’s requirement of 20 hours. For his hard work, Abreu was welcomed into leadership “Smart Club” that ___________ fellow students. Through this program, they ____________ provided homework help and played games with the students ____________ to them.

Abreu thanked his parents for ____________ him to do the right thing, saying they are “the most ____________people I know”. He remembered when he was 6 his mother invited a poor boy to have dinner. Seeing the boy’s happiness, Abreu came away with a sense of ____________ he wanted to live his own life-- “I won’t ____________   my own desires. I’ll help as many people as I can,” he said.