Last night, my husband and I were taking a post-dinner walk in a nearby parking lot, when we saw a man breaking something with a rock. He was completely _________ his task and didn’t look up at anyone passing by. We kept _________ him as we walked around the parking lot and talked between ourselves about what he might be doing. I _________ he was breaking stones to make sand, but why would he do that?

_______, we decided to go up and speak to him. He was _________ pieces of leftover bread that he had collected from his housemates to make _________ for the birds that come there every morning. The large pieces of bread would be _________ for the birds to eat, so he ground（研磨）them into a fine powder（粉末）with the _________.

It was moving to hear that he’s been doing this every _________,by himself, for the last three or four years. What __________ us more was that he was surprised we were even taking __________ in this, since for him it wasn’t a big deal. Every night, he __________ leftover bread from his housemates. He then spends the next one or two hours in the parking lot crushing（压碎）each piece of __________ and making a neat pile（堆）for the birds, which he says will be __________ by the next evening. He also __________ fresh water and adds birdseed（鸟食）on top of the pile.

When we asked him why he does this small and simple act of __________, he shrugged and said, “It’s just something __________ I do so that the leftover bread doesn’t go into the __________ and the birds get food.”

We shared his story with the hope that it might remind us to be more __________ with our leftover food. Perhaps it might __________ someone to do something similar in their own area.

Ever since I was very young, afraid of making mistakes, I’ve asked countless times “What should I do?”

However, during my high school years, I _______. Maybe it was when I decided to try for the lead in Beauty and the Beast. I would have to memorize lines and movements, but I took the chance that I might fail. On the day of practice, my heart was pounding; my hands were _______ badly when I got up to sing. But when I opened my mouth, the sound was loud and _______. I reached for the high notes that sometimes were beyond my reach, which made me very _______. I was trying to do my best even though I might fail. I realised that if I wanted to live life to the fullest, I had to take _______.

Now, I do take these chances, with baby steps every day, voicing my opinions in class discussions or debates and riding my bike for exercise.

Three years ago, I broke my back when I fell from my bike. The _______ stopped me from trying out for basketball. But I didn’t give up. The first day my doctor _______ me to do any physical activity, I started running with my mom. No stop-watches. No cheering crowds. I didn’t make the basketball team, but I didn’t fail, either.

I have finally learned to _______ myself, like taking a tough science course. And I have come to realise that even though my parents, friends and teachers don’t always have the _______ to “What should I do?”, they will be there to ________ me when I try.

Six years ago, Libby and Joseph Lombardo gave birth to their first daughter Isabella. To the new parents, Isabella was surely perfect and they went home _______ to start their new life. Over time, however, the couple started to notice that Isabella seemed to have trouble _______ certain muscles easily. As the months passed by, the situation became more and more serious. Therefore, the couple decided to bring Isabella to the hospital as they _______ something was wrong with their baby girl. Unfortunately, the doctors were _______ at the baby girl’ s condition. Then the couple searched for answers in the hope that they could find out a(n) _______. Two years later, doctors finally _______ what was causing Isabella to struggle with her movement. But Isabella’s doctors told her parents that, _______, there was nothing they could do to help the little girl. Doctors _______ that Isabella would never _______ on her own in the future. There was a(n) ________ that she needed to get around by wheel-chair for the rest of her life. At that time, the couple was greatly shocked. However, they didn’t choose to give up. Instead, they began a long search to find a treatment that could give their daughter ________. After reading many medical papers, Joseph found out a surgery(手术)called SDR. The couple went straight to their doctors to ________ Isabella’s case and the surgery but every doctor they spoke to was not positive about the surgery. They ________ that the surgery could cause more harm to Isabella. Libby and Joseph thought hard about their choice. Finally, they decided to go to the hospital for the risky but ________ surgery. Isabella spent three months recovering from the surgery but they noticed ________ almost immediately. After three months, Isabella was able to walk and even run with a walker (助行架).