As usual, Jenny is playing on the playground. Then she _________ a quiet “meow” and looks around. She finds a kitten sitting at the corner. He wears a collar （颈圈）_________ the name“Lucky”.

Picking it up, she walks to her teacher and says,   “I find this kitten on the playground. He has a collar, so he must have his owner. But there’s no _________ or phone number on the collar. Could we help find his home as a class project? ”

“Certainly! Would you like to be the _________ in this project? ” Mrs March asks. Jenny says “yes”. She thinks of an idea and begins taking charge （负责）.   “Okay, we’ll need to make posters （海报） to put up around the neighborhood. We should call the newspaper. What else? ” She asks the class. John thinks that they should call the animal center in case （万一） the owner calls there. “Good idea!” Jenny says as she adds （添加） it to the list.

Soon students are busy _________ posters. Two students are making phone calls. Then one student says _________ , “The animal center says that a family _________ a lost kitten named Lucky!” The class cheer （欢呼）. Twenty minutes later, a woman shows up and says with joy,   “Thank you! We’ve been looking all over for our cat! He is very ‘lucky’ to be found （找到） by such a _________ group of students like you!”

Volunteering in your community helps you learn a lot. You’ll feel great when you are volunteering your time for your community. If you want to start volunteering, find an organization that ________ you, and then decide what to help with.

Use a(n) ________  website to find a good match. Much ________ job search websites, you can use volunteer websites like Volunteer Match or Serve. gov to help you find volunteering jobs in your area.

Talk to your friends and family. If you ________ can’t decide where to volunteer, start asking people you know where they do. You may find one of them to offer you a ________, and it can make it easier to volunteer with someone you know for the first time. Volunteering with friends can make it more ________ because you are with people you know.

Pick an organization that will teach you something new. Volunteer chances can be really good for you. They can give you the experience you don’t have. Some organizations will also give you training and career (职业) development. For example, volunteering at a ________ can teach you something about the healthcare system (医疗体制), ________ volunteering at a library can teach you about community programs and library organizations. If you volunteer with the park system, you’ll learn about ________ to run a park.

You could also choose organizations to develop the ________ you already have. For example, if you are good at another language, you could offer your skills as a translator to community organizations, improving your skills along the way.

It was evening. Two travellers were riding their horses through the fields. Suddenly they found they had lost their way. They began to _______ a house to stay in. They also tried to find a person to show them the _______ way the next morning.

They saw a farm house at last. When they came into the house, they found a farmer and his wife was having supper. The farmer asked them to sit down and eat together with them. As they were very _______, they did so with pleasure.

When eating, the farmer watched the plate without saying a word. This made the travellers feel _______ frightened. They thought he was _______ because he had not asked them to come. After supper the farmer’s wife asked them to go upstairs to sleep. They were so tired that they didn’t take off their clothes and went to bed. But the younger one was too frightened to sleep. He heard the farmer and his wife talking in the room below. At first he could not hear _______. But then he clearly _______ the man say, “Must we kill them _______?” The woman answered, “Yes, of course.” A moment later he again heard a man coming up into the room. He quickly went into the washroom. The door slowly opened and the farmer came in with a light in one hand and a long knife in _______. He went to the meat hanging on the wall, cut off a piece, and returned __________ as he could.

The next morning when they came down for breakfast, they found on the table some meat and chicken. Everything was clear.