I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a customer on my newspaper route (送报路线) when I was twelve. Yet she taught me a ________ that I shall never forget.

On a winter afternoon a friend and I were ________ stones onto the roof (屋顶) of the old lady’s house near her garden. I found myself a ________ and threw it. The stone was too smooth, so it slipped (滑) from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small window on the lady’s door. At the sound of ________ glass, we knew we were in ________. We ran faster than any of our stones ________ off her roof.

I was too afraid about getting ________ that night and worried about the old lady with the broken window in winter. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I stated to feel it a great shame ________ making her so much trouble. She still greeted me with a smile each day ________ I gave her the newspaper, but I was no longer able to act comfortably when seeing her.

I decided that I would ________ my paper deliver (送) money, and in three weeks I had seven dollars. I put the ________ in an envelope with a note saying that I was ________ for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost of repairing it.

The next day, I handed the old lady her paper. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of biscuits she had made herself. I thanked her and ate the biscuits as I ________ my newspaper route. After several biscuits, I felt an envelope and ________ it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope, I was ________. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said, “I’m proud of you.”

Nick is a 14-year-old schoolboy. His life is full of _______ and studies on weekdays. He has little free time. He thinks _______ computer games is the best way to make him relax. When he has free time, he sits in front of the _______. Just in that way, he doesn’t eat or _______ for several hours.

Last weekend, he played games on the computer again. He was too _______ and didn’t want to move. He didn’t have anything for six hours. When he had to go to the bathroom, he found he could not move. His parents took him to _______. The doctor told him he should have a good rest and pay attention to doing _______.

After coming back from the hospital, Nick follows the doctor’s _______. He often plays soccer with his friends. _______ sometimes he still plays computer games on weekends, he never does it for long. Now he lives a ________ and healthy life.

When we hear the word “volunteering”, what do you think of it? You may think volunteering is to help others without money. But the experience of helping others can be more meaningful than _______.

A few months ago, I learned that the city food bank needed some volunteers. I used to be the organizer(组织者) in my group of friends. So, I sent letters to 10 friends. I’d like to _______ a group that would volunteer to make and serve dinner for the disabled people. I wanted to _______ my friends to be part of the group. Almost all of my friends agreed.

One day, several of my friends brought some food and helped prepare the meal. “I felt good when I saw the _______ people get the food!” said one friend. Later, another friend made a list (清单) about serving, _______ we could do quickly and easily. Now each month there are new faces that join the group. One woman _______ invited another group of her friends to serve.

It’s hard to imagine that simple words have made a great difference. At first, I just wanted to be an organizer. Now, I _______ my idea. I also love to work _______ a volunteer, because I can get more joy from the happy faces of the disabled people.

So, volunteering is a good way to make the world better.