Marie Lucas lives in Virginia, U. S. A. One day, she went to a local shelter (收容所). There, two colorful notes ________ her eye. They were hanging from a dog house. A dog named Duquesa was living in it. The letters were written in ________ handwriting. One of them said, “I am ________ and short haired. I don’t bark all the time. And I love cuddles (拥抱). Please adopt me!”

The five-year-old dog had been at the shelter for some time. Duquesa had ________ with walking. This had made it ________ for the dog to find a home. But thanks to the lovely notes, the dog got noticed—Lucas ________ in love with Duquesa and finally adopted the dog.

Who wrote these letters? Well, they were ________ of a class project (项目) designed by Kensey Jones. She is a second-grade teacher in Virginia. She came up with the ________ for the project in order to help shelter animals find homes more ________.

Jones ________ 24 animals at the shelter. She printed out pictures of them and ________ them to her students. The second-graders were very ________ the project. They wrote letters to convince (说服) people to adopt the animals. Luckily, their letters ________! Whenever an animal was adopted, Jones would tell her students. And the whole class would ________ together. In the end, all 24 animals ________ their homes!

Have you heard of Zhang Guimei, the headmaster of Huangping High School for girls in Lijiang, Yunnan Province? She showed us how to be a good teacher and the _______ of a teacher in students’ lives. She has been given the title“Role Model of the Time”(时代楷模). And she was also honored as one of the top ten people Moving China in 2020(感动中国十大人物).

The special school was the first high school in the countryside to _______ free education for girls. These girls aren’t _______ to continue their studies after they graduate from junior high school because their parents can’t afford to send them to senior high school. In 2003, she began to _______ money. In 2008, the school was _______. Over the last 12 years, Zhang has walked thousands of kilometers, visiting students’ families, talking to villagers, telling girls to return to school. Thanks _______ her, more than 1800 girls have entered the universities. Zhang Guimei carries on strict school rules. _______ she has serious health problems, she keeps on getting up at around 5 am to turn on the lights of the teaching building and sleeping after the students’ studies end at midnight. She plans every minute of her students’ timetable. They only have three hours a week outside of the school. She wants to change the lives of these girls through education. Zhang Guimei has a big _______ on many of her students. They have chosen to teach in poor areas. Some even went back to her high school as _______. She believes ________ is really important for girls to get education. What she has done will be remembered forever and encourages more people to learn from her．

My best friend Ally and I spare a few hours every week to volunteer for BuddyBall. The programme helps disabled kids _________ and make new friends.

So what does a _________ do? Now, I am a buddy for an eleven-year-old boy Tom. He is a wheelchair user and is a good basketball player, but just like any kid, it upsets (使难过) him _________ he misses a shot or makes a bad pass. He starts to _________ and doesn’t want to play. Sometimes he even wants to _________. So, as his buddy, I encourage him. Now we're working on our basketball skills together. It’s great to see how he has _________ and he doesn’t get upset so easily.

Ally is a buddy for Clara, a kid with very few language skills. She is also a bit _________! She likes running away. Ally has learnt how to work with Clara and to get her to join in the _________. Now she loves baseball and has more friends. Next week she’s playing in a team. Her parents are truly happy about BuddyBall and they say that Clara is more _________ and sociable (合群的) after her BuddyBall sessions.

BuddyBall is a great __________ for everyone! Differences remain and we realize that we’re all just kids loving sports. I love volunteering for BuddyBall because I know I’m doing something meaningful!