John is an artist（画家）. He lives next to Jane. He spends（花费）much ________ drawing pictures and he is ________ all the time. He doesn't like to talk to ________ when he is working. His friends ________ him well. If they want to visit him, they often ________ him first. They go to John's home only when he is not busy.

Jane is a nurse in a ________ . She has many friends and they often go to her house and talk with her. But Jane hopes to ________ books when she is at home. She doesn't know ________ to say to her friends.

Now Jane is ________ her problem（难题）with John in front of their building. John wants to help her. But he has no idea. At last, he says, "You can ________ your hat and coat when you're at home. If your friends come, you say to them ‘Sorry, I need to go out’.”

Rachel spends a lot of time playing outdoors. She has a huge ______ that produces over 1,000 pounds of food each year! But for this seven-year-old girl, gardening is about people, not just about fruit and vegetables. “My favorite thing is ______ food with my family and friends,” she says.

Rachel ______ gardening at the age of three, when her grandmother gave her some fresh vegetables. Grandma Kate told me, “Don’t throw away the stems (茎). ______ you put them in the ground, they will grow back.” Rachel tried it and was ______ when the stems grew new leaves.

Soon after, her parents put in a small garden. When friends came over, Rachel enjoyed sharing ______. She says, “My friends helped me water and care ______ the plants.”

At the age of six, she became the youngest farmer in Georgia. Today, her garden has grown to ______ sixty plant beds and twelve trees! When the vegetables and fruit are ready to eat, Rachel says, “I harvest (收获) them and then my family and friends can have some. People who don’t have enough ______ are invited to take what they need.”

Rachel wants to influence other kids, ______. She speaks at schools and hosts a garden club for kids. “Growing food takes a lot of work, but together we can do it. It’s so fun!” she says.

Yesterday was Sunday and my sister was leaving for Shanghai on business. I ________ to go to the airport to see her off. ________, I overslept because the alarm clock didn’t go off. When I woke up, she had got on the ________. After getting up, I decided to go to the market to buy some vegetables. A young lady sat beside me on the bus. She kept her head down for a long time. I could see that she was very ________. I wondered what she was thinking about, so I started to talk with her. When she lifted her head, I saw ________ on her face. We talked till she ________ the bus. She thanked me and asked me for my address. Several ________ later, I received a letter from her. In the letter, she said that day she wanted to ________ her life because some bad things happened. She thought if God really cared about her, he would send ________ to help her. In her eyes, I was the person sent by God. She thanked me again for talking with her and ________ her. I never imagined that a short talk would make such a big difference to a person’s life.