Eric and Wendy were enjoying coffee in a restaurant. There was a man sitting near them. _______ he stood up to leave, his mobile phone rang. He answered and walked away.

Eric and Wendy _______ that the man had left his briefcase (公事包). Wendy stood up and ran after the _______, shouting, “Sir, you forgot your briefcase!” Eric stood next to the briefcase and waited, He wanted to be sure that _______ would happen to it.

When the man heard Wendy shouting, he _______ and said into his mobile phone，“I’m sorry, I have to go.” “My briefcase! I can’t believe I forgot it! Thank you so much!”, He followed Wendy back to his table in the _______. Eric was standing next to his briefcase without touching it, He said, “This briefcase is full _______ research papers and some photos of my family. They are _______ to me. I’m so glad I did not lose them!” Wendy and Eric smiled,

“Let me _______ your coffee，” the man said. “You have really saved me today!” Wendy and Eric accepted the offer (提议) and said _______ to the man. They enjoyed their coffee even more after helping the man.

It was after-school hours, and a group of students at a special school for the disabled in Huichang County, Jiangxi Province stayed behind. They stayed not for fun, but for a paper-cutting class ________ by local artisan(手艺人) Zhang Yiqing.

The 54-year-old ________ the school once a week to teach the students to make paper-cuts. They feature(以……为特色) poems and calligraphy (书法) ________ birds, animals, places and human characters.

It was a special class. There was almost no ________ in the class. Zhang and the teacher were the only people talking. The teacher, who knows sign language, helped Zhang teach the class. The students learned fast and really ________ the special class.

Zhang started learning paper-cutting from her grandfather at the age of 3. At first, she mostly did ________ patterns, but later she learned to make paper-cuts featuring calligraphy and poems. It made her works stand out among other artisans’.

Her artwork is now a cultural and creative ________ that is becoming better known. In Novermber 2020, Huichang paper-cutting was recognized (承认) as one of the intangible cultural heritages (非物质文化遗产) of Ganzhou city.

In order to ________ this art form down, Zhang teaches paper-cutting to students at the special school and other local primary schools. “I design a pattern(图案) for them and teach them how to do it themselves, ________ they can have a skill and make a living in the future,” said Zhang. “Younger people have an advantage when learning paper-cutting, so they can ________ learn the skill,” she added.

Mr. Hope, the cleaner at our school, walks with a limp（跛脚）. Watching him walk slowly around our school, I often wanted to know __________ he limped.

One day I saw two boys laughing at Mr. Hope. The headteacher was very angry. He took all of us to his office and showed us a picture of a young man standing by a long, thin boat. “This is Mr. Hope when he was __________ ”said the headteacher.

In the 1968 Olympics, Mr. Hope had raced to the final round. His only real competitor was one other racer, Jack. The race started. Other boats were soon far __________ Mr. Hope and Jack. Mr. Hope and Jack were racing neck and neck towards the finish line. The race was going well when suddenly, Mr. Hope heard a huge sound. He looked around and saw that Jack’s boat was __________ into the water fast. Jack was unable to move. He was in __________ . The other boats were a long way back. Mr. Hope was the only one who could help. Without stopping to __________ , he jumped into the water and tried to save Jack. The other boats __________ them on their way to the finish line, leaving the two men alone in the water. Jack was finally saved but Mr. Hope’s ___________ was badly cut by the broken wood. Mr. Hope didn’t finish the race. He __________ got a gold medal（金牌）at the Olympics. His body was not the same after the race, __________ he was always limped from then on.

As they stood there listening, both the boys felt sorry for themselves. We all realized that Mr. Hope was a hero. He is an Olympic champion forever.