Special Volunteers at the winter Paralympics（残奥会）

A special volunteer team was working at the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. In fact, these little v【小题1】 are 68 lovely guide dogs. All of them were strictly c【小题2】 from a training center in Dalian, Liaoning Province. Months of special training had taught them how to d【小题3】 with complex（复杂的）situations in cold environments.

At the Paralympics, e【小题4】 of the guide dogs wears a QR code（二维码）. By scanning the codes, people can e【小题5】 learn a lot of detailed information about the dogs, i【小题6】 their blooding, age, training history and service conditions.

China s【小题7】 up the first guide dog training center in 2006. Two years later, a guide dog named Lucky made its appearance at the Beijing Paralympics. With its h【小题8】 , Ping Yali, the first Chinese who got a Paralympic gold medal, completed the torch relay（火炬传递）.

Our modern technology will c【小题9】 to develop. But the special warmth and loyalty of guide dogs are always needed. During the Games, the guide dogs greatly helped the b【小题10】 athletes to fully enjoy the sports competition.

Mr. Chen is a farmer. He lives in western China w【小题1】his wife and two sons. One year ago, he found that he had cancer. The doc tor told him that he needed an operation(手术) at once. A【小题2】he said the operation would cost thousands of yuan. It was too much money for Mr. Chen and his wife. They had no jobs and both their sons were at school. The s 【小题3】（局势,状况）seemed hopeless.

Two weeks later, however, Mr. Chen got some【小题4】(好的) news. A health care project would provide medical treatment for poor patients in western China. They need to pay only half the cost or even less. T 【小题5】to the project, he was able to receive an operation in time to prevent(防止) the illness from getting 【小题6】（更糟的）. Now he has returned to his family.

The purpose of this health care project is t【小题7】improve the situation of poor people in western China. So f【小题8】（到目前为止）, the project has h 【小题9】more than 5,000 people. The Chinese government hopes to 【小题10】(发展) a new health care model for China. As our country develops, we must remember to care for the weakest members.

All About “A-thons”

A marathon (马拉松) is a long-distance running race. Now it is not only a competition, but some people organize marathons for charity (慈善). Runners get friends, families and other people to 【小题1】 (支持) them. They promise to provide a certain amount of money for every race. For example, if the runner runs one 【小题2】 (千米), the providers each give the runner $1 for the charity. A 【小题3】 (许多的) of money can be raised this way. However, not everyone can run, so people in the USA have thought of other ways to raise money, using the idea of a marathon.

Walk-a-thons   A walk-a-thon is 【小题4】 (相似的) to a marathon, but people walk 【小题5】 (代替) of running. This is a common way for people to raise money.

Read-a-thons   Many schools organize read-a-thons to raise money. Students can get money 【小题6】 (简单地) for the number of books they read. They might be given a certain 【小题7】 (阶段) of time to read. Little kids can 【小题8】 (进入) the reading competition according to the number of pages they read. The read-a-thons are 【小题9】 (举行) not only to raise money, but also to encourage teenagers to read.

Bowl-a-thons   Bowling is a 【小题10】 (受欢迎的) sport in the USA. In a bowl-a-thon, people raise money for every point they get in the game. The higher the score is, the more money they make for the charity.