It was a cold windy winter day and I was walking home from work. My head pointed down against the wind when I noticed an old lady. She _________ on the sidewalk in her house slippers (拖鞋). As I passed her, I saw that she was probably _________ her eighties, and she was holding some letters in her hands. I walked on to the traffic light. When the light turned green, I pretended (假装) to check my phone and waited for her to catch up with me. In this neighborhood, ever crossing with the green light was _________. Drivers often drove _________ through red lights and stop signs.

When she reached me, I turned to her and touched her gently on _________ arm. She smiled and _________ my hand in hers and held it. Hand-in-hand, we were waiting for the light _________. When the light turned green, we walked together slowly across the street, _________ dropped the letters in the mailbox. Then I took _________ back across the street.

As I walked the rest of the way home, I could still feel the __________ of her hand in my own. People say the first language of all humans is touch. A caring touch helps to make a bad situation hopeful. And even now. I can still feel the power of touch.

My best friend Ally and I spare a few hours of our time every week ________ volunteers for BuddyBall. It’s a program that helps disabled kids do sports and make new friends.

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

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

BuddyBall is a great chance for everyone! Differences disappear and we realize ________ we’re all just kids loving sports. I love doing BuddyBall because I know I’m doing something meaningful!

Every day, a bus driver called Cheng Lin picks up students in a far-away village in Chongqing. The bus driver stops ________ he notices a schoolbag hanging on the door of an old house. After a moment, a boy ________ outside and gets on the bus.

The boy’s parents work far from home and leave ________ in the village. Though the boy is far from his parents, he is trying hard ________ his study. He goes to school in the city every week. He and ________ driver, Mr Cheng Lin, have a special habit. Every time the ________ schoolbag is hanging outside the house, the driver knows that the boy needs a ride.

________ Mondays, Mr Cheng pays more attention while driving, because these children usually go to school on that day. ________ warm man he is!

People call him “________ driver in Chongqing” on the Internet. One man said, “Some people ________ not know that the mountain road is so difficult. A 15-minute bus drive would take an hour of walking. The schoolbag is their secret with love inside.”