Several years ago, Andrew started to work in Shanghai. But after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in April, he suddenly _________ his job.

Seeing there were many others like himself in _______ from the outbreak, Andrew and his two roommates, Peter and Michael, thought hard about what they could do for their local community. Finally, they came up with a good idea. Andrew said the idea was very _________, “Just take what you need and leave what you can.”

With the help of Peter’s father, they built a street pantry—a box made with shelves and hanging baskets and two doors made from old furniture. The three boys decided to cross the road and put it up _________ their home. The pantry was quickly _________ with the donations from the community. “It’s the community’s strong _________ that keeps the project alive.” Andrew said.

“We now have hundreds of people visit our box every day. It might only take two hours for the box to be full and next hour it might be empty. We are now helping others to carry out _________ projects in their own communities too.” Peter said.

Michael said things in the box were mostly convenience (方便) foods, _________ some necessary life things such as toilet paper. “Few people take everything _________. They think there are other people who need them more.” Michael added.

There were many people rushing there for donations. The three boys needed to disinfect (消毒) all the donations and make sure all food packages were not broken. Andrew said that they had no time for rest, but __________ they did was well worth. They felt so glad to do something for their neighbours.

One sunny day, I decided to go for a walk with my husband. I was wearing a special _______ ring that day. It was my 20th birthday gift from my grandmother.

As we were walking in the park, I just looked _______ at my hand and found the diamond on my ring was missing. I was really _______, so I went back to look for it. I knew how small the chances were of finding it, but I still wanted to give it a try.

As I was fixing my eyes on the ground, I bumped into (撞到) an old gentleman _______.

“What’s the matter, love?” he asked nicely.

“Sorry that I bumped into you,” I said. “But I lost something important. I’m really nervous.”

I explained about the missing diamond and showed him the _______ in my ring.

“That’s not going to be easy to find it,” he said. “Tell you what, love, I take a walk here every day. I’ll _______ my eyes open for it.”

I thanked him, expecting _______. However, a few days later, my husband and I met the old man again in the park.

“Guess what,” he said. “I found your diamond!”

I couldn’t believe what I saw when the gentleman handed the diamond back to me. Then my husband _______ him money for his help, but he refused.

As the diamond is worth several thousand dollars, the old man could have easily kept the diamond _______ sold it, but he did neither of these.

Now thanks to this man, I always look at my ring and remind ________ that there are still kind and generous souls out there. I’ll spend more time trying to do something equally nice for other people.

Hannah Taylor spent most of her life helping the homeless.

“When I was five years old, I saw a man _________ out in the street,” says Hannah. “I was in my mom’s car. I was very sad, but I was also angry _________ the people like me, who had a home, food and a bed _________ in, weren’t helping.”

She started to speak to her class about homelessness _________ she was six, and organizing a backyard sale at school to raise money for the homeless. When she helped give out the money and _________ with the people she was helping, she was asked to give a speech. “I talked about what I did and about how we all have to _________ about each other and share what we have,” says Hannah.

She did _________ than just talk. When she was seven, Hannah founded an organization to help the homeless.

It truly doesn’t matter _________ you are—you can make a difference in your world today. _________ you have a cause or idea you are interested in, don’t think you are too young to do anything about it. Follow your heart and find a way that you _________ make a difference. Perhaps you too will be able to silence the world.