Bill Adams retired (退休). His daughter, a nurse, asked if he wanted to volunteer at her hospital. Bill didn't think he wanted to be aroufid 1 people, but his daughter said. "Just try it for a week and see how you feel."

    Thirteen years later, Bill is 2 volunteering at the hospital two days a week. He says, "Volunteering is a good thing to do, and helping others makes me 3. "Over the years, Bill has worked in many departments (科). Now he 4 in the waiting area outside the X-ray room.

    Once, a woman found out that she needed immediate surgery (立即手术), but her 5 were not with her. Bill helped call her family and took them to 6 so they could be together. Later, he 7 the woman again. It was great to see the woman get better. Bill got a lot of 8 from her family.

    Bill loves volunteering at the hospital, and he also likes 9 others to join the volunteer work. "All of the volunteers are like family. We're good friends. We love helping others when they are in need." he says. At the age of 81, Bill has no plan to 10 his volunteer work. He has decided to stay busy as long as possible.

    Tom was a college student. He often made excuses not to attend classes. Also, he spent much of his free time 1 computer games. He never went to the library 2.

    How time flew! At the end of the term, there was 3important event that he was afraid of—the final exam. "What should I do？" Tom walked up and down in the room the day before the exam .He was 4. Suddenly he thought of 5 idea.

    The next morning, Tom went into the exam room very early. He found a young man 6 looked so confident and took a seat next to him. "Hey you！" Tom greeted ."What？" the young man asked.

    " Can you do me a favor？" Tom begged(恳求)."Please let me 7your paper during the exam. I have to depend on you！" When hearing his words, the young man just smiled but said 8.

    When the bell rang, the young man 9 immediately and came to the front, saying, "It is time for the final exam! Now I will hand out the papers to all of you and collect them 10 an hour."

    Tom sat there with his mouth wide open.

    Tom lives in London. His1have a shop at their house and they both work there. He is six years old now and goes to school The school is a little2from their shop and his father drives a car to take him to school every day. So he's not 3for class and his teachers like him.

    It's Monday today Miss Hunt is teaching them to4from one to ten. Tom studies5. Soon he can count them Miss Hunt is6and asks, "How many people are there in your family, Tom?"

    Tom stands and begins to count with his7. Then he says, "8, Miss Hunt."

    "9are they?"

    "My father and my mother."

    "Oh?" Miss Hunt is surprised. She says, "There are three people in your family"

    "But now I'm not10, but at school, you know!"

    Peter and Jack are good friends. They 1 everything together. One day, Peter hurt his arm (胳膊受伤) when he was playing soccer. Three days later, Jack hurt his 2, too.

    "We are cool, right?" said Peter. The first week was 3. Peter and Jack didn't need to 4 in P.E. class. They didn't need to do 5 homework, either. The second week they 6 it was not so good. Many things were 7 to do with one arm. Peter couldn't play computer games. Jack couldn't fish. The third week they felt depressed (沮丧的) 8 they couldn't swim when they went to the 9 with their classmates. They had to watch others 10. Peter said to Jack, "I hope our arms can recover (康复) soon."

    My parents used to tell me how important school was for me, but I didn't think so. I paid little attention to it. But one thing let me finally 1  what my parents meant.

    One day, when I 2 a mobile phone store, I saw an advertisement on its door. It was hiring new workers!

    "Sir, are you hiring people?" I went 3 the shop and asked. "Yes, but you should be the man who we need," the manager answered. He looked at me for a few 4 from head to foot. "Do you have a high school diploma(文凭)?" 5 he, "Or do you have any work experience?"

    I felt so ashamed and 6 that I didn't know what to say, so I just turned around and left.

    I could not fall asleep that night, and I thought a lot about my 7. "I must go to school or I can't do anything without a good education," I 8 to myself silently. I never went back to the store again 9 I finished my study and got a diploma.

    10 looked the same when I returned to the store: the same people and the same design. However, compared with last time, I had more 11. The manager told me they needed new 12. So it was a great chance for me.

    I 13 my diploma to the manager. He looked at it and said, "Great, you are in."

    Now I am still working in the same store. With this experience, I always 14 people to attend school. Education helps you have a bright future. Now I am not worried about my future because I'm still 15 in my spare time.