Jean is a bright young girl who comes from a rich and famous family. But the problem is that {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (每个人) in Jean's family is so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. They often leave her alone at home during holidays. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (事实上)，Jean is quite lonely. and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (不开心的). So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (接触) with quite often.  Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ His name was David and he lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (兴趣) in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even talked at {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (午夜). Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (对) of pictures of himself: He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jean's father told her that he was going on a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (生意) trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (惊喜) for his birthday. But when she arrived at the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (地址) that he gave and knocked on David's door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve year-old boy named Jim!

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(几个月前), I read a book. It made me feel it's a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}to always buy more things than I need. I started cleaning my house and got lots of unnecessary things. It's a w{#blank#}3{#/blank#}and trouble for me. And then I{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(考虑)what to do with them.

This question made me think of Garage Sale for Orphans. It helps people clean out their houses and t{#blank#}5{#/blank#} things into money that can help homeless kids{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(全世界). It r{#blank#}7{#/blank#}me. So I ask my boys for help, and they loved the idea of helping others.

They walked from door{#blank#}8{#/blank#}door to ask the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}/'neɪbəz/ for the things they don't need. At first, I wondered if we{#blank#}10{#/blank#}able to fill a box or two. Finally, however, we had ten boxes full of different things. Then it was time{#blank#}11{#/blank#}the yard sale.{#blank#}12{#/blank#} (即使；尽管)we had ads in the newspaper and online, I was still not sure whether whether anyone would come. {#blank#}13{#/blank#}(令我们惊奇的是), so many people came to our yard sale. I p{#blank#}14{#/blank#}to get 400 to 500 that day. At last, we got $743.23! We sent the money to the poor children in Haiti. Thanks for all the people who{#blank#}15{#/blank#}helped us.