题目内容：

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Last year, two days before Christmas, my friends called, telling me their kitchen caught fire,   1.  (destroy) everything in it. I drove to their house, taking all the food I had. They were so happy to see me, but felt 2. (embarrass) having nothing to give me in return.

I went home, very upset.   3.  (actual), I was also in a hard place financially and unable to do   4.  (much) for them. I called a friend of 5.  ( I ) about this, who responded, “These people mean a lot to you and I want to help them.” Since he had never met them, he requested me   6.  (go) to the grocery store, all on him. At the check-out, I noticed him lacking money, so that I had to have some items taken back.

We were walking away   7.  I heard a voice behind me asking the clerk, “How much are those things? I decide to pay for them.” I turned around   8.  (thank) the kind man and told him everything. He explained that he understood that as he had lost his job the year before but now was working again.   9.  tears in our eyes, all of us went away. It was such   10.  wonderful feeling to see folks step up when someone needed help, even a total stranger.