【推荐1】These days we found that school students almost don’t have any sports. Is it because they aren’t ________ in sports? It may not be true. They often say they have ________ more important things to do. What are these important things? Exams! They have to get themselves ready for all kinds of exams in school. So many of them almost ________ bookworms（书呆子）. In the past in the summer holidays, they could do ________ they liked, but now they have to spend all their time ________ ready for the exams. So studies stop them from doing so many   ________ . Because of the pressure（压力）from their parents and teachers, they ________ to work harder and spend most of their time on books. To the students themselves, they all want to pass the lessons because they want to continue（继续）their studies. So they should spend ________ of their free time on their studies and give up（放弃）their school sports. Of course, a good education（教育）can’t go without physical（体能的）training. Also, a quick mind doesn’t always go along without a strong body. ________ a strong body, you can never do anything well. How can you be successful in ________?

John was frightened when his dad told him he signed him up for Run Free, the after-school running club. He quickly _________ the book that he was reading. “I can’t run! I’m the worst _________ in the school!”

John once played basketball, and it was awful. Dave, the star of his team, always _________ when John made mistakes. There was no way John was going to embarrass （使难堪）himself in a running club. His dad, _________, didn’t change his mind, and John soon realized that he had no _________ about the matter.

The weekend before the club’s first meeting, John’s dad took him to buy some running shoes. Later that day, his dad _________ that he should go on a run in the park near their home. John _________ didn’t feel like it. “Come on,” said his dad, “You can take Buck with you. That’ll make it _________.” John loved taking the family _________ out for long walks sometimes. So, he took Buck outside.

After a few minutes of walking, John __________ that he would give running a try. He saw a lamppost（路灯）far away and decided to try to make it to that lamppost. To his surprise, he did it, __________ he felt completely out of breath.

When John got home, he told his dad about his __________. “It’s only going to get easier,” said his dad. “Pretty soon, if you run each day, you’ll run __________.” John thought about what his dad said, and he went __________ running with Buck again the next day.

John went farther, and even though he ended up out of breath again, he liked __________ himself to see how far he could make it. He ran every day and by the end of the week, he was looking forward to the first club meeting.

【推荐1】Do you write your own blog (博客)? Do you often ________ other’s blogs on the Internet?

All over the world, not only famous persons but also many students use blogs as diaries and places to share their experience and ________ advice or help.

“I write my activities every day, ________ funny things or worries in my life,” says Lali, a 16-year-old high school student at Cambridge High School in Washington. “I like putting pictures on my blog because it can make my blog more ________ and more people will like it. It’s a good way to ________ my life to the world.” She has had her blog for eight months.

Students like writing blogs ________ they can write anything they want to, and don’t need to ________ any money.

Once you start to write your blog, you will ________ that you open up a new world. But what you write down may trouble you ________. So, use the blog carefully ________ you can keep yourself away from some troubles. The blog makes everybody’s life colorful.

【推荐2】Hongbao, usually a red envelope(信封) with some money inside, is a kind of traditional gift in China. People always give it during the Spring Festival or for some special events such as birthdays, weddings(婚礼) and so on. It is considered as a way to _________ love, good wishes or blessing(祈祷).

The red color means good luck in _________ culture and can also help people stay away from bad things. This tradition started from more than 2,000 years _________ when old people began to give money to their grandchildren for good luck and safety in the New Year.

Different from the traditional red envelope with _________ inside, the virtual(虚拟的) hongbao has become quite popular this year. It provides people with a chance to give hongbao to other people or to receive them from _________ on the Internet. This new form of hongbao is becoming more and more popular _________ the Wechat(微信) users, especially in 2015.

During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, I _________ more than 300 yuan by using Wechat, and got half of the money I gave. Although the smallest hongbao had only 0.01 yuan in it, my friends and I still had great _________ giving and receiving the red envelopes.

However, some people, especially the young, spend too much time _________ with their mobile phones to get the virtual hongbao. This not only makes them lose the time they spend with their family but also is _________ for their health. So what do you think of the virtual hongbao?

【推荐3】A new emoji （表情包） is getting popular among both Chinese and Western WeChat users—but for different _______.

The “666” emoji recently _______ on WeChat. It shows a smirking （ 得意的） face that holds up the Chinese hand sign for “6” with the number “666” shown next to it.

Most Chinese people know that this emoji is _______ to have a lucky meaning. _______ , the Chinese character for “six” is pronounced the same way as liu, which means “smooth” as in “things are going _______ ” . There’s also the saying liuliu-dashun. It is used to give good _______ to one’s friends or relatives.

But in some Western countries, “666” has a very   _______ meaning. Some people consider this number as a symbol of darkness and rebellion（反叛）. It is _______ popular among rock bands and their fans.

As a rock music fan who is also interested in Chinese _______, I like the new emoji for many reasons. I can ________ it to either my Chinese or Western friends and get different reactions（反应）. This makes it fun to use. But don’t be surprised if you get a strange reaction from a Westerner when you send it to them.