【推荐1】A young man and an old man were waiting for a bus at a station.They sat ________ each other. “What’s that in your bag?” asked the young man, ________ to the big bag beside the________.

“Money,” answered the old man.The young man could ________ believe his own ears. “What?” he said to himself in surprise. “________ money? My God! How I________ to be able to get so much money!” Then he began to think about________ to get the money.

The old man________ tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes ________.

“Are you tired, sir?” asked the young man. “Then you’d better ________ down on the chair and have a good rest. Don’t worry about________ .I'll wake you up in time.”

“All right. It’s very kind________ you, young man.” The old man lay down and by and by he fell________.

The young man took the big bag carefully. ________ when he was just going to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was ________the old man’s body. Several times he tried to pull it out, but he couldn’t. At last he took off his ________and went away with the bag.

The young man ran out of the station as quickly as his ________ could carry him.He reached a place, _______ he thought the old man couldn’t ________him, then he stopped and quickly opened the bag.

To his surprise, there was ________ but old newspapers in it. He hurried to the station at once. But when he got there, he found the old man was gone.

【推荐2】When I was 10, I was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer. During treatment, I understood everything but the ____ of my case. It was not until recently that I realized how sick I was then.

This November of 2021 will mark my five years of chemotherapy (化疗) and I will be finally ______ of cancer.

I know sick children often felt blue. In order to help brighten their ______, I created a program through which I brought celebrities (名人) children ______ and respected to visit them in hospitals. The joy I received from being able to ______ the children’s day was indescribable (难以形容的). This fall, I will enter my junior year of high school. I love learning and I truly ______ the time spent in school because during chemotherapy treatments I was often too _______ to attend. Another big part of my life is ______ activity. During my treatment it was very hard for me to walk — let alone ______. After finishing chemotherapy my main _______ was being able to run and play ______ again. I’m overjoyed to say I’ve been able to ______ that aim. Being able to stand on the court and play sports again is an amazing feeling.

To me it’s important to convey a message of positivity and hope that anyone can make the most of any situation in life. Many don’t ______ and think it’s strange when I say this, but I’m truly grateful that I had cancer. Having experienced that, I have become brave and have also gained ______for life. I know with determination everyone can follow their ______.

【推荐3】“It’s nice having a friend,” said Mole (鼹鼠) to Rabbit as they sat talking in the sun one day.

“Oh, it is!” said Rabbit. “Very useful, too, _______ if you need help. _______, I think I’d like Bull (公牛) to be my friend.”

“But I’m your friend!” said Mole, feeling _______

“Oh, yes,” said Rabbit. “You are good for talking to and laughing with, _______ you are too small. When I need help, I _______ someone big and strong like Bull. He would be a very good friend to have. It would be _______ shouting for him when I need help.”

Mole went off in anger.

“Oh, well, I need to _______ something,” Rabbit thought.

He moved along _______ he found a tiny garden. He had just started on his first leaf when there was a big _______ . People were shouting and dogs were barking (吠叫). Rabbit was so afraid and in such ________ to get away that he ran into the wrong hole. The hole was too ________ and Rabbit got stuck. He could not ________ at all.

“Help!” cried Rabbit.

Mole ________ him. He ran up to see what was the matter.

“Help!” cried Rabbit. “I’m stuck in this hole.”

“If you want help,” said Mole, “I’d better ________ Bull.”

“No!” cried Rabbit. “He’s no good! He’s too big to get into this ________ You’re just the right ________! Please help me, Mole!”

So Mole began digging around Rabbit. He ________ so fast that Rabbit was ________ in no time.

“I’m sorry, Mole. I was ________ Rabbit said. “I’m ________ I have you for a friend.”

And the two good friends set off for home together.

【推荐2】In 2011, a law was born. A kind of ladybug (瓢虫) became the state insect of North Dakota. When the governor _______ the bill into law, four kids stood behind him!

Jaden, Logan, Megan and Isabel were in first grade_______their idea for a law was born. Megan and Logan were farm kids and they had been_______with the ladybug already. They knew that farmers had difficulty in controlling crop-eating pests called aphids and that ladybugs tended to_______on aphids. The more ladybugs were around, the fewer_______the farmers had to use.

They decided that this ladybug should be their state insect. This ladybug was of great_______to the crops on the farm and deserved a place of honor. But they had no idea how to _______ a law. So they asked help from their teacher, who happened to _______ their local state representative. When they all met, he told the kids they would have to present facts and reasons to_______lawmakers that North Dakota was in need of the ladybug as the state insect.

The students spent much of that first-grade spring________ladybugs. There was no doubt that their research was hard work, ________, they fell in love with it. “Even if we hadn’t achieved what we wanted,” says Jaden, “even if the bill hadn’t been passed, I think it was really ________a lot.”

In the fall of their second-grade year, they were invited to speak to a committee. In________, Megan wrote songs for the group to sing, they contacted more experts for support, and they practiced their presentation a lot! They showed up at the state building in ladybug costumes and presented their case.________, the bill was passed!

The students want everyone to know that kids can make a ________ . “Whether you are 8 or 80,” says Isabel, “you have a voice in your community (社区).”

【推荐3】13-year-old Madison was studying at home when her mother burst in. She said a boy had fallen into a septic tank (化粪池) and made an urgent _______ for Madison’s help.

They ran to a neighbor’s yard, where the anxious adults surrounded the septic tank opening _______ wider than a basketball. The boy, aged only 2, had slipped in and was drowning.

Madison quickly _______ the situation. She was the only one who could _______ through the small opening. Without hesitation, she got close to the opening and said, “_______ me in.”

Some people held her waist and _______. She wiggled (扭动) arms and shoulders until she_______   the opening. Inside, the tank was dark and the air smelly. When she stuck her arms into the dirty water, she jammed her left wrist against a hidden stick, _______ it severely.

_______ tend to her injury, Madison scanned the surface of the dirty water, hoping to feel the underwater boy. Suddenly she saw his little toes stick out. When spotting the vague ________   of his foot again, Madison shot out her ________ hand, grasped the foot tightly and shouted, “Pull me up!”

As they nearly reached the surface, the boy’s other foot got stuck. She wiggled his foot until it was ________. Eventually they were lifted out.

________, the kid wasn’t out of trouble. Having suffered from lack of ________ that long, he wasn’t breathing. He was then given hard hits on the back until he coughed up water. At the sight of this, Madison sighed with relief.

Madison received months of treatment for her wrist, which made her ________ actions more impressive.