【推荐1】Being brave enough, girls are free to explore in their learning and life. That exploration leads to the ___________of their talents, passions and drawbacks. On Saturday night we saw one of our students act so bravely that it took my ________ away.

One of the lead characters of our show, Blue Stockings, was played by a science teacher, Ben Walker._________ , Ben broke his nose very badly playing football on Saturday and consequently couldn’t ________. Ella Jones, a Year I student and part of the cast, who ________ to rest on Saturday, was ________ to play Ben’s role.

Think about this. She had three hours’ ________, playing a role of a man she had never played before, in front of a/an ________ audience, and if she couldn’t ________, she would reduce the impact of the whole play. Not the end of the world, but it would be disappointing for all _________

Ella could have run, but she ________ to the challenge. She said, “I was astonished; However, I ________ the show must go on and I wanted to ________. I wasn’t scared ________ I arrived at the theatre and realized how much there was to ________. It wasn’t just about lines, but it was the stagecraft(舞台表演技巧). I was ________ about the other actors because I know how ________ it is to perform a role with someone who isn’t as invested, especially if it is an emotional scene.”

Asked how the show ________, Ella said, “It was amazing, and the audience seemed to love the male character I played for the first time.” She added, “Being scared doesn’t mean you can’t be ________. Anyway, I ________.”

【推荐2】On 20 December, in Newdale, a series of huge waves caused by an undersea Earthquake raced across the ocean near Goldshore. Worse still, it _______ thousands dead. Goldshore Beach was the only local beach to _______ the disaster without any loss of life. A10-year-old girl, Sabrina Andron, helped around100 people escape danger with her _______ of tsunamis.

The day began like any other on Goldshore Beach. People were walking, running or simply sitting on the sandy beach, _______ the warm sea air and enjoying the soft _______ that brushed their hair. Sabrina was one of the happy tourists until she noticed something _______ . “The water was like the bubbles (气泡) on the top of a beer,” she later explained. “It wasn’t _______ and it wasn’t going in and then out. It was just coming in and in and in.” It struck her that these were the _______ of an upcoming tsunami, which Sabrina had just learnt about in a Geography lesson.

Sabrin a was _______ , but she soon kept her head. She warned her parents of the ________ , though at first they just thought she was ________ . However, Sabrin a was certain that a terrible disaster was ________ and kept asking her parents to talk to a safety officer. To her great relief, the officer ________ realized the coming danger. The beach was rapidly ________ of people, just before the huge waves ________ into the coast.

【推荐3】When I was about ten years old, I spotted a mouse running across our living room floor. My four younger sisters heard me screaming _____and joined me on the couch, _______my father found us standing, yelling and pointing.

Dad grabbed     ______and chased that mouse all over the place. We followed him in hot pursuit, ____ him on, “Get it, dad. Get it!”

Finally, the mouse was   ______, but when Dad pushed the broom into it, the mouse   ____a little squeal. All     _____of us jumped on our father. We ____ his arms and legs, “Don’t hurt him. Let him go!”

Dad dropped his head ____ . He pulled the broom away and the mouse scampered off. “Run.” we yelled. My father ___ us as we’d turned into numskulls. He bought a trap the next day.

【推荐2】It was Friday morning, and Katie hurried to her classroom. She would ________ her best friend, Sarah, to work on their science project. The two girls were testing plant food mixtures on the same type of plant. Every morning, the girls measured (测量) the plants ________ to see whether they grew taller. In the afternoon, they took turns watering the plants with different types of food ________.

The four plants had been standing ________ on Wednesday afternoon. ________, they hung dangerously low now. Katie touched the soil and discovered that it was almost ________. “Oh, no!” she said to herself. “Sarah must have ________ to water them yesterday!” She ________ the plants worriedly and didn’t know what to do. Then Sarah came into the classroom.

Sarah felt ________ when she noticed the condition of the plants. “I’m ________, Katie. I was in a hurry to get to the softball practice yesterday afternoon, and I forgot to ________ the plants,” Sarah said.

Katie didn’t want to be ________ with Sarah. Whenever they worked on a project together, Sarah always had ________ ideas though sometimes she wasn’t responsible (负责的).

“What do we do now?” Katie asked Sarah. “Do you think our project will be ________?”

“No. Let’s try to save the project,” Sarah ________. She looked thoughtful as she touched the soil.

“The soil is still wet, so the plants are not ________ out of water,” Sarah said to Katie. “Go ahead and water them now. By the end of the day we should be able to tell if any permanent (永久的) ________ has been done.”

The girls quickly combined the different plant foods with water and carefully ________ the mixtures into the oil. Throughout the day they eyed the plants hopefully. Slowly the ________ leaves cheered up, and by the afternoon the plants looked ________ again.