In October，I told the eight-year-olds in my class about my plan.“I’d like all of you to do _______   jobs around the house to earn some money，”I said.“Then we’ll _______   food for a Thanksgiving dinner for someone who might not have a nice dinner   _______   .”

Early in Thanksgiving week，the boys and girls arrived in the   _______ ，clutching their hard-earned money. I watched them running up and down，busily doing their   _______   .At last we headed toward the checkout，pushing a   _______   filled with turkey and all the trimmings(配料).Then someone spotted a“necessity”that sent them racing.

“Flowers!'，Kristine cried. The group _______ toward the holiday plants.

Stuck in the middle was a pot of purple mums. “She’11 like this one.” the children   _______ ，and put the purple plant into the cart.

We finally _______ in front of a small bungalow in the woods.A slightly-built woman with a weary face came to the door to ________   us.

My little group hurried to get the ________   .As each box was carried in，the old woman oohed and aahed(欢天喜地)—much to her visitors’ ________ .When Amy put the mums on the counter，the woman seemed surprised. She’s ________ it was a bag of flour，I thought.

We returned to the car.We could see the kitchen ________ .The woman inside waved   ________ ，then turned and walked   ________   the room，past the turkey，past the trimmings，straight to the   ________.She put her face in their petals(花瓣).When she raised her head，there was a ________on her lips.

The children were quiet.In that one brief moment，they had seen for themselves the ________ they possessed to make another’s ________ better.

【推荐3】Once upon a time, there was a boy who would go into the forest and gather food and herbal medicines (草药) with some of his fellows every spring. However, one year, a tiger _______ in the forest and no one dared go into the forest again. One day, the boy’s father became _______, and the family couldn’t afford the _______ that the father needed. The boy decided to try and find some herbal medicines as well as some food in the forest.

It was a perfect sunny day. At first, it was quiet and _______ happened. But later, when the boy bent down to reach one more mushroom, he was suddenly pushed to the ground. A large shadow _______ him. He rolled over and looked _______ in shock as the tiger said in a deep voice. “You are my _______. Say good-bye to this world.” _______ his sick father, the boy knew he couldn’t die. He quickly calmed down and put a(n) _______ into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed. Then he said, “________ you can kill and eat me, but I ________ you to know that these mushrooms are________ poisonous (有毒的). You can eat me, ________ you will die too. My family will ________ me and find you. They will ________ your stomach and eat your meat. Your fine________ will carpet the floor of a rich man’s house and your tiger bones will get a good ________ in the medicine shops. My family will have enough for a year or more and I will be given a good funeral (葬礼) and long________.

The tiger hesitated. He saw the frightful mushrooms in the basket and ________ his appetite (胃口). He slowly walked away. The boy saved his own life with his quick ________.

【推荐1】When I was ten, my mother worked all day, so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time, my little brother was about four years old and he _______ mum all the time.

One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his _______, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour later, I found that one of his shoes was _______ while he was sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn't _______ new shoes. I had to_______to find it, so I told my brother to wait right there. A man passing by heard what I said. He stopped me _______ I walked off. He asked me, “You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe, aren't you? What will you do if he is not here when you return?” I didn't know _______to answer that question. He continued, “It's OK if you can't find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your _______” Then he sent us to mum’s workplace by taxi.

During my whole life, I have received the _______ from many strangers. I feel sorry that 1 can't find them and say “Thank you”. I do not even remember what their faces looked like, but they taught me a ________ - people are more important than things.

【推荐2】When we got ready to go to the rink (溜冰场), Mom always helped me tie up my skates. Then she _____ her own. Mom and I had been coming to the rink every _____ since my lessons began. That was our deal. I went to _____ on Tuesdays, and we skated together on Sundays.

When we were ready to _____ on the ice, Mom took my hand and put an arm around my shoulder. I looked up at Mom and smiled. She seemed _____ but still smiled back. I took a short gliding (滑行) step, and she stepped with me, holding my hand tight. We went across the rink very _____ After a few minutes, we _____ in the center of the rink. I gently took my _____ back from Mom’s and glided slowly away.

While Mom stood still, I _____ the move my teacher taught me this week. I put one foot on the ______ , leaning forward a little. I slowly raised my back foot as ______ as I could behind me. I stopped and ______ a moment when some bigger kids skated quickly by. ^“OK, Mom. It’s ______ for you to skate alone,” I said. “In fact, there is ______ to be afraid of. Skating alone is no ______ than skating with me.”

Then I did what my teacher did when he was teaching a ______ skater. “ Watch my face, Mom,” I said. “Not your feet. Now, step.” She took a baby step and ______ We stayed until Mom could skate across the rink three times by herself. When she was ______ , she glided over to me and gave me a big hug. “I ______ you could do it,” I said.

She smiled and said, “I couldn’t have done it without my excellent ______.”

My Forever Valentine

Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真地) thought_______him as my “Valentine Man”.

My first recollection of the_______he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift­wrapped package at my chair.

The card was_______“Love, Dad ”and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to _______my birthstone, a ruby (红宝石). There is _______difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember_______that ring with pride that all the cards in the world_______not surpass (超越).

_______I grew older, the gifts gave _____ to heart­ shaped boxes filled with my______ chocolates and always included a ______card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my “thanks” became _____ of a perfunctory (敷衍的) response. The cards seemed less______, and I took it for granted that the Valentine would ______ be there. I had________my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love, Dad” just didn’t seem quite_________

His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a________of how special father can be and how important it had been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a ________of love with simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.

Those things never________, nor does the memory of a man who never________being my Valentine.

【推荐1】A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together. Their names were John and Bobby.

John and Bobby were not _______, and they had few things except friends, _______ they were happy. They lit a warm fire when it was cold outside. They had food to eat when they were hungry. They were never _______ because they had each other.

John and Bobby _______ to take long walks together. After their _______ John usually cooked the dinner. John and Bobby ate the dinner and then _______ in front of the fire. They had a(n) _______ but happy life.

Then John developed a(n) _______disease and died in the spring of 1858. He was _______ in a grave (坟墓). After that, Bobby stood at John’s grave and shouted. “Come on, Bobby,” John’s ________ said. “It’s time to go home.” Bobby went home, but later he returned to the grave. He ________ near it. He stayed there all night.

Bobby stayed at the grave site the next day, and the day after another. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the ________. When the weather was cold, he slept in a small house near the grave. When it was ________, he slept on the ground near John’s grave.

________, in 1872, Bobby died, too. John’s friends buried him in a ________ grave near John’s. Why was Bobby’s grave so little? Bobby, John’s best friend, was a dog.