【推荐3】The sound of the music floated through the ruins of the school corridor. Its _________ melody filled the empty classrooms. I put all of my sorrow and pain into the music I played on the piano, which magically _________ the air attack. As I gently struck the _________, horrible scenes kept flashing through my mind.

Like millions across the city, I woke up to the sound of the _________ last night. I remembered waking up, my body trembling with _________. I just hid behind the couch and _________ my head with my hands. I could hear the terrible screams and cries. On the street, many _________ in panic without warm clothes overnight, some still wearing just their pajamas.

The next morning, I looked out of the window and saw the _________ of my school. Although my family had already packed necessary belongings for evacuation (撤离), I decided to help clean the classrooms where I had studied for the last 10 years before leaving. I wasn’t _________ to come to the school at first, as I worried that there could be more dangers. But thinking of the fact that the place where I had my most vivid childhood memories was a bomb crater, my fear turned into __________.

It was the war that left millions of children without __________ to education, security and a happy childhood. What was supposed to be a place of __________ and hope became a shaky and __________ shell. Only the piano was left behind, which I had planned to play at my graduation ceremony. But the war __________ any hope of celebration.

Finishing the song, I silently stood up and slowly walked away. “How I wish my school could be __________ soon. I really want peace to come. I will work on my knowledge harder. This is my frontline fight.” Whispering these words to myself, I waved goodbye to my school.

【推荐1】Anderson and Franklin are twin brothers, whose father is one of the richest men in their hometown. Their father often warned them to be careful of people who might _________ from them. They therefore decided to take their summer _________ far away from home.

They chose a coastal city, where there were sandy beaches, luxury hotels, parties and clubs, and _________ activities along the coast. Surely there they could freely _________ their money without people knowing them.

They stayed in the most expensive _________ in the city. Surely there they would only meet rich people like themselves. They decided to _________ their cash and credit cards and hide them in different places. They would put half in their big suitcases with their clothing. The other half would go into their _________. They thought it was a perfect _________. Nothing could go wrong! They felt _________ at last to relax, go shopping, and eat out. They loved their holiday because no one __________ them.

One night, they were dancing at a club when a __________ came up to them. The brothers __________ the friendly girl __________ drinks and chatted with her for hours. When she said she had to leave, Anderson and Franklin told her where they were __________ and invited her to get around later in the week. When it was time to take a taxi home, they reached for their wallets. __________ they were shocked to find that they both were __________.

__________, they ran back to their hotel. When they tried to open their hotel room door, they realized their room keys were also __________. After the hotel manager __________ it for them, they found the cash and credit cards kept in the __________ were all gone, too.

【推荐2】Fiona Famous was a popular girl. She got on well with everyone and was so busy that she________spend time with individual friends. However, she felt________; no other girl had so many friends.

Everything________on National Friendship Day. Everyone had to make three________to give to their three best friends. Fiona enjoyed the task. When all the presents had been________, Fiona was the only one who had not________a present! She felt________and cried. How could it be possible?No one________her as their best friend? Everyone came and________her for a while. But all only________for a while.This was what Fiona had done so many times to others.

Arriving home, Fiona asked her mother where she could________true friends. “My dear,” answered her mother,“you cannot buy________with a smile or a few good words. If you really_________true friends, you will have to give them real time and________.You must be available in good and bad times.”

“But I want to be everybody’s friend! I need to share my________!” Fiona claimed.

“You can’t be a close friend to everybody. There isn’t enough time. It’s only________to have some true friends. Others will be playmates,” said her mother.

Hearing this, Fiona________she had not been a true friend. She had________to pay attention to everyone, but that was not enough. To be close friends, you need to be________, lander stand what others are________and support them.

【推荐3】When a UNICEF team first met young Wahid, he was carrying water for his family in a neighbourhood (街区) in western Aleppo, Syria.

One month later, Wahid and his family were forced to ______without their belongings(财物) for the seventh time ______ the war started several years ago. When they ______ in Bseireh, a town in Tartous, Wahid and his family ______ it was time for him to ______ school to support his family.

“Once again, we ______ everything and I wanted to help my father ______ my three younger siblings (兄弟或姊妹),” Wahid explained. “I’m the ______ and I should take care of them.”

For two months, Wahid worked as a ______ in Bseireh, making US＄7 per week to ______ his father, who worked as a builder, to bring bread to the table. “They were paying me well because I have ______,” he said. “I’ve worked as a shoemaker in Aleppo every summer for the past three years.”

Wahid had already lost three years of   ______   and was close to losing more as making money was more ______   than schooling. In mid-September 2016, the UNICEF team ______ Wahid and his family again as part of a follow-up ______ with children who had to leave Aleppo because of war. The team ______ Wahid’s family to let him go to school. UNICEF provided Wahid with an education bursary (奖学金), hoping that he could ______ students of his age.

Wahid went to the same ______ in Bseireh with his siblings and studied in Grade 6 - at 14 years old he should be in Grade 9. “I’m very ______ to be back at school,” Wahid smiled. “I want to be either a lawyer or an engineer, but ______ not a shoemaker.”