【推荐1】Gift giving requires no special talent, nor large amounts of money.     It is________of the heart and head acting together to achieve the perfect means of expressing our feelings. For,________ Emerson explains, “The only gift is a portion( 一 部 分 ) of yourself.”

A little girl gave her mother several small boxes _______ with bright ribbons.     Inside each were pieces of paper on which the child had printed _______such as, “Good for two flower-bedweedings,” “Good for two floor-scrubbings.”       

She had never _______ Emerson, but she put a large part of her small self into her gift_______.

A young bride received a _______present from an older woman.     With it _______a note, “Do not open _______you and your husband have your first _______.” When there finally came a day of misunderstanding the bride remembered the _______.     In it she found a card box filled with her friend’s favorite recipes--and a note, “You will catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar.”     It was a wise woman _______who gave her experience with her gift.

Family gifts should be the most _______ because we know each member’s wish. Yet _______we make the boring offerings--ties, candy, or household wares.     One man I know is planning an(a) _______ present for his wife.     When I saw him coming out of a dancing studio, he explained:     “I got tired of hearing my wife _______about my dancing.     It’s going to be a lasting birthday present for her--my dancing well.”

All gifts that contain a portion of self _______that someone has been really thinking of us. _______ for heroic giving are rare, yet every day there are opportunities to give a part of yourself to someone who needs it.     It may be _______ a kind word or a letter written at the right time.   The important thing about any gift is the _______ of yourself you put into it.

【推荐2】We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. _________, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many _________ in streaming (把儿童分成年龄相当的小组) pupils. It does not take into _________ the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite _________ to be at the bottom of the top grade!

Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their _________. This is only one aspect of their _________ personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also _________ personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching _________ all these aspects of learning.

In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in _________: this gives them the opportunity to learn to cooperate, to share, and to develop leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to __________ and evaluate, and to communicate __________.

Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on __________ tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some __________ class teaching when it is necessary. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this __________. An advanced pupil can do advanced work; it does not __________ what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to achieve this goal.

【推荐3】You already know that colors can suggest a mood or attitude, but do you know that color is a ________ that can persuade us to buy things? According to some researches, color can be up to 85 percent of the reason we ________ to purchase something. Smart marketers know: Color ________!

“Right” colors make products “better”

Colors ________ how we feel about the food we eat. For example, orange juice with ________ orange color was preferred over naturally colored orange juice and was thought to be sweeter.

In the case of ________, color also plays a role. Have you ever noticed that pink is often used as the color of face creams? That’s for a good reason. In a research study, some women were given pink and white face creams, which were ________ except for their color. One hundred percent of the women said that the pink face creams were more effective and ________ on sensitive skin.

More colorful, more personalized

We need not only good quality products, but personalized ones. This urges manufacturers to make their products more and more “colorful”.

Take M&M’s Milk Chocolate Candies for example. Having a packet of M&M’s candies in ________, choosing which ones to eat first according to their colors -- many of us probably have had such experience.

A variety of colors is the ________ of the classic candies. Now they have come with even more custom colors that will be sure to “________ in your mouth, not in your hand!” Gold, silver, pink and many other colors are available to choose from. Eating such candies must be a ________ “sweet” experience.

Another successful color marketing example is Apple’s iPod. Does Apple have ________ MP3 technology? Maybe, but that’s not the point, marketing experts say. What makes the iPod so successful is “the ________ that makes it easy for people to express themselves through color choices.” The fourth generation of iPod Nano features nine colors -- pink, red, orange, yellow and so on. Color, as a personal statement, adds a touch of ________ to the MP3 player.

【推荐1】When I was little, my family lived a poor life. Before I was seven, I didn’t know I could ______ a special gift. When I was 7 years old and my brother, David, was 9, my father got a good ______. The upcoming Christmas has a very ______ feeling. David and I were asked to ______ one gift we most wanted to get that year. I ______ a teddy bear. David asked for a bicycle.

Then that wonderful morning arrived. I got my teddy bear. However, David’s bicycle was not there. “I ______ something.” my father said, as he went into the other room. When he came back he was ______ a bicycle. On David’s face was a look of both delight and something ______. The bike was secondhand, which David didn’t ______ too much, but it was a girl’s bike. Boys did not ride girls’ bikes.

David and I had been ______ to ride on bicycles borrowed from friends in the neighborhood. I didn’t ______ as skillfully as David, but I could manage to get from point A to point B without too much ______. Since he didn’t have to ride his Christmas bike to school, David ______ being teased about the fact that it wasn’t a boy’s bike. And he was ______ teased about it in our neighborhood because David was older than most of the other kids.

David was very ______, letting me ride his new wheels often. He even figured out a(n) ______ to tie our Radio Flyer wagon (四轮马车) to the bike ______ he could pull me and other kids up and down our road. Now we could ______ places that were once beyond convenient walking distance. That winter we took many long rides down the snowy roads. That bicycle was the best Christmas present and it was ______ that the bicycle gave us an exciting new freedom. And it left us many beautiful childhood ______.

【推荐2】Joy to the World

Lights, decorations and Christmas trees filled the stores. Many people were there because Christmas was only two days ____.

Thirteen-year-old Joy had just ____ her Christmas shopping. Joy went out of the store and ____ her classmate, Nick, the least ____ student in school, who wore strange clothing and had a face only a mother could love.

“What are you doing for Christmas?” said Nick with a smile that showed all his yellow teeth.

“I’m buying presents and having dinner with my ____ ,” said Joy, trying to be polite. “What about you?”

“My parents are away,” he said. “I live with my uncle, who doesn’t like me very much.”

Joy wasn’t sure how to ____ , so she said goodbye with an awkward(尴尬的) smile. She felt sorry for Nick since he must feel ____. But it wasn’t really her problem.

On Christmas Eve, Joy’s family were busy around ____  for the holiday. Joy’s parents were cooking in the kitchen. Joy was a child for holiday cheer, dancing around the house.

After dinner, the family got into their car and _____to church for the Christmas Eve service. When they walked into the old building, they were _____   by the flow of beautiful songs. A man stood up with Bible and  _____  the story Joy had learned on her mother’s knee. It was about a baby named Jesus who came to live on Earth to help people who ____   him.

Joy’s thoughts kept turning back to Nick. It must be ____ to be lonely on Christmas, a day that celebrated God’s Son coming to Earth. Tears started to run down her ____, but she brushed them away.

Joy lay awake that night _____  everyone else was sleeping like a baby. She was thinking of ways to help Nick. ____ she heard parents get up, she  jumped out of bed. She found them in the kitchen and told them about Nick. Then she asked, “Can we invite him _____ today?” “Sure,” answered Joy’s mother, who was always happy when _____  came. Her father smiled.

When Joy called Nick later that day, he was excited. After getting his uncle’s _____he joined them for dinner. To her surprise, Joy enjoyed spending time with him.

Joy came to understand _____  Christmas cheer is a joy to Nick, even to the whole world.

【推荐3】Five years ago, I lived in a countryside, whose road was extremely terrible. Every evening when I was away from home on business, my little boy would ask _________of his mother to take his black   _________and his daddy’s walking stick, to make the half-mile_________from the house to the fence which_________the beginning of the dirty driveway.

One day, I was busy with my business and was_________for about an hour, completely forgetting about the _________little boy down the road who might be_________for his daddy.

On my way home, the rain was so thick that I could not_________ten feet in front of me. All I could_________was finishing my journey and getting out of the rain. _________, the downpour began to abate(减弱). It was only a drizzle(细雨) by the time my car turned the last_________and approached the final street between me and a warm home and nice meal.

_________, I caught sight of my little boy, who was_________an umbrella in one hand, a walking stick in the other, and was wearing the biggest and most beautiful smile ever to lighten the _________   of a little boy.

As I stopped the car and_________the door, he ran into my arms and held me long and hard. He was wet and_________with cold, but he never_________the rain, nor the hour-long wait. He simply said, “Daddy, I missed you. I am so glad you are home.”

Last year, we_________to a wonderful new home provided for a special season in our lives. We no longer have a long country road. _________, I have never forgotten the rainy day and the little boy and his black dog. Often, perhaps a thousand times, that_________has appeared in my mind. Like all events in our lives, it happens once, and must be treasured.

【推荐1】One of Mark Twain's classic novels is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.It is_____in a small American town in the 19th century.The people in this town are very traditional and live a quiet life.

The story is about a boy called Tom Sawyer,who lives with his aunt Polly.He is often in_____with his aunt.Aunt Polly is very kind,but Tom thinks she is always trying to control him.

Tom is different from the other children in the town.He loves adventure.He does a lot of bad things,but he never really_____anyone.He tries very hard not to go to school,and often jumps_____his bedroom window at night to meet his friends.He is very clever.One day,Aunt Polly asks him to do some painting,and he_____to get all the boys in the town to do the work for him by inventing a new_____game.It is these little stories_____make readers want to keep reading the novel,but it is the adventures that are the most important part of the book.

Tom's best friend is Huck Finn,a boy who has no home.In one adventure,they spend the night outside,and they see a man kill another man_____.Later in the book,Tom,Huck and another boy decide to leave the town because they think that life there is too boring.They_____to an island in the middle of a river.They______fires,catch fish and sleep under the stars.They also make a______to travel up and down the river.______seeing the boys for days,the people in the town think that they have died.One day,when Tom comes back to his aunt's house to leave a letter______that he is not dead,he hears his aunt talking about his funeral(葬礼).______Tom has an idea.On the morning of their funeral,the boys run back into town and______their own funeral before telling everyone that they are still alive.

【推荐3】Are you afraid of moving up to senior high school (高中)? It can be a new experience, but you shouldn't worry. We are here to offer some advice on how to make the first ___________ week easy. You're not _____________— remember everybody else in your year is in the same boat. You may not _____________ it, but they’re just as _____________ as you are. Moving to senior high school is just an experience, not a _____________.

If you’re not sure what to do or are _____________ about anything, then you’d better ask for help. Teachers are _____________ the best people to turn to _____________ they’re experienced in helping new students. Some senior high schools also have a “friend _____________”. If your school has the club, then you will be paired with an older student. They will look out for you and ________________ you if you have any problems or questions. If you’ve got a(n) ________________ brother or sister at the school, then you can ask them for advice.

Things are different and all have ________________. There are lots of differences between junior high school (初中) and senior high school. You need to learn the ________________ rules. You will have your lessons with different teachers in different rooms, so make sure you have a copy of your school timetable written down so you know in which ________________ your classes are.

What’s more, early to bed and early to rise will make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. So having ________________ nights makes a difference and you'll find it easier to get up in the morning!