【推荐1】Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make _________ , manage their environment, and lead rather than _________ . Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars Lightsabers(光剑). Later, I saw Stephen with the two _________ ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”

“ _________ the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every _________ . It’s an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance _________ they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.

Whether it’s inborn nature or developed _________ at work, too much control in the hands of the young isn’t _________ for children or the family. Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel safe.” It’s the parents’ role to provide that _________ .

When a “bossy child” doesn’t learn limits at home, he is to face lots of troubles __________ the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble __________ teachers and coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty __________ as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.

“I see more and more parents giving up their __________ ,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don’t want to be as __________ as their own parents were. But they also feel less __________ about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.

【推荐2】The Pop-up Igloo

Polar bears are warm-blooded animals with heavy fat and fur that can survive in freezing Arctic temperatures. They have two types of fur—the long oily hairs and short thick hairs. By _________ the characteristics of these two hairs and their black skin underneath, the polar bears can keep themselves warm. _________ by polar bears, a team of students from the Royal Danish Academy designed a pop-up igloo(弹出式冰屋)—an emergency tent that might make survival in sub-zero areas much more manageable.

Led by Henry Glogau, the team said that their design aims to _________ those lost or stranded in extreme conditions. With little visibility and no phone coverage, people may face severe _________ while waiting for rescue in cold polar areas. Rather than fight against the extreme conditions, the team looked to use them to its _________. “Inspired by snow caves and the conventional winter-used tents, we treat snow as a(n) _________ material rather than a burden,” the team told Vigour Times website.

The pop-up igloo adopts a mylar(聚酯薄膜) material, which works _________ to polar bears’ skin. Besides their thick fat and fur, polar bears have black skin underneath, which is ideal for absorbing rays from the Arctic sun to keep themselves warm. The mylar material gives _________ to its inhabitants in the same way by reflecting sunlight into the space inside the tent. The pop-up igloo also features an origami-like(像折纸的) design, which helps to _________ the snow and secure the tent. The origami pockets create areas where snow can __________ on the outside. It prevents heat from escaping from the tent, while holding the tent to the ground. Researchers ensured that the tent could withstand the weight of a 70kg human standing on top to remain __________ in extreme conditions. This adds another__________ layer to everything inside.

The team put the tent through __________ testing for one month in Alaska to see its capability. The results showed that at 11.8 to 15 inches of snow cover, a 37℃__________ in temperature between inside and outside could be maintained on average. In the future, the pop-up igloos could be __________ along hiking routes in cold areas like the Arctic, where they could be set up in seconds when needed.

【推荐3】What is friendship? It is difficult to be explained by_______. If you really want to understand it, you have to _______all your senses.

Friendship can be seen. It is seen in children_______the last cookie. It is seen in an old couple holding hands in the park. It is not_______to see friendship. It is always there for eyes that can see.

Friendship can be heard. It is heard in the words of two friends having lunch together on a(n)_______busy day when they have a lot of things to do. It is the way they_______each other, not just the words. Friendship can be heard by those willing to listen.

Friendship is_______in a casual touch. It is a pat on the back from a classmate or a wet kiss between two little children. The touch_______more than words. It can be_______understood and received.

Friendship tastes like________bread. Hot from the oven, it tastes more than the sum of ________and ingredients (配料). In it, there is the love of the wife as her hands________them together and her________as she waits for the dough (生面团) to rise. They cannot be seen________they cannot be measured. However, they are there to________a big difference. The difference you taste is________.

Friendship has various smells. It smells like your home when you step into it after being________for a long time. It smells like the________cookies your clumsy (笨手笨脚的) brother made especially for you.

Finally, more than the other senses, friendship is an experience that, whether seen, felt, heard, or tasted, is________ by the heart. Like air fills the lungs, friendship fills the heart, allowing us to experience the best thing that life has to________.

【推荐1】The True Story of Treasure Island

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. _______ , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived _______ for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a _______. With him were his American wife Fanny and his _______ Lloyd.

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long _______ over the hills. They had been _______ this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days _______ . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some _______ .

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert _______ that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of ________. “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the ________treasure”, said the boy. Robert suddenly ________ something of an adventure story in the boy’s ________. While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the ________ a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate (海盗)?

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the ________ of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to ________ such a man in a story. ________ Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was ________ .

So, thanks to a ________ September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest ________ stories in the English language.

【推荐2】Langston Hughes was an artist who used words to express himself. Meanwhile, other forms of art also_______him, and his works crossed over into other areas. Hughes was_______as a Renaissance man.who had wide interests and was_______in many areas.

Jazz and blues were_______elements of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. a time when African Americans in a section of New York City started a movement to_______their culture. Hughes said that jazz and blues expressed the wide_______of black Americans experiences',from_______to hope and determination. The famous Henry Red Allen Band_______Hughes in a 1958 poetry recording. The rhythms of jazz_______influenced his 1951's Montage of a Dream Deferred. This was a book-length poem in five parts________the African American city experiences using music, poetry, and history.

Music and poetry________together－Just like they do today in songs you listen to. But Langston Hughes spread his creative wings even________.He loved plays, and________theatre companies in both New York and Los Angeles. Hughes wrote his first play with Zora Neale Hurston in 1930 and kept writing for the________for the rest of his life. In 1957 he wrote a play called Simply Heavenly, which was played on Broadway and in London. Langston Hughes influenced many other people________his art- young writers and artists________him. African Americans found in him a________for their own experiences and culture－a voice that hadn't been________heard until then. He inspired many other artists of all________to write draw, play, and sing. Some even________their works to Hughes.