【推荐1】I remember everything about my first Cubs game, although it was a few years ago. My uncle took me to it on a Saturday in spring, a bright sunny day. When we got there, I_________that even though we were at the upper level, I could see everything clearly, the_________field. It was great-seeing it this way was much better than watching it on TV. Then the game started, and everyone cheered when the Cubs_________on the field.The man next to me said, “This is going to be the year. This year they’re going all the way.” My uncle said to him, “Let’s hope this is the one.” But then he_________to me, “I think he is too hopeful. We’ll have to wait and see I always start the year thinking they’ll win the World Series, but then I remember the_________year. They started the season_________and then they had a long losing streak.” The final score was 7 to 0, so it was nine winnings of hoping and then losing. We were_________about that score.

“Tomorrow, they’ll win. I’m certain!” I heard one person say as we left to go home. “_________”another replied. When we were returning, I asked my uncle, “Why were they so_________ when the score was 0 today-how can they be sure that tomorrow the team will win?” That’s__________it means to be a Cubs fan: we believe in tomorrow. When they win, it’s the best. If they lose, we expect it will get better, even though__________may tell us it won’t. Every year, we hope; every game we hope and we don’t abandon hope, that’s__________. It’s about__________your team no matter what.

And the next year we were there too, cheering.__________they lost, then it was amazing what happened this year. The Cubs won the whole thing-they won the World Series.Their fans were so excited-I’ve never seen adults scream and__________that way.

【推荐2】A Clever Dog

A butcher was really surprised when he saw a dog coming inside the shop. He _____ it away. But later, the dog turned its steps back again. So, he went over to the dog and _____ it had a note in its mouth. He took the note and it read “Can I have 12 sausages and a leg of lamb, please? The dog has _____ in his mouth.”

The butcher took a look inside and there was a ten-dollar note there. _____ he took the money and put the sausages and lamb in a bag, placing it in the dog’s mouth. The butcher was so impressed, so he decided to _____ the shop and follow the dog.

The dog was _____ down the street slowly when he came to a crossing. The dog jumped up and pressed the button. Then he waited _____, bag in mouth, for the green light to be _____. Then he walked across the road.

The dog came to a bus stop, and started looking at the _____, and then sat on one of the seats provided. Along came a bus. The dog looked at the number, noticed it was the ______ bus, and climbed on. The butcher, by now, ______, followed him.

Finally the dog got off, his goods ______ in his mouth. The dog was walking until it turned into a house. The dog got to the window, beat his head against it several times, and then ______ at the door.

A big guy opened the door, and gave the dog a ______. The butcher stopped the guy, “What are you doing? The dog is a ______.” The guy responded, “You call this clever? This is the second time this week that this stupid dog has forgotten his key.”

【推荐3】The moonlight poured in through the windows, lighting the room. Oliver was sitting at the table, totally _________ in his book. Oliver was a book_________ . He read books whenever he could. Grandma Agnes felt _________ Oliver when she heard him talk _________ about the books he read because they were poor. She knew the money she gave him for lunch was_________on those books instead.

The next day, on the bus, Oliver was reading his storybook again when he heard a noise and _________his eyes. He saw the bus driver_________ at a blind older woman. She _________ to the driver that her daughter was ill in hospital, and that she _________ to bring her purse. The driver mistakenly believed that she was making __________ to avoid paying the bus ticket! Knowing she wouldn’t be able to __________the driver, the older woman was about to get off the bus, when Oliver __________.

“I’ll pay for her fare, sir!” he said. Then Oliver helped the __________ older woman into the seat next to him and paid her fare. When he __________ to his seat, the woman said to him, “Thank you, little kid, you have a sweet voice!”

“I’m a big boy! And my name is Oliver,” Oliver said __________.

“I’m Mary,” the older woman __________ herself and expressed her __________ for helping her. Although Oliver had planned to use the money to buy the next book in the series he was reading, he couldn’t __________ to see Mary in trouble.

They had a __________ before Oliver’s stop arrived. Oliver liked Mary. She __________ him of Grandma Agnes. When he talked with her, she listened to him with the same patience as Grandma Agnes.