【推荐1】“Daily Star, sir, ”called Jason,   carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty _______ left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was heavy. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers _______ money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a _______ for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He _______ as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.  

“You don’t know the _______ of selling papers. You must shout ‘Hot news! Bomb bursting!’” another newsboy Chad told Jason. “_______ it’s not in the paper at all,” replied Jason. “Just run away quickly _______ they have time to see, and you’ll sell out and get your money,” Chad said.  

It was a new _______ to Jason. He thought of his bird with no seeds and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was _______ that he would not tell a lie. Though he was ________ a poor newsboy, he had been taught some good things.  

The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers ________. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a ________ smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason ________ money because he would not tell a lie. The boys ________ at Jason. “You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason’s shoulder fondly, “You’re just the boy I am looking for.” A week later Jason started his new ________. He lost the sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

【推荐2】This story happened in a small town of the U. S. in the 20th century. A 10-year-old boy held a dollar coin in his hand and asked the shop owners along the street, “Excuse me, do you sell _________ ?”

Throughout the day, the _________ boy went in and out of many stores, asking the _________ question, but each time he was _________ .

Then, at the sixty-ninth store, a 60-year-old grandpa _________ and asked the boy, “Why do you want to buy God?”

The boy told him that his parents had died when he was a baby and his uncle was now _________ him. But his uncle was now ill in hospital. The doctor told the boy that only God could _________ his uncle. The little boy thought that God must be a _________ thing. And he had a _________   if he could buy God and let his uncle eat, then his uncle would be fine.

“How much do you have?” the old man asked.

“One dollar,” __________ the child.

“My boy, God’s price is __________ one dollar,” said the old man.

Then the storekeeper took a bottle of “God” from the shelf. __________ it, boy! When your uncle drinks it, he will get well soon. The little boy __________ to the hospital and shouted happily to his uncle, “Uncle. I bought God back and you will get well soon.”

The next day, a medical team __________ the world’s top medical experts came to the hospital. The __________ was very successful. When the little boy’s uncle saw the large medical bill, he almost passed out. __________ , the hospital told him the bill had already been paid by a rich elderly man. The little boy’s uncle went to the __________ to thank the old man. But he was away on holiday, __________ a letter.

“You don’t need to thank me. The bill has been paid by your nephew. To save you, he brought a __________ and went into every store to buy God. Thank God, __________ was the person that saved you!”

【推荐3】When I was 14, I invited some friends for a party at our home out in the country. I planned it well, but something _________ happened. When it was time for us to ride the bus, Nora, one of my friends, didn’t _________.

I felt _________. Why would she tell me she’d come to the party and then _________ without letting me know? So, I decided to call Nora and get some _________. I needed no apologies but I demanded to know why.

Nora _________ she had to stay away from school because she was sick. Anger still seized me and I _________ to listen. “What kind of friend are you?” I said. Nora began crying on the phone, hurt and surprised. For the rest of the school year, I _________ hung around with her again, and I forgot about my _________ call with Nora. __________ had happened between us at some point, but I shrugged it off.

Years later, I began to reflect on that ugly phone conversation. I __________ it. I recognized how selfish and __________ I’d been, caring only about myself. I wanted to make things __________. I composed a letter of apology to Nora and soon got her __________. So finally, we restored a __________ relationship, healing both of us.

【推荐3】Armed with two over-packed suitcases, we arrived at the airport just in time for my flight. As I watched her unload my luggage, I could see the ________ in her eyes. One last hug and a final good-bye, and I would be on my way to a new life ________. “You’d better go or you’ll miss your flight,” she said.

“I’ll ________ you,” I replied, and with those words I ________. By the time I reached the customs I was ________. While boarding the plane I was still crying. I did not have the ________ to put my bag in the overhead locker, so I put it on the empty seat next to mine.

Born ________ fifteen months apart, we not only looked alike, but we were alike. We both had that same mix of ________ and fear of all things unknown to us. One sunny summer day I was playing outside when she came ________ to me and said, “Want to come to the attic (阁楼)?” The answer was always “________”. We were frightened of the attic but also ________ by its smells and sounds. Together we would flight many spiders and battle through the numerous boxes ________ we found what we needed.

The plane shook ________ and my bag fell on the floor. My aspirin, hairbrush and some other things were ________ on the floor. I ________ over to gather them up when I saw a (an) ________ little book in the middle of my belongings. It was a diary.

Immediately I ________ my sister’s handwriting. “Hi Sis. What a day it has been today. You let me know that you are moving abroad...” Only ________ did I realize that my sister had been ________ a diary for the past month.

During the flight, I read about my sister’s coming and going. Even though a large ocean ________ us, at some point it felt like she was actually there.