【推荐1】During my elementary school years, I used to compare my mum with my best friend Tiffany’s mum.

Tiffany’s mum always_____her lots of money to buy the most fashionable clothes and favourite food. Her mum allowed her to do anything she liked. I really______Tiffany. My mum didn’t give me much_____money and she always told me that I should behave myself. I was annoyed with her.

Whenever I didn’t get what I wanted, I would complain to my mum, “Tiffany’s mum would give her that! I wish she were my mum.” Every time, my mum would say______, “Poor Tiffany.” I couldn’t understand her. “She shouldn’t be feeling sorry for Tiffany!” I thought. “She should be feeling sorry for me.”

One day, I couldn’t help saying to my mum, “Poor Tiffany? Lucky Tiffany! She gets______she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her?”   I burst into______. My mum sat down next to me and said softly, “Yes, I do feel sorry for her. I have been teaching you a______ that she will never be taught.” I looked up at her, “What are you talking about?” Mum said_________ care, “One day she will really want something. Maybe she’ll______that she can’t have it. Her mother won’t______be around to give her money, and what’s more, money can’t buy everything.”

She______, “I have taught you valuable lessons by not giving you everything you want. You’ll know how to look for bargains and______money, but she won’t. You’ll______that you need to work to get the things you want but she won’t. When Tiffany is a grown woman, she’ll wake up one day and she will be wishing that she had a mum like the one you’ve got. Life lessons are more _____ than modern clothes and delicious food.”

It took some time,_____I eventually understood my mum’s words. Now I am a happy and successful woman.

【推荐2】Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin, Grace, shows off a few of her _________, turning around and waving hello to the _________. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she’s even swimming at all. She doesn’t have a _________.

Grace lost her tail as a baby when she _________ in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was _________ for her life. Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Grace _________ herself to move another way—like a fish! She pushes herself _________ through the water by moving her peduncle（背鳍）from side to side.

The _________ put harmful pressure on Grace’s backbone. So a company _________ to create a man-made tail for her. The tail had to be __________ enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn’t __________ her.

The first time Grace wore the man-made tail, she soon __________ it off and let it sink to the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focuses on her __________ and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to __________ her. Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much __________.

【推荐3】It was a very foggy day in London. The fog was so thick that it was impossible to see more than a foot or so. Buses, cars and taxis were not able to________ and were standing by the side of the road. People were trying to________their way about on foot, but they were still________their way in the fog.

Mr. Smith had a very important meeting to attend at the House of Commons. He had to get there before 9 o'clock, but________could take him there. He tried to________, but soon found that he was quite________. Suddenly he knocked into a stranger. The stranger asked if he could help him. Mr. Smith said he________ to go to the Houses of Parliament. The stranger offered to________him there.

Mr. Smith________him and they started to walk. The fog was getting________every minute but the stranger had no ________ in finding the way. He went along one street, turned down another, crossed a square, and after about half an hour's walk, they arrived at the Houses of Parliament.

Mr. Smith couldn't ________how the stranger found his way. “How do you find the way in this ________?” he asked.

“It is no________ to me,” said the stranger. “I am________.”

【推荐1】“Father, I don’t like to go to school,” said Harry Williams one morning. “I wish you would let me stay at home. Charles Parker’s father doesn’t make him go to school.”

Mr Williams______his little boy by the hand, and said _______to him, “Come, my son. I want to show you _____ in the garden.”

Harry walked into the garden with his_______, who led him along until they came to a bed in which peas(豌豆) were growing. Not a weed(杂草) was to be ______about their roots.

“See how beautifully these peas are ______, my son,” said Mr. Williams. “How clean and healthy the vines(藤) look. We shall have a good ______. Now let me show you the vines in Mr. Parker’s garden.”

Mr. Williams then______Harry to look at Mr. Parker’s pea vines.

After a few moments, Mr. Williams asked, “Well, my son, what do you ______Mr. Parker’s pea vines?”

“Oh, Father!” replied the little boy. “I never saw such______looking peas in my life! The weeds are nearly as_____ as the peas themselves. There won’t be half a crop!”

“_______are they so much worse than ours, Harry?”

“Because they have been left to grow as they______. I suppose Mr. Parker just planted them, and never took any care of them______”

“ Yes. A garden will soon be overrun with weeds_______it is not taken good care of,” Mr. Williams   ____, “and so it is with the human garden. Children’s minds are like garden beds. They must be   ____ cared for. I send you to school in order that the garden of your ______may have good seeds and _____ plentifully. Now which would you_____, to stay at home or go to school?”

“I would rather go to school,” said Harry.

【推荐2】I was a single mother of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always_______, but we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, _______on our backs. It was Christmas time ,we_______ downtown to see the Christmas lights ,and enjoyed a special dinner, _______ the big excitement for the kids was the fun of Christmas _______ at the market. They talked and planned for weeks ahead of time, _________   each other what they wanted for Christmas.

The big day arrived and we started out early. I _______ each kid a twenty-dollar bill and   asked them to_______for presents . Then everyone scattered (散开).

Back in the car driving home, everyone was_________ about Christmas , laughing and asking each other about what they had________ . I found my younger daughter, Ginger, had only one small and flat bag with her. I could ________ enough through the plastic ________ to tell that she had bought candy bars— fifty-cents candy bars！What did she________ with that twenty-dollar bill I had given her? I was so ________ .After getting home, I called her into my bedroom and closed the door. This was__________ she told me.

"I was looking around and thinking of what to buy, and I __________ to read the little cards on one of the Salvation Army's 'Giving Trees'. One of the cards was ________a little girl, four years old, and all she   ________ for Christmas was a doll with clothes and a hairbrush. So I took the card off the ________   and bought the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn't have anything."

My anger ________ and I had never felt so rich as I did that day.

【推荐3】A young man and a young woman determined to get married. As the big day drew nearer and nearer, they both grew _________ because each of them had a(n) _________. The man _________ to ask his father for advice. “Dad,” he said, “I _________ Lily very much, but I have very smelly feet, so I’m afraid that she will _________ them.” His father said, “All you have to do is wash your feet as often as possible, and you should always wear socks, _________ when you go to bed.” Well, it seemed a _________ way, the young man thought.

The young woman _________ turned to her mother. “Mom,” she said, “My morning breath is so bad that I’ m afraid my _________ will feel sick about it. And he may ______________ me. I can’t live without him.” Her mother said, “In the morning, get straight out of bed when you wake up, and head for the ______________ and brush your teeth. Don’t say any word before you brush your teeth.” The young woman ______________ her mother’s words.

They were finally married in a wonderful ceremony (仪式). Not forgetting the ______________ each had received, they carefully spent every day. The husband ______________ his socks every night and the wife said ______________ every morning; they ______________ quite well until about a month later. Just before dawn, the husband woke and ______________ that one of his socks was gone! Thinking of the terrible result, he felt ______________ at once. He jumped up and began to look for his sock in a hurry. Of course, this made the wife wake. Without thinking, the wife asked ______________, “What on earth are you doing?”The husband stopped in surprise, and then he cried, “Oh, no! You must have ______________ my sock!”