【推荐1】The king’s Elephant-keeper had a Dog, who often went into the house where the king’s Elephant lived. At first the Dog went there to get the_________that was left after the Elephant had _________eating. Day after day they became great_________. The Elephant began to share his food with the Dog, and they_________and played together.

One day a_________saw the Dog. He loved the Dog, so he _________the Dog and took him away from the Elephant-keeper. The Elephant _________ the Dog and did not want to eat. The next _________, the king knew it. He sent his servant to find out why the Elephant was_________in that way.

The servant went to_________the Elephant-keeper, “Why does the Elephant look so _________?” The keeper answered, “There was a Dog who was the Elephant’s friend but he _________ yesterday.”

“Do you know _________ he is now?” asked the servant.

“No, I do not,” said the keeper.

Then the servant went back to the king and said, “The Elephant is not sick, but he is _________ without his friend, the Dog. A farmer took him away, but nobody knows where the farmer ________.”

“Well,” said the king, “I’ll send _________ all over the country, asking the farmer to turn him _________. I’ll give him as much money as he paid for the Dog.”

When the farmer _________ this, he turned him loose. The Dog ran back as _________ as he could. The Elephant was so _________ to see the Dog that he picked him up and put him on his head.

All the rest of their lives the Elephant and the Dog lived together.

【推荐2】A man was spending his holiday in Africa. One day he ______ the elephants passing by on the road. To his great surprise, these large strong animals were being held only by a small rope, tied to their front leg. Clearly, they could ______ run away any moment. However, they did not.

Then he saw a trainer and asked him how that could happen that not a single elephant made an ______ to break free. The trainer explained, “When the elephants are very young, we use the ______ size rope to tie them, and at that time it is enough to hold them. Gradually they grow up, get ______, but they never try to get away, as they believe that the ______ will still hold them.”

The man was ______. These strong animals could break free any time, but they did not, because they believed that that was impossible.

Sometimes people ______ like elephants. They give up after the ______ failure. Remember that failures are part of ______. If we want to succeed, we should never give up, but try and try again, no matter how many failures we have experienced in the past.

【推荐3】On a day of downpour, an old, wet dog walked to my house. The leather collar around his neck was _________ and faded. I could see the ribs (肋骨) sticking out of his sides and knew he hadn’t had a(n) _________ meal in many days. My heart _________! I ran into my kitchen, _________ an old bowl, filled it with some food and went outside.

The old dog _________ me with alarm. I could see he didn’t completely trust strangers. I called him _________, put the bowl down and _________ a few steps back. I knelt down in the wet grass and _________. Finally, the old boy smelt food and moved slowly forward. His own smell came before him. He hadn’t had a _________ in a long time either. I wondered if he was __________ or just lost. He bent down his head and rapidly ate the contents of the bowl __________. Then for just a moment he gave me a(n) __________ little smile. I hurried inside, refilled the bowl, and went back but he was already gone. I had wanted to __________ him and give him a home. Instead we just shared a meal and a moment of love. I sent up a little __________ that his future would be better.

Every moment of love you create is a __________. But caring doesn’t necessarily go the way we want it to.

【推荐1】Scientists find that hardworking people live longer than average men and women. Career women are _______ than housewives. Evidence shows that the _______ are in poorer health than the jobholders. A study shows whenever the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate _______ correspondingly (相应地) by 2%. All this comes down to one point: work is _______ to health.

Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy and away from loneliness. Research shows that people feel _______, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do. _______, those who are busy are the happiest. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are the happiest when working hard. Work serves as a _______ between man and reality. Through work, people have contact with each other. Through collective(集体的) activities, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work _______ the loss of almost everything. It affects people spiritually and makes them liable(可能受……影响) to _______.

Besides, work gives one a sense of achievement. Work makes one feel his or her ________ and status in society. When a ________ finishes his writing or a doctor________ a patient or a teacher sees his students ________, all of them will be happy beyond ________.

From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you ________, the happier and healthier you will be. Let us work hard, study well and live a happy and healthy life.

【推荐2】A scientist _________ several monkeys in order to study animal psychology. He took a glass bottle, _________ its cork (瓶塞) and put two peanuts inside it. The peanuts dropped to the bottom and were easily seen from the outside. He then passed the bottle to a monkey, who shook it _________ for a long while and was able to get the peanuts when they _________ fell out. The scientist then put some peanuts into the bottle again _________ he had done before and showed the monkey that it only needed to turn the bottle upside down for the peanuts to drop out. _________ the monkey always ignored his _________. Each time it just shook the bottle frantically, with great _________ but without necessarily achieving the _________ result.

Now the question is why the monkey was unable to understand ____________ the scientist instructed. ____________ because all its attention was focused on the peanuts. Instead, it must take its eyes off the peanuts and quickly ____________ its attention to the ____________ movement of the scientist and the way the bottle was turned upside down. To achieve this, it had to calm down and not be ____________ by the impulse (诱惑) of its appetite. Yet the monkey was not able to understand this. It is the instance like this that reveals the monkey's some psychology is just like ____________ of human being.

【推荐3】It is important to have positive feelings in our daily life.

“Compared _______ some unhappy people, those who are always pleased and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds,” _______ a new study. The researchers from New York University said, “being happy helps the body _______ diseases.”

“It seems that positive feelings may reduce the _______ of illness,” said the chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.

In an earlier study Cohen found that people who were _______ caught colds less often. And they seldom told their doctors that they felt _______.

In this study, Cohen’s team _______ 193 adults every day for two weeks. In this period, the people told researchers about their happy or sad _______ that day. Two weeks later, all of them were made to catch colds by doctors, and they had to stay _______ in a room for six days.

The results ________ that each in the study was equal to fall ill. ________, people who were lively and relaxed said they felt happy during the research. Their illnesses were less serious and lasted for a ________ time.

Cohen believes that ________ people have positive feelings, their body may produce a kind of chemical that helps to ________ illnesses. So if you ________ your health, please look on the bright side and make yourself happy all the time.