【推荐1】After a long time of struggling with lung cancer （肺癌）, my father died. Because of this, my life changed a lot after my father death. As the __________ son in my family, I had to raise the family. In order to look after my sick mother and two younger brothers, I couldn’t help but leave school and work to support my family. It seemed to me that life was always hard at that time. However, a thread （线）of hope appeared in those __________ days.

It was a rainy afternoon when I walked in the street. Suddenly the rain stopped! __________, I looked up, only to find that “the sky” was in fact a dark blue __________. Then came a deep voice. “ Why not run __________ an umbrella? ” A middle-aged man with one leg on walking stick, said to me, “run in the rain, and you will get __________. ”I shook my head with politeness, but his words shocked me deeply. Without my father’s __________ , could I only be a slave （奴隶）to the fate （命运）?

While __________ together in the rain, I knew he was a promoter from the city. Having received an order from his company, he had to spend __________ time on it. Looking at this guy. I had no sympathy （同情）but __________. I look the umbrella from his hand and walked with him all the way. He told me he once had __________ of being a policeman, but an accident ruined （毁灭）his dream. His present work was difficult and was not his cup of tea, __________ ,every travelling was a wonderful start to him. To his happiness, he never __________ heart and still “ran” on the road of life. . .

Encouraged by __________ the man said, I went to a southern city and became an insurance representative. After two years’ running, I got my start and the life condition in my family turned out better gradually.

Everything is so simple: to run without an umbrella! Only when you __________ the rainy season of your life, will there be bright sky ahead of you. Never give up!

【推荐2】It was summer vacation. Jason stayed at home. He seemed to be a little unhappy.

“Mom, I’m bored,” said Jason. “There is nothing to do.”

“______ you can clean your room,” said Mom. “That’s not fun.” It was only the second week of summer vacation. It was still too cold to go to the ______, and Jason was tired of watching TV. His friends were away on vacation, and even his dog, Riley, was being ______.

Mom was getting ready to go downtown to the food kitchen to ______ out. She volunteered serving lunch to people that weren’t as lucky as Jason. “Why don’t you come with me to the food kitchen and help out?” Mom asked. “I know ______ about working at a food kitchen,” said Jason. “You just watch me, and then you will ______ how to serve the food,” said Mom.

It was time to go, and Jason was excited to try working in the food kitchen. He watched his mom put some turkey and mashed potatoes on a plate. She then ______ the plate to the next lady, and she put some green beans and bread on the plate. “I ______ do that,” thought Jason. One of the volunteers left early, so Jason took over her spot in the serving line. After his mom came to see, he was in charge of putting vegetable salad ______ the plates. He served twenty-five people that day. “That was great!” said Jason.

He was so excited and really ______ his day at the food kitchen. He couldn’t wait to get home and tell his dad about how much fun he had. “Jason, that was a nice thing you did today.” “You helped many people who aren’t as ______ as you to have a hot meal.” Mom said, “I am so proud of you!”

Jason went to bed that night ______ the food kitchen. “I am going to help out ______”, he thought. Jason made some new friends, and he didn’t even know they lived so close to ______ in town! The best part was ______ good Jason felt inside. This is the day he never forget.

【推荐3】I dreamed of being a football star when I was a high school student. During my first year there I was a very _______ boy. I was only 50kg. I joined in some football games but spent most of my time _______ on the bench (替补队员席). So I decided to do _______.

Drinking a lot of milk made me much _______. Before the football season started, I thought I could make _______ succeed in being stronger at last. But I was soon _______ when I saw that I was still smaller than most of the other boys.

During one of the games of the season, the teacher let me play first. I was happy and jumped up and down. But I still lost.

I lost many times. I hoped to be a football player. But finally I found that I couldn’t make it come true. For a long time I was really unhappy about this and thought about giving up. _______ as time went by, I knew that enjoying the feeling (感觉) of working hard was necessary. In fact, the _______ wasn’t the most important thing. Now, my friend is celebrating for me in a party because I _______ a football game this morning. I didn’t succeed before. I succeed after lots of ________. I never give up and fight on.

【推荐1】One day, Mr. Enrico told his students that they would be having a talent show. The kids in the class were excited _______ Bettina. She was not happy. She couldn’t think of any talent that she had!

That night, Bettina had trouble falling asleep. She thought about her talent. She was _______ soccer. But she couldn’t play soccer at a talent show!

The next day, Bettina went to talk to Mr. Enrico. “I don’t think I have any talents,” Bettina said _______. “Well, I have a plan,” Mr. Enrico said.

At last, it was the night of the big show. Lisa was first to go on. Her song was very nice, _______ she forgot some of the words. Next up was Alex. Alex was a pretty good _______ player, although some notes were a little flat. One by one, the kids got up and _______. Then it’s Bettina’s turn. She slowly walked onto the stage, “I’m going to read a poem.” Her performance was clear and strong without any mistakes. When she finished, everyone _______.

The show was over. “Third place goes to Alex for playing the guitar,” said the judges. “Second place goes to Ben for playing the drums.” Bettina was sure that she wasn’t going to win. Then, the judges said, “_______ place goes to Bettina for reading the poem.”

Bettina was so _______! Mr. Enrico smiled, “Speaking well in front of a crowd is a real talent!” “Maybe I have as much talent as ________ else!” Bettina said proudly.

【推荐2】Joe wants a computer. He asks his parents for the money but they say he must get it himself. But how does he get it? He_______about this when he walks home. Not many people want to ask children to work for them. Maybe he can take away snow for the neighbor. But it is not_______. He has to wait a long time for that. He can't cut grass for their gardens_______he has no tools (工具) to do the work. Then he_______one of his classmates, Dick. He is delivering (送)_______. “I can do that”, he thinks, “Maybe I can even get the computer right away. I can pay for it a little each week. He_______to catch up with (追赶) Dick. Joe asks him a lot of questions. He learns that it is_______to get twenty-five dollars each week. Dick knows that the_______takes about three hours each week. Dick gives him the phone number of the newspaper manager.

Joe almost flies home. After he tells his mother_______he thinks, she smiles. “I think it is great idea,” she says. “I'll call the newspaper.”

“Wait, Mum,” Joe says, “I'll call. After that, I'm going to be a businessman now.” Joe's mother smiles________. It is really a nice day!

Two high school students from Canada have invented a magic backpack. It can be ________ a sleeping bag for homeless (无家的) people.

The two teens worked together for their school’s science fair. They wanted to do something to help homeless people. They were inspired (启发) to make the backpack after Pasha’s uncle died on the street. Because of mental (精神的) illness, he became homeless and started ________ on the street. She missed her uncle and wanted to ________ a safe place for homeless people. Pasha, together with her best friend Adrianna, got the idea of building a ________ for the homeless. Their amazing work is a big backpack. It ________ two kilos. When it is folded, it can be carried ________ the shoulder as a backpack. And when it spreads out, the backpack will become a “house”. The space blanket (毛毯) in it keeps people ________ during the cold winters. Its 6℃ to 7℃ warmer inside than outside. During the hot summer months the backpack can be turned over (翻转) ________ the space blanket is on its top. It will be much cooler ________. The girls hope that one day they will see homeless people using their ________ on the street. What a wonderful thing the girls have done!

Amy, nine years old, has trouble in walking, talking and running. At school, many students often laugh at her.

One day, Amy walked past the corner across the hall from her classroom. She ran into a tall boy ________ in the opposite direction.

“Watch it, girl!” the boy shouted. Then the boy caught his right leg and ________ the way Amy limped（跛行）when she walked. At the end of the day, I was still thinking about the tall boy’s teasing（戏弄）.

Back home that evening Amy was ________. Her mother knew that things were not going well at school. “There’s a Christmas Wish Contest on the radio station,” Amy’s mom said. “Write a ________ to Father Christmas and you might win a prize.” Amy nodded and she ________ to write her letter. Here is Amy’s letter to Father Christmas:

Dear Father Christmas,

My name is Amy. I am 9 years old. I have a problem at school. Can you help me? Kids laugh at me because of the way I walk, talk and ________. I have cerebral palsy（大脑性瘫痪）. I just want one day when no one laughs at me.

Love,

Amy

When Amy’s letter arrived at the radio station, Mr.Tobin read it ________. He thought it would be good for the people to hear about this ________ girl and her unusual wish. Mr. Tobin called the local newspaper. The next day, a picture of Amy and her letter appeared in the ________. Many people thought Amy was brave enough to speak up. Linda, a sixth grader, sent this message：

“I’d like to be your friend.” she wrote, “________ would make fun of us, because we are the best.”

Amy did get her wish of a special day without teasing. The mayor of the city said that by daring（敢于）to make such a simple wish, Amy taught a common lesson. “Everyone should be treated with respect and warmth.” said the mayor.

Last weekend at the airport, I had some time before the airplane took off. While wondering what to do, I decided it was the perfect time and place to do something ________.

Outside the waiting hall there was a girl who had ________ for sale. I told her that I’d like to buy flowers for someone else, and she could decide ________ she wanted to give the flowers to. At that moment, she was not able to ________ what I meant, so I suggested perhaps she should give the flowers to someone who looked a little sad. That was because he or she might need some ________.

At first, the girl answered, “That’s ________. Nobody has ever done so, as I know.” But then I explained a little more about the idea. It’s just an act of kindness to a ________, and then she understood.

“In fact, I’m not sure what will happen,” I said. “But you will have the chance to make someone have a good day.” At that time, she started to seem ________ about it. She smiled at me with her eyes wide open.

She went to take the flowers out of the water, and I said, “Wait! It’s fine to leave them there _________ the stranger comes. Then you can take out the flowers to cheer the person up.”

At that moment, I think she was between surprised and happy because it might be her first time to meet a customer like me. I ________ for the flowers, said goodbye, and went away. What a nice day I had!

【推荐1】All of us have our own friends. I have a nice friend. He's a（n）_________, a beautiful butterfly. As

It was a March afternoon in a busy street. A butterfly stayed on me for thirty____________.I felt so happy and warm that I stopped to take a photo with him. Then I walked down the street and called my mom. I told_________ that I planned to bring the butterfly home with me after the meal. At 6:00 pm, I walked into a ________. It was full of people there. I ________ some food and sat down to eat. To my surprise, the manager liked butterflies, too. And she quickly ________ online for what butterflies liked to eat. And with the butterfly still on my shoulder, I _________ for the meal. On my way home, he flew away. I thought that was the_________ of him. But when I returned home an hour later, Mom said, “He’s ________! He's regarded our home as his own!”

It was a sunny and enjoyable day. Everyone in the railway station was waiting for the train to arrive. Among the crowd, there was a group of young friends who were on board for vacation.

It was a ________ station with a lot of people and some juice shops, coffee and tea shops, book shops, etc. The train was arriving and everyone prepared to ________ the train to take their seats. The group of friends made loud noise to ________ the train as it moved into the station. They ________to get their seats before anyone entered the train. The empty seats were ________ and the train whistled (鸣汽笛) to move. An old man with a young boy aged around fifteen had their seats just next to the friends group.

The young boy was so ________ to see everything. He cheered, “Dad, the train is moving and the things are moving backward.” His father smiled and ________ his head. As the train started moving fast, the young boy again screamed, “Dad, the ________ are green in color and run backward very fast.” His father said, “Yes, dear,” and smiled. Just like a kid, the father was watching everything with great interest.

A fruit seller passed selling apples, bananas and oranges. The young boy asked his dad, “I want to eat apples.” His father bought some for him. He said, “Oh, this apple ________ a lot sweeter than it tastes. I love this color.” The group was watching all the ________ of this boy and asked the boy’s father, “Is your son having any problems? Why is he behaving so differently?”

“His son is mad, I think.” a friend from the group made fun of him and shouted.

The father of the young boy, with patience, ________ the friends’ group, “My son was born ________. Only a few days ago he was operated. He is seeing different things in his life for the first time.”

The young friends became very quiet.

Eric and Wendy were enjoying coffee in a restaurant. There was a man sitting near them. _______ he stood up to leave, his mobile phone rang. He answered and walked away.

Eric and Wendy _______ that the man had left his briefcase (公事包). Wendy stood up and ran after the _______, shouting, “Sir, you forgot your briefcase!” Eric stood next to the briefcase and waited, He wanted to be sure that _______ would happen to it.

When the man heard Wendy shouting, he _______ and said into his mobile phone，“I’m sorry, I have to go.” “My briefcase! I can’t believe I forgot it! Thank you so much!”, He followed Wendy back to his table in the _______. Eric was standing next to his briefcase without touching it, He said, “This briefcase is full _______ research papers and some photos of my family. They are _______ to me. I’m so glad I did not lose them!” Wendy and Eric smiled,

“Let me _______ your coffee，” the man said. “You have really saved me today!” Wendy and Eric accepted the offer (提议) and said _______ to the man. They enjoyed their coffee even more after helping the man.