Do you remember when your grandma told you the story of Snow White? Ah, the happy days of     1     (you) childhood! But do you know that Snow White comes     2     Germany? It’s just one story from the 209 in Grimm Fairy Tales《格林童话》.

The Grimm brothers     3     (start) to collect fairy tales in 1806. Their     4     (one) book came out in 1812. Why are German fairy tales so     5     (interest)? Maybe it’s     6     they are from a great place the Black Forest.

It’s     7     biggest forest—and one of the most beautiful forests. It’s famous for its     8     (tree) and lovely views. There     9     (be) valleys and waterfalls. It’s a good place to start a story. And people there are good at     10     (make) clocks, musical instruments and watches.

A long time ago, there was     1     emperor. He had a beautiful garden. In the garden, there was a little nightingale (夜莺) singing very     2     (beautiful).

One day, the emperor     3     (hear) about this little     4     (bird) beautiful voice. He asked his guards     5     (bring) her to him. As soon as the emperor heard the nightingale’s voice, he said, “    6     (put) her in a golden cage, so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want to hear her.”

The little bird was so     7     (happy) about being kept in the cage that she stopped singing one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the men in his palace to make a robot bird     8     him. The bird could sing very beautifully, too. The emperor was pleased.

Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor became very weak. One morning, while lying in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once again. But the robot bird couldn’t sing any     9     (much). Suddenly, the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became better     10     better each day.

After the emperor was well, he changed a lot and became kind to his people. From then on, all his people cherished (爱戴) him for his love and kindness.

【推荐1】You are waiting in line.     1    （几个）adults come and start talking to the person in front of you. It seems that they are friends, so they cut in line. You are angry and want to     2     （争吵；争论）with them. Maybe it’s     3    （不公平的）, but the only thing is to accept it.

Yet none of this would happen in Israel here, you can always find a straight line of people waiting patiently. It never     4    （造成）accidents or trouble. Some are drinking coffee or talking. They enjoy waiting in line and take the chance to relax a little. To Israel is, they know the     5    （重要性）of following the rules.

    6    （最近）, I had to pick up a friend at the airport. I ran through a yellow light on my way. The moment I arrived at the airport, suddenly an old Israeli lady drove towards me and rolled down her car to tell me. “You can’t drive like that. Rules are made to make sure you and others are safe. Please obey the rules next time.” I was     7    （完全地）surprised. I     8    （认识到）she had been following me for five miles to tell me this! The     9    （声音）was burned into my mind, and now whenever I see a traffic light     10    （改变）yellow, I stop the car and rest for a moment.

Many years ago, I visited Thailand. One evening I went to a little market. There was a small boy selling T-shirts in the market. He couldn't have been more than 6 or 7 years old, but he was a good little salesman. He was talking q    1     in Thai to two local persons when I arrived. And they both bought a T-shirt. Then there was a Japanese visitor in front of me, and the little boy began to talk in Japanese. Although he didn't speak Japanese very well, he was able to say a few words e    2     to get another sale. When I came up, he saw my white face and immediately switched to English.

"Hello, Sir, how are you? Do you like T-shirts? "And within just a few m    3     , he had persuaded(说服) me to buy five T-shirts. He was flexible (灵活的) he could jump from one language to another to m    4     the customers from different countries. And even if he only knew a few words, he was so flexible that he could use his body languages to make customers understand the r    5     of the meaning!

Selling a T-shirt meant getting money and that was a good thing. He made mistakes in his communication, but he didn't l    6     anything by making some mistakes. Actually, it was a good chance to improve his language skills. He was in a good state. He clearly enjoyed selling those T-shirts and his face was wearing a b    7     smile all the time.

It was work but he enjoyed it --he was relaxed and focused.

Mr. Hatch lived a lonely life. He walked alone to work every day and ate his lunch alone in a corner. He     1     (几乎不) smiled. He never talked to anyone on his way home. In the evening, he would read a newspaper and go to bed early.

His life changed, however, one day when he got a heart-shaped box     2     (充满) of chocolate in the mail box, along with a piece of paper that said, “Somebody loves you.” At the     3     (开头), he couldn’t believe it, but as he read the message (力量) of love, he began to laugh and dance around. Soon he found     4     (他自己) being happy. He began to smile and help out people in the neighborhood. As the days and weeks went by, his smiles, kindness and love made everyone around him     5     (舒服).

Later, Mr. Hatch found out that the heart-shaped box belonged to (属于) somebody else. It was a     6     (错误). He felt sad and went back to his old ways. When his friends found out, however, they decided not to     7     (失去) the happiness he shared. They surprised him with a party and     8     (悬挂) a long banner (条幅) that read, “Everyone Loves Mr. Hatch.” Mr. Hatch cried when he knew that somebody     9     (真正) loved him after all. Then he laughed, smiled and hugged his friends.

We all have a little bit of Mr. Hatch     10     (在……里面). At times we may feel unloved. However, please remember that somebody does love us.

【推荐3】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

This news story is about a helpful driver. At 9:00 a.m.yesterday, bus No.26     1     (go) along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw     2     old man lying on the side of the road. Two     3     (woman) next to him were shouting for help.

The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping,     4     (stop) the bus without thinking twice. He got off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and should go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act     5     (quick). He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected all of the passengers     6     (get) off and wait for the next bus.     7     to his surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man onto the bus.

Thanks     8     Mr. Wang and the passengers, the man was saved by the doctors in time. “It’s sad that many people don’t want to help others     9     they don’t want any trouble,” says one passenger. “But the driver didn’t think about     10     (he). He only thought about saving a life.”