An old man was fishing (正在钓鱼) on the bank of a river. A child came to see him fishing. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn’t _______ him a long time to catch a full basket of fish. The old man saw that the child was very _______, and he wanted to give her a basket of fish. _______ the child shook (摇) her head. The old man was _______ and asked, “Why don’t you want the fish?”

The child answered, “I want the fishing rod (竿) in your hand.”

The old man asked, “_______ do you want it?”

“It doesn’t take long to _______ all the fish in a basket. But if I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by _______ and I can have many fish to eat.”

I think you will say that the child is very smart. _______! If she doesn’t know how to fish, she cannot have fish to eat, even though (即使) she has the fishing rod. It’s not enough (足够) to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills (技能) are the most important, not the fishing rod.

Many people think that if they have a “fishing rod” in their life, they will no longer (不再) _______ anything. They are just ________ the child in this passage.

Zhou Chu was born about 1,700 years ago. He was tall and strong. However, he had a bad temper (脾气). He had lots of bad ________ and was violent (暴力的). Everyone was afraid of him. They tried not to talk to him. Slowly he started to feel ________ .

One day, Zhou Chu saw some old men talking in the street. He went up and asked, “Hey! Old men! Why are you looking so worried?”

One man replied, “We are worrying about three evils (恶魔) around.”

“Oh! Tell me and I’ll ________ them!” Zhou Chu waved (挥动) his arms to show his strength. “Well,” said a man, “first, there is a tiger in the South Mountain. It often _________ our animals and even hurts people. Then there is a flood dragon under the bridge. It often makes big waves, breaks our ships and kills many people.”

“So, what’s the _________ one?”

The men looked at each other, but _________ spoke.

“What is the third evil?” Zhou Chu shouted angrily.

One man said, “It’s you!”

“Me?” Zhou Chu was very angry.

The man said, “You are ________ doing bad things! Are you different from the tiger or the flood dragon?”

Zhou Chu’s ________ turned red with shame. He said to himself, “I must stop acting like this. I’ll get rid of (除掉) all the three evils!”

The next day, Zhou Chu found the big tiger and killed it. Then he went for the flood dragon. They ________ in the river for three days. Finally, he killed it.

From then on, Zhou Chu got ________ changed. With hard work, he became a famous man and was loved by people.

When I was about six years old, my brother David and I visited our aunt, Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old, and was still _______ of the dark, so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.

But David _______ the grey moths（蛾）flying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked _______, he simply said, “Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them.” Mary laughed and said, “Being ugly outside doesn’t _______ not being beautiful inside. In fact, moths are the most beautiful animals in the animals world.”

Once, the angels（天使）were ________. They were sad because it was raining heavily. The _______ little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow（彩虹）to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies ________, they could make a beautiful rainbow together.

Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. But the butterflies didn’t want to ________ any of their colors, so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them made a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more _______ the window went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except grey, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow.

“Then the once-colorful moths became _______. The angels saw the rainbow and smiled...” My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn’t been afraid of moths since then.

【推荐3】Have you ever dreamed of becoming a marine(海洋的) scientist? If you have, you might need to ________ for trips to Antarctica(南极)!

Rob King is a marine biologist from Australia. He ________ Antarctic krill (磷虾). Each year, he does research in the world’s ________ place—Antarctica where the temperature is below zero all year round. In January, he returned from his latest journey there, which ________ 39 days. “Each year we ________ fresh samples(样本) of Antarctic krill and bring them back to our research center in Australia,’’ said King. “This way we can do long-term research, not only on krill but on ________ that can live for several years.”

Little krill ________ a big role in the marine food chain (链条). They eat phytoplankton(浮游植物), while they are eaten by fish, squid, seabirds, penguins, seals and whales. According to King, Antarctic krill are ________ important for scientists because they can learn more from them than other animals.

However, as climate change ________ the Southern Ocean and the temperature is higher and higher, the area for krill to live and grow is reducing. “Our research tries to better understand the effects of climate change on krill,” said King.

King said one of the highlights in his career was traveling to Antarctica. “Trips to Antarctica are usually one to three months long,” he said. “Before setting out, we would have some ________, including survival(生存) at sea, fire fighting, and how to work well in a team. It’s really a great experience for me to see the beauty of the environment there.”