Mr. Black is Alice’s uncle. He _________ in Boston, America, with his family. He has _________ children, a son and a daughter. His son is Tony and he is twenty-five years old. His _________ is Ann and she is twenty-three. Tony is a policeman. His _________ is interesting but kind of dangerous (危险的). Tony is often _________. Sometimes he can’t go home for many days. When he is _________ home, he likes to play computer games with his father.

Ann is a reporter (记者). She goes to many _________ like China, Japan and England. She likes talking to people. She _________ likes writing for newspapers. She can meet interesting people and things every day. She is busy too. _________ she can go home. When she has time, she likes making nice food for her father.

If Tony and Ann are both at home, Mr. Black is very happy. He likes to __________ his children. They are all very happy

I’ll always remember the first time I tried ballet (芭蕾). My mother was a wonderful _________ and I wanted nothing more than to be like her. I really love her dancing performance. But after I made _________ during my first class, I felt like I wanted to stop right away. As it was only my _________ day, however, I told my mom I wanted to try again.

Weeks passed and my dancing didn’t get any _________. Then my dance teacher said that we were going to perform in a show. I was scared of losing my _________ in front of hundreds of people and disappointing my mom. I was very worried.

_________ I practiced hard for the show, I never got the hang of it. Finally, I went to my mom to tell her how I felt. She simply _________ and told me she would teach me all she knew about ballet.

My mom quickly discovered how bad at _________ I was, but she still taught me with the greatest patience, love and _________. When I jumped and fell, she was there to catch me. When I __________ my balance, she held me up. By the time the show arrived, I was as prepared as I could be.

The music began and my heart started to __________. Breathing calmly, I began moving to the music and didn’t __________ a step. When the music stopped, I laughed in excitement and __________ the stage (舞台).

My mom found me and gave me a huge hug, telling me how __________ she was. I looked at my mom in the eye and told her that there was no way this could have happened without her. __________ this, I realized one important fact: My mom will always be there to catch me if I fall.

【推荐2】I have a special place in my heart for libraries. I have it for as long as I can remember. I was always a ________ reader, sometimes reading up to three books a day as a child. Stories were like air to me ________ when other kids played ball or went to parties, I lived out adventures(冒险) through the books I borrowed from the library.

My first job was working at the Ukiah Library when I was 16 years old. It was a(n) ________ job and I did everything from shelving books to reading to the children for story time, which I really enjoyed.

________ I grew older and became a mother, the library take on a new place in my life. I had several children and books were the main source(来源) of our ________. It was fun for us to go to the local library, where my kids could ________ books to read or books ________they wanted me to read to them.

I always read, using different voices, ________ I couldn’t act out the stories with my voice perfectly. They loved it! It was a special time to stay with my children and it ________ them with the wonderment of books.

Now, I see my children taking their ________ to the library and I love that the excitement of going to the library lives on from generation to generation(代).

As a novelist, I’ve found a new relationship with libraries. I encourage readers to go to their local library when they can’t ________ to buy a book. I ________ libraries as a safe haven(避风港) for readers and writers, a ________ that helps connect a reader with a book. Libraries, in their own way, help fight ________ book piracy(盗版行为) and I think all writers should support libraries in a possible way when they can. ________ readers to use the library. Share library announcements on your social media. Visit them and talk about them when you can.

【推荐3】Do your parents make you do lots of after-school activities? My parents did. I used to listen to them. But now, I decide to think for ________. My parents made me do a lot of after-school activities: taking guitar lessons, taking ________ classes, playing tennis and doing different kinds of other things I didn’t like many of them. I often asked my parents to stop ________ me. This year, I will stop some activities. I decide to ________ the guitar because I don’t like to play it at all. I think I can learn English by myself at home, ________ I won’t go to the English classes any more.

My mother doesn’t think that I get enough ________. But I don’t think so. I walk two miles to school every day. I think that is ________ for me. So I don’t want to play tennis. One day, my mother ________ me to go to a swimming club, but I refused. She was ________ and said, “The more you study, the more skills you will have, and then the more independent you will be.” ________ she’s right, but I really don’t want to go. Dear friends, am I right?

What will you do if you meet the situation?

When I was about 12 years old, I really wanted a new bike! I told my parents my birthday ____, but I knew there was little hope because my family could ____ have that money.

On my birthday my parents told me they had my ____ outside in the back yard. At once (马上) I ____ out quickly to the yard. There was my bike, ____ it wasn’t the bike that I thought it would be. This one was pink, old and worn (破旧的) with age. How disappointing (失望) it was! I thought I hurt (伤害) my parents’ ____ because I could see disappointment ____ their faces, and I was sure they could see it on mine. Although I was ____ I got on the old bike and rode it. Also, I put on a smile (微笑), rode as ____ as I could and didn’t look back.

As time went by, I began to understand (明白) my parents gave me ____ much more than just a rusty (生锈的) old bike. They gave me a life lesson about ____. By now, I still remember this ____ because giving a gift is not about money. It’s about ____ love you can feel from it. So, when you get a gift from someone, never mind ____ it is. Do remember, the value (价值) of a gift that costs two dollars isn’t ____ than that of a gift costs one hundred dollars, or even more.

Harry, who owned a boat, lived near the sea with his family. They made a living by ________. One day, he asked a painter to paint his boat.

While the painter was painting, he found there was a hole at the bottom of the boat, and he decided to ________ it. When he finished his work as Harry asked him, he got his money and left.

Several days later, Harry came to the painter and gave him some money which was much more than the payment for painting. The painter didn’t know ________ and said, “You’ve already paid me for painting the boat!” 

“It is not for the painting, ________ for having repaired the hole!” Harry said.

“It’s just small service. Certainly you ________ pay me so much for something unimportant,” said the painter.

“My friend, you don’t understand what I mean. Let me tell you what happened. My ________ took the boat and went on a fishing trip yesterday. When I noticed they had taken the boat, I was extremely ________. I remembered the boat had a hole that hadn’t been repaired yet. I forgot to tell them about it. You can’t imagine how happy I was when I saw them walking ________ safely. Then I checked the boat and found you had repaired the hole. It was ________ that saved my children’s lives!” Harry said with excitement.

Just repair the “hole” you find. Small acts of kindness can make a ________ difference.