【推荐1】One sunny Monday, I decided to go for a walk on the path near my house with my husband. On my finger was a very special ring: I’d just picked it up from jeweller’s the day before because I had it ______ to hold a diamond my grandmother gave me for my 23rd birthday. I looked down at my ring as I began my walk, feeling as ______ as the day.

Imagine my sadness when I looked   again at the end of the path and found the diamond was ______. Anxiously (焦急地), I started back along the path, looking for the _____ stone. In my heart, I knew how hopeless it was. The path was long and covered with leaves. As I _____ the ground, crying and upset, I met an old gentleman. “What’s the matter, love?” he asked ______. “Lost something?” I explained about the missing diamond and showed him the hole _____ my ring. He whistled. “That’s going to be hard to find. Tell you what, love, I walk along this path every day. I’ll keep my eyes open ______ it.” I thanked him, ____ nothing, but told him my husband often walked our dogs along the path ______ he ever found something.

A few days later, my husband met the old man on the path. “ Guess what?” he said, “I found your diamond!” ______ he’d found the tiny stone and was willing to hand the diamond back to my husband, saying casually (漫不经心地), “It was lucky that I found it. I only have 50 percent eyesight in one eye. ” When my husband offered him money for his help, he refused it. He could have easily ______ the diamond, or sold it, as it’s worth several thousand dollars. But,_______ this man, I’ll spend the rest of my days trying to do something like that for ______person. And what I have to do is to look at my ring and _____ myself that there are kind and generous souls there.

【推荐2】A king once went to a master. He wanted to become more   _____________ than other kings. He sat in front of the master and continued telling him the purpose of his___________ . The master listened ___________     to the king.

He then told the king to go to the___________ where a rose and a cypress( 柏 树 )were growing side by side. He told the king, “ they are your___________. They can teach you what you want to___________. ”

The king went into the garden, and saw the two plants but could not   ___________ what he could learn from them. He went back to the master and asked, “ what do you ___________ , master? I am not able to understand what and_____________ these plants will teach me.”

The master took the king to the plants and ________________ , “ The cypress has been next to the rose for so many years. Never once has it wanted to become a rose.   ________________ , the rose has never wanted to become a cypress. If man had been the cypress, he would have     ____________   himself with the rose and felt jealous( 妒 忌 的 ) .__________, if man were the rose, he would have looked at the cypress enviously( 羡 慕 的 ) and thought how______________   the cypress was without the trouble of being disturbed . Both of them grew very well because they used all their__________ for their own growth instead of using it to compete with the other.”

The Double Seventh Festival, also known as the Qixi Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival. There is ______ beautiful story behind it.

Long, long ago, ______ a young man named Niulang. One day, he met a beautiful girl－Zhinu, the seventh daughter of the Goddess(王母). Zhinu ran away from the heaven ______ she thought the life there was too boring. She soon ______ in love with Niulang, and they got married without telling the Goddess. They lived a happy life and had two ______. Unluckily, the Goddess soon found out the fact and managed ______ Zhinu back to heaven. With the help of his magic cow (牛), Niulang flew to heaven with the kids to look for ______ wife. The Goddess ______ created a wide river in the sky to separate the two lovers. However, their true love touched all the magpies(喜鹊) in the world, so once a year ______ magpies would fly up to heaven to make a bridge for them to meet each other. At last, the Goddess allowed them to meet each year ______ the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. That’s how the Double Seventh Festival started.

Today, it is a great day for Chinese young people to express their love. It is a romantic festival and is called the Valentine’s Day of Chinese people.

【推荐1】Mr. Smith is a 30-year-old man. He has a small ________ in the center of his village.

In the morning, he gets up at 6:30. He usually sleeps for nine ________ every day. After he gets up, he usually ________ TV for a short time. Then he runs. It’s good ________ for him, so he is very healthy. After he comes home, he makes his breakfast. He usually has bread, milk and vegetables ________ breakfast. At eight, he ________ to his store. It’s not far from his home. Then he begins his work. He likes working at the bookstore. Sometimes, he is very busy and has ________ time for lunch. He works all day. ________ he finishes his work, he goes home on foot, too. In the evening, he usually ________ a shower and then goes to bed at nine fifteen. He is ________ but happy every day.

【推荐2】When I was in high school. I worked part-time helping Dad sell fruits and vegetables at a market. One day, as I was _______ the fruits, a little boy came by with his mom and sister. He was about eight years old, and the girl, five or six. They were looking at the fruits _______ me. I heard the kids say to their mom in French, “They’re good!” I knew it was French because I can speak and understand it.

Then I noticed how mom was picking the fruits. At first I thought she was _______ looking at the fruits because she was facing them. But then I noticed how much she had to feel and _______ each one as she picked them out. And she often asked her son if it looked okay, _______ looked above where his face was. Putting what I saw together, I was sure she was _______.

Both of the kids continued to help their mom pick out the fruits. The son made sure the fruits were not bad, and the daughter handed them to her mom. The woman then felt each one and smiled and the daughter would put them into their basket. The kids were smiling while helping their mom pick the fruits.

Their smile and gentle manner moved me in a way that _______ happened before. It was so beautiful to see such young kids so willingly help. Most kids that age would be picking out candies or toys in a store for themselves, _______ helping their mom pick out fruits as the two kids did. It was great to see this _______, but not so great because I didn’t tell the mom how beautiful her children were in their ________. This is what I still feel sorry to this day.

【推荐3】Anne works for a newspaper and she is a reporter. She likes her ________ so she can travel all over the world. The work teaches her many unforgettable lessons. She saw a few bad things. But she ________ saw something good and happy.

She thinks she is a good reporter herself. Because she is good ________ reporting. Through her hard work, she becomes successful, but she says she should thank many other people for ________ help. Anne was born in America. Her family was not poor, but it was not ________, either. Her parents had to ________ hard so that she could go to school. At school, Anne was not a good student, ________ she enjoyed writing because her English teacher said, “Anne, you are a wonderful ________.” The teacher encouraged her all the time. Later, Anne went to study in Canada and then ________ for a job. It was very difficult. Then, one day, she went to a newspaper in Ottawa. After knowing about her, they gave her a job and said to her, “________ needs a chance at first.”

【推荐1】Ewan Drum always likes superheroes. He admires how they help people. At the age of seven, he told his parents, “I want to _________ like a superhero and help the homeless.” A few months later, Ewan’s family planned a day of _________ food.

There are many _________ people in a park in Detroit, Michigan. That’s _________ Ewan was born. Wearing his red superhero costurne, Ewan _________ helped pass out 70-bag lunches to those people.

World spread about Ewan’s good deeds (事迹). People donated money and _________ else. Then Ewan _________ them out to those in need. When someone donated bottles of water, Ewan and his family held a drive to get even more. They took the water to Flint, Michigan, a city that had _________ drinking water. Another time, a businessman _________ six turkeys for Thanksgiving. __________ his parents’ help, Ewan used social media to __________ for more turkeys, plus side dishes. In the end, he says, “We __________ 64 Turkey dinners to people all around Detroit.”

Ewan says everyone can be a superhero to someone. At an event called “The Hero Round Table”, Ewan told the listeners, “It’s not __________ to help people. You can keep some socks and snacks in your car __________ people in need. Every __________ thing helps and can make someone feel happy.”

【推荐2】Last week, everyone ____to cheer up Jimmy, the Bike Boy. But this week Jimmy is happy again. ____ Monday he _____ money to buy old bikes. He also put up some signs _____ old bikes and called up all his friends and   _____ them about the problem. He even _____ advertisements at a local supermarket. Then he told the teachers at school about his problem ____ they set up a call-in center for parents. The strategies that he came up with   ____ fine. He now has sixteen bikes _____ and give away to children ____ don’t have bikes.