【推荐1】“Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. When the baby was in her arms, she couldn’t believe her eyes. The baby was born without _________.

The son could hear but of course he didn’t look beautiful. Every time the woman looked at her son, she was always _________ about his future. And one day, he said to his mother, tears in his eyes, “A big boy called me a freak (畸形物).”

The boy’s father asked the family doctor, “Is there _________ that we can to do to help him?”

“Yes,” The doctor said, “we tried to find a person who would be helpful to the boy.”

One day, his father said to the son, “You’re going to the _________, son. Mother and I found someone who will help you. But it is a secret.”

Everything was successful. He _________ out to be a beautiful boy and went to college.

“_________ I must know,” he said to his father, “Who gave so much to me? I could _________ do enough for him.”

“I can’t tell you, my son. But, you are _________. We must _________ her. That’s the person you should be thankful in your life,” said the father.

Years passed. The boy finally knew the truth when his mother died. “__________ never cuts her hair. But __________ in the family thinks she is less beautiful. She is the most beautiful woman in the world!”

Real beauty doesn’t depend __________ (取决于) looks, but depends on the heart. Real __________ doesn’t depend on __________ you know and then do, but depends on what you do but is not __________.

Kate left her home after she argued (争吵) with her mother.

She walked for a long time. She was hungry. She wanted to have something to eat, _________ she didn’t have money with her.

Then she saw a _________ shop. There was an old woman in the shop. She asked Kate, “Would you like to _________ a bowl of noodles?”

“But I have no _________.” said the girl.

“Don’t worry.” Soon, the old woman _________ the girl a bowl of noodles. The girl ate for a while and started to cry.

“Why?” the old woman asked.

“I am just moved (感动的)! You are so friendly _________ me. We don’t know each other but you cooked noodles for me. But, my own mother, after I argued with her, she asked me to go out of the house.”

“_________ can you think that way? I just _________ you a bowl of noodles. Your mother cooks for you every day. Why don’t you _________ her?”

After that the girl went ________ at once. Her mom was waiting for her for supper. The girl was sorry.

Sometimes we may thank others for little things, but we take our parents’ love for granted. We must learn to be thankful to our parents.

【推荐2】Thirty years ago, I walked into a bakery (面包厂) to buy some cakes to sell in the street. At that time, I was ________ 11-year-old boy. A kind lady served me that day. She gave me twenty cakes without ________ my money and wished me good luck.

I took the cakes and went out to sell them. It took me all day, but all the cakes ________. And I made some money. I felt I was the ________ boy in the world when I walked home that evening.

The next day, I went to a bike shop. I paid a deposit (定金) for a new bike. And then I started my job ________ a newspaper delivery (投递) boy. Soon I could ________ the rest of the money for the bike and the bike was mine. I was so proud of ________.

Today I still work in the delivery business, ________ I don’t ride a bike these days. I have a truck to send things all over the country. I drive a nice large car, and I live in a beautiful house.

I don’t know who ________. But I am sure I ________ be so successful without her help. I’d like to show my thanks to her.

Last weekend, the four members of my family spent an excellent holiday at the Magic Kingdom — Disneyland. And one thing made our visit seem _______.

We got to the front of the line at Space Mountain, only to find out that our little daughter Gloria couldn’t take her _______ on the ride. It was our first time to be there, so we were too _______ to remember that ice-cream was not allowed on the ride.

Gloria started _______ and we all didn’t know what to do. Then Tony, one of the staff(员工) members, came over. He bent(弯腰) down and told Gloria that he would _______ the ice-cream for her and give it to her when she finished the ride. Gloria said, “really?” Then she gave Tony her ice-cream, and enjoyed _______ on the ride.

Sure enough, when we _______, there was Gloria’s new friend _______ “her” ice-cream. Now you and I both know what happened, _______ we know that an ice-cream won’t last thirty ________ on a summer afternoon in Florida. Tony knew clearly ________ we would get off the ride. He went to the nearest shop and ________ a new ice-cream half a minute before we walked out of the exit(出口). Gloria said, “________”. But I’m sure she didn’t know it was a ________ ice-cream.

Thanks so much for giving us ________ and make our visit pleasant!