【推荐2】Bob opened the box and drew the shoes out. He put them on quickly to feel how they felt on his feet. They _______ like a glove.

“Are those the ones you like, dear? ” his mother asked.

“Certainly!” Bob was _______. These were the best shoes ever. He couldn’t hide his happiness. “I’m wearing them out of the store.”

While his mother paid for them, Bob walked back and forth _______ his shoes in front of the mirror. Bob felt like he was floating on air. Just as they were about to leave the store, an old man stepped on his new shoes, leaving a black _________ on the front.

“Hey!” Bob shouted angrily.

“Oh,sorry there, young man,” the old man said.

“Look what you did to my shoes. Watch where you are going!”

“I’m so sorry, sir.” His mother’s face was red. Then she turned to Bob and said _______.

“Bob! Say sorry to the gentle man.”

“But, mom! He _______ on my shoes.”

“You won’t have any shoes to be stepped upon, _________ you don’t apologize.”

Bob looked into the old man’s cloudy eyes, he realized that the man didn’t see very well. The old man probably had stepped on his foot _______.

“I’m sorry, sir.”

The old man said, smilingly, “No worries. It was my mistake. I need to watch where I put my feet, too.” Then he walked away.

Bob felt uneasy as he saw the old man’s shoes. They were really worn out. Suddenly, his new shoes didn’t seem so _______. His old ones weren’t that dirty or worn out. “Mom, do I really need new shoes? ”He wondered. “Did you see that man’s shoes? I just feel bad. I won’t ask so many new shoes any more.”

Mom nodded, “I’m glad that you say so, but don’t forget to ________ the elders.

Bob smiled, “I won’t. Not again.”

【推荐3】John, a farmer, was riding his cart (马车) along the country road. He had to arrive at the market early so that he could sell his vegetables. It ________ heavily the day before. So it was very difficult for the horse ________ on in the mud (泥巴). Then suddenly the wheel of the horse cart sank (下沉) deep into the mud.

The more the horses pulled, the ________ the wheel sank. John climbed down from his seat and stood beside his cart. He looked around ________ could not find anyone to help him. He felt really sad. But he didn’t try to lift the wheel up by ________. Instead, he looked up at the sky and started shouting, “I am unlucky! Why has this happened ________ me?”

After some time, ________ old man passed by. “Do you think ________ by simply looking at it and shouting?”   he asked, “Did you try to get the wheel out of the mud by yourself? Nobody will help you unless you help yourself. Come on, put your shoulder to the wheel, and you will soon find the way out.”

John felt a deep sense of shame. He did as what he ________ by the old man. Soon the wheel was out of the mud. John learned his lesson. He thanked the man and went ________ on his way.

【推荐1】Ever since “Mother Nature” gave me life, I expected to grow tall and big.

As a young ________, I was well protected in the forest. I used to ________ a good time with my friends under the blue sky and ________ the river. Our only purpose was to stand high. My pal, Tim often said, “All I ask for is to be ________ the whole day.”

365 days passed and we grew straight. On that day, it was our ________ birthday, people came, moved us from the ________ and put us on their trucks. “I don’t want to go!” Tim cried.

After a long journey, we arrived in a completely different place with ________ green. Here we were planted in a line. ________ the wind blew strongly, I could not even open my eyes to see Tim ________ beside me. So we needed enough ________ to grow thicker and higher to stop the wind.

As time went by, we finally ________ much stronger. I could keep my eyes open in the wind! I even found the blue sky was back!

This was no longer a no-man’s-land, and hundreds of visitors came here. A man took a picture of us with his ________. “Thank you. We can enjoy clear days ________ worrying about sand storms.” A young girl jumping up and down came over and ________ me. “Thank you,” she said. “It’s you that have turned the desert into a green land!”

Tim and I smiled at each other, feeling ________. The sun was shining brightly in the bluer sky.

Tom was good-looking, but he got angry easily. He often shouted at his family. He liked laughing at others’ looks. And he never used _________ words like “please”, “thank you” or “sorry”.

One day, Tom was playing outside. An old woman _________ to ask him the way to the park. Tom shouted at her, “Go and ask someone else! Don’t you see I’m _________?”

Feeling unhappy, the old woman decided to teach Tom a lesson. She said, “From now on, scars (疤痕) will appear on your _________ whenever you say bad words.” Tom laughed, “ It’s no use saying scary words. I’m not a little baby.”

That evening, Tom shouted at his mother because he didn’t like the food for dinner. _________, a scar appeared beside his nose. Then he ordered his brother to pass him a fork. Another scar appeared next to his mouth. “What’s wrong with your face, Tom?” his sister asked _________.

Thinking of the old woman, Tom lost _________ and said many bad words. Then he rushed to his room and looked at himself in the mirror. His face was full of scars. He felt sad and started crying. He realized his mistakes and _________ being rude (粗鲁的) to others.

Hearing Tom’s crying, his parents came to his room. “Could you please leave me alone for some time?” said Tom. _________ he said the word “please”, one of his scars disappeared. That made Tom __________. He started being polite to others the next day. Slowly, all his scars disappeared.

【推荐3】My name is Zhang Fang. I’m twelve_____. I’m from Chongqing. I’m in a junior high school. I’m ___Class Ten, Grade Eight. Miss Jones is ___English teacher.

Please look here! This is my_____.She is a good girl._____name is Ann. She is____, too. She is_____England. There are(有)ten____in Grade Eight in my school._____are in the same grade, ___we are not in the same class. Now I can speak a little(一点)English.

【推荐1】Katy Sullivan is an actress, an athlete (运动员), and a person who also refuses to accept the words no or I can’t.

She was born without the lower half of her _______ and has worn prosthetic (假体) ones all her life. She grew up in Alabama, US and had a(n) _______ childhood. She kept up with her sisters and brothers at the gym and the swimming pool. She feels lucky _______ her family treated her in just the same way as the other members. When a person is born without legs, there are plenty of things that are _______ to do. But Katy believed she could _______ anything. So she chose two jobs that are difficult, _______ with both legs.

She did a degree in theater and then moved to Los Angeles, where she has played _______ in theater, television and movies. She has a positive (积极的) view of life. She thinks that if you believe you can do something, you should _______ it. So when Katy’s friend asked her whether she’d like to try running, she said “yes”. She was given a pair of running legs and she _______ her new life.

Katy was the first person in the world with two prosthetic legs to take up running as a competitive sport. She entered the final of the 100 meters in the 2012 London Paralympics. Katy’s family, friends, and fans look up to her as an ________ of someone who has overcome her difficulty and achieved her dreams.

【推荐3】Long time ago, there was a king who was ruthless (残暴) and never cared about people in his country. All his people hated _______.

One hot day, the king went to _______ by himself in a river. Suddenly he felt very weak and _______ move his hands and legs. He began to drown (溺水). _______, two farmers were working in the field (田野) nearby and saw _______. Of course, the farmers didn’t know the man in the river was the bad king. So the two farmers jumped into the river and _______ him.

The king thanked the farmers and said, “I’m the king of the country. Ask me _______ anything, and I will give it to you.” “My mother and father are _______ at home,” the first farmer said. “Can you give me some money to _______ them to the hospital?” The king said it was easy. Then he turned to the second farmer and asked, “How about you? What do you want? ” The farmer looked worried and unhappy. “Please don’t let ________ people know I saved you, ” he said.